NEW DELHI: The Sports Ministry's diktat, that the Railways Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) and Services Sports Control Board (SSCB), be deprived of voting rights since both are government bodies and this would interfere with the 'one state, one vote' credo of the National Sports Development Code of 2011, has not gone down well with either the Services or the Railways.
Vijay Goel
Sep 07, 2017 16:09
NEW DELHI: Reiterating his stance that athletes need to be given priority over everything else, newly appointed Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore told Sports Authority of India officials on Wednesday that SAI and all other stadiums should work with only one mentality and that is service.
Sep 04, 2017 08:09
NEW DELHI: Newly appointed Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has appealed to all sports federations to consider sportspersons as most important.
"Let's keep sportsmen as most important people, everything else will fall into place later," he told ANI. Singh added that the "best of the opportunities" will be provided to all sportspersons in their endeavour to make India a strong sporting nation.
Feb 28, 2017 09:02
NEW DELHI: The benefits of India hosting the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup are set to be felt far into the future, thanks to an ambitious and far-reaching plan to fast-track the growth of football in the world’s second most populous nation.
Feb 23, 2017 20:02
NEW DELHI: Sports Minister Vijay Goel on Wednesday announced a cash prize of Rs500,000 for each member of the victorious Blind cricket T20 World Cup winning squad.
Speaking at the launch of the Delhi Gramin Khel Mahotsav, Goel told reporters that the government is committed to support the differently-abled players.
Feb 23, 2017 20:02
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Gramin Khel Mahotsav 2017 is being organized by the Sports Ministry in association with Delhi government from 25th to 31st March, to invite talent from rural areas of NCT of Delhi to come and participate in a multi-sport championship to promote the culture of sport in the capital.
Jan 31, 2017 11:01
NEW DELHI: Sports Minister Vijay Goel asserted Monday that the decision to sack or retain India’s U-17 football coach Nicolai Adam rests with his ministry, and NOT with the All India Football Federation, as it was from his department that the German national's salaray was being drawn.
Jan 30, 2017 18:01
NEW DELHI: The T20 World Cup Cricket for the Blind, organised by Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI), was inaugurated in the capital Sunday at the KD Jadav Indoor Stadium, Indira Gandhi Sports Complex.
Sports Minister Vijay Goel, who was the chief guest, has assured support from his ministry and the Sports Authority of India (SAI) to promote cricket for the blind in the country.
Jan 27, 2017 15:01
NEW DELHI: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has stepped up the search for Under-17 coach Nicolai Adam’s replacement after the players revolted against the coach. The Under-17 World Cup is scheduled to be held in October in India.