Staff Reporter,
Guwahati, November 15: The AIU East Zone Inter University Basketball Men & Women’s Tournaments 2022-23 which is being organised by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi and hosted by the University of Science and Technology Meghalaya has been inaugurated here today by Lakhya Konwar, Vice President Athletics Federation of India & General Secretary Assam Olympic Association and Raj Kakoti, Vice President Assam Olympic Association, in the presence of USTM Vice Chancellor Prof GD Sharma; Akash Phukan, Vice Chairman, Board of Sports, Assam; Commonwealth Gold Medalist Nayanmoni Saikia; Vishesh Bhriguvanshi, Arjuna Awardee, Basketball and Captain of India Team; Mohit Bhandari, Team India Coach, Basketball; Arjun Singh, Member, India Team Basketball, Binod Choudhury, Former India player & Head Coach at NF Railways and veteran sports journalist Subudh Malla Baruah, apart from noted sports personalities and other dignitaries and sports lovers. Addressing all the participants in the inaugural ceremony, Lakhya Konwar said that the Government is promoting sports and the Khelo India Program was introduced by the Indian Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports for this purpose. This 11-day long tournament has begun today with the Women’s Basketball competitions in which 36 teams are participating representing different NE states, Odisha, UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal. The women’s event will continue till 18th of November while the Men’s events will start from November 22 to 25 in the sports complex of USTM. A total of 51 teams are going to participate in the Men’s competitions. The top 4 teams from both Women’s and Men’s events will participate in Khelo India University Games.
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