Sports Authority of India

NEW DELHI: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday presented the last big budget before her government returns to the polls in 2024’s general elections, and introduced a slew of measures meant to cater to as wide a spectrum of the voting populace as possible.

Specific to sports, in a year when Indian athletes will compete at the Asian Games and prepare for the 2024 Paris Olympics, the Union Sports Ministry has received its highest-ever budget allocation of Rs 3,397.32 crore. 

Dec 29, 2017 11:12
NEW DELHI: The Sports Ministry has revised the guidelines for issuance of funds to athletes under the Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme.
Nov 25, 2017 11:11
NEW DELHI:The sports ministry plans to unveil a new app that offers information on sports facilities in the country and offers tutorials on how to play several sports. Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, while reiterating his ministry's aim to rename and restructure the Sports Authority of India (SAI) said the first step would be to map the entire country for sports facilities.
Nov 21, 2017 10:11
GUWAHATI: The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) plans to set up of one of the BFI's eight residential satellite academies at Guwahati.
Nov 18, 2017 18:11
NEW DELHI: The Sports Ministry will soon launch a Request for Proposal (RfP) to hire international consultants for recruiting professionals to execute the flagship Target Olympic Podium (TOP) and Khelo India programmes, Indian Express reports.
Nov 07, 2017 11:11
MUMBAI: Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, who has already declared his intention to cut the word 'authority' out of the Sports Authority of India (SAI), has said that the strength of the regulatory body will be cut by half by 2022.
Nov 04, 2017 14:11
KOCHI: The Athletics Federation of India at its AGM held recently, ruled that it would bar athletes who skip the national camps from competing for the country. The decision has reportedly not gone down well with several athletes who are yet to join the camps and are now contemplating legal action against the diktat.
Oct 23, 2017 14:10
NEW DELHI: Sports minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has hinted that a renaming of the Sports Authority of India could be in the offing. Making it clear that the authority needs to be renamed as part of 'shape up' exercise to deliver better service to sportspersons and that the word 'Authority' has no relevance in the modern sporting scenario, Rathore articulated his viewpoint in a series of tweets.
Oct 09, 2017 17:10
NEW DELHI: After announcing his intention to hire CEOs to run National Sports Federations professionally, Union Sports Minister has now called on the corporate sector to come forward and take the top five Sports Authority of India (SAI) stadiums of the capital under their wings.