Sports Ministry

New Delhi: The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports revoked the suspension of the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) on Tuesday (March 5). The national body for Paralympic sport in the country had been suspended the previous month due…

New Delhi: The Interim Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has allocated Rs 3,442.32 crore to the Sports Ministry, which is an increase of Rs 45.36 crore from last year's budget. The Paris Olympic Games,…

The Wrestling Federation of India's new body has been suspended by the Union Sports Ministry after its recently elected president, Sanjay Singh, announced plans for U-15 and U-20 nationals to take place in Nandini Nagar, Gonda (UP) before…

New Delhi: The new Wrestling Federation of India body, under the leadership of Sanjay Singh, has been suspended by the Sports Ministry. The ministry announced its decision on Sunday, 24 December citing that the WFI body had shown complete…

New Delhi: The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) has revised the upper ceiling amount of boarding and lodging for Indian Athletes and team officials by 66%. This is for the athletes and officials participating only in…

New Delhi: After the protest staged by wrestlers against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief, the Ministry of Sports on Saturday suspended the additional secretary of WFI, Vinod Tomar. Tomar, howver, feigned ignorance regarding…

New Delhi: The Sports Ministry on Wednesday sought an explanation from the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) "within the next 72 hours", after Olympian wrestler Vinesh Phogat levelled serious allegations of sexually harassing female…

New Delhi: In keeping with its athlete-first approach, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has reached out to both the International Football Federation (FIFA) and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to allow Indian club sides, Sree…

New Delhi: The Fit India Quiz, the first-ever fitness and sports quiz in India for school children has been made even more attractive for participants. In a major bonanza for school students across India,  the Ministry of Youth Affairs and…

Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has confirmed that the Sports Ministry will not send its delegation for Tokyo Olympics in order to accommodate more support staff to optimise the performance of athletes. On Sunday, Rijiju took to Twitter…