Ministry cites clause in National Sports Code 2011 that lets its make exceptions in compliance
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports may have opened a veritable Pandora’s Box by admitting that the National Sports Development Code of India 2011 permitted it to relax certain…
With eye on Asian Games, SFI aims for National camps in Antalya and Pretoria
The Swimming Federation of India, at long last, has set its sights on the preparation for the 2022 Asian Games to be held from September 10 to 25 in Hangzhou,…
Story of a Draft Code’s stop-start journey to nowhere
Why is the Draft Code for Good Governance in Sports 2017 in a limbo? Why has the Ministry been perceived as reluctant to usher it in? I was privileged to…
Ministry ‘acknowledges’ that NSFs are not completely in line with its own National Sports Code
In recently renewing the recognition of 41 National Sports Federations, including for 13 of them only until December 31, 2020, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has given 40…
The Rohit Sharma Story captures a lad’s journey from Mumbai suburbs to millions of hearts
The Covid-19 Pandemic has brought along different things, mostly adverse, to different people, but Vijay Lokapally and G Krishnan have done well to use the time during lockdown and later…
AIFF must act in line with its existing Constitution while waiting for SC to approve new Statutes
We have seen spectators make a beeline for the exit gates when a team prefers to sit on a 1-0 lead, back-pedaling and doing everything else to retain possession and…
We are not in a time machine, Justice Gauba tells IGU members in ordering fresh polls
Justice RK Gauba (Retd.) reminded the Indian Golf Union that it did not have the privilege of being in a time machine to go back to the electoral process that…
BL Podcasts: The best moments of IPL 2020
Despite the initial hiccups, the 13th edition of the Indian Premier Leagues (IPL) seemed to have taken place smoothly. What were some of the highlights of the event? Is the…
IGU challenges Ministry & IOA while resuming election meeting after a two-year interruption
A week from now, the Indian Golf Union (IGU) will resume its annual general body meeting that it left unfinished on December 15, 2018 after a District Court in Kolkata…
EFI hurts teenaged rider by overlooking his credentials, even selectors up in arms
[The above image is for representation purpose only] The Equestrian Federation of India simply cannot resist courting controversy. Even in the times of Covid-19 — and when its whole approach…
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