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SFI-Swimming SA partnership can help Indian swimmers’ fortunes look up over time

Swimming Federation of India’s desire to grow the sport has found expression in the form of a partnership agreement with Swimming South Africa. Coming in the wake of the ambitious…

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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…

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Posted in Governance Swimming

With narrow vision, inadequate planning, SFI is caught napping

You would have expected the Swimming Federation of India to have everything in place when the country’s competitive swimmers resume the sport. It would only be fair to believe that…

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Posted in Badminton Governance

Why did BAI & Chief Coach suggest hotel, not SAI-funded hostel, for national campers?

Had the World Badminton Federation (BWF) decided a few days earlier than Tuesday to postpone the Thomas & Uber Cup Finals in Denmark, Indian badminton leadership would have been saved…

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Indian badminton courts trouble on all fronts

My colleague S Kannan and I analyse the Indian badminton landscape in the wake of the decision to cancel the National Camp after players cited short notice and quarantine regulations…

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Posted in Olympic Games Swimming

Dubai camp for three swimmers is significant, but not good to ignore larger talent pool

Finally, after two and a half months of waiting, three elite swimmers have secured the go-ahead from the Sports Authority of India to resume their romance with pool water. In…

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Second class citizens?

The Indian swimmers’ hearts sank collectively when they discovered that their sport was not part of the Standard Operating Procedure released by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) a week…

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