Budding athletes lack training as there are no sports coaches in the taluk. Hussain, a high school student, used to go for handball training every morning before school to the only stadium, the CBS stadium in Gangavathi. Hussain is a handball enthusiast. He wanted to take part in school games. But his team backed out […]
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Athletes face difficulties in travelling miles for their training in Bangalore because of limited sports facilities. It is hard for Rebecca Thomas, a ninth standard student to manage school and her sports training. Thomas is a running enthusiast. Every evening her mother drops her at the Kanteerava stadium for training which is 11 kilometers away […]
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The Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports (DYES) said that they have released funds for 75 athletes for 2022-23. Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports (DYES) is yet to finalise the list of sportspersons in Karnataka for Amrutha Sports Adoption Programme (Amrutha Kreeda Datthu Yojane), authorities said. The scheme provides funds for sports persons to […]
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Bengaluru’s unplanned growth has hit playgrounds and open spaces hard. Authorities prefer to carve parks out of playgrounds rather than upgrading them. Lack of grounds in schools adds to the problem. By Manasvi Gupta Authorities are turning open spaces into fancy parks but not into playgrounds. A 2017 survey by Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship & […]
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