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Ministry must ensure athletes’ safe return to training before advocating competition
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Ministry must ensure athletes’ safe return to training before advocating competition

G RajaramanJune 24, 2020August 17, 2020

Athletes’ overall health, not just securing them from the outbreak of COVID-19, must always be kept in mind when planning…

Second class citizens?
Olympic Games Other Sport

Second class citizens?

G RajaramanMay 30, 2020May 30, 2020

The Indian swimmers’ hearts sank collectively when they discovered that their sport was not part of the Standard Operating Procedure…

Delayed, Ministry list of recognised NSFs draws mixed reaction from sports fraternity
Equestrian Governance Other Sport

Delayed, Ministry list of recognised NSFs draws mixed reaction from sports fraternity

G RajaramanMay 12, 2020May 12, 2020

The list of National Sports Federations (NSF) granted annual recognition by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is out…

Teenager Chhavi Kohli envisions some changes in fencing
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Teenager Chhavi Kohli envisions some changes in fencing

G RajaramanMay 7, 2020May 7, 2020

Chhavi Kohli wears a mature head on young shoulders and despite doing multiple things during Lockdown, she lets her mind…

Keeping mind open in times of Lockdown
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Keeping mind open in times of Lockdown

G RajaramanApril 1, 2020August 20, 2020

Nothing would have prepared athletes at the elite, development and amateur levels for sport to come to a grinding halt.…

Just one Grade I horse-rider combination in National event:  Federation makes little effort to enhance competition
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Just one Grade I horse-rider combination in National event: Federation makes little effort to enhance competition

G RajaramanFebruary 18, 2020February 18, 2020

Nitin Gupta ignores lack of competitors to introduce Vanilla Sky to great heights The National Equestrian Championship (Show Jumping) 2020…

Equestrian Governance Other Sport

Bogey! Ministry favours IGU within weeks of rejecting plea for recognition

G RajaramanSeptember 4, 2019August 17, 2020

In a surprise U-turn, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has granted an ‘interim recognition’ to the Indian Golf…

Neeraj Chopra strikes Asian Games gold with monk-like composure
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Neeraj Chopra strikes Asian Games gold with monk-like composure

G RajaramanAugust 28, 2018August 9, 2021

Through the evening at the Asian Games, the monk in Neeraj Chopra was in evidence. The Indian star was so intent on…

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