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Published 11:56 IST, September 5th 2024

New Championship With Aim To Make India A Resilient Sporting Nation Announced

A new Championships has been launched in 2024-25 across 10 cities in India announced to make it a resilient and resurgent sporting nation.

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A new  Championships has been launched in 2024-25 across 10 cities in India set to draw over 150,000 participants from more than 7000 of India's best sporting schools as it aims to make India a resilient and resurgent sporting nation. 

Students will compete in 31 sports across all the centres. The Championships will also be going to Nagaland (Dimapur) for the first time in its nine-year history. 

The 2024 edition of this SFA Championship will kick off on October 4 in Uttarakhand, and Jaipur will host the final championship from December 6-16.

'It is about elevating grassroots and participative sports across India. This will help us build a resilient and resurgent sporting nation as we take school sports to the centre stage," said Raja Joshi founding member of SFA

Heading to the national capital for the second time, the SFA Championships 2024-25 will take place from October 5-15 across Delhi in prestigious venues like Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and Indira Gandhi Stadium. Previously, in the inaugural edition in Delhi, more than 6200 athletes from over 500 schools participated and brought glory to their schools.

This provides students between the ages of 3-18 the opportunity to participate in 31 different sports. The Championship also aims to aid athletes by integrating technology in the form of AI-powered match videos and tech-enabled fitness assessments thus providing athletes and coaches with detailed performance analytics so that they can take strategic data-driven training decisions.

Updated 11:56 IST, September 5th 2024