Kerala National Games to be held in Feb next year

Last Updated: Friday, June 21, 2013, 19:18

The 35th National Games, slated to be held in Kerala in December, have been rescheduled and will now take place in February next year.

Goa to make master plan for sports city to host National Games

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 15:42

Goa government will amend its previous plan for the proposed sports city at Dhargal village likely to host the National Games 2014 and prepare a master plan for it, state sports minister Ramesh Tawadkar, said on Tuesday.

Illegal stone mining racket unearthed in Goa

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 13:09

Several trucks and machinery were confiscated at the land acquired by Goa government to set up a sports city here for National Games 2014, busting an illegal mining racket on government land, police said.

TN govt hikes prize money for those sportspersons

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 3, 2012, 13:47

Sportspersons in Tamil Nadu have reason to rejoice as the state government today announced a hike in prize money awarded to medal winners in Olympics, Asian, Commonwealth, South Asian and National Games.

Will support building infrastructure for national games: Maken

Last Updated: Sunday, August 28, 2011, 00:07

Ahead of the 36th National Games to be held in Goa, Union Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Saturday said all possible support would be extended to build infrastructure in the coastal state.

Dhoni, National Games winners to be felicitated: D

Last Updated: Monday, June 13, 2011, 11:58

Jharkhand Government is all set to announce the date to felicitate Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and the winners of the 34th National Games.

Top National Games official quizzed in graft case

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 19:38

The Jharkhand vigilance bureau interrogated a senior official of the organising committee of the 34th National Games in connection with allegations that equipment for the Feb 12-26 event here were purchased at inflated rates.

`CWG-like scam in National Games-2014`

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 00:24

Five-star hotels and niche hospitality projects were being surreptitiously brought in, under the guise infrastructure- creation for the 2014 National Games in Goa, legislators across the spectrum alleged on Monday.

Pseudonymous complaint on Natl Games equipment buying: Maken

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 18:06

The government had received a complaint from a person using a fictitious name alleging irregularities in procurement of equipment for last month`s National Games, minister Ajay Maken said.

Four more athletes flunk dope tests in National Games

Last Updated: Friday, March 4, 2011, 20:57

Four more athletes on Friday tested positive for banned substances, taking the total number of dope flunk cases in the recently concluded National Games in Jharkhand to 13.

Nine athletes flunk dope tests in National Games

Last Updated: Thursday, March 3, 2011, 20:06

The doping menace continued to haunt Indian sports with the NADA on Thursday announcing that nine athletes tested positive for banned substances during the National Games which ended in Ranchi on February 26.

National Games: Oppn demands white paper on expenditure

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 2, 2011, 00:53

The Opposition in Jharkhand Assembly demanded for a white paper on the expenditure over constructions of a mega sports complex and other expenses incurred during the recently concluded National Games.