The showpiece Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in the Capital, built for the 1982 Asian Games, will give way to a modern Sports City if the Union Sports Ministry’s plans to redevelop the existing infrastructure and make it a multipurpose state-of-the-art facility come to fruition. A Sports ministry official said plans are still at a nascent stage (Hindustan Times) A Sports Ministry official said plans are still at a nascent stage and they are looking at world class sporting infrastructure in Dubai (Sports City) and Australia for the purpose. “A new world class Sports City is being planned after dismantling the infrastructure at the JLN Stadium. The Sports City will have modern infrastructure, competition and training venues for several sports disciplines and residential facilities for the athletes. The plans are still at an initial stage and different models of sports cities from around the world like one in Dubai and Australia are being studied,” the official said. The JLN has seen it all. The iconic venue, owned and managed by the Sports Authority of India, has been …