July 2020 Sports

• Khelo India Youth Games 2021
  Recently, the government has announced that Haryana will host the fourth edition of Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG).
  
  Key Points
  The 2021 Khelo India Youth Games are scheduled to take place after the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and will be held in Panchkula (Haryana).
  
  The 2021 Tokyo Olympics are set to open on 23rd July.
  
  In 2020, for the first time, the Olympics were postponed following the Covid-19 outbreak.
  
  Usually, the KIYG takes place in January of every year.
  
  KIYG is a part of the revamped national programme for development of sports ‘Khelo India’ which was approved by the Union Cabinet in 2017. The 2020 edition of KIYG was held in Guwahati (Assam).
  
  The Khelo India Scheme aims to encourage sports all over the country, thus allowing the population to harness the power of sports through its cross-cutting influence, namely holistic development of children & youth, community development, social integration, gender equality, healthy lifestyle, national pride and economic opportunities related to sports development.
  
  Under the Scheme, talented players identified in priority sports disciplines at various levels are provided annual financial assistance of Rs. 5 lakh per annum for 8 years.
  
  Khelo India App, developed by the Sports Authority of India (SAI), aims to create awareness about sports and fitness in the country.
  
  SAI is under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
  
  
• Asia Cup Cricket tournament postponed till June 2021
  The Asia Cup Cricket tournament, which was scheduled to be held in September this year, has been postponed till June next year by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) owing to an upsurge in COVID-19 cases in the region.
  
  The Executive Board of the ACC decided to postpone the Asia Cup tournament. Pakistan was to originally host the Asia Cup this time but due to security reasons, the tournament was later rescheduled to be held in Sri Lanka.

Published date : 11 Aug 2020 02:02PM