India, Dec. 22 -- Madhya Pradesh Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Vishwas Sarang on Sunday said the 'Khelo MP Youth Games' will be held from January 10 to 31. Addressing a press conference here, he described the event as the "Olympics of Madhya Pradesh" and said it will be the first time in the country that all recognised sports associations along with his department will conduct competitions in a coordinated manner.

"This is the first time the sports department and the associations will jointly select the team for a total of 27 sports, including cricket, pithhu and tug of war. The selection process will start from the block level, in which competitions will be held from January 10 to 15, district level competitions from January 16 to 20,...