New Delhi: The government on Tuesday told TOI that the government has considered the dissolution of Indian Universities (AIUs) and School Games Federation of India (SGFI) on alleged irregularities in its functioning and administrative mismanagement.The government on Wednesday set to launch the ‘National Sports Governance Bill 2025’ in Parliament, there was a growing demand for setting up two new national associations with a professional setup for school and university sports in the Ministry of Sports Ministry, both administratively replaced married sports bodies.“Yes, the idea of dissolving both AIU and SGFI and holding a proper set and holding the right set of people is the idea of setting up two new sports federations. The ministry is receiving a lot of complaints from athletes how AIU and SGFI function. A ministry official said it would take some time, but with a new sports bill, which will soon become an act, the time has come to bring more accountability in the functioning of these two bodies. “Both AIU and SGFI are important for India’s sports progress, as they nourish and identify talent at the ground level. They play an important role in shaping the country’s sports future. Sadly, both have failed their duties,” the sutra said.This development has come at a time when six Indian badminton players were stopped from a World University Sports (Wug) in Rhine-Rahr, Germany on an alleged administrative lapse. Originally, a total of 12 players were selected and sent to represent India, but only six were allowed to compete as the authorities failed to present all the names correctly during the meeting of the managers on 16 July. Sources alleged that the players living on top of the trial were released out of the badminton team despite being part of the squad. AIU is the nodal body for university level sports in the country.Similarly, India could not make an entry with the long-dictance runner border as well as two others in women’s 10,000 meters and 400 meters and was missing from the beginning list due to the official error.
