The Week of Sport will showcase the most attention-grabbing of sport with occasions bright Indian and British personalities reflecting on their very delight in journeys.
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The UK Authorities on Monday kicked off the ‘India-UK Week of Sport’ to celebrate the “inconceivable residing bridge between each international locations” in India’s 75th yr of Independence.
A series of on and off-the-enviornment interactions will highlight “the shared love of sport” and the alternatives it will obtain for folks for the duration of each international locations from February 21 to 27.
The Week of Sport will showcase the most attention-grabbing of sport with occasions bright Indian and British personalities reflecting on their very delight in journeys. This can consist of Olympic and Commonwealth Video games gold medallist Neeraj Chopra, cricketer Dinesh Karthik, para-badminton World Champion Manasi Joshi, tennis chronicle Vijay Amritraj and India rugby captain Vahbiz Bharucha amongst others.
Alex Ellis, British Excessive Commissioner to India, talked about UK and India part a love for sports.
“Cricket, soccer, tennis, badminton, and hockey elevate us collectively. The Week of Sport is a celebration of this bond and our residing bridge. I spy forward to extra actions this yr as India celebrates 75 years of Independence and the UK hosts the Commonwealth Video games and the closing match of the Take a look at series,” he talked about.
An official launch talked about this week’s job leads up to the ‘India-UK Collectively 2022’ initiative.
The joint initiative, led by the British Council and the Indian Council for Cultural Family, will launch later this yr.
“This can celebrate the outlandish connections that will per chance well aid shape the vogue forward for each international locations by a numerous programme of actions – highlighting the sturdy cultural links between Britons and Indians for the duration of sport, training, the humanities, and a ways extra. As two gigantic democracies, each India and the UK part a vision to empower the next technology of leaders,” the launch talked about.
