Pune, June 23 -- The Maharashtra government will stand firmly behind athletes by solving the problems faced by the athletes and organisations and will provide them with facilities, assured state Sports & Youth Welfare Minister Dattatray Bharane here on Monday. Speaking at a programme organised by the Directorate of Sports & Youth Welfare and the Maharashtra Olympic Association on occasion of Olympics Day at the Lady Ramabai auditorium of Sir Parshuram College here, he said that various athletes from the state have won medals in international and national sports competitions and the athletes should perform by remembering them and keeping their ideals in mind. The minister said that late Khashaba Jadhav won the first medal for the country in...