BHUBANESWAR 25-Oct-2018
The Department of Sports & Youth Services, Government of Odisha and sports management company `Emerging Sports’ would be jointly organising a sports literature festival here at Hotel Mayfair Lagoon on November 2 and 3, 2018. Titled as `Ekamra Sports Literary Festival 2018’, the event will be a precursor to the Hockey Men’s World Cup, scheduled to be held here at Kalinga Stadium from Nov 28 to Dec 16.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is scheduled inaugurate the Festival, which would include some of the biggest sports stars including athletes, players, coaches, national and international sportswriters. The organizers would welcome sports fans from across the world to listen to over 30 top-notch celebrity speakers.
The inaugural event will feature as many as 30 speakers, including Ben Johnson, world-renowned former Canadian Sprinter; Richard Moore, Sports Journalist and Author; Jeff Thomson, former Australian Cricketer; Yogeshwar Dutt, Indian Olympic Medalist & Wrestler; Mohammed Kaif, former Indian Cricketer; Stephanie Rice, Triple Olympic Gold Medalist Swimming; Neeraj Chopra, Asian Games Gold Medalist Javelin; Andrew Downie, Foreign Correspondent and Author; Gymnast Dipa Karmakar; Former Cricketer/Author Akaash Chopra and Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat.
Emerging Sports, a company with domain expertise of managing sports related events, providing sports content to top Indian publications and TV channels. Author and eminent Sports Journalist Sundeep Misra is the founder of the company. He is said to have his roots in Odisha.
