Football and tennis in focus as Sports Ministry mulls approval to OCI athletes

Football and tennis in focus as Sports Ministry mulls approval to OCI athletes

In tennis, the legendary Vijay Amritraj’s son Prakash was among the prominent US passport-holders who could not play for India because of the ban on OCI card-holders.

BCCI keen to adopt two-three Olympic sporting disciplines; approval to OCI athletes on Govt radar

New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India informed sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya of its willingness to adopt two to three Olympic sporting disciplines in a meeting on Thursday. With India bidding to host the Olympics in 2036, the sports ministry is keen to build individual Centres of Excellences for separate sporting disciplines which would be backed by corporate houses of the country. Representatives from 58 corporate houses atte…

Ministry musings: BCCI wants to adopt Olympic sports; Govt mulling approval to OCI athletes

New Delhi, May 15 (PTI) The BCCI is "keen on adopting two to three Olympic disciplines" in the sports ministry's ambitious plan to have corporate-backed individual Centres of Excellence, the work for which will begin this year. This was conveyed by the cash-rich cricket body in a meeting with sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya here on Thursday. The gathering also featured "representatives from 58 corporate houses". "Mr Rajeev Shukla, who represen…