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  • Malhotra hails Randhir's ANOC nomination
    New Delhi, April 23: Vijay Kumar Malhotra, acting president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), today hailed the nomination of six times Olympian and sports administrator Randhir Singh as ....
  • Ajit Pal named Chef-de-Mission for London Olympics
    New Delhi, April 2: After failing to meet the March 23 deadline, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) today appointed former hockey captain Ajit Pal Singh, who led the eight-time Olympic champi....
  • Court asks Kalmadi to quit as IOA chief
    New Delhi, March 21: The Delhi High Court on today sought response from Suresh Kalmadi, president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), whether he will quit the post - which he has been hold....
  • IOA writes to Pranab, wants more funds for sports
    New Delhi, March 4: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) today urged Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to treat sports as a priority area while formulating the budget for 2012-13 beginning from....
  • Kalmadi to stay away from IOA, Malhotra acting chief
    New Delhi,March 2:It will be status quo at the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) after its Executive Board's decision today to allow its chief Suresh Kalmadi to stay away from its activities....
  • 'IOA unaware of Ethics Commission showcause notice'
    New Delhi, Jan 24: Indian Olympic Association (IOA) acting president Vijay Kumar Malhotra today rubbished allegations made by senior member and eminent lawyer R.K.Anand that the former was awar....
  • IOA reconstitutes Ethics Committee
    New Delhi, Jan 4: The Indian Olympics Association (IOA) today reconstituted its Ethics Committee and Court of Arbitration by inducting five new members.

    Supreme court Judge (retd) Aru....

  • IOA rejects revised sports bill
    New Delhi, Oct 18: A day after the sports ministry came out with a revised sports bill, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) today rejected the measure, saying the government is trying to stran....
  • Malhotra wants CWG venues opened to sports- persons
    New Delhi, Sep 27: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Tuesday cautioned the sports ministry that expensive stadiums built for the Commonwealth games may soon become "heritage sites"....
  • IOA forms Ethics Commission comprising retired judges
    New Delhi, Sep 12: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has set up a three-member Ethics Commission comprising former Supreme Court and High Court judges.

    The judges, however, have no....

  • Our autonomy should be respected: Randhir
    New Delhi, June 29: India Olympic Association (IOA) secretary general Randhir Singh today maintained that the government will have to respect the autonomy of the sports federations and that the....
  • OCA takes exception to Sports Ministry's remarks on Randhir Singh
    New Delhi, May 28: The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has taken serious exception to the Sports Ministry questioning the credibility of its secretary general Randhir Singh, saying that such pers....
  • Sports ministry accuses IOA of misleading IOC
    New Delhi, May 25: Firm on fixing tenure and age limits for sports bodies and their chiefs despite threats of sanctions by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Sports Ministry today s....
  • Resolve tenure issue within the country: M.S. Gill
    New Delhi, May 22: Sports Minister M.S Gill today said the issue of fixing the tenure and age-limit of the office bearers of sports bodies should be settled within the country.

    Gill&#....
  • Veiled threat to sports ministry from IOC, OCA
    New Delhi, May 22: Taking up cudgels on behalf of its Indian affiliate, the International Olympic Commitee (IOC) has again held out a veiled threat to the union sports ministry that the country....
  • IOA rejects ministry guidelines on tenure, age-limit
    New Delhi, May 18: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) today put up a brave front against the union sports ministry, rejecting its guidelines on tenure of office and age-limit for office-beare....
  • IOC ask sports ministry not to impose tenure clause
    New Delhi, May 12: The sports ministry's bid to fix the tenure of officials of national sports federations received a setback with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) saying that such....
  • PM assures IOA to look into sports ministry's order
    New Delhi, May 5: Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Suresh Kalmadi said today that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assured that he would look into the sports ministry's order tha....
  • IOC and Asian council extend support to IOA
    New Delhi, May 4: Flaunting the letters of unequivocal support from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), Indian Olympic Association (IOA) secretary g....
  • Kalmadi furious, dubs ministry's guidelines draconian
    New Delhi, May 3: In a show of strength the political heavyweights stood shoulder to shoulder with Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Suresh Kalmadi today as he dubbed as "draconian....
  • IOA not to take any financial help from the government
    New Delhi: In a sudden decision which will have far reaching consequences, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has decided not to receive any financial help from the union government to mainta....
  • Chhattisgarh is allotted 37th National Games
    New Delhi: Chhattisgarh will host the 37th National Games, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) said today.

    The Chattisgarh Games will be held after Goa hosts the Games.

    Thr....
  • Fast track courts should decide sports disputes: Malhotra
    New Delhi: Indian Olympic Association (IOA) vice president Vijay Kumar Malhotra today said the government has no right to recognise or de-recognise any sports federation and it is for the IOA o....
  • Malhotra blames Gill for the ills of Indian sport
    New Delhi: Indian Olympic Association (IOA) vice-president Vijay Kumar Malhotra today blamed Union Sports minister Manohar Singh Gill for all the ills of Indian sport and warned him of serious ....
  • Sushil Kumar should have got Padma award: Coach
    New Delhi: Beijing Olympics bronze medal winning wrestler Sushil Kumar should have been given a Padma award, says his coach and former grappler Satpal.

    "He was the one who got med....
  • Pargat continues his tirade against Kalmadi
    Chandigarh: Continuing his tirade against Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Suresh Kalmadi, former India captain and Hockey Punjab (HP) secretary general Pargat Singh said hockey admin....
  • Should India bid for Olympics, wonders sports minister
    New Delhi: Should India bid for the 2020 Olympics, as the Indian Olympic Association is known to be keen to do? Sports Minister M.S. Gill doesn't quite think so.

    "I am not sur....
  • Indoor Asian Games: India to participate in Vovinam
    New Delhi: A seven-member Indian team for Vovinam, a martial art from Vietnam, will take part in the third Indoor Asian Games from Oct 30 at Hanoi.

    The team left Tuesday in order to g....
  • IOA insists Hooper has to go
    New Delhi: A day after launching a scathing attack on Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) CEO Mike Hooper and asking for his replacement, the India Olympic Association (IOA) today said it would....
  • Kalmadi's charges unwanted, unfair: Hooper
    New Delhi: Commonwealth Games CEO Mike Hooper today vehemently refuted the charges levelled by Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Suresh Kalmadi of being an "impediment" in the ....
  • IOA sets up panel to look into weightlifters' doping cases
    New Delhi: Indian Olympic Association (IOA) today set up a panel to look into the large number of doping cases that have surfaced among weightlifters, leaving a question mark over their partici....
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