| A sports scholarship
that offers promising students from Commonwealth Asia to become professional
tennis players or coaches while at the same time pursuing their studies,
was launched by the Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon in New Delhi,
India, on 23 March 2007. The scholarship, given under the project known
as 'Bonding Beyond Boundaries Through Sport' is jointly offered by the Commonwealth
Youth Programme (CYP) Asia Centre, the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association
and the St Stephen's School. It will benefit 14 students from Bangladesh,
Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Maldives, Pakistan, Singapore and Sri Lanka. |
