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Friday, Jun 6, 2025
'This is the age-old dream of 140 crore (1.4 billion) Indians, it is their aspiration,' Modi said at the opening ceremony of the International Olympic Committee session in Mumbai.
Cricket, which enjoys enormous global appeal, would return after appearing once before at the 1900 Games, after the tremendous success for women's cricket at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
The Paris 2024 Olympics will be held from July 26 to August 11.
The jacket presented to him by Indian Oil Corporation was worn in the Rajya Sabha.
The Asian Games are Olympic qualifiers and the move could help athletes from the two countries compete at Paris 2024.
The sports minister said his government would consult the IOA and prepare a roadmap ahead of the IOC session in Mumbai next year.
The election of Usha to the top job marked an end to the long-drawn crisis in the faction-ridden IOA, which was warned of a possible suspension by the IOC.
Anyone in the world can enter the draw which ends on January 31, 2023, and 3 million tickets in packages will effectively be available in February.
The IOC Executive Board also decided to postpone its session in Mumbai in May, 2023, to September/October, 2023.
In a letter sent to the IOA's executive council, the IOC and Olympic Council of Asia said they were following developments 'with great concern'.
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