The Nagaland Olympic Association has on Wednesday posted a photo of the modified emblem of the 3rd North East Games 2024 where the iconic ‘Olympic rings’ have been removed from both the emblem as well as the logo of NOA.
The Association had released the emblem on 4th March 2024 but a day later, the North East Sports Association received directions from Indian Olympic Association to refrain using the word ‘Olympic’ and the Olympic logo due to copyrights and trademark issues.
On Tuesday, the NE Sports Association decided in a meeting to ditch the word ‘Olympic’ from its name and from the name of the region’s biggest sports meet. The ‘Olympic’ associations of all eight States of NE are also expected to be renamed soon.
Read more: ‘Olympic’ dropped from NE Olympic Association, NE Olympic Games
Nagaland will be hosting the 3rd North East Games 2024 from 18th to 23rd March.
The Games will be held in the districts of Chümoukedima, Dimapur and Kohima where athletes will compete across 16 diverse sporting disciplines.
The first North East Olympic Games was hosted by Manipur in 2018. The second edition was delayed due to the COVID pandemic and was held in 2022 in Meghalaya. Manipur emerged the overall champion in both editions
