Category: Governance
Cricketer auctions are more gambling than online gaming, suggests former SC judge
Justice (retd.) Vikramjit Sen, a former Supreme Court Judge and a member of the All India Gaming Federation Advisory Panel, has likened the auctions of cricketers to gambling. Speaking at…
With no horses or athletes, Ghost Clubs dominate Equestrian landscape in India
Few would imagine that a vast majority of Equestrian Federation of India’s member-clubs could well be Ghost Clubs – with no athletes and horses on record. Each time the Equestrian…
Sports Governance Bill must encompass sports organisations beyond NSFs and their affiliates
There has been sharper and greater focus on the Draft National Sports Governance Bill 2024 than on the Draft National Sports Policy 2024. Both documents have been shared with the…
University Sports Calendar: Staring at a largely blank schedule
We envy Stanford University for being home to 59 athletes from 14 countries who competed in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. We envy it more when we discover that as…
National Sports Policy: A Timeline
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has shared a Draft National Sports Policy 2024 on its website and invited comments from various stakeholders. While there will be many who…
India needs to weigh in with research and policy for weight-category sport
Disclaimer: This piece is not a reflection of what happened or what did not happen in Paris 2024 Olympic Games where Vinesh Phogat was disqualified for not making weight on…
Delhi HC asks EFI why it does not admit more State Associations as members
Justice Sanjeev Narula of the High Court of Delhi on Monday caught the Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) counsel Jayant Mehta off guard by asking him why it would not…
IOA officials bizarrely question SOM nominations and their own election to seats of power
The charges being traded in the corridors of power in the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), through letters and in the media are best resolved across the table. The disputes and…
National Sports Code & Sports Governance in India
The Sports & Society Accelerator and Open Takshashila recently organised a five-week online introductory course on India’s Sports Ecosystem, Building a Sporting Nation. I was privileged that Mr. Nandan Kamath…
Dropped from Olympic team, India entered Hockey star in Steeplechase
Some stories from the distant past have a way of bobbing up. And here is a delightful one that surfaced recently. It features one of India’s most respected names from…