EFI cup of woes brims after Court-appointed observer’s stinker
Equestrian Federation of India’s cup of woes is brimming, what with the Delhi High Court-appointed Observer SY Quraishi also training his guns on the manner in which it tried to…
SFI must introspect key swimmers’ decision to stay away from National Camp
Swimming Federation of India, which has shed its inertia and made some right moves in the past few months, will have to try and understand why some of the leading…
EFI makes eyebrow-raising suggestion to close qualification 10 months before 2022 Asian Games
It should surprise no one if riders, notably those who intend to be based overseas for their preparation for the 2022 Asian Games, choose to express shock and disappointment at…
Equestrian Federation of India steals a march over other NSFs by organising Junior Nationals in Delhi
The Equestrian Federation of India stole a march over all other National Sports Federation by successfully completing the National Junior Equestrian Championship and the preliminary competition the National Equestrian Championship…
Anbu set to lead IGU after Returning Officer over-rules objections against all nominees
Lt. Gen Devraj Anbu (retd.) of North Star Golf Association Jammu and Kashmir and Brijender Singh of Maharashtra State Golf Association emerged the only validly nominated candidates for the President…
IGU electoral college reveals surprises, puts career sports administrators in the shade
Those seeking positions in the Indian Golf Union do not stop springing surprises. No, not with a desire to groom golfers from the grassroots level or an eagerness to enhance…
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…
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