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  Court notice to govt on BCCI takeover plea

  Cricket | May 31, 2013 17:47 IST

  New Delhi, May 31: The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the Sports Ministry, BCCI and the Delhi government on a plea seeking a direction for the ministry to take control of the

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  Sports Ministry seeks extensive modification in draft law

  Other Sports | May 28, 2013 20:40 IST

  New Delhi, May 28: The Sports Ministry is not satisfied with the first draft of the proposed law to curb sport-fixing and other corrupt practices in sports and intends to carry out “extensive modification” to

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  Sports ministry assures unified front before IOC

  Other Sports | April 17, 2013 19:10 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 17: Sports Minister Jitendra Singh said the country will put up a unified front at the meeting with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) May 7 in a bid to lift the suspension

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  Sports Ministry derecognises boxing, archery federations

  Other Sports | December 07, 2012 16:28 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 7 : The union ministry of sports Friday derecognised the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF) and the Archery Association of India (AAI) for manipulation in their election process.Justifying the decision, Sports Minister

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  Karnataka High Court stays ban on Bhupathi, Bopanna

  Tennis | September 22, 2012 18:13 IST

  Bangalore, Sep 22:  The Karnataka High Court Saturday stayed the ban imposed by the All India Tennis Association (AITA) on tennis stars Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna against representing the country till June 2014.Staying the

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  Government asked to help select India tennis team

  Tennis | June 19, 2012 16:45 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 19: India's ongoing tennis selection muddle took a curious turn when the game's national body requested help from the sports ministry to finalize the men's doubles team for the Olympics.National sports bodies

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  Sports Ministry for probe into charges of black money in IPL

  Cricket | May 21, 2012 17:34 IST

  New Delhi, May 21: Amid charges of black money playing a part in the IPL, Sports Ministry has asked the Finance Ministry to order an expeditious probe into it.Sports Minister Ajay Maken told the Lok

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  Ministry Bows To BCCI, Exempts Cricketers From Some WADA Rules

  Cricket | October 17, 2011 14:50 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 17:  Bowing to the BCCI's objections, the Sports Ministry today decided to exempt cricketers from some World Anti-Doping Agency rules, including the contentious ‘whereabouts clause', in the revised National Sports Development Bill.Sports

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  Ministry, Punjab Govt Announce Cash Rewards For Hockey Players

  Hockey | September 14, 2011 19:50 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 14: Hours after Indian players rejected Hockey India's paltry monetary offer, cash rewards trickled in for them today with the Sports Ministry announcing Rs 1.5 lakh each and Punjab government pitching in

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  BCCI Opposes Sports Ministry Move To Leash It

  Cricket | August 30, 2011 16:37 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 30: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday vehemently opposed the move by the Union Sports Ministry to bring the cricket board under RTI. BCCI vice president Rajeev

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  Sensing Scam, Aiyar Wanted Sports Ministry Out Of CWG OC Funding

  India | August 03, 2011 8:54 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 2: Not happy with the attitude of sacked Commonwealth Games OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi, the then sports minister Mani Shankar Aiyar had sought to relieve his ministry from channelling funds for the

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  Sports Ministry Removes R S Sidhu And Three Other Officials

  Other Sports | July 06, 2011 22:49 IST

  New Delhi, July 6: The government today sacked four SAI officials in the wake of the doping scandal which has seen eight top athletes failing dope tests in the last few days.The latest development comes

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  PM Says, Aiyar Opposed Commonwealth Games On Ideological Grounds

  India | July 02, 2011 18:32 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 2: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked the Sports Ministry for “relevant details” regarding the letters written by former sports minister Mani Shankar Aiyar on last year's Commonwealth Games. “The letters written

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  IHF, Hockey India Agree In Principle On Merger

  Hockey | June 21, 2011 22:59 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 21 :  After squabbling for long over who should run the game in the country, Hockey India and Indian Hockey Federation appeared to be heading towards a merger with both the federations

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  103 Players Tested Positive This Year: Sports Ministry

  India | September 11, 2010 17:14 IST

   New Delhi: Admitting that the menace of doping was rampant in the country, the Sports Ministry on Saturday disclosed that 103 Indian sports-persons, including juniors have flunked dope test in the last eight months.  Recently,

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  Sports Ministry Asks OC To Sack Darbari, Mohindroo

  India | August 03, 2010 15:24 IST

  New Delhi : The Sports Ministry appears headed for an all-out confrontation with the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC), with the former, late on Sunday night, writing to Suresh Kalmadi to immediately relieve two top