Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju said the academic training at the National Centre of Excellence and Sports Auhtority of India Training Centres will also be suspended.
Leander Paes... Sania Mirza... Pankaj Advani.. Saina Nehwal... Ravichandran Ashwin... Anirban Lahiri... Vijender Singh... Who is India's Sportsperson of 2015?
'It's tough going -- we get to play cricket, (so) we can't complain too much -- but in terms of wellbeing of players, staff and officials, how long can you stay in hubs for?'
The week gone by has been full of drama and here we bring you all the action from the sporting field in pictures!
As the year 2016 draws to a close, vote for the best Indian sportsperson of the year.
Ace Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri fought back well from an early stumble in the final round of the Hotel Fitness Championships and ended tied-6th in the first of the four-event Web.com Final series.
The remarkable story of Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian in space, will be seen in a film featuring Aamir Khan.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee will ring the customary Eden Bell
Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Kapil Dev, Anil Kumble, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Dilip Vengsarkar and Mohammad Azharuddin took a lap around the 'Mecca of Indian cricket'
Former India coach Anil Kumble is in the running for the Coach of the Year award in the inaugural edition of the Indian Sports Honours, instituted by the RP-SG Group in association with the foundation of skipper Virat Kohli.
Indian duo of Jeev Milkha Singh and Shiv Kapur were both tied third at the midway stage of the Trophe Hassan II golf tournament after carding 68 and 71 in the second round of the European tour event in Agadir.
Jeev Milkha Singh continues to touch dizzy heights and the on-song Indian leapfrogged to a career best 36th in the latest Official World Golf Rankings following his emotional triumph in the Golf Nippon Series JT Cup. The Golf Nippon Series JT Cup was clearly the most memorable victory for the Indian who was hardly in the right frame of mind with his wife recuperating in a Tokyo hospital after delivering a stillborn baby.
The BJP believes that the only party still capable of leading a credible challenge against it is the Congress. Please note how BJP campaigners in states where the Congress may count for a cipher or thereabouts, mostly attack the Congress, observes Shekhar Gupta.
Coronavirus crisis caused mass cancellations and postponements in the last three days, March was to be a busy sports month. But as things stand now, there is no live action there for the fans once the All England Championships of badminton wind up in Birmingham.
Both Mahinda Rajapaksa and Modi have learnt from their past mistakes. Modi has understood that Rajapaksa is a 'forever politician' that India has to live with, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Shiv Kapur and Jeev Milkha Singh finished in a tie for 38th place even as Branden Grace produced a stunning eagle on 16th and a closing birdie to grab the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters golf tournament on Saturday.
Shubhankar Sharma believes he has the game to be a multiple winner on the PGA Tour
Brian Lara on the challenges that lie ahead for new West Indies Captain Kieron Pollard.
Shubhankar Sharma has two simple goals to achieve at this week's World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational and one of them is to gather enough courage and introduce himself to Tiger Woods.
'The real significance of the visit lies in the extent of the receptivity in Myanmar of the account of Chinese perfidy given by India's military and civilian top brass and how they assess the danger to themselves of dancing with the dragon,' notes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday
One of the most talked about couples in cricket and showbiz alike, Australian spin legend Shane Warne and British actress Elizabeth Hurley reportedly got engaged in Scotland during a golf event.
Shubhankar tied 110th after Rd 1 of English Championship
Indian golfer Jyoti Randhawa will be hard at work at the driving and shooting ranges in the run-up to the 2016 Olympics, his ever-improving proficiency with a rifle leaving him dreaming of an unlikely double gold medal haul.
'Can Tendulkar recreate the magic of his youth?', asks advertising guru Sandeep Goyal.
'There was plenty of pushing, pulling and jostling going on as everyone wanted to see what was going on at the table.'
Change your game. You should play with a new game of shorter drives and enter tournaments where length off the tees is not so critical, writes Siddharth Shriram in a note to the golfing great.
Change your game. You should play with a new game of shorter drives and enter tournaments where length off the tees is not so critical, writes Siddharth Shriram in a note to the golfing great.
'Women's voices are too high or too low, or they are seen as too short or too tall, or too fat or too thin, to be great leaders.' 'These judgments wear us down.'
India's first World Cup-winning cricket captain Kapil Dev suffered a heart attack and underwent an angioplasty in New Delhi on Friday but is expected to be discharged in the next couple of days, said the hospital where he is currently admitted.
A stake sale of Reliance's real estate portfolio would help it raise anything between $1-5 billion and could be one of the triggers for the company's shares to break out.
Shubhankar Sharma, on Friday, became the youngest Indian golfer to make the cut in any Major after he capped a wonderful back nine to achieve the feat at the 147th Open Championships in Scotland.
The Walther rifle imported by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who retired from international cricket on Saturday, is the same model which another champion sportsperson, Abhinav Bindra, had used to win a historic individual gold medal at the Beijing Olympics.
India's latest golf sensation S S P Chowrasia believes that he is ready to take another shot at glory and cement his place amongst the game's elite at this week's Volvo China Open. The talented Indian has scalped some of the biggest names in golf this season and there is no better stage to showcase his talents again than this week's US $2.2 million event sanctioned by the Asian Tour, European Tour and China Golf Association.
The Indian contingent's schedule at the Rio Olympics for Friday.
The contingent comprises 277 men and 247 women athletes. In the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, the Indian contingent featured 541 athletes across 28 disciplines.
Rising Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri will feature in this week's US $2.5 million Maybank Malaysian Open as the newest Asian Tour champion to emerge from the sub-continent.
Shubhankar Sharma's magnificent year continued as the Indian grabbed a spot in next week's US Open Golf Championships with a solid display of 69-68 in the qualifiers, in Columbus.
'The Indian media has largely ignored my efforts.'
Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma fired a bogey-free five-under 67 in the second round to be placed tied ninth with a total of six-under at the BMW PGA Championship.
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