IOA seeks direction from IOC on joint meeting

If there are laws in place, there will always be ways to bend them. Janardhan Singh Gehlot, who has been the president of Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI) for 28 years, decided not to contest again, bowing to a clause in the Sports Code, ...

It's status quo for the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Wednesday refused to lift its suspension until free and fair elections are held.The IOC Wednesday held a meeting with the Indian delegation headed ...

The crucial joint meeting between the Indian officials and the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne today agreed in principle on a roadmap to bring India back in the Olympic fold. The meeting, which assumed great importance for India's ...

Abhay Singh Chautala on Thursday welcomed the decision taken by the Indian officials and the IOC at a joint meeting in Lausanne and said the suspended IOA is ready to hold a re-election of its council on the basis of a revised IOA constitution and ...

IOC tells contingent it wants IOA constitution amended. The all-important meeting between the Indian contingent and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Wednesday may have failed to break the ice for now. The Indian ...

Amidst the all-pervading atmosphere of despair and dejection, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday gave India, and its sports fraternity, hope that if they follow the roadmap given to them, they could soon be walking with their ...

The meeting assumes great importance for India's sporting future as it would be the first time that IOC and IOA sit down for discussion, a good five months after the country was suspended for failing to adhere to the Olympic charter. While the ...

NEW DELHI: In a dramatic development, the IOA's acting president VK Malhotra and IOC member in India Randhir Singh on Thursday pulled out of the crucial meeting with the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne next week, apparently miffed with ...

The Indian Hockey Federation on Thursday lodged a strong protest with the IOC for including Hockey India General Secretary Narinder Batra and Jharkhand Olympic Association chief R. K. Anand in the IOA delegation for the May 15 meeting at Lausanne.