The money was sanctioned from the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay National Welfare Fund for Sportspersons (PDUNWFS).

Rajyavardhan Rathore, Minister of Information and Brodcasting recently inaugurated the European Union Film Festival. He said watching movies can breaks barriers of colour and culture.

Rathore said the training opportunities and support for the players are much better now and also urged schools to focus on promoting sports and not just academics.

It was a memorable match for Chhetri, who turns 34 in August, as he scored twice in India's 3-0 win over the African side in front of a packed crowd at the Mumbai Football Arena.

Priyanka Chopra is winning the internet with an old picture from the gym. 

The exercise began with Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore tweeting his video where he was seen doing push-ups. He then challenged Hrithik Roshan, cricketer Virat Kohli and badminton player Saina Nehwal to take up the cue.

Among Deepika Padukone and Anushka Sharma, Hrithik Roshan also took the Hum Fit Toh India Fit challenge. However, things didn't go in his favour. Check how. 

Kohli, on Wednesday, had accepted the challenge of Union Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and posted a video of him doing Butt Plank on Twitter.

Union minister Rathore had started a fitness challenge where all would post their favourite workout and nominated Kohli, Saina Nehwal and Hrithik Roshan. Take a look.

National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) president Raninder Singh on Tuesday said the country must boycott the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham if shooting sport is not reinstated at the event.

Congress leader Manish Tewari has accused the sports ministry of trying to "politicise" sports by seeking information on medal record of Indian athletes in the past four years for a comparison with the UPA government.

PT Usha's tweet also drew a great response from Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, who is also an Olympic silver medallist.

Rathore said that sports ministry's initiative 'Khelo India' was not just about playing but its real purpose was to make better doctors, engineers and lawyers etc.

Sports Ministry has already decided to select 1000 athletes every year under the Khelo India School Games for a scholarship of Rs 5 lakhs each.

The government has released Rs 3.14 crore as out of pocket allowance of 175 sportspersons under the Target Olympic Podium (TOP) Scheme in the last quarter of 2017.

Rathore congratulated the young Indian team for retaining the bronze medal in the Hockey World League (HWL) Final.

Rathore said that the government's focus was to promote sports among the school children, which will encourage them to participate at the regional and national level.

Rathore said his ministry has recommended the Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry to hold three to five sports periods every week in schools.

The Union minister said he was working to shift sports from government to professionals.

Savita played a crucial role in India's title triumph in the recent Women's Asia Cup and secure a berth in next year's World Cup, pulling off the final winning save to deny higher-ranked China.