India’s 2030 CWG Bid Gets Green Light (X-Aismindia) New Delhi: India’s bid to host the Commonwealth Games in 2030 received the govt’s formal approval on Wednesday. The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the ministry of youth affairs and sports’ submission of the bid and the choice of host city as Ahmedabad, which offers “world-class stadiums,…
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President PT Usha on Tuesday extended her unequivocal support to the National Sports Governance Bill, saying it would end decades of “stagnant status quo” and bring “transparency and accountability” to the country’s sports administration. Speaking in the Rajya Sabha during the discussion on the bill – passed by the Lok Sabha…
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has constituted a fact-finding committee to investigate the prolonged delay in the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) elections, even as the federation’s interim panel on Sunday reiterated its commitment to holding the polls by the August 31 deadline. The three-member committee, formed on July 11, is chaired by IOA Treasurer…
An AI-generated image of Gujarati folk dancers performing Garba in front of the Olympic rings. An Indian delegation, comprising representatives from the union sports ministry, Gujarat government, and Indian Olympic Association president PT Usha, met with International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials in Lausanne on Tuesday to officially confirm Ahmedabad as India’s choice to host a…
India played Pakistan in the 10th Asian Beach Handball Championships in Oman’s Muscat on Friday amid a widening conflict between the two countries.The Indians wore black armbands during the league fixture, but were told by the organisers and Asian Handball Federation (AHF) to remove them, sources told TOI. The organisers told the Indian coaching staff…
Anurag Thakur (PTI Photo) With IOA polls next year, this could be ex-sports min’s Queen’s gambitNEW DELHI: It was business as usual in Indian sport till about a week ago, when a former sports minister declared his intention to contest the elections of a national federation. Emerging from somewhat of a hiatus in sport administration,…
File photo of Wrestling Federation of India chief Sanjay Singh (PTI) New Delhi: The govt has lifted the suspension of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), transferring control of the sports body to Sanjay Singh, a close associate of former president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who was accused of sexually harassing women grapplers.The decision preceded…