Tag: Indian Olympic Association
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…
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 the selection process and awaiting a judgement on the membership…
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…
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 56-3 margin at its general body meeting in Mohali on…
India’s quest for sporting glory: the road ahead calls for more teamwork
You can reach out and feel the euphoria that is hanging in the air ever since Javelin Thrower Neeraj Chopra ended India’s Olympic Games gold medal drought across 2012 and…
EFI ends membership of 99 Clubs & Units but remains in contravention of National Sports Code
In a tacit admission of its largesse in given membership to Club and Units that had little to do with Equestrian sport, the Equestrian Federation of India has decided to…
IGU electoral college reveals surprises, puts career sports administrators in the shade
Those seeking positions in the Indian Golf Union do not stop springing surprises. No, not with a desire to groom golfers from the grassroots level or an eagerness to enhance…
Long-delayed, hard-fought & epochal sports governance litigation poised for a logical finish
A long-drawn public interest litigation, focussed on sports governance, may be heading to its logical end with the Delhi High Court listing the case for arguments on January 8, 2021….
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