NEW DELHI, 16 Feb: The Election Commission of India (ECI) kicked off the celebration of its annual Sports Week-2026 at the Commonwealth Games Sports complex here on Monday.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar addressed the participants and flagged off the proceedings in the morning.
In his address, the CEC said that the values that define sports, including transparency, rectitude and impartiality, also define the election processes that the ECI upholds.
He encouraged all participants to wholeheartedly take part in the sporting events over the weeklong celebrations.
Following his address, the CEC flagged off the 100mtr women’s race under the theme ‘Run for democracy’. The theme of this year’s annual sports week celebration is ‘Harmony on the field, strength in democracy’.
The annual Sports Week, which is being organised by the Recreation Club of the ECI, will witness participation of 383 participants, including 72 women.
The events will be organised in 43 categories of seven sports: chess, carrom, table tennis, badminton, cricket, football and athletics track events for men and women.
