Department of Sports, Govt. of Punjab

DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS, PUNJAB ACHIEVEMENTS/ACTIVITIES

To provide additional sports facilities to sportsperson of the State a comprehensive Sports Policy 2018 was notified by the Punjab Government on 06.03.2019.
23 medallists of Asian Games and Commonwealth Games-2018 were given Cash Award amounting to Rs. 15.55 crore on 11th October, 2018.
The Govt. has disbursed Cash Award amounting to a total of Rs. 2.49 crore to 786 medal winners of International/National/ State Level tournaments for the year 2015-16 on 15-11-2018.
Punjab players brought laurels to the State by winning 72 medals (23 Gold, 19 Silver & 30 Bronze) in recently conducted Khelo India Youth Games 2019, Pune.
District Level Tournaments under-14, under-18 (Boys & Girls) and District Level Tournament (Men & Women) under-25 were organized in the month of October 2018 in every districts in which 103000 players participated.
State Level Tournament under-14 (Boys) were organized from 03-01-2019 to 05-01-2019 at RoopNagar, SAS Nagar and Sangrur in which 2802 players were participated.
State Level Tournament under-14 (Girls) were organized from 15-01-2019 to 17-01-2019 at Bathinda, SAS Nagar, and Sangrur in which 2719 players were participated.
State Level Tournament under -18 (Girls) were organized from 28-01-2019 to 30-01-2019 at Faridkot, S.A.S Nagar and Sangrur in which 2670 players were participated.
State Level Tournament under-25 (Women) were organized from 25-03-2019 to 27-03-2019 at Mansa, S.A.S Nagar and Sangrur in which 2000 players were participated.
Sports Department, Punjab organized Daily World Marathon 2019 on 31-03-2019. State level function was organized at S.A.S Nagar and in all the district headquarters of the State simultaneously, in which 1.25 lakh athletes participated.
The Govt. has disbursed Cash Award amounting to a total of Rs. 2.97 crore to 903 medal winners of International/National/ State Level tournaments for the year 2016-17 on 30-04-2019.
The Government has distributed Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award to 99 outstanding sportspersons from the year 2011 to 2018 on Dated 09.07.2019. A cash prize of Rs. 2.00 Lacs, a Trophy depicting Maharaja Ranjit Singh (on horse back, in warrior dress) and a blazer with pocket have been given to each Awardee.
Sub- division Kabaddi Tournament under-14, under-18 and 25 was organized in the month of July 2019 dedicated to celebration of 550th Parkash Purb of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
The District Level Sports Competition Under-14, 18 and 25 was organised in the month of July/August, 2019 dedicated to celebration of 550th Parkash Purb of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji in which 1,03,000 players were participated.
The State Level Sports Competition Under-14 Boys was organised at Ludhiana from 21 to 23 August, 2019 in which 3292 players and 298 officials were participated.
Federation Gold Cup of Volleyball to Commemorate 100 years of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre from 27.09.2019 to 03.10.2019 at GNDU, Amritsar in which 9 Men teams and 5 Women teams were participated from different states.
The State Level Sports Competition Under-14 Girls was organised at Roopnagar from 11 to 13 October, 2019 in which 2477 players and 243 officials were participated.
The State Level Sports Competition Under-18 Boys was organised at Ferozepur from 20 to 22 October, 2019 in which 3763 players and 323 officials were participated.
The State Level Sports Competition Under-25 Men was organised at Patiala from 23rd to 25th November, 2019 in which 2917 players and 337 officials were participated.
The State Level Sports Competition Under-25 Women was organised at Mansa from 14th to 17th November, 2019 in which 2467 players and 229 officials were participated.
The Department of Sports has successfully conducted the International Kabaddi Tournament-2019 dedicated to 550th Parkash Purab of Shri Guru Nanak Devji at different venues from 01-12-2019 to 10-12-2019 in the State of Punjab in which players of 8 countries apart from host country (India) participated in this prestigious tournament were Australia, Canada, England, Kenya, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and USA. The Venue Schedule of tournament is as under:-

S. No.	Date	Venue	Approximate Spectators
01.	01.12.2019	Guru Nanak Stadium, Sultanpur Lodhi, Kapurthala (Opening Ceremony)	8,000
02.	03.12.2019	Guru Nanak Stadium, Amritsar	7,000
03.	04.12.2019	Guru Ram Das Sports Stadium, Guru Harsahai, Ferozepur	25,000
04.	05.12.2019	Outdoor Sports Stadium, Bathinda	8,500
05.	06.12.2019	Polo Ground, Paiala	7,000
06.	08.12.2019	Charan Ganga Stadium, Anandpur Sahib, Ropar	12,000
07.	10.12.2019	Shaheed Bhagat Singh Stadium, Dera Baba Nanak, Gurdaspur (Closing Ceremony)	18,000