MUMBAI: Indian Sports Fan (ISF), the country’s largest community of sports followers, has been named as the Global Fan Associate by the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) for the ongoing Asian Games 2018, IANS reports.
This is a massive boost for ISF, which has 71,000 followers on Twitter and has made a name for itself recently in countries such as the UK and New Zealand.
Hours before the opening ceremony, the deal was signed on Friday by India’s Chef De Mission Gurucharan Singh at the Gelaro Bung Karno Stadium. Speaking on the occasion, Singh said: “Fans are the lifeline of any organized sporting event and this association will ensure our medal winners are known globally, as ISF has huge fan following across the globe.”
The Indian Paralympic team is led by strong medal contenders such as Deepa Malik, Devendra Jhajhanria, Manasi Joshi, Girisha Hosanagara and Mariyappan Thangavelu, who was also the flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the Games.
India has a strong contingent of 195 members and is competing in 13 different sports including archery, athletics, badminton, judo, powerlifting, chess, cycling, fencing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, boccia and tenpin bowling.
