NEW DELHI: Former BCCI president Anurag Thakur on Thursday took charge as the country's 17th Union Sports Minister, succeeding Kiren Rijiju.
Kiren Rijiju
Dec 11, 2019 19:12
NEW DELHI: Kiren Rijiju, MoS (IC), Youth Affairs and Sports, Wednesday expressed hope that the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics will provide India a good platform to have its best ever performance at the mega event.
Dec 03, 2019 10:12
GUWAHATI: The third edition of the ambitious Khelo India Youth Games will take place on a larger and grander canvas in the picturesque locales of Guwahati, starting from January 10, 2020 and ending 13 days later.
This was announced Sunday at the launch ceremony event, attended by Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju.
Nov 16, 2019 15:11
NEW DELHI: Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday called for collective efforts from the Centre and the states in making India a fit nation and help build a sporting culture in the country.
Rijiju made the appeal during his inaugural address at the Conference of Ministers and Secretaries of the States and Union Territories in charge of Youth Affairs and Sports here on Friday, PTI reports.
Oct 30, 2019 16:10
CHENNAI: Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said the CBSE was preparing a system to ensure sports becomes a substantial part of education to determine the achievement of a student.
PTI quotes Rijiju as having said here Tuesday: "Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) has already announced setting up a Board for Sports Education.
Oct 14, 2019 13:10
NEW DELHI: The Union Sports Ministry has decided to allow national and state sports federations, leagues and clubs to organise sports events in all sporting facilities owned by the government, free of cost in order to further the Fit India Movement and to make playfields and sporting infrastructure accessible, without fee, to all sports persons across the country from 1st November.
Oct 12, 2019 10:10
NEW DELHI: Following a meeting the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), along with some national sports federations (NSFs), had with Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju, it has been decided that yet another (emphasis ours) expert committee will be formed to look into the seriously long in tooth matter of the 2017 National Sports Development Code (which incidentally had its first iteration in 2011).
Oct 07, 2019 19:10
NEW DELHI: Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has said that the government will try to push for the inclusion of kabaddi in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
Sep 23, 2019 17:09
NEW DELHI: The Union Sports Ministry create 20 National Centres of Excellence to groom athletes for 2024 and 2028 Olympics.
Each centre will offer funds for four to six specific sports. The new scheme will ensure that athletes in the same premises have access to similar facilities unlike before.
Sep 20, 2019 17:09
CHENNAI: In a big boost for athletics and shooting respectively, Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has cleared Rs 50 million each from the National Sports Development Fund for the academies run by Anju Bobby George and Gagan Narang.
Sep 10, 2019 11:09
NEW DELHI: It was on August 23 that Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju had with much certainty asserted India would file an appeal before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland against the decision of the World Anti-Doping Agency to suspend the accreditation of National Dope Testing Laboratory.