Sports Ministry's new incentive to fund 500 private academies
Other Sports | November 14, 2020 19:12 ISTThere will be a special focus on developing sports science facilities at all the academies to improve the overall quality of training.
There will be a special focus on developing sports science facilities at all the academies to improve the overall quality of training.
Defender Manitombi Singh, who died in August at the age of 39 in Imphal after long illness, was the only earning member of his family and is survived by parents, wife and an eight-year-old son.
Last year, both the hockey teams secured their Olympic berth in Bhubaneswar following a successful outing in the Olympic Qualifiers at the Kalinga Stadium.
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) Regional Centre in Zirakpur will serve as one of the main centres in the northern belt.
Both of Singh's kidneys are damaged and he has been searching for a donor for about a month and has urged sports ministry for help.
Sports Ministry of India has come forward to extend financial support to Uttar Pradesh boxer Sunil Chauhan and his brother, archer Neeraj Chauhan who were facing a financial crunch after their father lost his job due to coronavirus pandemic.
The Sports Ministry announced financial help of Rs 5 lakh each to boxer Sunil Chauhan and his brother Neeraj, who is an archer, considering the hardships they were facing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The minister makes the announcement while receiving a cycle rally of specially-abled CRPF troops who pedalled about 1,000 km in 16 days from Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad to Delhi
Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju unveiled the new logo of Sports Authority of India on September 30. Explaining the idea behind the new logo
Sports Authority of India (SAI) logo has been changed for the first time since the apex sports body's inception in 1982.
The Supreme Court earlier asked the high court to dispose of a petition in which it had passed the orders restricting the ministry and the IOA from taking any decision without its prior approval.
The Sports Ministry has sanctioned financial assistance of Rs five lakh to young Indian footballer Ramananda Ningthoujam, who is suffering from a kidney ailment.
Rijiju, who visited the range on Wednesday, has managed to address that concern having spoken to the shooters himself.
The Sports Minister spoke on the readiness of the National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL) to conduct tests as per WADA guidelines.
Minister of State for Minority Affairs and MP from Arunachal Pradesh Kiren Rijiju has said China has confirmed that missing youth from Arunachal Pradesh have been found on their side and further process to handover them to India is being worked out.
Rijiju said the COVID-19 pandemic situation has made it difficult to say when the crowds will return to the stadia. India has recorded over 39 lakh cases so far.
In a first of its kind, President Ram Nath Kovind conferred National Sports and Adventure Awards 2020, virtually on August 29 in New Delhi.
Rijiju made this announcement on the occasion of the 115th birth anniversary of hockey legend Dhyan Chand, which is also celebrated as National Sports Day.
Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijiju on August 29 paid floral tribute to Major Dhyan Chand on his birth anniversary.
Rai, who was to be bestowed the honour on Saturday and had even participated in the dress rehearsal for the first-of-its-kind virtual ceremony, died on Friday evening after suffering a heart attack in Bengaluru. He was 79.
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