Railways Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) (originally known as Railways Sports Control Board) is a sports board run by the

Indian Railways Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tota ...

. It was formed as the Indian Railways Athletic Association in 1928. It promotes 30 sporting disciplines and owns the

Karnail Singh Stadium Karnail Singh Stadium is a multipurpose sports venue located in Delhi, India and is owned by the Indian Railways. Located next to the New Delhi Railway Station, the ground is used for athletics, football, hockey, cricket, boxing, and badminton. ...

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. The board is represented as Railways in the

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Overview

RSPB is a

member Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in ...

of the

Board of Control for Cricket in India The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national governing body for cricket in India. Its headquarters are situated at Cricket centre, Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The BCCI is the richest governing body of cricket in the world ...

and fields the

Railways cricket team Railways cricket team (also known as the Indian Railways) is a domestic cricket team in India representing Indian Railways. The team's home ground is East Coast Railway Stadium in Bhubaneswar and Karnail Singh Stadium in New Delhi. The team is ...

in domestic cricket competitions in India such as the Ranji Trophy. It is an associate member of the All India Football Federation and fields the

Railways football team The Railways football team is an Indian football team representing the Indian Railways Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway syst ...

in Santosh Trophy. It is also an associate of the

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. Apart from domestic cricket and football, RSPB has played host to national level events such as the National Weightlifting Championship in 2004, the National Boxing Championship in 2007 and the 56th National Kabaddi Championship in 2004. In 2009, RSPB held the 17th Men's and 14th Women's USIC World Railway Athletics Championship. In the run up to the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, ...

, the RSPB in coordination with the

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ran a special train, ''The Commonwealth Express'' which toured India to promote the games.

Railways teams

Cricket

Railways women's cricket team The Railways women's cricket team is an Indian domestic cricket team and is run by the Railways Sports Promotion Board. The team has represented the state in Women's Senior One Day Trophy (List A) and Senior women's T20 league. The team is know ...

Football

* Railways women's football team

Handball

* Railways handball team

References

External links

Official website
Cricket administration in India Football governing bodies in India Sport in Indian Railways Railway associations Sports governing bodies in India Recipients of the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 1928 establishments in India Organizations established in 1928 Organisations based in Delhi {{sport-org-stub