A portion of the Indian Cricket Board's contribution of Rs 50 crore to the National Sports Development Fund has been provided to Olympian PT Usha's academy in Kerala for its upgradation, sports minister Ajay Maken said on Friday.
The National Commission for Women on Saturday demanded one-time payment benefit for former women cricket players from the profits of the Indian Premier League (IPL), as was done recently for their male counterparts.
The Sports Ministry is pinning its hope on the Central Information Commission to bring the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) under the purview of the Right To Information Act.
Indian Premier League Commissioner Rajiv Shukla on Sunday said that there would be review of the IPL rules and all the domestic players will be auctioned from the next edition.
Sports minister Ajay Maken has sanctioned ex-gratia assistance of Rs 3 lakh to a former cricket coach, Virender Bhatnagar from National Welfare Fund for Sportspersons.
Amid charges of black money playing a part in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Sports Ministry has asked the Finance Ministry to order an expeditious probe into it.
The union sports minister Ajay Maken feels that banning the Indian Premier League (IPL) is not a solution for putting an end to the controversies although corrective measures needed to be taken in order to clear the mess.
A video of Sports Minister Ajay Maken press conference calling BCCI to act fast. After the sting operation that has shaken the very foundations of the Indian Premier League, Sports Minister Ajay Maken has asked the cricket board to pick up the challenge and root the malaise out completely. “As I have said...
In the backdrop of a spot-fixing scandal that rocked IPL, Sports Minister Ajay Maken said the BCCI should probe the root cause of the problem and suggested that the body should de-link itself from running the cash-rich Twenty20 league to avoid "overlapping of interests".
Sports Minister Ajay Maken said the onus lies with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) as far as the IPL spot-fixing is concerned and has asked the Board to take prompt action in the interest of the millions of cricket fans in the country.