FINA, the governing body of the world swimming announced that they would not allow transgender athletes to participate in women’s events. On Sunday, FINA members largely accepted a new “gender inclusion policy”. The policy allows only swimmers who transformed before the age of 12 to participate in women’s competitions. There were also recommendations for an […]

Ahmedabad Nov 30 PTI The civic body in Gujarats Ahmedabad city has invited bids for the construction of a sports complex in Naranpura area at a cost of Rs 584 crore an official said on Tuesday The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation AMC had on Monday floated a tender for the proposed international sports complex and earmarked five empty plots in Naranpura for it municipal commissioner Mukesh Kumar said As per the bid document shared by the AMC the sports complex will be constructed under the Centres Khelo India scheme it was stated Notably the development has come days after an international consultancy firm made a presentation to Gujarat Chief Secretary Pankaj Kumar on infrastructure gap assessment and roadmap for hosting the 2036 Olympics in Ahmedabad and other parts of Gujarat In August the AMC had announced that the Union Ministry of Finance has accorded an administrative approval for the upcoming sports complex to be built at a cost of Rs 584 crore The sports complex will be developed as per international standards on nearly 80000 sq m of land located behind Vardan Tower in Naranpura and the venue can host both national and international tournaments the AMC stated in a release Earlier in February Union Home Minister Amit Shah had made an announcement about the sports complex during an event to mark the inauguration of Narendra Modi stadium and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Sports Enclave in Motera area of the city The premises will have an aquatic complex a community sports centre a centre for sports excellence an indoor multi-sports arena Fit India zone and outdoor sports area the release said The aquatic complex will have a FINA-approved competition-size swimming pool and diving pool and will have a spectator capacity of 1500 The community sports centre will comprise a multipurpose hall six badminton courts six table tennis courts six carrom tables nine chess tables and 10 tables for snooker and billiards it stated Apart from this the Centre of Excellence will have either two basketball courts two volleyball courts or eight badminton courts at a time while the complex will have a multipurpose hall for training and warm ups of taekwondo kabaddi wrestling and table tennis FIT India Zone will comprise a seating area for senior citizens a skating rink and playgrounds for kabbadi and kho-kho The complex will have six tennis courts a basketball court and a volleyball court as an outdoor facility the release stated The upcoming sports complex will be available to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and Sports Authority of India SAI free of cost and the SAI may run the Centre of Excellence in the sports complex the civic body has stated PTI PJT PD ARU ARU