Ghaziabad: Ace badminton player and World no. 4 Saina Nehwal launched her badminton academy in Gaur City 18 Acres Sports Complex located in Gaur City, Greater NOIDA West. The announcement was made jointly by Saina Nehwal and Manoj Gaur, MD, Gaursons India, who laid emphasis on sports culture.

The 18 Acres sports complex has day / night cricket stadium, football field, athletic track, badminton, basket ball and volley ball courts and all sports facilities available at the Gaurs International School like boxing ring, 25 mtrs shooting range, wooden basketball court etc.

"I am happy to announce the opening of my 1st academy today and what better place can we have than a complete city -- Gaur City. As a sportsperson I want everyone to be fit and sports is the best way to keep up with your health. Through our academy we would love to come out with competitive badminton players," says Saina Nehwal. Emphasising on the health of women, she said, "Sports should not be restricted to men but women too should come forward and dedicate time to fitness. I would say that women should exercise daily at least for 20 minutes. Gaur City is blessings in disguise for the families as they don’t have to go far from their residences for sports as this place has all the sports options within a walking distance"

Gaur City Sports Complex is taking giant steps to promote sports as they recently organised Gaur Cricket League in its own cricket stadium. "We want people to feel satisfied not only with the quality houses that we dole but also with the quality lifestyle that we are offering. With this academy we want to promise people that we will have best of sports facilities in Delhi NCR. We thank Saina Nehwal for choosing Gaur City as the place for her academy and with this we expect that the residents of Gaur City will feel the seriousness of our efforts towards promoting sports and healthy lifestyle. We are working on opening more such academies for other sports like cricket, Football & Tennis. ," said Manoj Gaur, MD, Gaursons India.