The Asian Games gold medalist Bajrang Punia is confident of Indian wrestlers performing well and winning medals at the Tokyo Olympics next year. The star grappler believes India’s performances at the World Championship shows they are in good…
Haryana will host the fourth edition of the Khelo India Youth Games after the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, the state”s chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Union sports minister Kiren Rijiju announced on Saturday. The Games will be held…
Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said India will be competing for a top-10 finish by the time the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics comes calling, riding the government’s ambitious ‘Target Olympic Podium Junior Scheme’. “We will leave no…
w Here are the top 10 stories that made the headline this week: 1) Big announcement by Kiren Rijiju, competitions to resume from September, October Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju is hoping India would be able to organise sporting…
In a major reform in the nomination policy, athletes could be allowed to directly nominate themselves for the sports national awards from next year. Hinting at a policy change, the sport’s ministry is mulling over allowing athletes to…
Wrestling News:Veteran Indian wrestler Geeta Phogat expressed her desire to make a comeback and represent the country at the 2021 Olympic Games during paddler Mudit Dani’s online chat show ‘In The Sportlight’. The Dangal girl said the postponement…
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has decided to loosen up its pocket and spend a whopping Rs 1-1.5 crore annually to recruit a High-Performance Consultant preferably a foreigner. This will make him the highest-paid official working with…
The Sports Ministry on Saturday removed the Rs 2 lakh cap on the salary given to Indian coaches for training elite athletes in a bid to encourage them to produce better results. The move is also aimed at…
The Sports Ministry on Saturday announced the doing away with of the Rs 2 lakh cap on the salary given to Indian coaches training elite athletes in a bid to encourage them to produce better results and attract…
Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday said that his government will soon launch Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) for junior athletes in the country with an aim to produce Olympic champions by 2028. Rijiju announced the decision during…