New Delhi | 8 days ago
IOA delegates confident IOC will lift the ban
New Delhi, May 13 - Seeing the way the International Olympic Committee - is taking interest in Wednesday's meeting with them, the Indian Olympic Association - delegates feel the ban on the national Olympic committee will soon be lifted.We have only one line agenda -- restore IOA to its status and lift the ban, Tarlochan Singh, a long-time senior IOA vice-president, told IANS ahead of leaving for L ... read more

London | 12 days ago
Bach to run for IOC president
London, May 9 - Germany's Thomas Bach is likely to announce his candidature for president of International Olympic Committee to succeed Jacques Rogge.Bach, 58, won a team foil gold in the 1976 Olympic fencing event. The German lawyer and IOC vice president is also head of the German Olympic Sports Confederation, or DOSB, reports Xinhua. As chairman of the IOC juridical commission, he leads most of ... read more

New Delhi | 12 days ago
Senior IOA officials trying to persuade a miffed Malhotra
New Delhi, May 9 - Acting president of the Indian Olympic Association - Vijay Kumar Malhotra Thursday decided not to attend the May 15 meeting the International Olympic Committee - convened in Lausanne, saying that the world body has now decided to deal with the democratically elected IOA.Stung by Malhotra' sudden decision, senior IOA members are out to persuade their acting chief to relent, but ... read more

New Delhi | 12 days ago
Malhotra to stay away from IOC's May 15 meeting
New Delhi, May 9 - Objecting to Narinder Batra and R.K. Anand's inclusion in the delegation, the Vijay Kumar Malhotra-led Indian Olympic Association - has decided to stay away from the May 15 meeting with the International Olympic Committee - in Lausanne.The IOA delegation will now have six members while India's sports ministry will be represented by Minister of State Jitendra Singh, secretary Pra ... read more

New Delhi | 12 days ago
Malhotra-led IOA to boycott IOC meeting
New Delhi, May 9 - Objecting to Narinder Batra and R.K. Anand's inclusion in the delegation, the Vijay Kumar Malhotra-led Indian Olympic Association - has decided to stay away from the May 15 meeting with the International Olympic Committee - in Lausanne.The IOA delegation will now have six members while India's sports ministry will be represented by Minister of State Jitendra Singh, secretary Pra ... read more

New Delhi | 18 days ago
Malhotra's IOA panel likely to get the IOC nod
New Delhi, May 3 - Three separate lists of sports officials have gone to the International Olympic Committee - offering to present India's case before the apex body of Olympic sports in Lausanne May 15 for lifting the suspension of the Indian Olympic Committee -.The three lists have a couple of common names but they are all waiting to hear from the IOC which of the lists or a common panel would be ... read more

New Delhi | 18 days ago
Malhotra names delegates for IOC meeting
New Delhi, May 3 - A day after the suspended Indian Olympic Association -, headed by Abhay Singh Chautala, announced its panel for the meeting with the International Olympic Committee to present its case for lifting the ban, the IOC-recognised IOA boss Vijay Kumar Malhotra named his delegation.Malhotra will himself lead the delegation as the acting president of the IOA along with N. Ramachandran - ... read more

19 days ago
Turkey accepts Tokyo's apology on Istanbul's Olympic bid
Ankara, May 2 - Turkey's sports minister has accepted an apology from the governor of Tokyo for criticising Istanbul's bid for the 2020 Olympics.Turkish Youth and Sports Minister Suat Kilic Wednesday said: W.e now wish for a friendly competition between the candidate cities abiding by the criteria established by the International Olympic Committee.Tokyo Governor Naoki Inose apologised Tuesday afte ... read more

21 days ago
Tokyo governor apologises for provocative remarks on Istanbul bid
Ankara, April 30 - Tokyo's governor Naoki Inose, who heads the city's bid for the 2020 Olympics, apologised Tuesday for inappropriate comments he made about rival candidate Istanbul.I said that Islamic countries fight, it was an inappropriate remark and I want to correct it, Inose told reporters.I apologise. My remarks caused misunderstandings among people from Muslim countries, so I would like to ... read more

New Delhi | 23 days ago
BAI fixes age and tenure for its office bearers
New Delhi, April 28 - Falling in line with the government's Sports Code, the Badminton Association of India - has amended its constitution by fixing the term and the age limit of its office bearers.The sports ministry has asked the Indian Olympic Association - and the National Sports Federations - to be on the same page by adopting the Sports Code ahead of next month's meeting with the Internation ... read more