Rajyavardhan Rathore urges athletes to win fair, be good ambassadors for country in Commonwealth Games

New Delhi, February 27: Wishing the Indian Contingent all success during the forthcoming CWG, Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore urged the athletes to win fair and be good ambassadors for the country. He said, “We do not want to win at any cost. We need to show self-discipline, be it players, managers, everyone. We will win fairly’’.

 

Notably, Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore was speaking at a function in New Delhi on Monday organized by the IOA to mark the unveiling of kit and attire for the Commonwealth Games (CWG) to be held in April at Gold Coast, Australia.

Speaking on the occasion, Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore said that transparency in the functioning of the IOA and National Sports Federations (NSFs) is very important and his ministry will incorporate the provisions regarding how to make them transparent in the Sports Code.

He said the biggest sponsor of Indian sports has been the government of India and his ministry will continue to do so. Col. Rathore called upon the IOA and the NSFs to try and generate revenue on their own, taking advantage of the interests shown by the corporate sector to invest in sports.

Referring to National Sports Development Fund (NSDF), the Sports Minister said that the government is committed to make an equal contribution to the National Sports Development Fund (NSDF). He said, “It is a federal fund. So, whenever anyone puts money into it, it gets doubled, as the government puts equal money.” “Not only this, the person or company that puts the money into the fund, can tell where the money can be used, geographically, which athlete, or which sport’’ he concluded.