LUCKNOW, April 16 -- For students aspiring to be top-notch sportspersons, the biggest challenge often is how to navigate through the education environment that focuses more on academics and very less on sports. The result is often promising athletes and sportspersons are lost to academic pressures.

This scenario is likely to change as Lucknow gears up to get a first-of-its-kind private school to be affiliated to CBSE Board. Being promoted by the group that owns and operates the Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari International Cricket Stadium (Ekana) Stadium, this upcoming school will be different from the existing Guru Gobind Singh Sports College, which is a government entity. It will be a private school with international-level facilities and stu...