# Sports Excellence Centres will be set up for global standard training

- ID: P04-B-01#2
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p04-b-01-2 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p04-b-01-2)
- Pillar: 4. Youth Welfare
- Section: B. Tamil Nadu Standing Tall in Sports
- Manifesto page: 41
- Stage: In the budget (Named in the budget speech; an amount may or may not be given)
- Last recorded: 5 Aug 2026
- Data licence: CC BY-NC 4.0. Curated commitments, translations, evidence links and stage analysis compiled by Sollum Seyalum (https://sollumseyalum.web.app).

## Promised in the manifesto

Sports Excellence Centres will be set up to offer training on par with the training provided to athletes in developed countries.

## Where it stands

In the budget speech on 5 Aug 2026.

The government set aside Rs.50 crore to establish 10 Olympic Centres of Excellence.

**So far:** 10 Olympic Centres of Excellence and one beach sports centre

**Not yet seen:** It is not yet confirmed if these centres offer the full range of world-class training.

_Summary written by AI from the documents below, with figures checked against them._

## Documents behind this

- 5 Aug 2026 · Budget speech · Revised Budget speech 2026-27, page 20: 10 Olympic Centres of Excellence will be established across the State, with an allocation of Rs.50 crore. ([Open the document (Budget speech)](https://sollumseyalum.web.app/docs/budget_speech.pdf#page=20))
- 3 Jun 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 21881: The government proposed setting up a National Centre of Excellence for Beach Sports in Nagapattinam district. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR-P.R.NO-160-HON_BLE_PUBLIC_WORK_AND_SPORTS_DEVELOPMENT_MINISTER_PRESS_RELEASE-Hon_ble_Union_Sports_Minister_met_with_Hon_ble_Sports_Minister_at_New_Delhi_-Tamil-Date_03.06.2026.pdf))

> Sources are government releases, budget papers and orders. They show what the government says it will do or has done. They are claims, not independent confirmation. "Nothing recorded" means nothing in our sources, not that nothing was done.