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India Sets BRICS Traditional Sports Showcase for Ahmedabad in October
India will host a non-competitive BRICS showcase of traditional and indigenous sports in Ahmedabad on October 12, 2026.
What happened
India’s Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, with the Gujarat government, will hold the BRICS Traditional and Indigenous Sports Demonstration Games 2026 at Ahmedabad’s Veer Savarkar Sports Complex on October 12. Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will inaugurate the event. Delegations from BRICS members and partner countries will demonstrate, document and exchange traditional sports and cultural practices.
Why it matters
The event creates a formal platform for cultural exchange, heritage preservation, knowledge-sharing and people-to-people cooperation through traditional sports.
Source: Press Information Bureau (India)