06-03-2004, 09:54 PM
Olympic greats sign up to improve India's sports standards
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A galaxy of Olympic legends, led by sprinter Michael Johnson and gymnast Nadia Comaneci, have joined hands to help India grow into a sporting superpower, it was announced on Thursday.
The duo, along with other greats like hurdlers Edwin Moses and Nawal El Moutawakel and decathlete Daley Thomson, were inducted as directors of a $60-million sports academy to be set up by an Indian business group in the western state of Maharashtra.
The ambitious project will have coaching schools for hockey, football, cricket, athletics, badminton, table tennis, volleyball, swimming, basketball, golf and squash, a Sahara release said.
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more awareness, and a lot more corporate money, and we should take flight.
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A galaxy of Olympic legends, led by sprinter Michael Johnson and gymnast Nadia Comaneci, have joined hands to help India grow into a sporting superpower, it was announced on Thursday.
The duo, along with other greats like hurdlers Edwin Moses and Nawal El Moutawakel and decathlete Daley Thomson, were inducted as directors of a $60-million sports academy to be set up by an Indian business group in the western state of Maharashtra.
The ambitious project will have coaching schools for hockey, football, cricket, athletics, badminton, table tennis, volleyball, swimming, basketball, golf and squash, a Sahara release said.
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more awareness, and a lot more corporate money, and we should take flight.
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