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Is the Real Game in Indian Sport Being Played in Courtrooms and Not Stadiums?
24 Dec 2020
Indian sports administrators, using the Covid-19 pandemic as a shield, appears to be trying to remain in power no matter what the cost.
Leslie Xavier
Sports Persons and Farmers, Bound by the Cause, United Against Ignorance
08 Dec 2020
While eminent sports persons marched down to the Rashtrapati Bhavan to return their awards in solidarity with the farmers’ protest, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), a body supposed to safeguard…
Leslie Xavier
Tokyo 2020: The Games That Begin Today, Next Year
24 Jul 2020
Tokyo 2020, the Olympic Fortnight: If it wasn’t for a global pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics would have begun today. But as it is, we instead have to suffer a pause. But this pause is important — to…
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Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad Resigns As Hockey India President Following Sports Ministry Rap
10 Jul 2020
The Ministry had, in a letter dated July 6, asked Hockey India to conduct fresh elections for the post of president for the remainder of the term citing a breach of Sports Code in Ahmad’s 2018…
What Does Derecognition by the Sports Ministry Mean for Football in India? (420 Grams S-2 Ep. 42)
02 Jul 2020
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) is also among the 54 National Sports Federations (NSFs) derecognised.
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Narinder Batra Calls for End to Fighting Within Indian Olympic Association
29 Jun 2020
After a hugely denigrating back and forth between the top two officials of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), Narinder Batra has now extended an olive branch of sorts, asking members to work…
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Narinder Batra’s Election Illegal, Alleges Sudhanshu Mittal as IOA Infighting Reaches IOC
08 Jun 2020
Last week Indian Olympic Association (IOA) vice-president Sudhanshu Mittal wrote to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) alleging that the president, Narinder Batra, was elected to the top…
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Tokyo Olympics: Organisers to Skip One Year Countdown Event
05 Jun 2020
Even as preparations and solutions are being found for the Olympics, a Tokyo 2020 executive board member has advocated caution saying organisers may need to monitor the situation till next spring…
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Japan Exploring A ‘Simplified' Olympics Option, Says Tokyo Governor
04 Jun 2020
Tokyo’s governor has pointedly suggested that the 2021 Olympic Games will have compulsory coronavirus testing, fewer spectators and controlled movement in the athletes village -- an idea that may…
Saanika Kala
Sangampreet Singh Bisla: Upcoming Indian Archer Contemplates Form In Lockdown
26 May 2020
With limited access to ranges and equipment for training, archer Sangampreet Bisla has gone back to his childhood, training on the family’s farm to keep himself going.