North-East Sports Conclave: Better infrastructure, funds key for success, says Mizoram Sports Minister Royte
The HinduMizoram Sports Minister Robert Romawia Royte on Friday said better infrastructure and better funds will hold key to the spread and success of varied sports, including football, in the North-East. After completion, we will have better results,” said Royte at Sportstar’s North-East Sports Conclave in Guwahati. Meanwhile, Abu Metha, associate vice president, Athletics Federation of India and secretary-general, Nagaland Olympic Association, pointed out that while North-Eastern states are still grappling with insurgency, sports has the power of uniting the populace. The sports fraternity must understand that this is a platform to bring young people from the North-East to the mainstream,” he said Larsing Ming Sawyan, president of Meghalaya Football Association and vice president All India Football Federation, emphasised the importance of grassroots programmes to involve greater participation from children starting from the age of five years and that it should be centred as much around match-play as it is around skills development.
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