National Sports Day grand ceremony is celebrated in Nuapada district. On the 28th at 7 o’clock at the local Biju Patnaik In Door Stadium, in the presence of hundreds of sportsmen, intellectuals, sports organizations, the famous hockey star and hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand was honored by garlanding his photo. The district administration and the district sports office prepared a variety of programs for this three-day event, which was organized by the district administration and the district sports office. Subash Chandra Raith, additional district governor, chief guest, eminent sportsperson and sports organizer Saroj Kumar Sahu, Prakash Kumar Sahu, Amit Gohil attended the inauguration ceremony at Nuapada Indoor Stadium as dignitaries. The organizing District Sports Officer Rajendra Prasad Budhey and the guests thoroughly discussed the day’s essence and development of the sport l First a Bad Minton match was held in the junior category l In the same competition Amit Kumar Sahu and Mohit Jain were the champions while Tusar Nial and Rudra Prasad Sahu were the runners up l Similarly SHG group among women held a The musical chair competition was held at the indoor stadium of the local police ground. 52 women contestants participated in it. Mrs. Jajinseni Mahapatra won the first place, Mrs. Chuma Patel got the second place and Mrs. Sumati Padhi got the third place. Similarly, in the musical chair game held among the students, Queen Jaksena won the first place, Chuneri Sahu won the second place and Ursara Raut won the third place. Mrs. Surmi Soren, Nuapada Upazilapal, attended the afternoon sports program as the chief guest and awarded the players with certificates and trophies. l Prakash Kumar Sahu and Amit Gohil became the champions in the double-battle minton competition organized in the evening, while Sakhir Ghosh and Rohan Padi became the runners-up. In the table tennis singles competition, Rajendra Prasad became the champion and Mr. Saharath Ghosh became the runners-up. Similarly, on the occasion of sports day at Khariar on the 28th, a competition of sportsmanship, shot put and drawing was held among the school students. The program was organized by Ratan Singh Barik IP l A grand cycle rally was organized at Nuapada at 8 am on 31st l At 11 am sports related quiz program was held among students l In the evening at 6 pm a badminton competition was organized between players at the indoor stadium at Nuapada and Khariar road l Similarly at the indoor stadium at Kharia district Badminton Association organized a seminar titled “Development of Sports and Excellence in Sports”. All programs were moderated by District Sports Officer Rajendra Prasad. Report by Vishwanath Samal from Nuapada, Fast News Odisha.