UTTAR Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that in recent years sports in the state and the country have been guided by a new vision, new resources and renewed confidence. The emerging “new sports culture,” guided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has strengthened discipline, fitness, and team spirit among the youth, he said.

  

“Now, sports are not just a hobby, but a powerful medium for personality development and nation-building,” Adityanath said. He said that modern sports infrastructure, transparent selection processes, and schemes implemented in a mission-mode have increased opportunities for young athletes. “Competitions have been expanded from the village panchayat level to the national level.

 

As a result, players from Uttar Pradesh are participating in and winning many more medals in international competitions than ever before,”he said. Adityanath was addressing the inaugural ceremony of the 72nd Senior National Volleyball Championship held inVaranasi, which was virtually inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

 

In the presence of the UP Chief Minister, an MoU was exchanged between the Sports Authority of India and the Uttar Pradesh Sports Directorate for the operation of the National Centre of Excellence (NCOE), the UP government said in a statement.