National Sports Code

AITA abolishes posts of Life Presidents, Life Vice Presidents on Sports Ministry's direction

The decision means that senior sports administrator Anil Khanna and former external affairs ministers S M Krishna and Yashwant Sinha cannot remain with the federation as Life Presidents.

Sports Ministry forms expert committee featuring Pullela Gopichand, Gagan Narang and others to review National Sports Code

The draft sports code proposes suggests barring of ministers, members of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies and government servants from holding office in the IOA and NSFs, tenure restrictions and age cap of 70 years.

India Women's Ice Hockey Team plays for passion as scant support from government, corporates shadows future

The India women's side is faced with constraints such as lack of infrastructure which mean that the players can only train during the winter months over frozen lakes in Ladakh

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju says they can't interfere in decisions of sports federations as Nikhat Zareen-Mary Kom row rages

Responding to Nikhat Zareen's letter, Rijiju said that while the sports ministry can't influence the decisions of the federations as per the IOC charter, he has advised the BFI to resolve the dispute transparently

Government open to relaxation of VIP clause in National Sports Code, says Kiren Rijiju

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday said the government is very much open to relaxing the clause in the proposed National Sports Code which bars ministers, MPs and MLAs from being a part of sports administration in the country.

I-League 2017-18: AIFF refers Minerva Punjab's match-fixing approach allegations to CBI

The newly-crowned champions Minerva Punjab on two occasions, one in January and the other earlier this month, had alleged match-fixing approaches.

Government is finalising a National Sports Code, says sports minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

"We are preparing the National Sports Code to bring transparency and efficiency in the sports organisations and various federations," Rathore told reporters here.

Supreme Court allows AIFF-elected committees to function; ex-CEC SY Qureshi, Bhaskar Ganguly to act as ombudsmen

Earlier, the Delhi High Court had set aside the election of AIFF chief Praful Patel, who was last year elected as the president for a four-year term, his third successive tenure.

Delhi HC sets aside election of Praful Patel as AIFF president; says it did not follow National Sports Code

Patel, former civil aviation minister, was elected for the post in December last year along with the Executive Committee for the term 2017-2020 after the high court had vacated a stay on elections.

BCCI committee ponders over 12-year tenure rule proposed in draft bill of National Sports Code

The BCCI's acting secretary Amitabh Chaudhary said that they will have another meeting in Mumbai on 7 July, the second and last of this committee during which they will try to "bring down the gamut of difficulties to three or four".