Tag: Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Ministry cites DoPT rules and refuses to engage with EFI Secretary-General
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has added to the Equestrian Federation of India’s woes by insisting it will entertain communication only from its Acting President. The Ministry has held…
Delhi HC holds MYAS exemptions to EFI arbitrary and without basis in facts
Delhi High Court on Tuesday held that while clubs may have played a role in promoting Equestrian Sport, their role is ancillary to the State Associations. Justice Sanjeev Narula held…
Arvind Bhat comment on Badminton coaching trains light on need to focus on coach education
Arvind Bhat, a former World No. 22 badminton player who has taken up coaching, may have stirred the proverbial Hornet’s nest. By saying that the absence of great coaches is…
IGU election process ends, but Delhi HC may end up overseeing ‘play-off’
The Indian Golf Union elections drew to a ‘close’ on Sunday, but the last has not been heard on this front. The two factions conducted the IGU Annual General Meeting…
Absence from competition raises questions on leasing procedure of Eventing horses
Surfing the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) website for ownership details of four Eventing horses that Indians had leased in the run up the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games last year has…
With no horses or athletes, Ghost Clubs dominate Equestrian landscape in India
Few would imagine that a vast majority of Equestrian Federation of India’s member-clubs could well be Ghost Clubs – with no athletes and horses on record. Each time the Equestrian…
Sports Governance Bill must encompass sports organisations beyond NSFs and their affiliates
There has been sharper and greater focus on the Draft National Sports Governance Bill 2024 than on the Draft National Sports Policy 2024. Both documents have been shared with the…
National Sports Code & Sports Governance in India
The Sports & Society Accelerator and Open Takshashila recently organised a five-week online introductory course on India’s Sports Ecosystem, Building a Sporting Nation. I was privileged that Mr. Nandan Kamath…
EFI leaves Major and Dafedar idling in France, eroding their Asian Games dreams
Two athletes, both from the Indian Army, are stuck in a foreign land, unable to train because of lack of funding from their own National Sports Federation. There are no…
Show Jumper Maryk Sahney launches Olympic qualifying bid after EFI cold shoulder
It is an irony that India’s top Show Jumping Equestrian athlete, France-based Maryk Sahney, has launched his dreams of qualifying for the Paris Olympic Games 2024 in right earnest at…
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