london londonbased nri journalist mihir bose has been honoured with a lifetime achievement award this week by the asian cricket awards in a ceremony at lords ground here bose a writer and broadcaster who was born in kolkata was commended for his contribution to cricket journalism his achievements include writing acclaimed books like the spirit of the game and a history of indian cricket mihir also became the bbcs first sports editor and wrote for all the leading british newspapers including the sunday times the daily telegraph financial times and london evening standard new delhi sports minister sarbananda sonowal on thursday urged the union urban development minister to make provision of adequate sports facilities playgrounds athletic tracks fitness and recreation centres while preparing blueprint for 100 smart cities in india in a letter to m venkaiah naidu the sports minister said smart cities should also have world class sports and fitness centres and sufficient numbers of play fields as these are essential to a healthy and fit population sonowal is of the view that india urgently need to invest in sports fitness and recreation facilities