Games across globe as India celebrates National Sports Day (in pics)

Bangalore, Aug 29: National Sports Day is being celebrated across the country today to commemorate the birth anniversary of Indian hockey legend Dhyan Chand.

Various sporting events such as walkathon and football tournaments are being held across the country for the first time as a part of the celebrations, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) said on Tuesday.

The government has also planned many programmes to spread sports to every corner of the country by creating a nation wide awareness about the fruitful side of sports. "We need to build a sports culture in the country and should take sports as seriously as the other sporting nation do. Our sports person do not get the respect that they deserve," Onkar Kedia, Joint secretary, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports said.

There are some pictures from sports being played across the world.

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