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UP villages to have sports marshalls

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The Uttar Pradesh government would appoint sports marshalls in all villages with one acre land to encourage youngsters in the state to take up various disciplines.

Also, 18 gymnasiums would be set up for development of rural sports like wrestling, kabaddi and kho-kho, the States Minister of Sports, R K Chaudhary said here today.

There is also a plan to set up six sports complexes at par with international standards, Chaudhary said, adding land for the purpose was being identified in Varanasi, Agra, Faizabad, Saifai and some Western UP districts.

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