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Abstract
India, as a member of the United Nations, has over the years shown serious commitment to adopting its policies and goals. As a signatory of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, India has already taken steps to fully adopt best practices and make considerable progress in achieving each of the 17 SDGs. One look at the SDGs clearly reflects there exists an inter-dependence between all the goals. There is thus a need to identify and evaluate those areas which can serve as inter-sectoral platforms.UN has declared Sport as an important enabler of Sustainable Development. The paper focuses on locating Sport and sustainability initiatives within governmental and non-governmental policies in India and identifying the relevant areas which might be impacted and influenced by the power of sport as a medium to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.