Telangana emerges as a major sports event hub

Hyderabad

Telangana’s ambition to presumption itself arsenic a planetary sports hub received a large boost astatine the Telangana Rising Global Summit, wherever the State attracted events crossed aggregate planetary sporting disciplines.

A landmark determination astatine the acme was the enactment of the Telangana FIFA–AIFF Football Academy (Men’s) nether the FIFA Talent Development Scheme. The academy aims to heighten the competitiveness and method expertise of India’s nationalist shot teams.

The inaugural volition enactment precocious grooming camps, knowledge-exchange programmes, and semipermanent strategical readying to place and nurture emerging shot talent. Officials noted that the academy is poised to marque Telangana an epicentre for planetary shot events, drafting top-tier players and coaches to the State.

Telangana volition big the International Hockey Women’s World Cup Qualifier 2026, featuring 8 nations competing successful 24 planetary matches astatine the Gachibowli Stadium. The tourney is expected to importantly elevate Telangana’s estimation successful planetary hockey and further presumption the State arsenic a hub for planetary hockey championships.

Another large sporting lawsuit headed to the State is the Asia Rowing Championship 2026, with information from 18 countries. The contention volition adhere to world-class standards of safety, sportsmanship and diversion excellence, offering Indian athletes vulnerability to elite competition.

Hyderabad volition besides big the Hyderabad International Chess Festival 2026, billed arsenic the world’s largest and astir inclusive solemnisation of chess. The festival volition bring unneurotic world-class players, renowned coaches, starring commentators, planetary corporates and chess enthusiasts nether 1 roof.

Minister for Sports and Youth Services Vakiti Srihari said that the State’s superior nonsubjective is to unafraid the State’s practice successful planetary competitions, peculiarly the 2036 Olympics.

Initiating a sheet treatment connected “Telangana Olympic Gold Quest” astatine the Telangana Rising Global Summit connected Tuesday, helium said Chief Minister Revanth Reddy had initiated the Young India Physical Education and Sports University and the Young India Sports Authority.

“We are making collaborations with planetary institutions specified arsenic Loughborough University and Korea National Sport University,” helium said. The authorities besides plans to acceptable up a 1,000-acre outer sports metropolis to presumption Hyderabad arsenic a imaginable big for Olympic and large planetary sporting events.