P V Sindhu receives Arjuna award
New Delhi: Rising shuttler P V Sindhu was conferred with the prestigious Arjuna Award by Sports Minister Jitendra Singh here today.Sindhu had missed the opportunity to receive the award from Presiden
Renjit Maheswary's Arjuna Award put on hold
New Delhi/Kochi: Hours before he was to be presented the Arjuna Award, triple jumper Renjith Maheswary was told under dramatic circumstances that he will have to wait for the coveted honour till an i
No Khel Ratna for Krishna Poonia
New Delhi: Putting an end to all speculations, the Sports Ministry today confirmed that it will stick to the original list of winners for the Khel Ratna and Arjuna awards thereby dashing discus throw
Put national interest first, Sports Minister tells administrators
New Delhi: Urging the Indian Olympic Association to sort out its differences with the IOC through negotiations, Sports Minister Jitendra Singh today asked the administrators to put national interest
Poonia fails to meet Sports Minister
Disappointed at being ignored for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, top woman discus thrower Krishna Poonia today went to see Sports Minister Jitendra Singh to express her displeasure ov
279 sportspersons have flunked dope tests in last 2 years
New Delhi: More than 250 sportspersons have flunked dope tests conducted by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) in the last two years with powerlifters and weightlifters topping the drug offenders
Sports Minister congratulates Sindhu for bronze
New Delhi: Sports Minister Jitendra Singh today congratulated rising Indian shuttler P V Sindhu for clinching a bronze medal at the World Championships in Guangzhou, China.
"Congratulations on your o
Junior World Cup feat will inspire many more accomplishments in Indian hockey: Roelant Oltmans
New Delhi: Indian hockey’s high performance director Roelant Oltmans on Wednesday said the junior women’s team bronze medal finish at the junior women’s hockey World Cup would become an inspiring sto
Sports Minister dissatisfied with CWG, Asian Games preparations
New Delhi: Sports Minister Jitendra Singh was far from impressed as he took stock of India's preparations for next year's Commonwealth and Asian Games in a meeting with SAI officials here and express
Mudgal Committee submits Draft Sports Bill to government
New Delhi: Setting up of an Appellate Sports Tribunal and a Sports Election Commission and provisions to bar charge-sheeted persons from contesting elections are some of the salient features included