Category: Olympic Sport
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…
Indian Badminton thinktank needs to get heads together for course correction
A visit to the BWF Badminton World Rankings lists can fill Indian hearts with pride. India has 12 men and women each in the top 100. Besides six men’s pairs…
Delhi HC judgement against EFI presents Ministry with chance to set up oversight panel
It took a hurt teenager to bring the Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) officials down to earth. They have trapped themselves in a deceitful web of their own making. Their…
Delhi High Court orders Equestrian Federation to expand pool of Asian Games probables
The Delhi High Court has castigated the Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) for its vicious approach to eliminate the best candidates for the coming Asian Games by acting in a…
Soft Power: Creating a strategic advantage with human resources and technology in Sport
If Soft Power or co-optive power can be seen as an aspect of a nation’s power of getting countries to do want what it wants, India’s push for the establishment of the International…
IGU electorate rebuffs some officers’ attempt to retain control of national golf body
Army brass may be forced to look at barring serving officers for risking losses The Indian Golf Union has rebuffed attempts by army officers, serving and retired, to retain control…
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…
Wrestling, endangered as Olympic sport, lost CWG 2026 spot owing to a simple market reality
Some of the Indian sports community has reeled from shock in the week since it became known that Wrestling will eventually not feature in the 2026 Commonwealth Games programme in…
Stem Cell Therapy In Sport
Have you wondered how athletes nowadays continue to perform at the highest level well into their 30s? Well, the secret for the success of some of these age-defying, seemingly inhuman…
Nikhat Zareen’s learnings continue as she passes world championship milestone
Nikhat Zareen, Women’s World Boxing Champion in the Flyweight class (52kg) has learnt many a life lesson in her dozen years in the sport and, in her own inimitable way,…
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