new delhi outgoing sports minister vijay goel on sunday asserted that he had a successful stint in office and categorically stated that the government alone cannot build a sports culture in the countrygoel who was on sunday shifted to parliamentary affairs ministry as a minister of state in a reshuffle after a 13month tenure said he had worked with the intent of bringing about a positive change in indian sportsif the prime minister wants me to give me other responsibility i have to accept it if i had not performed the pm would have dropped me in this reshuffle but i had a successful stint so i have been given more responsibilities goel told pti before leaving for gramin khel mahostav his last assignment as sports ministeri thoroughly enjoyed my term it is the pms prerogative if he wants me to move somewhere else goel said when specifically asked if he was happy or surprised by the change of portfolioathens olympics silver medallist shooter rajyavardhan singh rathore was on sunday appointed the new sports minister in place of goelgoel who took office in july 2016 listed his achievements but said a lot needs to be donewe want a sports culture to develop in this country but the government alone cant do it the parents at homes and teachers at schools need to encourage children to play games the prime minister is a sports lover and i would request him to do more for sports he saidgoel said the ministry under his charge had made some strides forward in making sports administration effective in the countrysee we involved every stakeholder we made considerable progress in preparing the pending code sports its with the high court now and we should soon see its implementationwe formed an olympic task force which had some of the best sportspersons its recommendations are great and should help take the sport forward the national talent search portal is also a good initiative by the ministry he saidasked what he would have wanted to do before going out goel picked sports inclusion in the school syllabuswe want sports to be included in educational curriculum we have made good progress but a lot needs to be done i am sure the new sports minister would seriously pursue it he saidi also wanted that we conduct the u17 fifa world cup in an impeccable manner