Kabaddi World Cup in November
Monday, 03/06/2013
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Chandigarh : Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today cleared the decks for holding the fourth edition of the Kabaddi World Cup in the second half of November 2013. Men and women’s teams from 25 nations would vie for record prize money in the fortnight-long sports extravaganza.
Sukhbir said NADA anti-doping guidelines would be strictly implemented in the tournament and Punjab would seek more participation of countries from Europe, Africa, USA, Australia and other non representative sub-continents to give Kabaddi a world-class status.
The Deputy CM said the government was already taking up the issue with the International Olympic Committee to make efforts so that the game is included in the 2020 Olympics.
Finalising the sports calendar, Sukhbir asked Ashok Gupta, Sports Secretary, to consult with Hockey India and the International Hockey Federation to fix the itinerary of the four-nation hockey tournament.
Emphasising the need for world-class sports infrastructure, Sukhbir said 11 stadiums had already been completed at a cost of Rs 96 crore and nine more stadiums would near completion by December this year.
He said eight of these stadiums had floodlights and the sports stadium at Ghudda and Badal village would be fitted with synthetic tracks at a cost of Rs 5 crore each.
The 11 stadiums nearing completion are at Bathinda, Sangrur, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Mohali, Faridkot, PAU Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Ghudda. Eight stadiums have floodlights and most have an astroturf. The 9 stadiums that would be completed by December are at Mansa, Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur, GNDU Amritsar, Bathinda, Badal, Jalalabad and Fazilka.
