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Did EFI flout Government directive by fielding overseas ‘athletes’ in international events?

Equestrian Federation of India (EFI), through senior counsel Jayant Mehta, made a passionate bid in the High Court of Delhi on Wednesday to show that horses are not equipment but…

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Posted in Equestrian Governance Opinion

With no horses or athletes, Ghost Clubs dominate Equestrian landscape in India

Few would imagine that a vast majority of Equestrian Federation of India’s member-clubs could well be Ghost Clubs – with no athletes and horses on record.  Each time the Equestrian…

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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…

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Posted in Equestrian Governance News

Delhi HC asks EFI why it does not admit more State Associations as members

Justice Sanjeev Narula of the High Court of Delhi on Monday caught the Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) counsel Jayant Mehta off guard by asking him why it would not…

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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…

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Will a meeting of the reinstated EFI Executive Committee be convened before Paris 2024?

By reinstating the entire Executive Committee of the Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) as an interim measure, the Division Bench of the High Court of Delhi comprising Acting Chief Justice…

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Delhi HC pulls the reins on EFI meet, allows taking up only statutory requirements

Delhi High Court has directed Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) to not go ahead with its proposed plan of inducting 69 new life members, two individual members and 20 club…

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Posted in Asian Games Equestrian

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…

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YAI Council, meeting after 20 months, has little time to discuss Asian Games preparations

The Yachting Association of India (YAI) Council, which is due to meet on Friday morning after a 20-month hiatus and more than seven months after its term expired, does not…

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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…

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