Will soon solve School Games Federation of India matter: Sushil Kumar

Updated:6 years, 4 months ago

New Delhi, Feb 28 (ANI): Sports Ministry of India suspended the recognition of School Games Federation of India (SGFI) over violation of provisions of National Sports Development Code of India (NSDCI), 2011. Speaking on the government order, 2-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar said, “We will soon solve the matter and come back. I will watch the matter and will do our best for the SGFI.” SGFI had sent its contingent for participation in the 10th Pacific School Games 2017 which were held from December 1 to 10 in Adelaide, Australia and upon reporting in the media about the School Girl's Hockey team sent by SGFI as part of the contingent in the Pacific School Games 2017 was left stranded and left to fend for themselves in Adelaide. After that, an inquiry was instituted into the matter of negligence noticed on the part of team management in respect of the participation of SGFI's contingent in Adelaide. Also, later another unfortunate incident was enquired which was the death of one member of the Girl's Football team, named Nitisha Negi, due to drowning on December 10, 2017. SGFI was directed to provide necessary information and documents which was required for the inquiry. The Ministry on November 27, 2018 also requested to submit its inquiry report along with a detailed account of action taken by SGFI in the matter.

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