Telangana to emerge as “Sports Hub” in the country soon

• State Government’s goal is to win medals in next Olympic games
• Every sport will get due recognition
• Telangana will be a brand of “ Young India”
• All sports departments and training institutes will come under the purview of Sports University

Chief Minister Sri A Revanth Reddy strongly hoped that the youngest state of Telangana will emerge as the hub in the sports activity in the country soon. The Chief Minister ordered the officials to take all necessary measures to promote Telangana as a destination for sports and games in the country.

In a high level meeting with officials at the Secretariat on Monday, the CM discussed the government‘s proposal to establish a world class Sports University. The Chief Minister made some suggestions on the establishment of Young India Sports University in the Fourth City. CM Revanth Reddy asserted that every sport should be given priority in Young India Sports University and bring all sports and games training institutions under the purview of the proposed sports university.

The CM asked the officials to find out which sports are suitable for the country as well as the geographical conditions and physical structure of people in Telangana. Those who are enthusiastic to pursue sports as their life time career will be identified and encouraged in those particular areas . The Chief Minister wanted Hyderabad, which hosted the Afro-Asian Games and Commonwealth Games decades ago, to be promoted as a venue for the Olympics in the future.

Apart from conducting the Olympics in Hyderabad, the Chief Minister made it clear that the selected sports persons will be trained by experts in the Sports university and ensure that all the trained sportspersons win medals in every sport.

Sports university with international standards:

CM Revanth Reddy directed the authorities to bring all the sports departments of all universities, government-run sports schools, academies and sports training institutes under the ambit of Sports University. The CM suggested giving priority to Shooting, Wrestling, Boxing, Archery, Javelin Throw and Hockey in which the Indian athletes will perform and win the medal through a rigorous training in the Sports university. All the facilities including diet which are required for training in the respective sports will be provided on par with the international standards to the sports persons in the university.

Sports school in each Lok Sabha constituency

The Chief Minister also suggested that the teachers should identify the students who possessed skills in the particular sport activity at an early age. Sports schools will be established in every Lok Sabha constituency to train the identified students . Though sports activity is being given top priority, the proposed sports schools will also provide regular education to the students. The selected students will be offered training in their favourite sport depending on their talent by providing accommodation in the Sports university.

Comprehensive Study

The CM directed the authorities to promote the Sports University of Hyderabad as the main hub of the country’s sports sector and to take all necessary steps in this direction. The officials have been asked to conduct a comprehensive study on the details of the athletes of the countries who won medals in the recent Olympics, their hard work to win the medals, efforts put in by the countries to encourage the athletes and training provided to them. As the government already named Young India to the Skill University and the Sports University , the CM announced that the integrated schools which are being set up across the state will also be named Young India. The Chief Minister wished the Telangana state will become a brand for Young India and ordered the officials to envisage plans to promote Telangana as the strong state of producing highly skilled sports persons in the country.