Posted in Doping Sport in India

AIU decision can lead to tighter testing & action against trafficking banned substances in India

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), which oversees the management of integrity programmes for World Athletics, has flayed the quality of India’s anti-doping programme as being not proportionate to the doping…

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Posted in Asian Games Olympic Sport Opinion Sport in India

Squash needs more concerted all-round support, especially at grassroots level

Does the fact that only three players are directly supported by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports’ field arm, Sports Authority of India indicate a belief that the Squash…

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Posted in Equestrian Governance

Yashodhara Raje Scindia set to make history as Chair of EFI Ad Hoc Committee

Former Madhya Pradesh Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare Yashodhara Raje Scindia has been named by the Indian Olympic Association to head the four-member ad hoc committee to run the…

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Posted in Equestrian Governance

Delhi HC allows appointment of ad hoc panel to govern Equestrian sport in India

The High Court of Delhi allowed the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports’ application to write to the Indian Olympic Association to appoint an ad hoc committee to run the…

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Posted in Governance Sport in India

Team India urgently needs to implement Task Force suggestions on coaching

Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Mansukh Mandaviya told the Lok Sabha on Monday that the implementation of the recommendations of the Task Force on Unified Framework for Development of…

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Posted in Governance Sport in India

Kamlesh Mehta challenges suspension by TTFI with a petition before Delhi HC

The Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) finds itself in the High Court of Delhi yet again. Unlike the last time when a player sought and got its intervention,  now it…

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Posted in Equestrian Governance

MYAS seeks ad hoc panel to run beleaguered EFI instead of asking for elections

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has urgently sought approval of the High Court of Delhi to let it direct the Indian Olympic Association to form an ad hoc…

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Posted in Asian Games Equestrian Governance

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…

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Posted in Governance

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)…

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Posted in Governance Olympic Sport Opinion Sport in India

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…

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