NEW DELHI: Former I-League club United Sikkim FC on Sunday decided to shut shop to "focus on grassroots football" and avoid "conflict of interest" issues arising out of its founder Bhaichung Bhutia's association with the state governing body of the game.
Former Indian football team captain Bhaichung said in a statement that…
NEW DELHI: The Union Sports Ministry create 20 National Centres of Excellence to groom athletes for 2024 and 2028 Olympics.
Each centre will offer funds for four to six specific sports. The new scheme will ensure that athletes in the same premises have access to similar facilities unlike before.
Union Minister for…
NEW DELHI: Kiren Rijiju, MoS (Youth Affairs & Sports), Government of India, was the chief guest at an event held to unveil a unique concept – IPLIX Media.
The event presented a bespoke setting at the Taj Mahal Hotel, here. The minister announced the start of the project.
MUMBAI: "I'll do it my way (paraphrasing Frank Sinatra)..." And that's how MS Dhoni is doing it. The former India captain, who took a break from cricket after India’s ouster from the 2019 World Cup (the ra ra media termed his reasons as being to serve in the Indian Army). Fact being that neither did he "serve", nor was the reason for…
NEW DELHI: I-League club Real Kashmir FC have roped in Kashif Siddiqi – a former Pakistan international and co-founder of a UN initiative called Football for peace – on loan from Oxford United, The Times of India reported on Sunday.
The London-born defender is the second overseas signing of the club this year. Primarily a…
PANAJI: The 37th Goods and Services Council on Friday proposed that the upcoming FIFA under-17 Women's World Cup be exempted from service tax, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said.
"To exempt services related to FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup 2020, similar to existing exemption given to FIFA under-17 World Cup…
MUMBAI: The upcoming season of the I-League will kick off on November 16, senior sources in the All India Football Federation (AIFF) have confirmed to Sportstar.
As already reported, the sixth edition of the Indian Super League (ISL) will begin on October 20.
The I-League was initially to begin on November 2…
MUMBAI: Cocking a snook at all governance principles, former BCCI president N Srinivasan’s daughter Rupa Gurunath is set to be elected president of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA), Times of India reports.
It should come as no surprise that Ms Gurunath has zero experience in cricket administration so this…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court, in its order issued on Friday, confined the disqualification rules under the Lodha Committee reforms for the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) member associations to office-bearers only, clarifying the status of managing committee members elected by these bodies.
The order issued by…
NEW DELHI: Taking note of the Equestrian Federation of India’s blatant disregard of government guidelines, the Indian Olympic Association has directed EFI not to hold its elections on September 29 without amending its constitution and warned of further action if it proceeds with the polls.