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Railways Sports Promotion Board

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Railways Sports Promotion Board (RSPB, originally called Railways Sports Control Board) is a sports board run by the Indian Railways. It promotes 29 sporting disciplines and owns the Karnail Singh Stadium in New Delhi.

RSPB is a member of the Board of Control for Cricket in India and RSPB fields the Railways cricket team in domestic cricket competitions in India such as the Ranji Trophy. It is also an associate of the Badminton Association of India. Apart from domestic cricket, 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 and 14th Women USIC World Railway Athletics Championship. In the run up to the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the RSPB in coordination with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology ran a special train, The Commonwealth Express which toured India to promote the games.

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