Sports Governance Bill must encompass sports organisations beyond NSFs and their affiliates
There has been sharper and greater focus on the Draft National Sports Governance Bill 2024 than on the Draft National…
Tag: Indian Olympic Association
IOA officials bizarrely question SOM nominations and their own election to seats of power
The charges being traded in the corridors of power in the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), through letters and in the…
National Sports Code & Sports Governance in India
The Sports & Society Accelerator and Open Takshashila recently organised a five-week online introductory course on India’s Sports Ecosystem, Building…
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…
Show Jumper Maryk Sahney launches Olympic qualifying bid after EFI cold shoulder
It is an irony that India’s top Show Jumping Equestrian athlete, France-based Maryk Sahney, has launched his dreams of qualifying…
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…
Usha was insensitive, not empathetic but was her call for ‘some discipline’ an ‘allegation of indiscipline’?
Indian Olympic Association President PT Usha, now the butt of criticism after her media interaction along with Joint Secretary/Acting CEO…
EFI Athlete Commission Chairperson quits, asks for elected committees to make decisions
The Equestrian Federation of India, facing flak from the Delhi High Court for changing the Asian Games selection criteria during…
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…
Raninder Singh declared re-elected NRAI President as shooting sport body goes ahead with elections
Raninder Singh was declared re-elected National Rifle Association of India President, defeating Shyam Singh Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) by a thumping…