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AMN The Central Government has notified the National Sports Governance (National Sports Bodies) Rules, 2026, under the National Sports Governance Act, 2025. The Rules provide the framework for the inclusion of Sportspersons of Outstanding Merit, composition of the General Body and Executive Committee, election procedures, and disqualification criteria for members of National Sports Bodies and []
AMN/ WEB DESK Former Indian Hockey player, Olympian and Gold Medallist, Davinder Singh Garcha passed away today. He was 74. A former IPS officer, he was part of the Indian hockey team that won the gold medal in the 1980 Moscow Olympics. He had scored a total 8 goals in 6 Olympic matches and played []
AMN/ WEB DESK The Joint Director, Youth Services and Sports, UT Ladakh, Tahir Hussain Zubdavi today inspected the ongoing preparations for the upcoming 5th LG Cup Ice Hockey Championship at the Ice Hockey Rink, Biamathang. Speaking on the occasion, he said that the championship will commence from 12th January, and the Chief Secretary, UT Ladakh []
AMN/ WEB DESK Indias campaign at the Malaysia Open Super 1000 ended today. Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu bowed out of the tournament after losing the semi-final match against Chinas Wang Zhi Yi, 16-21, 15-21 in Kuala Lumpur. Sindhu had advanced to the semifinals after her opponent, Akane Yamaguchi of Japan, retired due to injury. []
AMN/ WEB DESK Sikkim is planning to introduce ice hockey as a winter sport. Preparations are underway to establish a natural ice rink in Gnathang Valley in East Sikkim. The facility is expected to become operational by next winter. District Collector of Gangtok Tushar G. Nikhare and Sikkim Mountaineering Association (SMA) president Kunzang Gyatso Bhutia, []
Zakir Hossain from Dhaka Bangladesh will not travel to India for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup, Sports Adviser Asif Nazrul reiterated on Wednesday, demanding that the teams matches be shifted to co-host Sri Lanka. We certainly want to play in the World Cup, Nazrul said after meeting Bangladesh Cricket Board directors. But we do []