The Sports Ministry on Sunday said it has decided to name all the upcoming and upgraded facilities of the Sports Authority of India after renowned athletes who have brought accolades for the country.
The initiative is meant to honour sporting heroes of the country, the SAI said in a press release.
In the first leg, the newly built air-conditioned wrestling hall and the learners swimming pool in the National Centre of Excellence in Lucknow, the 100-bedded hostel in NCOE Bhopal, the multipurpose hall and Girls’ hostel in NCOE Sonepat, as well as the new SAI Training Centre in Guwahati, which has a hostel, multipurpose hall and staff quarters, will be named after local star sportspersons.
Speaking about the decision, Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju said, “To build a sports culture in the country, it is important that our sportspersons get the honour that they deserve, because only then will the younger generations be enthused to take up sport as a career.
The ministry, however, did not…
