Sports ministry extends contract of foreign coaches and support staff for athletics
4 years, 4 months ago

Sports ministry extends contract of foreign coaches and support staff for athletics

The Hindu  

India’s Union Sports Ministry on Saturday said it has extended the contract of nine foreign coaches and support personnel, including the high-performance director of athletics, with an eye on the 2024 Olympics and the 2022 Commonwealth Games and Asian Games. READ | “Coaches play the most vital part in moulding our athletes to reach the elite level and this also improves India’s chances in various major international events going ahead,” he said. Indian athletics legend and World Championships medallist Anju Bobby George welcomed the move. The performance of the coaches and support staff will be reviewed annually, with the results of athletes in major international events being the main indicator of performance.

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SAI appoints 398 coaches, assistant coaches in preparation of Olympics 2024, 2028
2 years, 10 months ago

SAI appoints 398 coaches, assistant coaches in preparation of Olympics 2024, 2028

The Hindu  

The Sports Authority of India on Wednesday announced it has appointed 398 coaches at various levels across 21 disciplines to prepare for important tournaments including the Paris and Los Angeles Olympics. The new batch of coaches and assistant coaches has a host of eminent names, including Asian Games gold medallist rower Bajrang Lal Thakar. "The recruitment comes in the wake …

Sports Ministry not to send its delegation to Olympics
3 years, 7 months ago

Sports Ministry not to send its delegation to Olympics

Hindustan Times  

The Sports Ministry on Friday said it has decided against sending its delegation to Tokyo Olympics to accommodate "maximum" support staff, including coaches and physios, for the athletes competing in the Summer Games. A total of 100 Indian athletes have so far qualified and another 25 to 35 might make the cut for the delayed Tokyo Olympics scheduled from July …

Important to have good mix of Indian and foreign coaches, says Gopi Chand
3 years, 7 months ago

Important to have good mix of Indian and foreign coaches, says Gopi Chand

The Hindu  

Pullela Gopi Chand says a good mix of foreign and Indian coaches is important for the development of the system but strongly believes that "second best" overseas recruits will only produce the second-best players. "We'll never be able to get the best foreign coaches, we will always get only the second best, and probably the heart of an Indian coach …

Don't Count My Tenure If India Don't Make it to Top 10 at 2028 Olympics: Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju
3 years, 11 months ago

Don't Count My Tenure If India Don't Make it to Top 10 at 2028 Olympics: Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju

News 18  

Kiren Rijiju said that his tenure as Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports can be discounted if India is not able to make it to the top-ten of 2028 Olympics. “If India doesn’t make it to the top ten in the medal tally of 2028 Olympics then don’t count my this tenure as Sports Minister,” Rijiju said at the inauguration …

SAI extends contracts of 32 foreign coaches till 2021 September end
4 years, 5 months ago

SAI extends contracts of 32 foreign coaches till 2021 September end

Firstpost  

The Sports Authority of India on Wednesday extended the contract of 32 foreign coaches in 11 disciplines till September end next year to ensure continuity in the training of athletes till Tokyo Olympics. Earlier this month, the Sports Ministry had said that the contracts of all the foreign coaches will be extended till the end of September next year. “The …

SAI extends contracts of 32 foreign coaches till end of September 2021
4 years, 5 months ago

SAI extends contracts of 32 foreign coaches till end of September 2021

The Hindu  

The Sports Authority of India on Wednesday extended the contract of 32 foreign coaches in 11 disciplines till September 2021 to ensure continuity in the training of athletes till Tokyo Olympics. Earlier this month, the Sports Ministry had said that the contracts of all the foreign coaches will be extended till the end of September next year. “The postponement of …

Ministry extends contracts for foreign coaches till 2021 Olympics
4 years, 6 months ago

Ministry extends contracts for foreign coaches till 2021 Olympics

The Hindu  

Accepting recommendations from various National Sports Federations, the IOA and requests from athletes, the Sports ministry on Thursday agreed to extend contracts for all foreign coaches and staff by a year till September 30, 2021. The original contracts for most of the coaches and staff was to end post Olympics this year. However, barring a few – including hockey coaches …

Olympics 2021: India set to retain foreign coaches
4 years, 9 months ago

Olympics 2021: India set to retain foreign coaches

The Hindu  

Their stints were supposed to wind up after the Olympics this year but with the mega-event postponed till 2021, several foreign coaches training Indian athletes for Tokyo are set for extended tenures as they seek to complete their “unfinished mission”. This translates into contract extension for India’s coaching imports in the “interest of continuity” and the process will be initiated …

Olympics 2021: India's foreign coaches set for extended contracts
4 years, 9 months ago

Olympics 2021: India's foreign coaches set for extended contracts

The Hindu  

Their stints were supposed to wind up after Tokyo 2020 Olympics this year but with the mega-event postponed till 2021, several foreign coaches training Indian athletes for Tokyo are set for extended tenures as they seek to complete their “unfinished mission”. Whether it’s women’s wrestling coach Andrew Cook, shooting’s celebrated pistol coach Pavel Smirnov, boxing’s duo of Santiago Nieva and …

Tokyo Olympics: Foreign coach unlikely for Indian paddlers
4 years, 9 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Foreign coach unlikely for Indian paddlers

The Hindu  

The postponement of Tokyo Olympics to next year due to the COVID-19 pandemic has given India’s table tennis squad more time to prepare and given the current scenario, the Table Tennis Federation of India is looking to fill the head coach’s position locally rather than hiring a foreign coach. The head coach position has been lying vacant since the 2018 …

Sports minister Kiren Rijiju wants India to focus on Olympic events
5 years, 5 months ago

Sports minister Kiren Rijiju wants India to focus on Olympic events

The Hindu  

For India to become a sporting powerhouse, the country's athletes will have to win more medals in mega events and inspire youth to take up Olympic sports, Kiren Rijiju, sports minister, said on Friday. A developing nation like India must focus on Olympic sports,” Rijiju told reporters while he received the torch of the Special Olympics International Football Championship 2019, …

Asian Games 2018: Foreign coaches helped deliver 7 of India’s golds, but NSFs must find balance with national coaches
6 years, 4 months ago

Asian Games 2018: Foreign coaches helped deliver 7 of India’s golds, but NSFs must find balance with national coaches

Firstpost  

After the likes of Anju Bobby George and Abhinav Bindra used a daring approach and found themselves coaches overseas, more and more Indians are walking that route. Foreign coaches helped shape seven of the 15 gold medals India won at the 2018 Asiad. So many Asian Games medals bore the ‘Made in India’ stamp, but with significant inputs from foreign …

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