Age of SAI coaches limited to 70 years

The government wants an agreement with the Indian Olympic Association and National Sports Federations on the contentious Sports Code before having a joint meeting with the International Olympic Committee next month, Sports Secretary P K Deb said on Saturday. Deb said that an agreement on the age and tenure guidelines under the Sports Code was required for any fruitful discussion with the IOC to pave way for India’s return into the Olympic movement. “We welcomed the IOC’s ...

The Sports Ministry has received about 50-60 nominations from across all Nationals Sports Federations (NSFs) for the prestigious Arjuna award and another 30-40 recommendations for the Dronacharya award within the deadline that ended today.

The Sports Ministry has issued a fresh deadline to all National Sports Federations, which have not amended their constitution in accordance with the sports code, to make their position clear by February 28, failing which their government recognition could be ...

The union sports ministry in its bid to clear the election mess in different National Sports Federations (NSFs) and the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) is exploring options to form an Election Commission for Sports (ECS) to ensure free and fair conduct of ...

(NAN) The National Sports Commission (NSC) on Tuesday in Abuja supervised elections into executive positions of 21 national sports federations against the 22 earlier planned. Bolaji Ojo-Oba, NSC's Director of National Sports Federations and Elite ...

STAKEHOLDERS of the various sports federations will converge at the medical Centre of the Abuja National Stadium Tuesday to elect the chairmen and vice chairmen of their boards. The election will feature candidates from the six geo-political zones, ...

Yesterday, elections were held in 21 sports federations to usher in new president and vice presidents to govern sports bodies in the nest four year except boxing which election has been postponed to a latter day. Despite the controversy surrounded ...

Gertrude Kubwimana, the executive secretary of the National Volleyball Federation, told Focus Sport that so far clubs like Kampala Amateur Volleyball club, Sky and Nemo stars had confirmed participation. "We are expecting close to 30 teams, 3 have ...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today held fruitful meetings with a delegation from the Indian Sports Ministry, headed by Indian Sports Minister Jitendra Singh, and representatives from the National Federations of India who are also ...