Kiren Rijiju

Olympics 2020 · 25 Mar 2020

Kiren Rijiju announces the closure of the Training Centers for the Next 21 Days

Kiren Rijiju, India's Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports on Tuesday announced that all the training camps and training centers across the country will be shut down for the next 21 days.

Cricket · 13 Mar 2020

No IPL matches to be held in Delhi in 2020

In the wake of the coronavirus scare across the globe, the Arvind Kejriwal-led government in New Delhi has stated that no games will be held in IPL 2020

Badminton · 8 Mar 2020

PV Sindhu finds a traditional way of avoiding Corona virus threat

Indian ace shuttle PV Sindhu has gone the traditional Indian way to prevent Coronavirus threat. She is flying to Birmingham, England to compete in the All

Miscellaneous · 4 Mar 2020

Ban on NDTL likely to extend after four samples tested positive at Delhi lab turn out negative in Rome

Expectations from the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) to lift the ban on National Anti Doping Agency’s National Dope Test Laboratory (NDTL) have been

Olympics · 28 Feb 2020

Sports ministry conducts cultural sensitivity workshop for Tokyo-bound athletes

The Sports Ministry on Thursday organized a cultural sensitization workshop named ‘Omotenashi’ for Indian athletes and delegation that is touted to

Traditional Games · 26 Feb 2020

Kambala Jockey Srinivas Gowda likely to wear spikes at Sports Authority of India Center in Bengaluru

Kambala sprinter Srinivas Gowda, who completed the 100 meters in 9.55 seconds in the traditional sports competition held at Aikala near Moodbidri, is

Traditional Games · 19 Feb 2020

Indian ‘Usain Bolt’ Gowda’s 100m record broken! Kambala racer sets new benchmark

Another Kambala sprinter Nishant Shetty took the internet by storm as he reportedly improved Srinivas Gowda's time and created a record in 100 meters

Miscellaneous · 18 Feb 2020

Weekly sports Updates part 6 |This Week

Weekly Sports Updates Part 6 Athletics 1). Srinivas Gowda, a Construction worker who covered 100 m distance in 9.55 seconds surpassing the record of Usain

Traditional Games · 17 Feb 2020

India’s ‘Usain Bolt’ Srinivasa Gowda turns down SAI trials, will focus on Kambala

Srinivasa Gowda, jockey of Karnataka's traditional Kambala race, who was compared to world record holder Usain Bolt, has refused to participate in trials.

Khelo India · 14 Feb 2020

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju announces Khelo India Winter Games in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju announced on Thursday that the Union Territory of Ladakh will host the Khelo India Winter Games later this month. Whereas, in

Miscellaneous · 11 Feb 2020

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju says lifelong pension being given to ‘Meritorious Sportspersons’

Union Sports minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday announced big news for the meritorious athletes of the country as he said in the parliament lifelong pensions

Miscellaneous · 7 Feb 2020

Strict action will be taken in a month in cases of sexual abuse in SAI: Kiren Rijiju says in Parliament

Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has said that the government is serious about incidents of sexual exploitation of women athletes at Sports