Chandigarh | 10 hours ago
Haryana to set up state sports authority
Chandigarh, Feb 14 - In a bid to promote sports, the Haryana government will constitute a body on the lines of the Sports Authority of India -, a minister said Saturday.'Besides sports related activities, Haryana Sports Authority will look after the construction of stadiums and their maintenance in the state. Rs.56 crore has been spent for the promotion of sports in Haryana during the current fina ... read more

New Delhi | 2 days ago
Media flays Sports Ministry, SAI for coverage restrictions
New Delhi, Feb 11 - India's national hockey coach Harendra Singh Thursday profusely apolgised to the media for not being able to arrange interactive sessions with the players and appealed to the sports ministry to allow reporters to follow the team's preparation for the World Cup.An exasperated Harendra was hard put to explain to an angry media why the players were being kept under wraps and all h ... read more

New Delhi | 2 days ago
Sports Ministry and SAI hit by media blast
New Delhi, Feb 11 - India's national hockey coach Harendra Singh Thursday appealed to the Sports Ministry to allow the media to follow the team's preparation for the World Cup.An exasperated Harendra was hard put to explain to an angry media why the players were being kept under wraps and all he could do was to make a public appeal to the ministry to allow the media to interact with the players. M ... read more

New Delhi | 9 days ago
Implementation of labour laws at games sites welcomed
New Delhi, Feb 4 - Better late than never - so says civil society, responding to the Delhi High Court's decision to appoint a committee to ensure implementation of labour laws in the Commonwealth Games project sites.'We definitely welcome the High Court's decision. We were the main petitioner in the case and although this decision should have come long time back, we are happy that it has come at l ... read more

New Delhi | 10 days ago
Media locked out of Dhyanchand National Stadium
New Delhi, Feb 3 - Sports Minister M.S.Gill wants media to promote hockey, but national camp at the Dhyanchand National Stadium was out of bounds for journalists.Barely a week after Gill inaugurated the venue for the World Cup starting Feb 28, the reporters, who had gathered here Wednesday morning to cover the first training session of the Indian team after their return from Pune, were locked out ... read more

New Delhi | 10 days ago
Malhotra blames Gill for the ills of Indian sport
New Delhi, Feb 3 - Indian Olympic Association - vice-president Vijay Kumar Malhotra Wednesday blamed Union Sports minister Manohar Singh Gill for all the ills of Indian sport and warned him of serious consequences if he is planning to take over the national sports federations.Malhotra, who is also the president of the General Association of National Sports Federations -, took umbrage at the growin ... read more

New Delhi | 10 days ago
Committee to implement labour laws at games sites
New Delhi, Feb 3 - The Delhi High Court Wednesday appointed a four-member committee to ensure implementation of labour laws at the construction sites for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games.The court appointed the labour commissioner and the labour secretary of the Delhi government, former Indian ambassador to the US Arundhati Ghosh and special rapporteur of the National Human Rights Commission - L ... read more

New Delhi | 13 days ago
Games organisers, sports ministry vie for credits
New Delhi, Jan 31 - The sports ministry and the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee - do not seem to be on the same wavelength, with both on ego trips of their own when it comes to opening of venues for the 2010 Games.In the last one week the Maj. Dhyan Chand National Stadium, the wrestling arena and the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range were ready to be inaugurated and union Sports Minister M.S.G ... read more

New Delhi | 13 days ago
Gill asks shooters to be patient
New Delhi, Jan 31 - Sports Minister M.S.Gill Sunday was at pains to explain why no coach was appointed for the pistol shooters, with only eight months left for the Commonwealth Games, that forced them to hire a trainer and pay him from their own pocket.Gill instead trained his gun at the shooters, saying they should have showed 'patience and not rush' to appoint a coach for themselves. The ministe ... read more

17 days ago
Notice to government over labour law violation at Games sites
New Delhi, Jan 27 - The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the central government and other civic agencies for violating labour laws at the construction sites for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games. A division bench of Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw issued notice to the central government, Delhi government, Sports Authority of India and all concerned civi ... read more