The cash-rich Board Of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI) has shown interest towards adapting two to three Olympic sports.
Moreover, a source close to the Sports Ministry told the Indian Express that corporate houses, PSUs and the BCCI are interested in funding the Olympic training centres dedicated to one sport each.
“The ministry is looking to create Olympic centres for every sport where it will identify 100 to 200 talented athletes across the nation and train them across different age groups for this Olympic cycle and the next Olympic cycle,” the source told the Indian Express.
“Today, there was a meeting of the sports minister with 58 corporates. They expressed their interest towards such an initiative. The likes of the BCCI are ready to take care of all the expenses of two or three sports,” the source added.
“BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla has expressed interest in developing Olympic training centres with no cost to the government. There are sports like baseball which are similar to cricket and the BCCI can do great work there,” the source said.
Earlier, in the past, the BCCI had supported Olympic sports with financial assistance to the IOA ahead of the Paris 2024.
India has 23 National Centres of Excellence operated by the Sports Authority of India (SAI).
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