A plethora of current and former athletes including Tokyo Olympic Gold Medallist Neeraj Chopra, India's first individual Olympics gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, 2003 World Championship bronze winner Anju Bobby George, are among the top names in .
India need to make 10X and more investments in Sport Science & Research to inculcate a sports culture that promotes healthy living, active lifestyle and ensures excellence is achieved by design, said sports scholar Aman Dhall in his .
With an increase of 334.72 cr, the government on Wednesday in the Union Budget allocated Rs 3,397.32 crore to the Sports Ministry for 2023-2024 a cycle in which the Indian athletes will compete at the Asian Games and prepare for 2024 Paris .