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Read More »NewsClick VIDEO: Is the Real Game in Indian Sport Being Played in Courtrooms & Not Stadiums?
From cricket to football, with everything in between, sports bodies in India are engaged in a wave of furious litigation; One that has hurt the country’s standing globally and caught thousands of athletes in its throes. Some of the concerns include failure to adhere to the National Sports Code and …
Read More »FC Sevilla’s ‘Never Surrender’ Video ft. Sachin Tendulkar & Rafael Nadal!
Current UEFA Europa League winners and Spanish LaLiga side FC Sevilla have come with a special pre-Christmas video titled ‘Never Surrender’ featuring Tennis legend Rafael Nadal and Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar besides their sixth UEFA Europa League triumph and other sportspersons. TO WANT IT means YOU CAN DO IT …
Read More »BIGinSports podcast: Christmas Special ft. Arunava Chaudhuri!
In the latest BIGinSports podcast, Laura Luft, Patric Hoch and Arunava Chaudhuri discuss in the Christmas special everything sports. Weihnachtsspecial 2020! Weihnachten und 2021 steht vor der Tür. Es war ein turbulentes Jahr 2020, ein Jahr in dem dieser Podcast startete. Fünfundsechzig Folgen später kommen Laura Luft, Arunava Chaudhuri und …
Read More »Indian Sports Ministry announces new incentive structure to fund 500 private academies!
In a first-ever move, the Sports Ministry has introduced a incentivisation structure to extend monetary support to 500 private academies, through the Khelo India Scheme over the next four years starting in the Financial Year 2020-21. In this model, private academies shall be graded into different categories based on quality …
Read More »New SAI (Sports Authority of India) logo launched!
Indian Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijiju launched the Sports Authority of India’s (SAI) new logo at Delhi’s Major Dhyan Chand Stadium, today. The event was attended by Sports Secretary Ravi Mittal; Indian Olympic Association President, Narinder Batra and Director General SAI, Sandip Pradhan alongwith the …
Read More »CAF participates in UN meeting on sport for preventing & countering violent extremism!
Confederation of African Football (CAF) participated in the high-level virtual international expert group meeting on sport for preventing and countering violent extremism (PCVE) conducive terrorism, that took place from September 21-23, 2020. The meeting was held within the framework of the United Nations global program on security of major sports …
Read More »BIGinSports podcast: Sports & Politics ft. Arunava Chaudhuri!
In the latest BIGinSports podcast, Laura Luft, Patric Hoch and Arunava Chaudhuri discuss in the fifth episode the issue of sports and politics. Listen to the BIGinSports podcast in Germany under: https://meinsportpodcast.de/mixed-sport/biginsports-podcast/der-4-sportstammtisch-politik-im-s Sport und Politik, ein schwieriges Gebilde! Zum Einen finanziert die Politik den Sport mit Fördergeldern und Konzepten, zum …
Read More »NNIS VIDEO: India’s National Sports Awards to go virtual on August 29!
India president Ram Nath Kovind will virtually announce the names of the winners of the national sports awards on August 29, celebrated as National Sports Day every year, but the recipients will only be able to join from their respective home states due to the pandemic. The decision to hold …
Read More »CONCACAF raises awareness about Safeguarding of Children in Sports!
CONCACAF’s Safeguarding Children in Sports program has moved into higher gear with more initiatives to bring greater awareness and education across its Member Associations. On August 13, the Confederation hosted a Global Safeguarding Webinar jointly with the International Safeguarding Children in Sport Working Group, a UNICEF-led international initiative that provides …
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