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VIJAYAWADA
Chairman of Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh (SAAP) A. Ravi Naidu connected Saturday said improvement and promotion of sports successful the State was 1 of the apical priorities of the TDP-led conjugation government.
Speaking astatine the inaugural league of the South Zone Inter-University Men’s Badminton Tournament-2026, being organised astatine KL Deemed to beryllium University, Mr. Ravi Naidu said the authorities had plans to found a world-class Sports City successful Amaravati wherever each sports tin beryllium hosted astatine 1 place. Further, onshore had been allotted for operation of badminton academies — 3 acres successful Visakhapatnam had been fixed to PV Sindhu, 12 acres successful Amaravati to Pullela Gopichand and 5 acres successful Tirupati to Kidambi Srikanth, helium added.
For the archetypal clip successful the country, without a written introspection jobs were provided to 421 eligible sportspersons by pursuing the horizontal preservation strategy successful the Sports DSC, helium pointed out. He said arsenic galore arsenic 128 apical universities from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala were participating successful the tournament, with astir 896 badminton players representing their respective universities.
Referring to the 87th National Senior Badminton Championship held precocious successful Vijayawada aft a spread of 10 years, helium said Surya Charishma did the State arrogant by winning the golden medal successful the Senior Women’s Singles category. He said Andhra Pradesh women’s squad finishing arsenic runners-up successful the elder squad lawsuit was a grounds to the State’s badminton talent.
KL University Vice-Chancellor G. Parthasaradhi Varma said sports play a captious relation successful improving some carnal wellness and intelligence spot among youth. He said specified competitions assistance successful gathering assurance among students.
Director of Sports K. Harikishore said that the assemblage provided interest concession and assorted incentives to sportspersons studying astatine the institution. Former Joint Secretary of the Badminton Association of India Punnayya Chowdary, NTR District Sports Development Officer K. Koteswara Rao, Pro Vice-Chancellors of the assemblage A.V.S. Prasad, N. Venkat Ram and K. Rajashekara Rao, Registrar K. Subba Rao, and South Zone Badminton Association Organising Secretary K. Harikishore, among others attended the programme.
