Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

NEW DELHI: Kiren Rijiju was on Friday appointed as the new Sports Minister. He replaced Olympic medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore.

Along with the Independent charge of the Sports and Youth Affairs, Rijiju was also named as the Minister of State for Minority Affairs.

"My heartfelt gratitude to PM Narendra Modi for reposing faith in me to be a member of his council of ministers. I sincerely thank Amit Shahji along with karyakartas and well wishers across India," Rijiju tweeted on Friday.

Dec 11, 2017 14:12
BHUBANESWAR: Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has announced that the government would provide "complete funding" to the Indian hockey team towards preparations for the Commonwealth Games (CWG), Asian Games, World Cup and Olympic qualifiers next year. 
Dec 09, 2017 11:12
NEW DELHI: India will host its first-ever major boxing tournament for elite men and women - the India Open International Boxing Tournament - from 28 January 2018 in New Delhi.  The country will also host the Senior Men’s World Championships in 2021, Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore announced on Friday.
Nov 25, 2017 11:11
NEW DELHI:The sports ministry plans to unveil a new app that offers information on sports facilities in the country and offers tutorials on how to play several sports. Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, while reiterating his ministry's aim to rename and restructure the Sports Authority of India (SAI) said the first step would be to map the entire country for sports facilities.
Nov 22, 2017 17:11
NEW DELHI: Key officials of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) met sports minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Wednesday to discuss the potential inclusion of a series against Pakistan in the Future Tours Programme as part of the upcoming ICC Test championship.
Nov 18, 2017 18:11
NEW DELHI: The Sports Ministry will soon launch a Request for Proposal (RfP) to hire international consultants for recruiting professionals to execute the flagship Target Olympic Podium (TOP) and Khelo India programmes, Indian Express reports.
Nov 07, 2017 11:11
MUMBAI: Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, who has already declared his intention to cut the word 'authority' out of the Sports Authority of India (SAI), has said that the strength of the regulatory body will be cut by half by 2022.
Nov 06, 2017 10:11
CAIRO: Egypt has offered its centre of excellence - the Olympic Centre - for short term training programme for Indian sports teams. Egyptian sports minister Khaled Abd El Aziz made the announcement at the ongoing World Youth Forum in Cairo, being attended by Indian Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore.
Oct 30, 2017 12:10
KOLKATA: Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said on Sunday that organisations like FIFA now have started giving importance to India and the country should make the best use of it.
Oct 23, 2017 14:10
NEW DELHI: Sports minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has hinted that a renaming of the Sports Authority of India could be in the offing. Making it clear that the authority needs to be renamed as part of 'shape up' exercise to deliver better service to sportspersons and that the word 'Authority' has no relevance in the modern sporting scenario, Rathore articulated his viewpoint in a series of tweets.
Oct 09, 2017 17:10
NEW DELHI: After announcing his intention to hire CEOs to run National Sports Federations professionally, Union Sports Minister has now called on the corporate sector to come forward and take the top five Sports Authority of India (SAI) stadiums of the capital under their wings.