The Sports Ministry has granted conditional recognition to the interim Executive Committee of the Judo Federation of India (JFI), which was elected last month following directions from the Delhi High Court.
The Sports Ministry has released proposed changes to India’s anti-doping laws for public consultation, with plans to introduce criminal penalties for organised doping activities while ensuring that athletes are not criminally prosecuted for anti-doping violations.
Indian women wrestling team has been stranded in Tirana, Albania, as the escalating Israel-Iran conflict severely disrupted the flight schedules.
Mountaineer Nisha Kumari, who scaled Mount Everest on May 17, 2023, and cycled from India to London to promote the “Change Before Climate Change” campaign, will lead the K2K expedition.
According to the ministry’s release, the guidelines lay down benchmarks for both measurable and non-measurable events.
Newly-elected WFI body, led by former chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s close aide Sanjay Singh was suspended for abruptly announcing the junior national championships.
The ministry said that the decision was taken after "hasty" announcement of national competition.
The protesting wrestlers who had not trained since January in any official camp were still retained in the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) scheme.
The letter shared by Sakshi, written to the Union Sports Ministry, urged to postpone the trials and take them after August 10 this year.
Under the newly revised norm, athletes and support staff travelling for approved competitions abroad (foreign exposures) will now be entitled to USD 250 per day, which is an increase of 66% from an earlier norm of USD 150 per day.
