New Delhi: Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Sports Ministry directing it to conduct elections in all sports federations where they are due. Elections in the Archery Federation are due since February, 2012. Advocate Rahul Mehra alleged that the current incumbent President of the Archery Foundation VK Malhotra was not getting the elections done because by the new age and tenure criteria, his candidature will be rejected. Mehra...
04:46 PM, Apr 25, 2012
New Delhi: International Olympic Committee has written to the Sports Ministry saying it cannot drop Dow Chemicals as a sponsor of the London Olympics 2012. In its letter accessed by CNN-IBN, IOC said, "Dow had nothing to do with Union Carbide when the Bhopal gas leak happened." "Indian Supreme Court itself has reviewed the case involving Dow several times," it added. The Sports Ministry had written to the IOC last...
08:55 PM, Mar 07, 2012
New Delhi: No decision has yet been taken on India boycotting the Opening and Closing ceremonies of the London Olympic Games as a mark of protest against Dow Chemicals association with the mega event, a highly placed official source said on Wednesday. The source said the Government had written a letter to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on February 24 and would rather wait for a response before deciding on...
11:57 PM, Feb 29, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has said that India will not boycott London 2012 Olympics even as the Union Sports Ministry has written to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) lodging a formal complaint against Dow Chemicals sponsorship of the games. The Sports Ministry wrote a letter to the IOC to register its protest on the issue. Meanwhile, the IOA has said that India will participate in the London...
03:22 PM, Feb 27, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian government on Monday lodged a formal complaint against Dows sponsorship of London 2012 Olympics with the Union Sports Ministry writing to the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The Union Sports Ministry has strongly protested over the sponsorship. This comes months after the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) had written to the 2012 London games organisers and the IOC, complaining against Dow Chemicals and urging them to drop it...
01:42 PM, Feb 27, 2012
Madrid: Rafael Nadal says he underwent a surprise doping test toward the end of a week in which the Spaniard was at the center of jokes made by a French TV programme about his country's alleged ties to doping. Nadal wrote on his Twitter account on Saturday: "8:30 in the morning!!!Just finished passing a surprise antidoping test...it was expected after everything...but I'm happy it's like this!" The Spanish sports ministry...
06:04 PM, Feb 12, 2012
New Delhi: India is mounting pressure on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to seek the ouster of Dow Chemicals as sponsors of London 2012 and the Sports Ministry has written to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) in this regard. Dow Chemicals is the company that's believed to be responsible for the Bhopal gas tragedy, one of the worst instances of human neglect leading to loss of thousands of lives. Dow...
09:51 PM, Dec 05, 2011
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet will discuss the new Sports Bill on Tuesday. The Sports ministry's new Bill, looking at functioning of different sporting bodies, is to be brought up before the Cabinet on Tuesday. Cricket as a sport is also being included in the new Sports Bill. This will be the first move to bring the cricketing administration under the Sports ministry. Under the new Sports Bill, all Sport...
09:33 PM, Aug 29, 2011
New Delhi: The authorised representatives of Swiss Timing, which had bagged the TSR contract for CWG 2010 were close to sacked OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi long before the CWG 2010 and had maneuvered TSR contract in favour of the Swiss firm, CBI has said in its charge sheet. In its first charge sheet indicting Kalmadi and ten others, CBI has said the two officials Anil Madan and Purushottam Dev Arya...
08:18 PM, May 24, 2011
New Delhi: Delhi's Commonwealth Games may have been hit by controversies but now the city has something to celebrate. The 8 stadia, which hosted the games will now be thrown open to the public. And going by the massive response on just the first day of registration, the sports ministry is planning to add more coaches and grounds for people to come and play. 16-year-old Shankar Mittal was one of...
09:55 AM, Apr 26, 2011
From the ministry of sports to railways to the UP government, all are willing to extend help to Sonu. ...
10:15 PM, Apr 18, 2011
New Delhi: Politicians are rushing to meet Sonu Sinha, the national level volleyball player who was thrown out of a moving train for resisting a robbery attempt. Sonu has now been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS) after she had to undergo a second surgery. From the ministry of sports to railways to the UP government, all are willing to extend help to the maimed volley ball...
08:52 PM, Apr 18, 2011
New Delhi: Sports Minister Ajay Maken is unlikely to attend the closing ceremony of National Games. The snub came a day after sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) Chairman Suresh Kalmadi attacked the Sports Ministry in an interview with CNN-IBN. The Prime Minister is also unlikely to attend the closing ceremony, he had skipped the opening ceremony as well. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Kalmadi had said the CBI was ignoring government...
07:25 PM, Feb 25, 2011
New Delhi: Suresh Kalmadi who was sacked as the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) on Monday, said his ouster as OC chairman is illegal and uncalled for. In a letter to the Sports Ministry, Kalmadi said, "I am shocked to receive Order dated 24th January 2011, illegally and arbitrarily removing me from the position of Chairman of the Executive Board and the Organizing Committee of the Commonwealth Games. At the...
04:53 PM, Jan 25, 2011
New Delhi: Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Ajay Maken on Monday said CBI had asked the Ministry in December 2010 to take action against Suresh Kalmadi and Lalit Bhanot. On Monday, Suresh Kalmadi was sacked as the chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC). Lalit Bhanot was also removed as Secretary General of OC. Talking to CNN-IBN Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Maken said, "We were waiting for the...
07:35 PM, Jan 24, 2011
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