governance

LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday decided to conduct the boxing programme and the qualifying events for Paris 2024 Olympic Games on its own, declaring that the International Boxing Association (IBA) was not in a position to conduct the event as IOC's concerns regarding governance and transparency have  not been adequately addressed. 

Jul 20, 2020 20:07
MUMBAI: A little over a month after the Pakistan Cricket Board unveiled a five-year strategic plan for the game's governance, the PCB's board of governors has approved an ethics code, which addresses the issue of conflict of interest.
Jan 22, 2018 12:01
MUMBAI: Bringing in professionals to perform the operational roles, and separating governance and management, will raise the quality of sports in India to new levels, argues Geoff Schoenberg, a research fellow at Australia's Deakin University, whose post-doctoral work is specifically focused on sports governance in India.
Dec 08, 2017 10:12
LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has suspended funding payments to the International Boxing Association (AIBA), citing major concerns on a number of aspects around AIBA's governance and stressed the need to protect the sport and its athletes
Nov 15, 2017 11:11
NEW DELHI: New Indian Super League franchise Jamshedpur FC will provide the ideal platform for Tata Football Academy cadets, Jamshedpur FC chief executive Mukul Choudhari told the Asian Age.
Nov 14, 2017 10:11
MUMBAI: Investment in creating sports infrastructure and a culture of participation in sports is crucial, Srinivas Prasad, minister at India's UN Mission, told a General Assembly session.
Nov 13, 2017 13:11
MUMBAI: Commentators empanelled by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) might soon be barred from writing columns if the Lodha’s Committee’s recommendations regarding conflict of interest come into effect, Times of India reports.  Strangely, said diktat would not apply to Hindi commentators presently in contract with Star Sports, the report further notes.
Nov 13, 2017 11:11
NEW DELHI: The Indian shooting fraternity, which had been protesting the high slabs of Goods and Services Tax (GST), has expressed satisfaction at the Indian government's decision to exempt imported sports equipment from the ambit of GST.
Nov 10, 2017 12:11
NEW DELHI: With the attempted "revolt" by the old guard owning allegiance to Abhay Singh Chautala failing to find any traction, the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) is going ahead with its plans. The major one being to launch a franchise based boxing league templated on the IPL by the middle of next year.
Nov 10, 2017 11:11
NEW DELHI: The National Sports Ethics Commission Bill, moved by MP Anurag Thakur, who is also former president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, is ready to be tabled in the Lok Sabha.