New Delhi, Oct. 24 -- The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) will rope in professional coaches and sports training academies to provide coaching in ten disciplines across 23 locations in New Delhi, including major stadia, swimming pools, and schools with sports infrastructure.

The civic body has invited bids to hire training academies under the public private partnership (PPP) mode, where coaching will be offered at subsidised rates on a revenue-sharing basis. The project covers key NDMC sports venues such as the Talkatora cricket ground, Shivaji Hockey Stadium and the NDMC Indoor Stadium. The ten sports included in the scheme are basketball, football, volleyball, table tennis, badminton, hockey, lawn tennis, boxing, cricket, and swimmin...