CONTENTS - INTRODUCTION || LEGACY OF SPORTS IN INDIA || INDIA - WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS REGIONAL AND THE NATIONAL GAMES || SPORTS SINCE INDEPENDENCE– A GIANT STRIDE || SPORTING MILESTONES OF INDIA || SPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA || SPORTS PROMOTION SCHEMES OF MYAS || DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION OF SPORTS FACILITIES || COACHIG OF ELITE SPORTSPERSONS PODIUM FINISH || MASS SPORTS-THE KHELO INDIA || SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITIES – THE NURSERIES OF SPORTS || IOC AND THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT IN INDIA || OLYMPIC CHARTER IOA NSF AND THE SPORTS CODE || SPORTS SCIENCE SPORTS MEDICINE AND SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY || THE UNETHICAL PRACTICES AND DOPING IN SPORTS || GUIDELINES FOR PROTECTION OF CHILDREN IN SPORTS || A WAY FORWARD