In a historic first, Khelo India Youth Games 2025 partner with International Olympic Committee, Eurosport

Khelo India events grab global attention. For the first time, KIYG 2025 in Bihar is being streamed live on Olympics.com, highlights will be shown on Discovery-owned Eurosport

Rakesh Thapliyal

New Delhi: Khelo India events are grabbing global attention. For the first time, the Khelo India Youth Games 2025, underway in five cities of Bihar and New Delhi, are being streamed live on the Olympics.com. The highlights of the day will be aired on Eurosport, a sports channel owned by Discovery. The feeds are being produced by national broadcasters, Doordarshan.

Olympics.com, the official digital platform of the International Olympic Committee, associated with Khelo India for the first time with the Winter Games held in Leh (Ladakh) and Gulmarg (J&K) in January and March 2025, respectively.

“We are delighted to host the livestream from Khelo India Youth Games 2025 on Olympics.com. It is such an exciting event and we are thrilled to be able to show it to our audience and help amplify the excitement from Bihar,” said Kostas Karvelas, General Manager of Olympics.com/Olympic Channel.

This is the first time Eurostar has associated with a Khelo India activity. The well-known sports channel will broadcast highlights of the Youth Games every day.

The seventh edition of the Khelo India Youth Games is an under-18 event. More than 10,000 participants are involved in 27 medal sports and one demonstration sport (esports). The opening ceremony of KIYG 2025 was held at Patna’s Patliputra Sports Complex on Sunday. Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi declared the Games open. The Games will end on May 15.

International Olympic Committee, apart from live streaming the KIYG on Olympics.com, have sent a team of producers to do special stories and social media activities around the Games. They have selected, among others, sepaktakraw which is making its debut as a medal event in Khelo India Youth Games. IOC is also focusing on India’s indigenous games like gatka and mallakhamb.

The exposure on global platforms will help showcase Khelo India to a global audience. Khelo India is a mission that aims to tap talent and develop young boys and girls through a structured plan to become continental and Olympic champions. India has bid to host the 2036 Summer Olympics.

For More on Khelo India Youth Games, click: https://youth.kheloindia.gov.in/

For Medal Tally of KIYG 2025, click: https://youth.kheloindia.gov.in/medal-tally

ABOUT KHELO INDIA YOUTH GAMES

Khelo India Youth Games are part of the Khelo India program that was launched on October 14, 2017. Khelo India aims to achieve the twin objective of mass participation and promotion of excellence in sports. The program has contributed immensely to India’s sporting success with several Khelo India athletes representing the nation at global events, including the Olympics and the Asian Games. Bihar is hosting the seventh edition of the Khelo India Youth Games from May 4-15 in five different cities of the state and Delhi. KIYG 2025 will feature 27 sports and for the first time, esports has been included as a demonstration sport.