Patna, May 3 -- All roads will lead to the Patliputra Sports Complex on Sunday when Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate the seventh edition of the Khelo India Youth Games. Hosts Bihar will be staging its first biggest multi-discipline sporting event in its history, where more than 6,000 athletes will compete in 27 medal sports till May 15.

Maharashtra will aim for a hattrick of titles. Having won the team championships in Madhya Pradesh (2023) and Tamil Nadu (2024), Maharashtra will be fielding more than 430 athletes in the Bihar edition of the Khelo India Youth Games, an under-18 championships this time.

Bihar, which finished 21st in the last KIYG in Tamil Nadu, will take inspiration from the fact that a state has al...