Sports & Allied News
JAMMU, May 17:
Sports Authority of India (SAI) under the aegis of Union Sports Ministry has released the calendar of activities for the 4th edition of the Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG).
This time, the competition shall be held in under-18 age group of both boys and girls across 25 sporting disciplines at Panchkula in Haryana from November 21.
As per the circular, issued by Senior Director (Khelo India) to all the States and Union Territories, six new sports disciplines have been included in the existing 19 sports events of 2020 Guwahati Games.
The six new disciplines are Handball and five indigenous games of Thang-Ta, Kalaripayattu, Mallakhamb, Gatka and Yogasna. Other disciplines are Achery, Judo, Table Tennis, Kabaddi, Athletics, Shooting, Tennis, Kho-Kho, Badminton, Swimming, Basketball, Volleyball, Boxing, Weightlifting, Football, Cycling, Gymnastics, Wrestling, Hockey and Handball. To be eligible for this event, an athlete should be born on or after January, one 2003.
Important to mention here that the 3rd edition of the KIYG was conducted from January 10 to January 22, 2020 at Guwahati in Assam. The KIYG 2020 had an appropriate participation of 10,112 from 29 States and seven UTs which comprised more than 6130 Athletes, 1504 support staff, 1074 technical officials, 37 chef-de-missions, 1347 volunteers and 20 competition managers.
