New Delhi | 1 day ago
India's cycling probables waiting a year for bikes
New Delhi, Sep 1 - Bizarre as it may appear, but the Indian cyclists for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games will be lucky if they can ride their competitive bikes before the Games get under way.The biggest worry of the cyclists is that they may not be able to get used to the new bikes after using their not-so-sophisticated personal bikes during training both at home and overseas. As things stand, th ... read more

New Delhi | 2 days ago
Sports doctors protest non-inclusion in CWG team
New Delhi, Aug 31 - A federation of sports doctors Tuesday protested their non-inclusion in the Commonwealth Games team of doctors.'Our non-inclusion shows the government's apathy towards sports doctors. The anti-sports medicine attitude have kept the sports doctors of the Sports Authority of India, armed forces and other institutions outside the ambit of the medical team deployed for CWG,' said ... read more

New Delhi | 2 days ago
Snubbed by ministry, Randhir quits SAI governing body
New Delhi, Aug 31 - Indian Olympic Association - secretary general Randhir Singh Tuesday resigned from the governing body of the Sports Authority of India - to protest what he alleges a shabby treatment by the sports ministry which did not invite him for Sunday's National Sports Awards function.Randhir Singh said he was being targeted by the sports ministry because he was opposed to the governmen ... read more

Kolkata | 4 days ago
Ajitpal lashes out at Brasa on team selection
Kolkata, Aug 29 - Hockey Olympian and selector Ajitpal Singh Sunday accused coach Jose Brasa of 'spreading disinformation' while countering the Spaniard's charge of not having a say in the selection of the Indian national team.Brasa had come down hard on Hockey India and Sports Authority of India and questioned the selection of national team. He demanded a free-hand in picking the team as is the t ... read more

New Delhi | 6 days ago
Supreme Court permits Hockey India to pick CWG teams
New Delhi, Aug 27 - The Supreme Court Friday permitted the Indian Olympic Association - and Hockey India - to select and field the men's and women's hockey teams for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games.'There is much ado about nothing', said the court, pointing to the contentions being raised by the sports ministry and Hockey India. The court's observation came while taking note of HI's submission th ... read more

New Delhi | 6 days ago
Brasa's fallout with Hockey India is over Prabhjot's recall
New Delhi, Aug 27 - India's chief hockey coach Jose Brasa is unhappy for not having a free hand in the selection of the national team and it stems from Hockey India's - rejection of the Spaniard's request to include senior player Prabhjot Singh in the ongoing national camp in Pune for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games.Brasa reportedly lashed out at HI and his employers Sports Authority of India - fo ... read more

New Delhi | 10 days ago
Dola to spearhead India's archery challenge in Commonwealth Games
New Delhi, Aug 23 - Former world champion Dola Banerjee will lead the 12-member Indian archery squad for the Commonwealth Games to be held here Oct 3-14.The team was selected after the trials at the Sports Authority of India - Eastern Centre in Kolkata. The recurve men's team will comprise world no.9 Jayanta Talukdar, world no.20 Rahul Banerjee and Tarundeep Rai. Dola, world no.11, will lead India ... read more

New Delhi | 16 days ago
Court allows Hockey India team to play in world cup
New Delhi, Aug 17 - The Supreme Court Tuesday permitted Hockey India - to send its women's hockey team to Argentina to participate in the 12th Women's Hockey World Cup championship starting Aug 29.The team of HI, a private sport association separate from the government recognised and K.P.S Gill-led Indian Hockey Federation -, will leave for Argentina Aug 21. The HI's women team got the apex court ... read more

New Delhi | 16 days ago
Jamia: Sports Authority of India's new extension centre
New Delhi, Aug 17 - The Jamia Millia Islamia - university has been adopted as an extension centre by the Sports Authority of India, an official said Tuesday.'The varsity will be used as 'Special Training Centre' and 'Special Area Games' for junior level trainees,' JMI media coordinator Simi Malhotra said. She said schools and colleges, which are actively involved in sports, have adequate infrastru ... read more

New Delhi | 19 days ago
No weddings in 60 MCD community halls due to Games
New Delhi, Aug 14 - To the shock of hosts of 400 wedding parties, scheduled between Aug 15 and Oct 15 in Municipal Corporation of Delhi's - community halls, the civic agency has decided hand over these building to house security personnel on Commonwealth Games duty.The civic agency made about 400 bookings for weddings between Aug 15 and Oct 15 in its 60 community halls. Now, during this period, t ... read more