New Delhi [India] August 25 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Monday, whereas addressing a joint press meet with Fiji PM Sitiveni Rabuka, emphasised that sports activities join individuals, highlighting Rugby in Fiji and cricket in India as examples.
He additionally talked about India’s Rugby staff head coach Waisale Serevi’s position in Indian Rugby and mentioned Indian coaches will assist take Fiji’s cricket staff to new heights.
‘Sports activities is a subject that connects individuals, and rugby in Fiji and cricket in India are prime examples. Fiji gave us the Star of Rugby 7 Waisale Serevi as coach of our rugby staff, and now Indian coaches will assist take Fiji’s cricket staff to new heights,’ PM Modi mentioned in a joint press meet.
Serevi stepped in as head coach of the Indian Rugby males’s and girls’s groups final 12 months. Waisale Serevi is a Fijian former ugby union soccer participant and coach, and is a member of the World Rugby Corridor of Fame. Serevi is famend for his achievements in rugby sevens, whereas additionally having fun with an extended profession in fifteen-a-side rugby at each membership and nationwide staff ranges.
Famend globally because the ‘King of 7s’, he’s extensively thought of to be the best rugby sevens participant within the historical past of the sport. He was additionally an advisor on behalf of World Rugby to the Worldwide Olympic Committee, for the inclusion of Sevens Rugby within the Olympics.
A five-time Cup winner on the prestigious Hong Kong Sevens, Serevi steered Fiji to their first World Collection title in his first 12 months as player-coach in 2005-06. His most up-to-date stints in teaching are with the Rhinos Rugby USA, the Jamaica Nationwide Sevens Rugby Group, and the Russia Nationwide Sevens Rugby Group.
Earlier on this month, India’s U20 Ladies’s staff capped off a memorable return to the Asia Rugby Emirates U20 Championship with a bronze medal, defeating Uzbekistan within the third-place playoff on dwelling soil in Rajgir in Bihar.
PM Rabuka arrived in New Delhi on Sunday, marking the beginning of his official go to to India, which can proceed till August 26. That is his first go to to India because the Prime Minister of Fiji. (ANI)
