Category: Business of Sports

NEW DELHI: Abhinav Bindra, India’s first individual Olympic gold medallist, has strongly advocated the need to have an ‘appointed’ secretary general in the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), instead of an ‘elected’ office-bearer, which was the norm earlier. Bindra was part of the Indian delegation comprising representatives from the IOA, Olympic Council

hhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday inaugurated the ‘Chhattisgarhiya Olympics’, which will have 14 types of traditional sports and will continue till January 6, an official said Written By Press Trust Of India Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday inaugurated the ‘Chhattisgarhiya Olympics’,

By Geoff Berkeley The Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) and the Indian Army have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in a bid to provide opportunities for wounded soldiers to participate in Para sport. Lieutenant General Ravin Khosla, deputy chief of army staff of Indian Army,

Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose – it teaches you about life.— Billie Jean King’ Excellence in the global sports arena depends heavily on the sports

Olympian Aparna Popat and Davis Cupper Gaurav Natekar feel the National Games have a lot going for them, but need to held regularly, for one. Two leading names from recent Indian sports history elaborated on how the National Games benefit sportspersons. However, they cautioned that the Games need to

AIFF secretary general Shaji Prabhakaran (second from left) with president Shaji Prabhakaran (centre) along with FIFA officials on Wednesday. Photo Credit: @IndianFootball   A four-member FIFA panel held separate meetings with SAI director general Sandeep Pradhan, states FAs, new AIFF president Kalyan Chaubey and secretary

Brett Knight Forbes Staff Roger Federer last played at a competitive tournament at Wimbledon in July 2021. GLYN KIRK/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES A month after Serena Williams announced she would retire, another tennis legend is ready to hang up his racket. Roger Federer said Thursday that next

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Lauding the Gujarat government for stepping in to host the National Games, Gopichand said that if the state could host such a big event in such a short time it was possible for it to host the Olympics Games too Indian badminton legend Pullela Gopichand

Sports Minister Anurag Thakur has called on the officials of various National Sports Federations (NSFs) to avoid infighting and transparency issues that have long been plaguing the country’s sporting landscape. – File photo Tribune News Service New Delhi, September 14 Sports Minister Anurag Thakur has