The 12-member panel recommended 13 names for the annual honour for coaches, which is due to be announced along with other winners on August 29 -- the National Sports Day.

Kiren Rijiju has said that the Centre will assist states in conducting Khelo India events.

Rijiju said the talent hunt initiative, to be funded by the Sports Authority of India under the Khelo India Programme in partnership with the All India Football Federation, will be the "most aggressive exercise" ever done.

According to a release issued by the sports ministry, the 22-year-old athlete, who has won 24 gold medals at the state Wushu Championship, was sanctioned the money through the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay National Welfare Fund for Sportspersons.

He said the 'Target Olympic Podium Junior Scheme' is scouting talent as young as 10-year-old and 12-year-old with an aim to prepare them for the Los Angeles Games.

Rijiju has said that he hopes sporting activities in the country, which have been on a standstill since mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will resume by September of October.

Dutee Chand had earlier said that she is putting her car on sale to raise funds to prepare for Tokyo Olympics. However, she deleted the post later.

Rijiju said that those who win medals at big international meets find it easier to get sponsorship deals but the same is not the case with those who don't win.

Citing examples of people in viral videos being pushed as Olympic prospects, Kiren Rijiju said that sporting knowledge in India is 'minimum'.

The decision was made in a bid to encourage them to produce better results and attract former players to become high performance trainers

The Fit India Talks sessions are being organized in association with the Sports Authority of India (SAI) and the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD).

The app aims to create a bridge between athletes and the NADA by providing easily accessible information on various aspects of sport

There are apprehensions over safety among the Indian athletes on resuming training amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The minister conducted a virtual meeting with representatives of IOA and 15 national federations to discuss the way forward in terms of training of athletes

Sports minister Kiren Rijiju, as well as shooter Anjum Moudgil and boxer Mary Kom will take in an online yoga session with actor Shilpa Shetty on International Yoga Day.

Organisations which have been promoting sports for at least five years will also be eligible to establish a KIC, provided they recruit past champions as coaches.

In the first leg, the ministry had identified state-owned sports facilities in eight states of India which will be upgraded into KISCE.

Sports will be a part of the education and not only an extra-curricular activity under the new policy, said Kiren Rijiju.

Union sports minister Kiren Rijiju has said that India can be a sporting superpower if sports culture is developed at the grassroots level.

The programme is "India's first-ever national-level open online coaching and education programme for grassroot-level athletes," according to a statement from SAI.