Indian Olympic Association (IOA)
- India
IOA CEO appointment: 12 EC members allege president Usha ‘exerted pressure’
New Delhi: Around a dozen of Executive Council (EC) members of Indian Olympic Association alleged that president P.T.Usha “exerted pressure” on them to pave the way for Raghu Iyer’s appointment as CEO,…
- India
IOA forms 3-member ad hoc committee to run affairs of suspended WFI
New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Wednesday constituted a three-member ad hoc committee to run the day-to-day affairs of the WFI after the sports ministry suspended the wrestling national body…
- Sports
IOA requests UWW to keep suspension of WFI in abeyance; seeks urgent meeting
New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Friday requested the UWW to “keep in abeyance” the WFI suspension, insisting that it was making efforts to resume the election process. The United…
- India
IOA ad-hoc panel pushes back decision on wrestling trials
New Delhi: The IOA ad-hoc panel members met on Tuesday but could not finalise a date to conduct wrestling trials for the Asian Games and World Championship as the Olympic Council of…
- India
Want time to prepare: Wrestlers deny exemption from trials allegations
New Delhi: Facing opposition from fellow wrestlers for receiving an exemption from Asian Games trials, the protesting wrestlers on Saturday denied demanding such favour from IOA and said they will quit wrestling if…
- India
Protesting wrestlers hail IOA’s move to take charge of WFI’s activities
New Delhi: The protesting wrestlers on Sunday termed the Indian Olympic Association’s (IOA) decision to take charge of all the activities of the Wrestling Federation of India as the “first step” in…
- Sports
PV Sindhu named India’s flagbearer at CommonWealth Games
Birmingham: Double Olympic medallist badminton ace PV Sindhu was on Wednesday named flagbearer of the Indian contingent for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games beginning here on Thursday. “Sindhu has been…