John resigned from his post on August 18 with immediate effect, citing health safety concerns due to the rising COVID-19 cases in India.
The Sports Authority India (SAI), without giving the name of the individual, said he has been shifted to a COVID-19 care centre as per protocol.
According to SAI, the employee who tested positive on Sunday, did not come in contact with athletes and coaches residing inside the campus, which has been divided into red, orange and green zones because of the pandemic.
The tenure of Sandip Pradhan as Director General of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) has been extended by two years.
Earlier on Tuesday, SAI had resumed sports activities at two of the five stadiums in New Delhi - Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium.
The home ministry allowed the opening of sports complexes and stadia in its guidelines for the fourth phase of the lockdown, which has been extended till May 31. However, SAI sidestepped queries on when exactly training can resume.
The SAI has formulated a detailed draft of the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to be followed before reopening of its training centres by the end of this month, as suggested by Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju but subject to clearance from the Health and Home ministry.
Training and competitions have been frozen since March due to the coronavirus pandemic and the nationwide lockdown.
The two-day session will be conducted by Dr Poornima Raman Ngomdir (PT), who is a sports physiotherapist and head of sports sciences with Olympic Gold Quest (OGQ).
Yadav, who played a crucial role in India's campaign in the Women's T20 World Cup 2020 in which India finished runners up, pledged to donate Rs 2 lakh for the cause.
The event, which was to be held from March 15 to 25 in the national capital, had to be postponed, while an Olympic Test event in Tokyo, scheduled from April 16, stood cancelled.
Gowda has drawn comparisons with Olympic sprint legend Usain Bolt after video clips of him running a distance of 100 meters in just 9.55 seconds evoked a social media frenzy, prompting Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju to ask SAI top coaches to conduct trials.
Srinivasa Gawda took just 13.62 seconds to cover a distance of 145 metres at the Kambala at Aikala village, about 30 kilometres from Mangaluru.
Sports Authority of India (SAI) has cleared financial proposals worth Rs 70 lakh in a bid to support athletes.
The SAI, Thursday withdrew its controversial circular to ban parents and personal coaches of shooters from the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range here.
The incident took place on June 9 near Sports Authority of India (SAI) campus at Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, where the complainant had gone to attend a camp for the junior girl grapplers.
Manoj has been out of action since the Asian Games due to the injury and his name did not figure in the list of national campers earlier this year.
Hailing from Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, the athlete was brain dead by the time he was rushed to the Safdarjung Hospital, and could not be revived.
On October 13, Hosamani checked into the hotel and did not step out of his room for a long time, following which the staff alerted the police.
The governing body also advised SAI to bring in reputed companies in the hospitality sector to manage the residential and food facilities under the SAI Residential Scheme.
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