South Asian Games Information
South Asian Games (SAF Games or SAG & formerly known as South Asian Federation Games also known as SA games) are a bi-annual multi-sport event held among the athletes from South Asia. The governing body of these games is South Asian Sports Council (SASC), formed in 1983. At present, SAG are joined by eight members namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.
The first South Asian Games were hosted by Kathmandu, Nepal in 1983 and have since been held every two years except for some occasions. In 2004, it was decided in the 32nd meeting of South Asian Sports Council to rename the games from South Asian Federation Games to South Asian Games as the officials believed the word Federation was diminishing the emphasis on event and acting as a barrier in attracting crowd.[1] These Games are often hyped as the South Asian version of Olympic Games.
Venues
South Asian Beach Games
South Asian Winter Games
Gold medal tally
All-time medal table
See also
References
- ^ It will be South Asian Games.Rediff news.April 2, 2004.
- ^ Hambantota 2018 To Promote Commonwealth Bid At African Sports Summit
- ^ http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2010/11/14/oostory.asp?sid=20101116_11&imid=So.jpg&dt=%5BNovember%2016%202010%5D
- ^ http://insidethegames.biz/commonwealth-games/2018/11093-hambantota-hoping-beach-games-will-help-commonwealth-games-bid
- ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/South-Asian-Winter-Games-to-have-two-opening-and-closing/articleshow/6987909.cms
External links
Categories: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Multi-sport events | South Asian Games
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