Category: Governance
Teenager and coach convince Delhi HC to make EFI grant rule exemption till Junior National
Gulab Singh, 60, and his 19-year-old trainee Abdullah Arman Imdad combined to win a battle against the Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) after the young rider from Assam sought the…
EFI leaves Major and Dafedar idling in France, eroding their Asian Games dreams
Two athletes, both from the Indian Army, are stuck in a foreign land, unable to train because of lack of funding from their own National Sports Federation. There are no…
French Coach accuses EFI officials of ‘finishing’ Eventing team ahead of Asian Games
Equestrian Coach Rodolphe Scherer has accused Equestrian Federation of India officials of ‘finishing’ the Indian Eventing team ahead of the Asian Games after two riders, Ashish Malik and Rakesh Kumar,…
EFI’s favoured coach quits in despair, accusing officials of not respecting ethics of Eventing
The blundering officials of the Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) have created a stunning addition to the growing army of their critics. The officials find themselves trapped in a web…
Bickering IOA officials need to put India ahead of all else
The tussle is out in the open. Or so it seems when you consider the fact that the Indian Olympic Association took the unprecedented step on Wednesday of putting out…
Delhi HC pulls the reins on EFI meet, allows taking up only statutory requirements
Delhi High Court has directed Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) to not go ahead with its proposed plan of inducting 69 new life members, two individual members and 20 club…
EFI earns more from its riders than it spends on their training and national competition
There are no prizes for guessing that the Equestrian Federation of India earns nearly six times more revenue from issuing No Objection Certificates (NOC) to Indian riders competing overseas than…
IOA drags feet in search of CEO and leaves athletes in many disciplines feeling lost
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) desperately needs a Chief Executive Officer, but few seem to be working towards filling that spot. The IOA Executive Council has not been able to…
YAI Council, meeting after 20 months, has little time to discuss Asian Games preparations
The Yachting Association of India (YAI) Council, which is due to meet on Friday morning after a 20-month hiatus and more than seven months after its term expired, does not…
EFI flouts own rules in nominating 24 rider-horse combinations without MERs
The Equestrian Federation of India has blatantly violated its own Selection Criteria by nominating a number of rider-horse combinations that have not secured even one Minimum Eligibility Requirement (MER), let…
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