{"id":32112,"date":"2017-01-15T14:21:15","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T14:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32112"},"modified":"2017-01-15T14:21:15","modified_gmt":"2017-01-15T14:21:15","slug":"sports-minister-goel-inaugurates-khelo-india-competitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32112","title":{"rendered":"Sports Minister Goel inaugurates &#8216;Khelo India&#8217; competitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-30871\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Vijay-Goel.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\" alt=\"Vijay Goel\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Vijay-Goel.jpg 540w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Vijay-Goel-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Vijay-Goel-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/>New Delhi: Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/1636-vijay-goel\"><strong>Vijay Goel<\/strong><\/a> inaugurated national level competitions under the Khelo India scheme at the S.P. Mukherjee Swimming Pool complex in the Talkatora Stadium here on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Besides swimming, various competitions of cycling, wrestling under different categories will be held under this championship till January 21.<\/p>\n<p>More than 1,000 children from 25 states are participating in this event.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry has kept the venues open for public with free entry. hoping to develop the sports culture.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the young sportspersons during the inaugural ceremony, Goel said, &#8220;Our ministry aims towards broad-basing of sports. We are committed to provide the best facilities to our budding young talents across disciplines.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Goel also stated that wrestling has a rich history in India, and the ministry is working with a special focus on it. The Khelo India competition will have wrestling competitions too under different categories.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:&nbsp;<a href=\"cricket-news\/43434-mohammad-azharuddin-s-nomination-for-hca-polls-rejected\">Mohammad Azharuddin&#8217;s nomination for HCA polls rejected, Azhar to approach court<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He urged the children to take up one sport and excel in that. Goel had recently pushed for sports as a compulsory subject in schools as part of the curriculum.<\/p>\n<p>To encourage sportspersons and egg them on to the participate, the prize money for this year&#8217;s Khelo India competition has been increased.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The idea is to prepare well for future games and equip the budding talents with the best facilities and help them in honing their skills,&#8221; a release said.<\/p>\n<p>Goel stated that given the amount of talent, a mass movement is needed to make India a super power in sports.<\/p>\n<p>Goel said that parents must encourage their children to play games and it is equally important as studies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-30871\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Vijay-Goel.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\" alt=\"Vijay Goel\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Vijay-Goel.jpg 540w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Vijay-Goel-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Vijay-Goel-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/>New Delhi: Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/1636-vijay-goel\"><strong>Vijay Goel<\/strong><\/a> inaugurated national level competitions under the Khelo India scheme at the S.P. Mukherjee Swimming Pool complex in the Talkatora Stadium here on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Besides swimming, various competitions of cycling, wrestling under different categories will be held under this championship till January 21.<\/p>\n<p>More than 1,000 children from 25 states are participating in this event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[466,20544,19737,20545,20546,17104],"class_list":["post-32112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-other-news","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-khelo-india-scheme","tag-other-news","tag-s-p-mukherjee-swimming-pool-complex","tag-talkatora-stadium","tag-vijay-goel"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sports Minister Goel inaugurates &#039;Khelo India&#039; competitions - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32112\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sports Minister Goel inaugurates &#039;Khelo India&#039; competitions - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Delhi: Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Vijay Goel inaugurated national level competitions under the Khelo India scheme at the S.P. 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