International Olympic Committee suspends India

[JanjaWeed]

Laussane, Switzerland: Two officials with knowledge of the decision say the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has suspended India's national Olympic committee - Indian Olympic Association - because of government interference.

The officials tell The Associated Press that the IOC executive board imposed the sanctions Tuesday after the Indian Olympic Association failed to comply with the world body's rules on the holding of elections.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the official announcement hadn't been made yet.

The IOC had repeatedly told the Indian body to adhere to its own constitution and the Olympic Charter and not follow the government's sports code for Wednesday's elections.

Suspension means the Indian body will stop receiving IOC funding and its officials will be banned from attending Olympic meetings and events. India's athletes will be barred from competing in Olympic events under their national flag.

International Olympic Committee suspends India | Other Sports - More | NDTVSports.com

I'm glad that IOC has taken this step against IOA. Clear out the mess before re-recognizing.

 

[joekrish]

Until you choke these neta they will not understand. Hope this will change a lot of things and is in the best interest of our sports men and women.

 

[dollarman]

Best news so far. Hopefully this will bring much needed change to the whole setup...

 

[帅的一匹]

This is a defence forum, what the hell this one does with military?

Where is the moderator? Jesus Christ!

 

[golmaal]

Hang these corrupt netas...

 

[AnnoyingOrange]

Excellent step... these jerks at top of Indian Sports need to get kicked in between their legs.

 

[rashtriya.rifles]

In politicians ko jab tak sare aam besti na karo tab tak sudhrenge nahin.. I hope the ban stays for some years !!!

 

[Cherokee]

Great News . Indian Government is Putting its A** where it is not required .

 

[zaxcollix]

Excellent news.

Now hopefully we will be forced to withdraw from this dick measuring contest till we have something worth showing.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Officials will be banned from attending Olympic meetings and events.

India's athletes will be barred from competing in Olympic events under their national flag.

International Olympic Committee suspends India | Other Sports - More | NDTVSports.com

Not sure why the Indians here see this as good news?

Athletes work their entire lives in order to compete at the Olympics.

Best news so far. Hopefully this will bring much needed change to the whole setup...

Excellent step... these jerks at top of Indian Sports need to get kicked in between their legs.

 

[isro2222]

@Chinese-Dragon athletes can still take part but not under indian flag.... But yes its a good news because there was alot corruption by indian goverment....

 

[dollarman]

Not sure why the Indians here see this as good news?

Athletes work their entire lives in order to compete at the Olympics.

Olympics is not happening for the next 4 years. This will give the Indian organization time to clean up its whole corruption mess. I highly doubt this ban will stay until when the next Olympics roll around in 2016.

 

[Spring Onion]

Suspended by IOC, India faces ban from Olympics



NEW DELHI: The India Olympic Association's suspension from the Olympic movement will have far-reaching consequences . The IOA will no longer get funds from IOC and the officials will not be invited by the IOC to attend its events like the Olympics and Paralympics.

The Indian athletes will not be allowed to compete under the tricolour but could be permitted to compete under the IOC flag. The Olympic Council of Asia and the Commonwealth Games Federation are also expected to follow suit, which will result in similar sanctions as far as the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games are concerned.


The IOC had been threatening —in a series of letters in the past few days to slap sanctions on India for following the government's Sports Code in the IOA elections, which the international body insists is against the Olympic charter. The adherence to the Sports Code has been interpreted as "government interference in the Olympic movement" by the IOC.

The suspension came just a day before the IOA elections, which top IOA officials said would go ahead as per schedule . IOA is holding the elections on the directive of the Delhi high court which has asked the sports body to conduct the polls as per its own constitution as well as the Sports Code. "We are going ahead with the elections. We are yet to receive any official communication from the IOC. Let us get that first, which we will place before IOA's AGM tomorrow," IOA acting president Vijay Malhotra told TOI.

IOC took the decision after it snubbed IOA's bid to send a two-member delegation to explain its position. IOA's incoming president Abhey Singh Chautala termed the decision as "one-sided" . "IOA has sent a letter to IOC regarding sending two officials to discuss the issue . There was no response from IOC. This is a one-sided decision," he told reporters.



It has been learnt that IOC member in India, Randhir Singh, did not attend the meeting in Lausanne since the members of countries which are facing sanctions are usually asked to stay away from the meeting.

That the suspension was imminent was evident from the development in the run-up to the elections. After a series of letters asking IOA to follow the Olympic charter, the IOC gave the first warning of suspension on November 23. Another warning came five days ago.

Interestingly, IOC's decision has been welcomed by some former and current sportspersons who feel it presents an opportunity to cleanse the mess in IOA. "As a patriotic sportsperson,this is the most embarrassing moment for me," shooter Moraad Ali Khan told TOI. "However, given the mess in Indian sports in the last few years, this could be the best thing to happen."

Sports minister Jitendra Singh termed the IOC's move as an "unfortunate decision" .

"It is a very unfortunate decision for the sporting community . I still don't know the details but once we learnt about the mess we wrote to the IOC. They never responded.


Suspended by International Olympic Committee, India faces ban from Olympics - The Times of India

 

[kumarkumar1867]

Its a good thing to Happen, such Ban will open eyes of sports committee & expose negligence of govt. bodies towards other sports other than cricket.

Its just getting a more dark before dawn.

 

[Imran Khan]

not everybody is ICC