Khelo India Youth Games: R Madhavan's son Vedaant has been a rising talent in the swimming sport in India. He has earlier won Gold medal in Danish Open.
KIYG 2023: Haryana topped the list in the first edition of the event back in 2018 when it was called as Khelo India School Games. Maharashtra, however, won the next two editions.
Over 1500 sportspersons from across the country will be participating in different winter sports disciplines, during the next five-days.
Seven medals were clinched by the Athletes from Odisha Reliance High-Performance Centre as the tournament continues to be a success story in Bhopal and Madhya Pradesh
The Khelo India Youth Games are declared open by the Madhya Pradesh CM Chouhan. This is the fifth edition of the tournament.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will inaugurate the fifth edition of the Khelo India Youth Games in Bhopal on Monday (January 30) in the presence of Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Anurag Singh Thakur
The sporting event turned out to be a huge success with 2,262 women participating in it.
Almost 122 players from Chattisgarh participated in the sporting event which was held in Panchkula, Haryana. These athletes participated in around 13 games. Team Chattisgarh have won 2 golds, 3 silver, and 6 bronze medals taking their tally to 11.
The event was scheduled for February 15 onwards this year and the fresh dates will be announced after reviewing the Covid situation.
Athletes from 27 states and Union Territories are competing in the Games which will conclude on March 2.
JandK government has organised a mesmerising night skiing event in Gulmarg district. Gulmarg is world famous ski and tourist resort in north Kashmir of JandK. It will see around 1200 athletes from different parts of the country participating in the second edition of the five-day long 'Khelo India Winter Games'.
On government instruction, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has asked 12 wrestlers to return medals and certificates for flunking the dope test in the last four editions of Khelo India
Sports minister Kiren Rijiju has said that the BRICS Games 2021 will be held at the same time as Khelo India Games.
Kiren Rijiju has said that the Centre will assist states in conducting Khelo India events.
Organisations which have been promoting sports for at least five years will also be eligible to establish a KIC, provided they recruit past champions as coaches.
In the first leg, the ministry had identified state-owned sports facilities in eight states of India which will be upgraded into KISCE.
The programme is "India's first-ever national-level open online coaching and education programme for grassroot-level athletes," according to a statement from SAI.
The allowance includes expenses towards travel to hometown, diet charges while at home and other miscellaneous expenses incurred by the athletes.
Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju said that it is a 'great day for Indian sports' as the first-ever Khelo India Winter Games launched in Gulmarg.
The first inter-college sports festival was organised under 'Khelo India' at Govt PG College in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri.
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