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Category: Governance

Ministry cites clause in National Sports Code 2011 that lets its make exceptions in compliance
Equestrian Governance

Ministry cites clause in National Sports Code 2011 that lets its make exceptions in compliance

G RajaramanDecember 14, 2020December 14, 2020

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports may have opened a veritable Pandora’s Box by admitting that the National Sports…

Story of a Draft Code’s stop-start journey to nowhere
Governance Uncategorized

Story of a Draft Code’s stop-start journey to nowhere

G RajaramanDecember 11, 2020October 13, 2024

Why is the Draft Code for Good Governance in Sports 2017 in a limbo? Why has the Ministry been perceived…

Ministry ‘acknowledges’ that NSFs are not completely in line with its own National Sports Code
Governance

Ministry ‘acknowledges’ that NSFs are not completely in line with its own National Sports Code

G RajaramanDecember 5, 2020December 5, 2020

In recently renewing the recognition of 41 National Sports Federations, including for 13 of them only until December 31, 2020,…

AIFF must act in line with its existing Constitution while waiting for SC to approve new Statutes
Governance

AIFF must act in line with its existing Constitution while waiting for SC to approve new Statutes

G RajaramanNovember 28, 2020November 28, 2020

We have seen spectators make a beeline for the exit gates when a team prefers to sit on a 1-0…

We are not in a time machine, Justice Gauba tells IGU members in ordering fresh polls
Governance Other Sport

We are not in a time machine, Justice Gauba tells IGU members in ordering fresh polls

G RajaramanNovember 24, 2020November 24, 2020

Justice RK Gauba (Retd.) reminded the Indian Golf Union that it did not have the privilege of being in a…

IGU challenges Ministry & IOA while resuming election meeting after a two-year interruption
Governance Other Sport

IGU challenges Ministry & IOA while resuming election meeting after a two-year interruption

G RajaramanNovember 15, 2020November 15, 2020

A week from now, the Indian Golf Union (IGU) will resume its annual general body meeting that it left unfinished…

EFI hurts teenaged rider by overlooking his credentials, even selectors up in arms
Equestrian Governance

EFI hurts teenaged rider by overlooking his credentials, even selectors up in arms

G RajaramanNovember 13, 2020November 13, 2020

[The above image is for representation purpose only] The Equestrian Federation of India simply cannot resist courting controversy. Even in…

Long-delayed, hard-fought & epochal sports governance litigation poised for a logical finish
Governance

Long-delayed, hard-fought & epochal sports governance litigation poised for a logical finish

G RajaramanNovember 10, 2020November 10, 2020

A long-drawn public interest litigation, focussed on sports governance, may be heading to its logical end with the Delhi High…

SFI unveils five-year plan for coaches amidst uncertainty over reopening of pools across India
Governance Swimming

SFI unveils five-year plan for coaches amidst uncertainty over reopening of pools across India

G RajaramanOctober 15, 2020October 15, 2020

Swimming Federation of India has unveiled ambitious plans to embark on a coach education programme, one that aspires to upgrade…

With narrow vision, inadequate planning, SFI is caught napping
Governance Swimming

With narrow vision, inadequate planning, SFI is caught napping

G RajaramanOctober 2, 2020October 3, 2020

You would have expected the Swimming Federation of India to have everything in place when the country’s competitive swimmers resume…

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