Noble gesture: Leander Paes proposes sports city for Goa

Noble gesture: Leander Paes proposes sports city for Goa
Preetu Nair | TNN

Panaji: Indian Davis Cup team captain Leander Paes is planning to set up a sports medicine facility and a sports city in the state soon.
Paes has already met up with the health minister Vishwajeet Rane in this regard last week. Rane confirmed the meeting and said, “ A sports medicine facility and a sports city would be really beneficial to all sportspersons of the state of Goa.”
Rane said that he has already briefed the chief minister Digambar Kamat about the same. “Leander is a Goan who has achieved a name for himself in the international sphere and I think the government needs to help him in this endevour,” said Rane.
Leander Paes, India’s tennis pride was born in Goa on June 17, 1973 and brought up in Kolkata.
Leander’s father Dr Vece Paes is a well-known consultant for sports medicine to the Indian Davis Cup team and has extensive medical clinical and working experience. He has also been medical director and founder of different medical companies.
In recent times, injuries, both on and off the playfield, illness and accidents have been snuffing out many shining careers from the national sports horizon.
The sports city, if built in the state, would be the first of its kind in the state that may host a world-class medical facility, including a specialist in sports medicine together with a rehabilitation centre.
Rane said that the centre would help in training and treating exsiting sportspersons will also encourage upcoming sportspersons in the state. “However, the talks are at the initial stage and Leander will be coming back to the state in August with a complete proposal,” added Rane.
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