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Over 45K young athletes from 105 villages take part as VBF's Khele Sanand Sports Utsav concludes

Sanand (Gujarat), Oct 9 (UNI) The Vijayi Bharat Foundation's Khele Sanand Sports Utsav 2026 Friday concluded at Sanskardham, marking the culmination of an 18-day sporting movement that brought together over 45,000 young athletes from more than 150 schools across all 105 villages of Sanand Taluka. Launched on September 17. The initiative enabled the early identification and scientific evaluation of sporting talent, creating a pathway from grassroots sport to the Olympic stage while strengthening the sporting culture across Sanand.
As per the official communique, the closing ceremony brought together a distinguished group of sporting personalities and leaders, including Arjuna Awardee and Table Tennis player- Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, MMA Fighter - Pawan Maan Singh, Cricketer - Vedant Trivedi and VBF Directors - Jalaj Dani, Dhanraj Nathwani and Durgesh Agarwal.
The ceremony marked the finale of competitions held across the taluka and celebrated the young athletes, schools and communities that came together as part of the Sports Utsav.
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