Saturday, July 5, 2014

35th National Games to be held in Kerala from 31 January to 14 February 2015

35th National Games dates were announced on 26th June 2014 at the Members’ Lounge of the Kerala Legislative Assembly Complex, Thiruvananthapuram by Indian Olympic Association (IOA). The games will be held at 32 different venues across seven districts of Kerala from 31 January to 14 February 2015. The dates for the games were formally approved by Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Sarbanand Sonowal on behalf of Government of India.
The 35th National Games will be held in 36 disciplines and will see a total of 11641 participants that includes 7744 athletes. The participants will compete for a total of 365 gold and silver medals as well as 477 bronze medals. This is for the second time Kerala will be hosting the National Games. For the first time, Kerala conducted the 27th National Games in 1987.

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