Excelsior Sports Correspondent
SARTHAL, Sept 23: Underlining the importance of sports activities as vital for shaping overall personality of the youth, Senior Congress Leader and MLA Inderwal Ghulam Mohammad Saroori today stressed the need for promoting sports culture by holding regular championships and tournaments especially in remote and border areas of the State.
Mr Saroori who was chief guest at a wrestling competition, organized by the Dangal Committee Sarthal, said that the State Government should prioritize creation of adequate sports infrastructure right from block level to revive the sports culture in the State.
“We have no dearth of talent but the need is to identify it,” he said.
The first bout winner wrestler Taraq Hussain was awarded Rs 5,000 and gifts and the runner-up Aashiq Hussain got Rs 3,000 while the second bout winner, Shameem Ahmed was awarded Rs 2,000 and runner-up Shah Din Hussain got gifts- and the third bout winner wrestler got only the gifts.
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