Sports Ministry refuses to intervene in tennis row
Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Tuesday refused to intervene in the selection crisis that has shaken Indian tennis, leaving it to AITA to take a final call on the men's doubles combination for the Londo
We can send two teams, then why send one: Maken on tennis crisis
Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Monday questioned the All India Tennis Association's (AITA) decision to pair feuding former partners Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi for the Olympics, asking why just
Junior wrestlers allege sexual harassment; SAI probes matter
The Sports Authority of India has suspended a wrestling coach after four girls, training under him, levelled sexual harassment charges against him.
The charges were made by the girls during a recent
Sports Ministry appeals to CIC to bring BCCI under RTI
The Sports Ministry is pinning its hope on the Central Information Commission to bring the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) under the purview of the Right To Information Act.
Sports Minister Ajay Maken sa
Sports Min Ajay Maken seeks probe into charges of black money in IPL
Amid charges of black money playing a part in the IPL, Sports Ministry has asked the Finance Ministry to order an expeditious probe into it.
Sports Minister Ajay Maken told the Lok Sabha today that
Banning IPL not the solution, says Ajay Maken
India's Sports Minister Ajay Maken feels banning the Indian Premier League (IPL) is not the solution and has made three suggestions to clear the mess in Indian cricket.
According to Maken, no politic
BCCI should investigate root cause of IPL scandal: Maken
In the backdrop of a spot-fixing scandal that rocked IPL, Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Wednesday said the BCCI should probe the root cause of the problem and suggested that the body should de-link
IPL spot-fixing: Maken asks BCCI to take prompt action
Sports minister Ajay Maken on Tuesday said the onus lies with the BCCI as far as the IPL spot-fixing is concerned and has asked the board to take prompt action in the interest of the millions of cricket fans in the country.
Retaining tainted Kalmadi in IOA wrong, says Sports Minister Maken
Sports Minister Ajay Maken has slammed the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for continuing to retain its tainted lawmaker Suresh Kalmadi, as its chief even after he was accused of facilitating corrupt
SAI official in trouble for allowing banned athletes to train
The inquiry committee, set-up by Sports Minister Ajay Maken to go into the circumstances in which athletes undergoing a doping ban were allowed to train at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre a