India must take steps to make Safeguarding of athletes at grassroots levels a reality
News report: Two teenagers, a track and field athlete and kabaddi player, were found dead in a room in the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Training Centre (STC) hostel in…
MYAS seeks to facilitate direct travel of horses from India to Japan for Asian Games
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has initiated steps to facilitate Equestrian riders transport their horses based in India to Japan for the Asian Games later this year. It…
Fewer Sportspersons of Outstanding Merit will have votes in National Sports Bodies now
The drastic reduction of athlete representation in the General Body of a National Sports Federation and in its Executive Committee, as notified in the National Sports Governance (National Sports Bodies)…
India hits reset button for governance & coaching, but needs to look at other areas too
India has all but hit the reset button in its quest to become a sporting nation and figure in the top 10 of the Olympic Games table, even if it…
ADAP revokes young Wushu athlete’s provisional suspension
An Anti-Doping Appeal Panel (ADAP) has ordered the revocation of the provisional suspension imposed by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) on 20-year-old Wushu athlete Shiv Pratap Chauhan. The ADAP had…
Kids Athletics Cup could be a critical talent spotting pathway
The synthetic track revealed its age unabashedly. Parents and Physical Education Teachers were the only spectators in the galleries. Mainstream media was conspicuous by its absence. Yet, words can never be…
Division Bench rejects appeals seeking validation of MYAS exemptions to EFI
A Division Bench of the High Court of Delhi has ruled that clubs have no statutory or legal entitlement to interfere with, participate in or seek to influence the governance…
NADA offers text book case as it leads a drastic reduction in doping cases in 2025
The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has revealed that the number of Adverse Analytical Findings or positives for prohibited substances have dropped to 110 so far this year from a whopping…
WADA Testing Figures report confirms Indian sportspersons as top offenders again in 2024
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 2024 Testing Figures Report has confirmed the bitter-sweet news placing India on top of the dubious heap with 260 Adverse Analytical Findings (AAF) in a total…
India and Ahmedabad can draw insights from IOC Assessments of 2030 YOG aspirant cities
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsten Coventry hit the pause button in the race to decide the host of the 2036 Olympic Games when she decided to review the…
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