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 '''Railways Sports Promotion Board (RSPB)''' (originally known as Railways Sports Control Board)<ref name=ie99>{{cite news|title=RSCB to become RSPB now|url=http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19990226/isp26158.html|access-date=5 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=26 February 1999}}</ref> is a sports board run by the [[Indian Railways]]. It was formed as the '''Indian Railways Athletic Association''' in 1928. It promotes 30 sporting disciplines<ref name="toif12">{{cite news|title=Ex-kabaddi player was in-charge of Karnail Singh Stadium!|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/domestic-cricket/ranji-trophy/Ex-kabaddi-player-was-in-charge-of-Karnail-Singh-Stadium/articleshow/11940218.cms|access-date=5 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=18 February 2012}}</ref> and owns the [[Karnail Singh Stadium]] in [[New Delhi]].<ref name=dna07>{{cite news|title=Railways plans ambitious cricket stadium in Delhi|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_railways-plans-ambitious-cricket-stadium-in-delhi_1108868|access-date=5 March 2012|newspaper=[[Daily News and Analysis]]|date=8 July 2007}}</ref> The board is represented as Railways in the [[National Games of India]].

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{{short description|Indian Railways organisation}}
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|[[Athletics Federation of India|AFI]]
|[[All India Chess Federation|AICF]]
|[[All India Football Federation|AIFF]]
|[[All India Tennis Association|AITA]]
|[[Badminton Association of India|BAI]]
|[[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]]
|[[Basketball Federation of India|BFI]]
|[[Billiards and Snooker Federation of India|BSFI]]
|[[Cycling Federation of India|CFI]]
|[[Handball Federation of India|HFI]]
|[[Hockey India|HI]]
|[[Indian Boxing Federation|IBF]]
|[[Indian Powerlifting Federation|IPF]]
|[[Indian Weightlifting Federation|IWF]]
|[[Judo Federation of India|JFI]]
|[[National Rifle Association of India|NRAI]]
|[[Swimming Federation of India|SFI]]
|[[Table Tennis Federation of India|TTFI]]
|[[Volleyball Federation of India|VFI]]
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'''Railways Sports Promotion Board (RSPB)''' (originally known as Railways Sports Control Board)<ref name=ie99>{{cite news|title=RSCB to become RSPB now|url=http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19990226/isp26158.html|access-date=5 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=26 February 1999}}</ref> is a sports board run by the [[Indian Railways]]. It was formed as the '''Indian Railways Athletic Association''' in 1928. It promotes 30 sporting disciplines<ref name="toif12">{{cite news|title=Ex-kabaddi player was in-charge of Karnail Singh Stadium!|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/domestic-cricket/ranji-trophy/Ex-kabaddi-player-was-in-charge-of-Karnail-Singh-Stadium/articleshow/11940218.cms|access-date=5 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=18 February 2012}}</ref> and owns the [[Karnail Singh Stadium]] in [[New Delhi]].<ref name=dna07>{{cite news|title=Railways plans ambitious cricket stadium in Delhi|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_railways-plans-ambitious-cricket-stadium-in-delhi_1108868|access-date=5 March 2012|newspaper=[[Daily News and Analysis]]|date=8 July 2007}}</ref> The board is represented as Railways in the [[National Games of India]].

RSPB is a [[List of members of the Board of Control For Cricket in India|member]] of the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]]<ref name=rdkm>{{cite book|last=Kajari Mukherjee|first=Ranjan Das|title=Complex Issues Management|year=2006|publisher=Tata McGraw-Hill Education|isbn=0-07-060821-0|pages=308}}</ref> and fields the [[Railways cricket team]] in domestic cricket competitions in India such as the [[Ranji Trophy]].<ref name=toif12/> In addition to that, it is also an [[List of Indian state football associations|associate member]] of the [[All India Football Federation]] and fields the [[Railways football team]] in [[Santosh Trophy]].
It is also an associate of the [[Badminton Association of India]].<ref name=toijune10>{{cite news|title=Azharuddin may get only six votes in BAI elections|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/people/Bady-frat-makes-Azhar-a-baddie/iplarticleshow/iplarticleshow/6030047.cms|access-date=5 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=10 June 2010}}</ref>

Apart from domestic cricket and football, RSPB has played host to national level events such as the ''National Weightlifting Championship'' in 2004,<ref name=th04>{{cite news|title=Tikina and Vicky win gold|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/01/15/stories/2004011503992000.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040422150950/http://www.hindu.com/2004/01/15/stories/2004011503992000.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 April 2004|access-date=5 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=15 January 2004}}</ref> the ''National Boxing Championship'' in 2007<ref name=th07>{{cite news|title=National championship gets underway today|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/25/stories/2007082556161900.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706072456/http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/25/stories/2007082556161900.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 July 2012|access-date=5 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=25 August 2007}}</ref> and the 56th ''National Kabaddi Championship'' in 2004<ref name=th08>{{cite news|title=Kabaddi Nationals|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/11/stories/2008101156382100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014043900/http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/11/stories/2008101156382100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 October 2008|access-date=5 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=11 October 2008}}</ref> In 2009, RSPB held the 17th Men and 14th Women ''USIC World Railway Athletics Championship''.<ref name=iefeb09>{{cite news|title=Rly athletics meet from February 9|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rly-athletics-meet-from-february-9/420641/|access-date=5 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=8 February 2009}}</ref> In the run up to the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]], the RSPB in coordination with the [[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)|Ministry of Communications and Information Technology]] ran a special train, ''The Commonwealth Express'' which toured India to promote the games.<ref name=dh10>{{cite news|title=Commonwealth Express arrives in Bangalore|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/93478/commonwealth-express-arrives-bangalore.html|access-date=5 March 2012|newspaper=[[Deccan Herald]]|date=2 September 2010}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Indian Railways]]
*[[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]]
*[[Services Sports Control Board]]
*[[Sports Authority of India]]

==References==
{{reflist}}{{Indian Railways}}{{BCCI Members}}
{{Indian state football associations}}

[[Category:Cricket administration in India]]
[[Category:Sport in Indian Railways]]
[[Category:Railway associations]]
[[Category:Sports governing bodies in India]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar]]
[[Category:1928 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Delhi]]

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