The Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB) Sports Committee SportsCom’s three-day annual inter-college sports meet “ATHLOS 18” kick-started here from Friday wherein Indian Hockey Team former captain Dilip Tirkey and former Olympian Dilip Gurumurthy attended as guests.
Tirkey appreciated the students' dedication towards sports and quoting “Fit youth will lead to a fit country” emphasised that we should maintain physical and mental fitness so as to contribute to the society in a better way.
Gurumurthy explained how hard-work and discipline can help us succeed in life and encouraged us to maintain balance between studies and sports.
During the three day programme varieties of indoor and outdoor sports would be held in which teams of IMI Bhubaneswar, IIM Sambalpur, XLRI Jamshedpur, IIFT, VGSOM, KSOM, XIMB Alumni and XIMB Home Team would participate and prove their mettle to establish themselves as this year's sports champion.