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National Sports Day 202: દિલ્હીના મેજર ધ્યાનચંદ સ્ટેડિયમ ખાતે ભવ્ય આયોજન, મહાન હોકી જાદુગર ધ્યાનચંદને અપાશે શ્રદ્ધાંજલિ
આજે દેશભરમાં ઉત્સાહભેર 'રાષ્ટ્રીય રમતગમત દિવસ' (National Sports Day) ની ઉજવણી કરવામાં આવી રહી છે. ભારતીય હોકીના મહાન જાદુગર મેજર ધ્યાનચંદની જન્મજયંતિ નિમિત્તે દેશભરમાં વિવિધ કાર્યક્રમો દ્વારા તેમને ભાવભીની શ્રદ્ધાંજલિ અર્પણ કરવામાં આવશે. દેશમાં રમતગમત પ્રત્યે જાગૃતિ ફેલાવવા અને યુવા પેઢીને રમતો તરફ પ્રોત્સાહિત કરવા માટે આ દિવસ વિશેષ રીતે ઉજવવામાં આવે છે.
નવી દિલ્હીમાં ભવ્ય કાર્યક્રમ અને ઉદ્ઘાટન
આ ખાસ અવસર પર દેશની રાજધાની દિલ્હી સ્થિત મેજર ધ્યાનચંદ નેશનલ સ્ટેડિયમ ખાતે એક ભવ્ય કાર્યક્રમનું આયોજન કરવામાં આવ્યું છે. કેન્દ્રીય રમતગમત મંત્રી મનસુખ માંડવિયા આ ખાસ કાર્યક્રમનું ઉદ્ઘાટન કરશે. આ પ્રસંગે રમતગમત ક્ષેત્રના અનેક દિગ્ગજ ખેલાડીઓ, રમતપ્રેમીઓ અને યુવાનો મોટી સંખ્યામાં ઉપસ્થિત રહીને ઉજવણીમાં ભાગ લેશે. truewildgame.online
'એક ઘંટા ખેલ કે મેદાન મેં' અભિયાનનો પ્રારંભ
આજના દિવસને વધુ યાદગાર બનાવવા અને નાગરિકોને ફિટનેસ પ્રત્યે જાગૃત કરવા માટે "એક ઘંટા ખેલ કે મેદાન મેં" (Ek Ghanta Khel Ke Maidan Mein) ખાસ અભિયાનની શરૂઆત કરવામાં આવશે. આ અભિયાનનો મુખ્ય હેતુ દરેક નાગરિક દરરોજ ઓછામાં ઓછો એક કલાક રમતના મેદાનમાં વિતાવે અને શારીરિક સ્વાસ્થ્ય જાળવી રાખે તે માટે પ્રોત્સાહિત કરવાનો છે.
આ પણ વાંચો - Neeraj Chopraએ ડાયમંડ લીગની ફાઇનલમાં મારી એન્ટ્રી
Miffed by interview of Imran Khan’s sons, PCB considered boycotting Lord’s Test
The Pakistan Cricket Board had considered not sending its players to the field after lunch break on the opening day of their second Test against England at Lord’s but eventually settled for a complaint after host broadcaster Sky Sports aired an interview of jailed former PM Imran Khan’s sons.
The PCB, when contacted, refused to comment on the matter, but sources aware of the development said a formal complaint has been sent to Sky Sports over the matter. Former England skipper Mike Atherton conducted the 18-minute interview with Imran’s sons, Kassim and Suleman.
The two expressed fears about the well-being of their 73-year-old father, who is a celebrated former captain under whom the country won their first and only ODI World Cup in 1992.
The PCB had objected to the telecast of the conversation recorded on Wednesday and even considered keeping its players off the field after lunch as a mark of protest if they went ahead with the broadcast, sources aware of the developments said. However, the visitors did take the field as scheduled and England ended the day at 248 for nine on Thursday.
Aus skipper Pat Cummins: Hope Imran is treated with dignity
Australia’s Test and ODI skipper Pat Cummins on Friday threw his weight behind the ongoing former international captains’ campaign seeking medical care for jailed Pakistan legend Imran Khan and said he should be treated with dignity.
Pat Cummins
“Adding my support here to GC [Greg Chappell] and the other former international captains. I hope the court-ordered medical assessment is allowed to run its course, and that family visits continue. I hope Imran Khan is treated with the dignity anyone deserves,” Cummins posted on X.
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Craig Fulton accepts the heat but vows to set things right
Craig Fulton has been in the firing line, and understandably so. India performed well below par at the World Cup and Fulton, as the captain of the ship, has had to face the ire. What is encouraging is that the coach knows it and is not considering giving up. With today being August 29 – the birthday of the legendary Dhyan Chand now celebrated as National Sports Day – the scrutiny on the hockey team will be especially acute.
Facing the hard questions after an underwhelming campaign is never easy, but Fulton was up for it and did not duck a single probing question I asked. While you can watch the full interview later today on Revsportz, suffice it to say that what stood out for me was his determination to set things right.
“With me, the thing is I hate to lose far more than I am happy when we are winning,” said Fulton. “A loss is not something that’s acceptable. So, yes, as a team we will set things right.”
While repeatedly saying that the talent pool has now grown and he has twice as many players to choose from, not once did the coach offer an excuse for the World Cup performance. He did say that the top eight teams can all beat each other on a given day and pointed out that the Pro League champions are playing for seventh or eighth place at the World Cup. But he made no qualms about the fact that things need to change, and India have three weeks to do so ahead of the Asian Games.
“If the Asian Games was that easy, India should have won five out of five times in the last 20 years,” he said. “India has only won twice. It is a tricky competition and while we are the best in Asia, the truth also is we can’t take anything for granted. There are some good teams and we need to move on from the World Cup disappointment and get things right in Japan.
“Most importantly, the Asian Games gold will get us the LA28 ticket and that’s the key. We can then focus on our preparation for the next 18 months. Each player wants to change the colour of the medal in LA and the World Cup will not define them. While the defeat is still raw, we have spoken amongst ourselves and have taken note of where we went wrong.”
Does all the negativity impact him? And does it make things difficult when former players like Sreejesh, whom he coached in Paris, write the things that he has written?
Yet again, Fulton did not duck the questions.
“There is an inner and an outer ring,” he said. “I am part of the inner ring and there we have complete trust and faith in each other. The noise that you are talking about is on the outside and in an age of social media, it is bound to happen.
“As the Head Coach, I know the buck stops with me. If I take the good, I have to take the bad. The performance hasn’t been great and it is now on us to ensure things change from here on.”
The road to redemption has to start now, and Fulton knows it well enough.
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From Stadiums to Street Corners: My Three-Day Journey Through Ahmedabad
When I first found out that I would be travelling to Ahmedabad to work on a National Sports Day documentary, I knew that I would be looking at sports infrastructure and the city’s preparations as a major multi-sport destination ahead of the 2030 Commonwealth Games. But what I did not realise was how much the experience would become about more than just sport coverage.
Over three days, Ahmedabad became our workplace, and we travelled across the city with cameras, microphones and a long list of places to cover.
The journey actually began on the train. We filmed visuals at the station and recorded the entire journey. While it was a fairly simple beginning, it set the tone for the trip: we were not just going to Ahmedabad to film stadiums.
Our first major stop was the Narendra Modi Stadium, and it was probably one of the moments when the scale and stature of what we were covering really struck me. Seeing the stadium completely empty, with just a couple of people on the ground watering the grass, was a completely different experience. Additionally, walking through the Hall of Fame made the experience significant — from signed jerseys and bats to a spectacular photo gallery, the Hall of Fame encapsulated everything that showed the biggest moments in Indian cricket.
From there, we headed to the Ramada GCA Clubhouse, where we got to see another side of the city’s sporting facilities, from table tennis and badminton courts to an Olympic-level swimming pool. It was interesting because this was not the headline-making venue, but rather the everyday sporting ecosystem of the city.
One of the things that I enjoyed most about this documentary was that we were not restricted to large sports infrastructures, but rather even the food and markets of the city. This realisation struck me when we went to Vaarso, a Gujarati thali restaurant, and also had the chance to interact with the chef and the manager. The food visuals gave us an opportunity to bring Ahmedabad’s culture into the documentary.
Day two was probably the busiest and, for me, the most interesting day of the trip. We began at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium. Walking into the stadium, we already knew this was the first stadium where India hosted an ODI match. We interviewed locals at the stadium, including someone from the royal family of Udaipur who was heavily involved in sports in Gujarat, and these conversations gave us a perspective that we couldn’t have got simply by looking at a stadium or reading about it. It was a reminder that sports development is ultimately driven by people, especially those who are willing to invest their time and energy into building that ecosystem.
We then made a stop at CG Road to film street food being prepared, and it was one of those small parts of the trip that made the documentary feel more alive, as we were able to show the city as it exists every day. Then came Lal Darwaza market, and this was one of the most fun parts of the shoot for me because we weren’t just behind the camera. We were actually interacting with the place. We filmed the shops, tried on things, bought a few things and spoke about the market.
After covering the Atal Bridge and the Under-18 Asia Cup basketball match taking place at the Veer Savarkar Sports Enclave, we were exhausted but content with our coverage. We ended our day at the Law Garden, where we filmed the shops and even got footage on a horse carriage, which was a fun way to close what had been an extremely packed day.
Looking back, I think one of my favourite things about the entire documentary was the polarity of our trip. We could begin the day by spending our mornings talking about sports infrastructure at stadiums and sports complexes and the future of the Commonwealth Games. A few hours later, we could be covering the local food and markets of the city, or sitting on a horse carriage. Yet somehow, all of those things belonged in the same story.
What I personally took away from Ahmedabad was that covering sports is not always about the match. Sometimes it’s about the stadium. Sometimes it’s about the people trying to build an ecosystem around sport, and sometimes it’s about the city itself, the food, the markets and the people who give it its identity.
As we left on the Vande Bharat, I found myself thinking about how different the city felt from when we had arrived. Not because Ahmedabad had changed in three days, but because I had seen it more closely and differently. I had arrived looking for a story ahead of the 2030 Commonwealth Games and National Sports Day. But I left with a story about a city, its sporting ambitions, the people who drive it, and the journey it is taking towards becoming much more than just a cricket stop.
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