<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: #333333; letter-spacing: 0.25pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Indian Blind Sports Association (IBSA) is organizing week-long sportsevents for the blind from 6 to 11 January, 2020 in the premises of The BlindRelief Association, Delhi, Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg, near the Oberoi Hotel, NewDelhi.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.25pt"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />''<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />''<span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Over 400 participants, including 85 female blind sports persons from 7states, namely, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,Rajasthan, Tamilnadu and Telangana will be taking part in the following events.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />''<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />''1. 5<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">th</span> IBSA KabaddiChampionships For Men (6-11 January)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />''<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />''2. 2<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">nd</span> IBSA KabaddiChampionships For Women (6-11 January)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />''<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />''3. 8<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">th</span> IBSA PowerliftingChampionships (08 January)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />''<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />''4. Coaching Camp and Seminar on Blind Sports (6-11 January)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />''<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />''The sports events will kick-start with inauguration of KabaddiChampionships at 10:00 am on Monday, 6<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">th</span> January 2020. The competitions will be held daily between 10:00 amand 5:30 pm. To ensure highest level of professionalism and fair conduct ofcompetitions, services of professional and experienced referees/judges andtechnical officials are being taken.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />''<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />''Established in 1986, Indian Blind Sports Association (IBSA), is one of theoldest and most active national-level sports organization working for thepromotion of sports among the visually challenged. It is affiliated withParalympic Committee of India and represents India at International BlindSports Federation, the apex blind-sports world body.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />''<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />''The Association is constantly striving to provide access to the visuallychallenged in India to an increased variety of sports like Athletics, 5-a-SideFootball, Powerlifting, Kabaddi, Judo, Lawn Tennis and Goal Ball. It has so farorganized 21 bi-annual National Sports Meets. In the 21<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">st</span> Meet held in December2018 in New Delhi, 750 sportspersons from 18 states participated.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />''<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />''</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.25pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; box-sizing: border-box;">TheAssociation has been regularly sending Indian athletes to top-levelinternational championships held under the aegis of International Blind SportsFederation.<br style="box-sizing: border-box" />''<br style="box-sizing: border-box" />''The Association's athletes have won 5 medals (1 silver & 4 bronze) in theAntalya World Championships (2011), 17 medals (9 gold, 1 silver & 7 bronze)at the World Youth and Students Championships in 2009, 18 medals (5 gold, 5silver & 8 bronze) at the same Championships in 2011 and 2 Bronze medals inthe Seoul 2015 IBSA World Games.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><o:p /></span></p>