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The MMA match took place on time, but there were actually some surprises in the match. Everyone had expected Jitendra Singh Pogath, a member of the Bharatiya Commandos, to unilaterally defeat his enemy with an overwhelming advantage, but on the contrary, it was not like that at all. Preetpal Singh, the contender, had such a high level of mastery in wrestling that Jitendra Singh Pogath, who was proficient in every combat skill, could not go head-to-head against the wrestling freak.

Preetpal Singh’s wrestling skills were so impressive that even Balwan Singh, the winner of the wrestling match, commented, "Preetpal’s wrestling skills are amazing. Even if I compete with him head-on, I couldn’t tell you how long the match would last."

Jitendra Singh Pogath, a six-foot-three-inch monster in his own right, knew that he couldn’t compete against the six-foot-seven-inch behemoth facing him in a frontal confrontation. Hence, he immediately changed his approach. Instead of directly charging at Preetpal like he initially did, he took a more gorilla strike approach, where he would use his nimble body to attack as soon as Preetpal let down his guard and ran away as soon as Preetpal advanced.

Although this tactic of his was considered cowardly by a lot of people, he did not mind, since as a commando, he knew that the person who was alive was the only winner.

With a constant barrage of kicks and punches, Jitendra Singh Pogath finally managed to drop the six-foot-eight-inch monster, Preetpal Singh.

Although he initially did not receive any applause from the audience, when His Majesty personally stood up and applauded, everyone else followed.

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The lunch break passed by in the blink of an eye, and the first team game of the week-long event took place: The rugby match between a South Bharatiya team called Vijayanagar Yoddhas and a Punjabi team called Punjab Simhas.

The anticipation was very high for the match because this particular rugby match was not only between two different teams from two different parts of the Empire, but it was also between two different styles of play. The team from The southern part of the empire, more precisely from the state of Vijayanagara, is a team that is more focused on tactical brilliance and teamwork.

The team also contained the favourites Nirmal Shetty, Kiran Gowda, Rohan Naidu, and Ajay Verma, who were all top-ranking players in the first-time rugby tournament held within the army. However, the Punjabi team had a totally different gameplay. The Punjabi team, in the preliminaries, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and until the finals, only used brute force to bulldoze everyone in their path. Their only philosophy in rugby was the relentless offence with brute force to destroy the opponent’s defences.

The seemingly unreliable plan without any tactics actually worked in the favor of the Punjabi athletes due to their natural advantage of taller physiques and stronger bodies.

Although this led to a lot of injuries within their team, it also made them gain a lot of reputation among the younger audience of the empire.

Interestingly, both teams were actually sponsored by different companies of the empire. However, unlike previous times, when only a single brand was present, now two to three logos of brands were present on the jerseys at the same time.

Looking at this, Vijay grew annoyed as they somewhat reminded him of the IPL of the future, where money was put in front of everything. Even though this did make the IPL one of the most profitable franchises in the world, it also made it unable to grow due to its position as a cheaper version of the Premier League.

Vijay didn’t want that to happen. He firmly decided to immediately bring out the Ministry of Sports and put forward all the regulations necessary to make the sports franchises in the empire into international organizations.

With a kickoff, the match started. Screams and shouts from the athletes were heard throughout the ground, and sweat and dust filled the air.

Sourav and Deshmukh were on the edge of their seats, as this time both of them unilaterally bet on the Vijayanagar Yoddas team, and the bet was not small either. Both of them together put up a staggering 1000 Varaha which was their salary for a few months.

"Brother, do you think we can win?" Deshmukh couldn’t help but ask worriedly, since throughout the first half of the game, Vijayanagar Yoddas had not performed to their best. It was as if they could not adapt to the play style of the Punjab Simhas.

"We should definitely win. We have a lot more experience in this game... right?" There was no confidence in Sourav’s tone.

However, fortunately, things finally went their way, as the Vijayanagar Yoddas immediately found a lot of loopholes in the offensive posture of the Punjab Simhas and utilized these loopholes to create an attack strategy of their own.

The second part of the game was intense, as neither side was willing to let go. However, in the end, with an extraordinary move made by the captain, Nirmal Shetty, the Vijayanagar Yoddas defeated the Punjab Simhas by a single point.

"Ahhhh, we won!" Saurav and Deshmukh immediately jumped up from their seats and hugged each other as they screamed in happiness.

It was the same for almost everyone in the stadium. Almost all of them were from the southern part of the Empire, so they were more happy with one of their own winning.

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"Although I don’t mind these Punjabis and Haryanvis almost dominating the events based on strength, it still feels amazing that we won the rugby match, which is a game mostly dependent on physique," said a middle-aged merchant in an interview with the Bharatam Daily reporter.

His words summarized and explained the excitement of the people in the audience.

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The next day, the events started as usual. It was the day of Kabaddi, Kho Kho, Cricket, and Football.

The day started off with Kabaddi, It was a match between the two finalists from Kakathiya Puri and, unsurprisingly, a team from Haryana.

Similar to wrestling, Haryana and Punjab have a long history of Kabaddi. Though the rules of Kabaddi utilized by the people of Punjab and Haryana are more focused on one-to-one wrestling, in the south, it is more of a team contact sport, dependent on strategy, strength, and reflexes.

The Kabaddi match was played according to the Pro Kabaddi rules of the 21st century, which were introduced by Vijay. So, the matches did not take very long and ended within an hour. But unfortunately, there was a huge upset in the match, as the local favourite team from Kakatiya Puri, more precisely from the Guntur district, did not win the match but lost by a single point to the team from Haryana.

A lot of people were displeased by the outcome, but there was nothing anyone could do about it.

Up next was a Kho Kho tournament, and once again, Vijay had the rules from the 21st century through the Kho Kho League, which shortened the span of the game, made it safer, and, more importantly, made it much more entertaining.

The two finalist teams, respectively from Vijayanagar and Cholapuri, went head-to-head for almost an hour in the Kho Kho match. The people in the stadium were excited by the continuous death-defying dives and clever tactics utilized throughout the game.

Unlike the previous events, the favourites to win were equally divided between Vijayanagar and Cholapuri, as the people in this stadium were from all parts of Southern India and some parts of Northern India.

Ultimately, it was the team of Cholapuri that won, due to the excellent decision-making and reflexes of Prashanth Kumar, the captain of the Cholapuri Kho Kho team.

Up next were the finals of Cricket and Football, two of the most famous team games in the empire, bar none.

Cricket and Football attracted a lot of investment from various companies all over the empire. When the cricket game started, Vijay was visibly annoyed by looking at nearly eight sponsorships attached to a single kit on the athlete.

Sadly, he couldn’t change the rules of the tournament in the middle of the events, and to be fair, it was up to the teams what they would do to their kits since there isn’t really a governing body over any sports in the empire.

Vijay’s determination to establish the sports ministry had never been so high as it was now.

The cricket game was between a team from Vijayanagar and a team from Satavahana.

The match started with a wicket for the Vijayanagar team right off the bat. It was a disastrous start, and the bowlers from Satavahana kept constant pressure. By the end of the 10th over, the score was 60 for 6—a pitiful score and a disastrous wicket rate for the Vijayanagar team. The audience was disappointed and annoyed that their team was performing so badly, but they wanted to see the match through.

The game continued, and miraculously, a bowler from the Vijayanagar team actually managed to hit 80 runs from 40 balls, bringing the final score of the Vijayanagar team to a below-average 152 runs for 20 overs.

However, the excitement of the crowd was immediately dashed when Kapil Sharma, the captain of the Satavahana team, put on an excellent performance and hit 100 runs within 8 overs.

By the time the match reached the 14th over, Kapil Sharma single-handedly brought Satavahana to victory, as he contributed 112 runs on his own.

Although most of the people were disappointed by the outcome, they still couldn’t help but admire Kapil Sharma a post officer from Mumbai in their hearts and gave him a loud round of applause.

For the final match, Vijay was a little weirded out since he found out that the finals were actually between a team from Charanadu, which, in his history from his past life, had always been a very large football state. Now, in this timeline, it was still the same. Vijay couldn’t help but feel a little incredulous at the coincidence.

In the end, to Vijay’s amusement, it was the Cholapuri team who won against the Charanadu team, bringing him a little surprise.

Overall, the Aikyotsava events continued for a few more days. The women’s events were held during these days, and as expected, the excitement of the festival had already died down.

However, it is undeniable that this weeklong festival had a lot of influence on the future of sports and sports culture in the Bharatiya Empire and the Bharatiya civilization as a whole.

P.S. This pacing is better I hope (Last 2 chaps), I’ll maintain it for any future similar events

P.S. For any reader who made it through this far, thank you, really.