The Union Sports Minister, Kiren Rijiju on July 03 said that the ministry will launch Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) Junior to groom young athletes for the 2024 and 2028 Olympics.
The IOA welcomed the International Olympic Committee's decision to postpone the Summer Games, supposed to be held in July-August, to the summer of 2021 owing to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
The decision to allow all SAI regional centres, stadiums and hostels to be used as quarantine facilities was taken following a request from the Health Ministry.
The Ministry also wrote to the Indian Olympic Association to constitute an ad hoc committee to discharge the functions of the RFI.
Over 28 lakh people participated in the Fit India Plog Run organised by the Sports Ministry in a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary.
The Sports Ministry said that the BCCI does not have the right to conduct dope tests on players as it is not authorised by the government or the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA).
While the BCCI claimed that it had made the application in March and waiting for the clearance letter, a sports ministry official said it is yet to get it.
Harish Kumar, member of Indian Sepak Takraw team that won bronze medal at the Asian Games 2018, sells tea at his father's shop to support his family. Harish Kumar said, "I have many family members and there is a very meagre source of income. I help my father at the tea shop to support my family.
The 28-year-old Jamshedpur-based former archer had won two gold medals at the 2008 South Asian Games.
The monthly allowance under TOPS has been started by the ministry last year but the hockey team is getting the pocket allowance for the first time.
The government handed extensions to Sanjita Chanu and Pardeep Singh who were originally in the TOP Scheme only till the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
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.
The Sports Secretary has also asked the doping agency to plan and frame teams to conduct test whenever the team is ready.
A three-time medallist at World Championship, Sindhu has been unstoppable ever since becoming the first Indian to win a silver at the Rio Games last year.
It is true that the performance of our country in the field of sports has been below potential, says union minister Kiren Rijiju in the Lok Sabha.
A sports ministry official said that informal consultations have already been held with various stakeholders in the government. However, it may take at least two years for the ministry to prepare a draft
All India Football Federation (AIFF) initially wanted Mumbai to host India's matches but later asked FIFA to shift them to New Delhi under pressure from the sports ministry.
The last bilateral series between India and Pakistan was played in 2012-13.
Talking about development of sports in the country in general, Goel said different disciplines were being run by different federations.
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