NEW DELHI: Former BCCI president Anurag Thakur on Thursday took charge as the country's 17th Union Sports Minister, succeeding Kiren Rijiju.
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Aug 27, 2019 17:08
NEW DELHI: Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said bringing the Board of Control for Cricket in India under the ambit of National Anti-Doping Agency ranked as one of his biggest achievements since assuming his new office three months ago.
Aug 27, 2019 17:08
NEW DELHI: Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has played down calls to boycott the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games over shooting's exclusion, saying it is too early to take a decision of such magnitude.
Aug 24, 2019 15:08
NEW DELHI: The Athletics Federation of India has roped in Nestlé, the world’s largest packaged-foods company, as title sponsor of its grassroot development National Inter District Junior Athletics Meet (NIDJAM).
Aug 24, 2019 13:08
NEW DELHI: India will file an appeal before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland against the World Anti-Doping Agency's decision to suspend the accreditation of National Dope Testing Laboratory, Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Friday.
Rijiju said it was disheartening that WADA had taken such a decision after the NDTL had begun a "course correction" of issues faced by it "in the past".
Jul 29, 2019 18:07
NEW DELHI: What exactly is one to make off India's latest act of assertion of its "rightful place in sporting scheme of things". With exactly three years to go for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, to be hosted by Birmingham, Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra has written to Kiren Rijiju informing the Union Sports Minister of IOA’s intention to boycott the Games and has sought a meeting on the matter.
Jul 20, 2019 15:07
NEW DELHI: Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju, along with AIFF general secretary Kushal Das, launched the AIFF Golden Baby Leagues Handbook 2019-20 on the sidelines of the Hero Intercontinental Cup in Ahmedabad.
Jul 18, 2019 17:07
AHMEDABAD: Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has committed to provide "extra financial help" to boost the growth of Indian football, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) has declared.
Jul 05, 2019 18:07
NEW DELHI: A week after the Equestrian Federation of India sent a letter to the Sports Ministry, asking to be exempt from certain provisions of the National Sports Code, Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday reiterated in the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) that all national sports federations (NSFs) will have to adhere to the code.
Jun 28, 2019 16:06
NEW DELHI: Close on the heels of Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju issuing a stern warning to national federations wracked by internecine feuding, his ministry has cracked the whip on nine of them.
Jun 26, 2019 15:06
NEW DELHI: Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju Tuesday issued a stern warning to national federations wracked by internecine feuding and asserted he would take action if the interests of athletes are affected.