Tag: Indian Olympic Association
Delhi HC allows appointment of ad hoc panel to govern Equestrian sport in India
The High Court of Delhi allowed the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports’ application to write to the Indian Olympic Association to appoint an ad hoc committee to run the…
EFI told to explore scope to include more names of riders for Asian Youth Games
The High Court of Delhi has directed Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) to consider including deserving athletes who were left out of the Indian show jumping squad for next month’…
High Court directs EFI to explain selection procedure for Asian Youth Games
The High Court of Delhi on Monday ordered the Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) to file an affidavit within three weeks, setting out the selection criteria adopted to pick the…
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 Sports Policy 2024. Both documents have been shared with the…
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 media are best resolved across the table. The disputes and…
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 a Sporting Nation. I was privileged that Mr. Nandan Kamath…
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…
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 for the Paris Olympic Games 2024 in right earnest at…
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…
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 Kalyan Chaubey, is discovering that sports administration is no gravy…
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