Sachin Tendulkar<\/a>\u00a0on Thursday spent some time with the inmates of St. Anthony\u2019s Old Age Home located in Bandra here on the occasion of National Sports Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIn a 45-second video shared on Twitter, Tendulkar can be seen playing carrom and interacting and sharing jokes with the women inmates.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSpent some time with these wonder women at the St. Anthony\u2019s Old Age Home, felt blessed by the love shown by them. Their excitement to play carrom knew no bounds,\u201d Tendulkar tweeted<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs rightly said by our honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sports and fitness is for all,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, ace boxer Mary Kom also shared a video in which she can be seen practising at a beach.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Modi launched the Fit India Movement at the Indira Gandhi National Stadium in New Delhi and urged citizens to inculcate sports and fitness in their day-to-day lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFitness has always been an integral part of our culture. But, there is indifference towards fitness issues now. A few decades back, a normal person would walk 8-10km in a day, do cycling or run,\u201d Modi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mixed with anecdotes and jokes and drawing parallels from everyday life, the Prime Minister\u2019s speech stressed the importance of fitness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Modi also paid tributes to hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI extend my wishes to all of you on National Sports Day. It was on this day that India got a sports star like Major Dhyan Chand who left the world spell-bound. Today is also the day to congratulate our young players, who are constantly giving new glory to the tricolour on the world stage,\u201d Modi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBe it badminton, tennis, athletics, boxing, wrestling or other sports, our players are giving new wings to our expectations and aspirations. The medals won by them are a result of their austerity and it is also a measure of new India\u2019s new passion and new confidence,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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