2022 BRICS Games to be held online in September 2022
- The 2022 BRICS Games is scheduled to be held from September 01 to 30 but on online platform.
- This means that the athletes from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) will compete online.
- The 2022 BRICS Games will feature only three competitive games as medal events, which are breakdancing, chess and Wushu (Chinese martial arts).
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Indian yoga, dragon and lion dance, dragon boat racing, Brazil jiu-jitsu, sambo and dibeke will be shown as demonstration events.
- The online BRICS Games can enhance mutual understanding and people-to-people exchanges among participating countries in an innovative and safe way, through the power of sports..
- The Game is being organised by China, as the host of the 14th BRICS Summit held in June 2022.