IOA, grapplers welcome wrestling's re-inclusion in Olympic Games
New Delhi: Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and the wrestling fraternity of the country was ecstatic as wrestling today won a crucial International Olympic Committee (IOC) vote to regain its place in
Have problem with tainted then leave house: Chautala to Bindra
New Delhi: Furious with ace shooter Abhinav Bindra's sustained campaign against tainted officials in the Indian Olympic Association, the suspended body's President Abhey Singh Chautala on Friday laun
Only those convicted for 2 or more years barred from polls:IOA
New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association today managed to dilute the contentious clause which would bar charge-sheeted officials from contesting elections while accepting all the other amendments pr
Put national interest first, Sports Minister tells administrators
New Delhi: Urging the Indian Olympic Association to sort out its differences with the IOC through negotiations, Sports Minister Jitendra Singh today asked the administrators to put national interest
Olympic champ backs IOC threat to ban India
India's lone individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra on Sunday lashed out at the country's sports officials, saying an Olympic ban could be a "blessing in disguise".
"The current mess is com
Randhir fears IOA has moved closer to suspension
International Olympic Committee member Randhir Singh fears the Indian Olympic Association may be suspended by the world body for holding elections that contravened IOC standards.
"It does not augur w
We have not violated Olympic Charter in election process: IOA
Faced with a threat of disaffiliation from its parent body, the IOA today said that it had not violated the Olympic Charter nor the government guidelines in its election process and the International
Former Sports Minister criticises IOC on IOA elections
Former Sports Minister M S Gill today lambasted the International Olympic Committee for threatening to suspend India and said the country should not be "frightened of paper tigers" who are rejecting e
Tarlochan welcomes Randhir's withdrawal from IOA elections
Senior IOA vice-president Tarlochan Singh today welcomed Randhir Singh's decision to withdraw his nomination for the president's post in the upcoming Indian Olympic Association elections and appealed
IOA elections rescheduled to Dec 5
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) elections will now take place Dec 5.
The elections were scheduled to be held Nov 25 but were deferred due to the resignation of former election commission chief S