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- The Sports Ministry has extended the application deadline for the National Sports Board's chairman and members by 15 days, to August 6, delaying the formation of the long-awaited body.
- The Board, created under the National Sports Governance Act passed in August last year, will handle affiliations, maintain registers of sports bodies, and set governance guidelines, with members chosen by a committee headed by Cabinet Secretary T.V.
- Somanathan.
- Separately, the deadline for National Sports Tribunal applications has been extended a second time, from July 18 to July 25.
- The Tribunal, whose selection committee is headed by the Chief Justice of India or a designated Supreme Court judge, aims to resolve over 350 pending sports-related court cases, with its orders challengeable only in the Supreme Court.
What to watch next
- Whether the NSB and NST are actually constituted after the new deadlines of August 6 and July 25
- Selection of the NSB chairman and members by the Cabinet Secretary-led search-cum-selection committee
- Progress in moving the 350-plus pending sports cases to the new Tribunal
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Named India · Chief Justice of India · Gagan Narang · Hari Ranjan Rao · Harpal Singh · Indian Olympic Association · National Sports Board · National Sports Tribunal · N. Kunjarani Devi · Sports Ministry · T.V. Somanathan
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