Indian sports crisis deepens. Should sports ministry involve more efficiently to find out a solution? ...
11:13 PM, Dec 05, 2012
New Delhi: Abhay Singh Chautala on Wednesday took over as the president of the Indian Olympic Association while the tainted Lalit Bhanot became the secretary general after the IOA conducted its controversial elections defying the IOC's directive not to go ahead with the polls. Chautala and Bhanot were declared elected unopposed in the polls conducted by an Election Commission made up of retired High Court Justices, just a day after...
09:19 PM, Dec 05, 2012
New Delhi: Former Indian football captain Baichung Bhutia on Wednesday termed the IOC's decision to suspend India as a "wake-up call" for the country's sports officials and said the IOA should amend its constitution soon in accordance with the Olympic Charter to get out of the mess. "It's a disappointing situation. I think, it's quite disgraceful in terms of the situation we have come into. The decision has come as...
08:40 PM, Dec 05, 2012
New Delhi: The controversial Lalit Bhanot has been unanimously elected secretary general of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) with the proviso that he would present his case before the International Olympic Committee (IOC), explaining the legal position of the corruption cases he is facing in connection with the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Bhanot said after the election that he has scrupulously followed the law of the land and the house has...
08:07 PM, Dec 05, 2012
However, the IOC, which suspended the IOA on Tuesday, made it clear that it won't be recognised. ...
02:32 PM, Dec 05, 2012
New Delhi: Indian athletes have lamented the ban dished out to their national Olympic association by the IOC but hope that it could turn out to be a blessing in disguise and lead to a clean-up of the organisation which runs sport in the country. At a meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland on Tuesday, the IOC banned the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and said a vote to elect its secretary-general on...
01:36 PM, Dec 05, 2012
Mumbai: Olympic bronze medallist Mary Kom is happy that Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra is going to essay her life and times in a biopic. "Any actress is good enough to play my role. They are all talented. I am happy that Priyanka is doing my role," Mary said at an event here. Asked if she would make her silver screen debut with the movie, directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, she...
10:51 AM, Dec 05, 2012
London: South Korea's Park Jong-woo has been banned for two games by FIFA and fined 3,500 Swiss francs after he inflamed a diplomatic row with Japan at the London Olympic soccer tournament, the governing body said on Monday. The 23-year-old midfielder held up a sign referring to a territorial dispute between South Korea and Japan while celebrating a 2-0 win over their fierce rivals in the bronze medal match. Park...
05:24 PM, Dec 03, 2012
CWG-tainted Lalit Bhanot has been elected unopposed as the secretary general of the Indian Olympic Association. ...
08:32 PM, Nov 30, 2012
New Delhi: Abhay Singh Chautala, the lone presidential candidate of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), said Friday that he was hopeful of an early solution to the problem confronting the Dec 5 scheduled IOA election and accused secretary general Randhir Singh of misleading International Olympic Committee ((IOC) on the polls. Randhir Singh had misled the IOC for his own interests, Chautala said. "It was because of this attitude all sorts...
08:07 PM, Nov 30, 2012
Mumba: Indian Olympic Association (IOA) can still avoid an Olympic suspension by calling off its controversial December 5 election, its secretary general Randhir Singh told Reuters on Thursday. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will propose the suspension to its Executive Board next week after being told that government regulations would apply for the IOA election. "I think we can still avoid it by calling off the elections," Singh, who has...
04:19 PM, Nov 29, 2012
India faces suspension by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) due to government interference in the forthcoming election of its national Olympic body. ...
12:47 AM, Nov 29, 2012
India's apex sports body, the IOA faces suspension for deciding to go ahead with elections despite a warning from the IOC. ...
12:10 AM, Nov 29, 2012
The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday made it clear that it will propose the suspension of IOA in its Executive Board Meeting early next month. ...
09:37 PM, Nov 28, 2012
New Delhi: The drama surrounding the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) took a fresh twist on Wednesday when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed their stand on the IOA's suspension. Earlier on Friday, the world body had warned the IOA of the same if the December 5 polls were conducted as per the government's Sports Code. The IOC on Wednesday proposed the idea of a suspension at the executive board meeting...
06:02 PM, Nov 28, 2012
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has threatened to ban the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) if the upcoming elections (December 5) are not held according to the Olympic Charter. ...
09:00 PM, Nov 27, 2012
Golf legend Gary Player said that he's looking forward to see the golf returning to the Olympics in 2016. ...
08:46 PM, Nov 27, 2012
Randhir Singh was competing with Abhay Singh Chautala for the post of president of the Indian Olympic Association. ...
11:29 PM, Nov 25, 2012
In a letter to the Indian Olympic Association, the International Olympic Committee threatened to disaffiliate the national sports body if it followed government guidelines in the upcoming polls. ...
08:02 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: In a new twist to controversial elections of the IOA, the International Olympic Committee on Friday warned of a possible ban on the national sports body if government regulations are followed in its poll on December 5. In a joint letter to Indian Olympic Association acting president Vijay Kumar Malhotra and secretary general Randhir Singh, who himself is a presidential candidate, IOC and OCA chiefs Jacques Rogge and...
06:38 PM, Nov 23, 2012
