Category: Governance
With no Athlete Commission and few women in Electoral College, IGU offers wry smile to Sports Governance
Indian sports circles believed sports governance in India took a turn for the better in the wake of Court orders, the International Olympic Committee’s threat to suspend the Indian Olympic…
NADA adds new dimension in battle against doping with historic action against errant coach
National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has finally shown that it will look beyond athletes in its battle against the doping menace. NADA brought a coach to book for the first time,…
Has representation of regional Olympic panels in IOC got lost in translation in Indian context?
The scrambling before the Supreme Court on August 18 had urgency and panic written all over. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA), its future clouded by a Delhi High Court order…
Delhi HC to examine if Col. Jaiveer Singh has authority to file pleas on EFI behalf
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday not only refused to give Col. Jaiveer Singh any relief in his application seeking restraint on some elected members of the Equestrian Federation of…
Maverick Commissioner stays away from painting one image but offers reader different portraits
There are times when we identify an athlete with a trademark action, if not an idiosyncrasy, or an image that is embedded in our minds. In doing do, we are…
Desperate EFI official ‘removes’ 10 Executive members to convince Court to allow elections
The Equestrian Federation of India is heading for an oxymoronic situation of being in active inertia after it has left itself with no quorum for any meetings of the present…
EFI changes Statues without giving prior notice to either members or Delhi High Court
The secretive manner in which Equestrian Federation of India amended its Statutes at the Annual General Meeting on March 27 last has come into question. Even if done with the…
EFI brass finds it tough to embrace consistency, except in poor governance at the cost of athletes and horses
The Equestrian Federation of India’s inconsistencies have come to the fore yet again. Unless, of course, you speak of its consistently trampling upon the conduct of events, both at the…
Ministry exempts EFI from complying with two clauses of National Sports Code
In a first, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has exempted a National Sports Federation from following two clauses of the National Sports Development Code of India 2011. A…
EFI losing more ground & time in race to get sport governance on track
The Equestrian Federation of India has been losing ground, both literally and figuratively. It would appear to have only delayed the inevitable when its own counsel reported indisposed on Tuesday…
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