National Sports Day: Swimming, Basketball and Football Events Held

Sri Vijaya Puram, Aug. 25: As part of the ongoing National Sports Day-2025 celebrations commemorating the birth anniversary of Hockey Wizard Major Dhyan Chand, the Department of Sports & Youth Affairs in collaboration with the Department of Education conducted Swimming Competition, Basketball and Football Tournaments.

In Swimming Competitions, final results are as follows:

• In the 100 Meters Free Style Men’s Final: Shri. Mantush Roy secured Gold Medal, Shri. Sawcheku secured Silver Medal and Shri. Ruhan Gawtam secured Bronze Medal.
• In the 100 Meters Backstroke Men’s Final: Shri. Krishna Ram secured Gold Medal, Shri. Kasiswar Hawlader secured Silver Medal and Shri. Ruhan Gawtam secured Bronze Medal.
• In the 100 Meters Free Style Women’s Final: Ms. P.Seharish Hussain secured Gold Medal, Ms. Ramiya secured Silver Medal and Ms. Ziya Zubair secured Bronze Medal.
• In the 100 Meters Backstroke Women’s Final: Ms. P.Seharish Hussain secured Gold Medal, Ms. Ziya Zubair secured Silver Medal and Ms. Ramiya secured Bronze Medal.

The Basketball Open Tournament was inaugurated by Shri. Subhendu Sengupta, Cycling Coach as chief guest. In the Basketball Men’s Open Category, 8 Teams are participating while in Women’s Open Category, 4 teams are participating. In the Women’s Open Category, the final match was played between Jolly Girls and Sagritara School, the match was won by Jolly Girls by the Score 18-06.

    The Football tournament commenced yesterday with 13 Teams participating under Men’s Open category while 3 Teams are participating under Women’s Open category. The matches are being played at JNRM Football Ground.

The following tournaments are scheduled for 26^th & 27^th August,  2025:

All discipline-wise participants have been requested to be present on time and showcase their sporting talent.