Assam CM affirms state govt to sponsor national sports events and national teams

Guwahati, Jul 28: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday (Jul 27) said that his govt will sponsor national sports events, the national team and provide coaching facilities in the state. He said that the Sports Policy of Assam will be made more attractive and accommodative for the promotion of sports and sports personnel in the state.

Attending the closing ceremony programme of the first Assam Youth Olympics, 2022 in Guwahati, the Chief Minister said that the Assam Youth Olympic Games have become successful in providing a potential platform for the young athletes from grass root level to identify and groom future medalists. The CM congratulated all the medal winners as well as the participants in the event and thanked the Assam Olympic Association for organizing this event which is using sports as a means of unifying the people and society.

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Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said, "We have taken initiative to make a new sports policy for Assam which can become one of the best sports policies in the country. In the line of Odisha government, our government has decided to sponsor 4-5 national sports events - to sponsor the national team, to provide coaching facility in Assam, so that it will become inspired for the youth of Assam."

He further added, "The Assam Youth Olympic held for the first time in the state has become a powerful podium for the athletes from 35 districts of the state to show their sporting acumen and prepare themselves for the national and international events. The venues of the sports event also turned out to be miniature Assam where athletes, support staff and other officials belonging to different socio-cultural communities assembled."

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The curtain of the seven-day Assam Youth Olympic held in Guwahati across 12 venues was put down on Wednesday. He also released 'Sports Jyotishpur', a souvenir on this occasion and presented awards to the best athletes both male and female as well as the best performing teams on the occasion.