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New Delhi, Apr 4 (PTI) Esports will make its debut as a demonstration sport at the Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) to be held in Bihar from May 4 to 15.
The KIYG 2025, the seventh edition of the event, will be held in five cities of Bihar — Patna, Rajgir, Gaya, Bhagalpur and Begusarai– and New Delhi (for the events of shooting, gymnastics and track events of cycling).
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“The Khelo India Youth Games 2025 will be held in Bihar where Esports will make its debut as a demo sport,” Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said in a select interaction with media.
“The event will feature 28 sports, 27 competitive and one demo sport in Esports,” he added.
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The 27 competitive sports that will be a part of the KIYG 2025 are athletics, archery, badminton, basketball, boxing, cycling, fencing, football, gatka, gymnastics, hockey, judo, kabaddi, kalarippayattu, kho-Kho, mallakhamb, shooting, swimming, sepak takraw, table tennis, tennis, thang-ta, volleyball, weightlifting, wresting, yogasana and rugby) and Esports as demo sport.
In fact, Esports debuted as a demonstration sport in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, and became a medal sport in the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, with seven titles competing for medals.
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