Corporate Games to be held in Delhi from Nov 17-21

New Delhi: The inaugural edition of the Corporate Games will be held in the Capital from November 17

to 21 this year, during which athletes from different countries will participate in 12 sporting disciplines. The event will take place at the Siri Fort Sports Complex. The concept was launched here today by former sports administrator and CEO of the Corporate Games, O P Bhatia, in presence of eminent sportspersons of yesteryears including badminton ace Dinesh Khanna, cricketer Gurcharan Singh and former Indian hockey captain Zafar Iqbal. "The concept of corporate games has been launched on the pattern of World Corporate Games which takes place every four years. It is organised in same year when Olympic Games are held. Last World Corporate games were held in 2008 in England where around 5000 athletes from all over the world took part in various disciplines," said Bhatia. The 12 disciplines in which participants will compete at the Corporate Games include Athletics (running only), Badminton, Basketball, Billiards, Cricket, Football, Hockey, Nine-Hole Golf, Squash, Swimming, Table Tennis and Tennis. "These games will be free of any age restriction, gender, nationality, ability or ideology. The Corporate Games are designed for every day athlete who love health, fitness, sports and it real values," added Bhatia. Already some of the big corporate houses like Tata Group of Industries have evinced interest to take part in these games. PTI