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Indo-French sports festival to coincide with FIH Pro League

Bhubaneswar, Jan 16 (UNI) SPORT IT 2020, a unique Indo-French collaboration and first of its kind sports festival in the country will kick off at Kalinga Stadium on January 18-19 to coincide with FIH Pro League.
The SPORT IT 2020 will inaugurated by Odisha Minister for Sports and Youth Services Tusharkanti Behera while Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is slated to attend the function as the chief guest.
Talking about the initiative, Tusharkanti Behera, said, “With SPORT IT 2020, we wanted to create an inclusive platform that would not only celebrate sports innovation and entrepreneurship but also involve sportspersons, sports start-ups, high performance centres as well as students in a significant
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