Praful Manoharbhai Patel is an Indian politician,industrialist and sports administrator. He is associated with the Nationalist Congress Party.
Suresh Kalmadi is an Indian politician and senior sports administrator. He is a former member of the Indian National Congress. He was a member of parliament from Pune until May 2014. He is alleged to have been involved in corrupt practices in relation to the 2010 Commonwealth Games during his tenure as president of Indian Olympic Association and chairman of Commonwealth Games 2010. He was charged with conspiracy,forgery,misconduct and under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act and later arrested for the same in April 2014,but as has yet not faced trial. In December 2016,the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) named Suresh Kalmadi as its lifetime patron. However,he refused to accept the post until he was able to clear his name.
Jahangir Khan is a former professional Pakistani squash player. He won the World Open title six times,and the British Open title ten times (1982–1991). Jahangir Khan is widely regarded as the greatest squash player of all time,and one of the greatest sportsmen in Pakistan history. From 1981 to 1986,Khan was unbeaten and during that time won 555 consecutive matches –the longest winning streak by any athlete in top-level professional sport as recorded by Guinness World Records.
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) or Indian Olympic Committee (IOC) is responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Olympic Games,Asian Games and other international sports competitions,and managing Indian teams at these events. It goes with the name of Team India. It also acts as the Indian Commonwealth Games Association,responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Commonwealth Games.
Pullela Gopichand is a former Indian badminton player. Currently,he is the Chief National Coach for the India national badminton team. He won the All England Open Badminton Championships in 2001,becoming the second Indian to achieve this feat after Prakash Padukone. He runs the Gopichand Badminton Academy. He received the Arjuna Award in 1999,the Dronacharya Award in 2009 and the Padma Bhushan –India's third highest civilian award –in 2014.
The Olympic Order,established in 1975,is the highest award of the Olympic Movement. It is awarded for particularly distinguished contributions to the Olympic Movement,i.e. recognition of efforts worthy of merit in the cause of sport. Traditionally,the IOC bestows the Olympic Order upon the chief national organiser(s) at the closing ceremony of each respective Olympic Games.
Bob Nicholson is a Canadian ice hockey executive,administrator,and businessman. He has worked for Oilers Entertainment Group (OEG) since 2016,and was previously the president and chief executive officer of Hockey Canada from 1998 to 2014.
Dipika Pallikal is an Indian professional squash player. She is the first Indian to break into the top 10 in the PSA Women's rankings.
The Indian Hockey Federation was the administrative body of field hockey in India. Incorporated in 1925,it was under the global jurisdiction of the International Hockey Federation.
India has a history of sports dating back to the Vedic period. Cricket is the most popular spectator sport;it generates the highest television viewership,with the Indian Premier League (IPL) being the most-followed league in the country. Football has also gained popularity,with the Indian Super League (ISL) being the highest level of domestic football,and the national team winning multiple gold medals at the Asian and South Asian Games. Additional football accomplishments include India having reached the semifinal of the 1960 Olympics,qualified for the 1950 FIFA World Cup,and won the SAFF Championship. Other sports include kabaddi,badminton,tennis,and athletics,with kho-kho becoming the fourth-most viewed sport. India has also had success in field hockey,winning the World Cup and multiple medals in the Olympic Games. Sports such as golf,rugby,boxing,kickboxing,mixed martial arts,motorsport,wrestling,and basketball are featured throughout the country.
Randhir Singh is an Indian sports administrator and former sports shooter. Singh is one of India's most influential sports administrators and is noted for his wide-ranging international connections. He has held several positions in both Indian and international sports governing bodies,and also had a successful shooting career before retiring from the sport in 1994. Singh began his sports administration career in 1984,while he was still competing as a shooter.
Narayanaswami Srinivasan is an Indian industrialist. He is a former Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and former President of the BCCI,the governing body for cricket in India. He is also the managing director of India Cements Limited. He is the owner of Indian Premier League (IPL) team Chennai Super Kings.
The Squash Rackets Federation of India or SRFI is the Indian governmental apex body for the game of squash. It conducts the National Squash Championship,and promotes the game through the state level squash bodies,and provides training facilities and selects the squad for the Indian team. It also chooses coaches for the national team.
Athletes have competed as independent Olympians at the Olympic Games for various reasons,including political transition,international sanctions,suspensions of National Olympic Committees,and compassion. Independent athletes have come from North Macedonia,East Timor,South Sudan and Curaçao following geopolitical changes in the years before the Olympics,from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as a result of international sanctions,from India and Kuwait due to the suspensions of their National Olympic Committees,and from Russia for mass violations of anti-doping rules.
Three athletes from India qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi,Russia held between 7 and 23 February 2014. They initially entered the competition as Independent Olympic Participants due to the ongoing suspension of India's national olympic committee (NOC),the Indian Olympic Association since 2012. However,on 11 February 2014,the IOC reinstated India's NOC,allowing two athletes with pending events to represent India at the 2014 Winter Olympics instead. Shiva Keshavan,participating in Luge,was thus the only independent athlete at 2014 Winter Olympics.
Squash is a popular recreational sport in India and it is gaining popularity as a competitive sport. It is governed by the Squash Rackets Federation of India. The India men's national squash team has participated in three quarter finals of the World Team Squash Championships since 1967.
The 2016 South Asian Games,officially the XII South Asian Games,is a major multi-sport event which took place from 5 February to 16 February 2016 in Guwahati and Shillong,India. A total of 2,672 athletes competed in 226 events over 22 sports. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 2016 South Asian Games in Guwahati on 5 February 2016. India continued its dominance in the game's medal tally with a staggering 308 medals including 188 gold medals.
Chung Mong-won is a South Korean ice hockey administrator and businessman. He has served as chief executive officer of both Halla Group and Mando Corporation,founded the Anyang Halla hockey team in 1994,and co-founded Asia League Ice Hockey in 2003. He became involved in international ice hockey as manager of the South Korea men's national ice hockey team in 2003,then became chairman of the Korea Ice Hockey Association in 2013,and implemented a development plan for the men's national team and the South Korea women's national ice hockey team in advance of ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics hosted in South Korea. Under his leadership,the men's national team earned promotion to the top tier at the 2018 IIHF World Championship,and the women's national team played in the 2018 Winter Olympics on a Unified Korea team with North Korea. The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has named Chung to its 2020 IIHF Hall of Fame group of inductees.
Narinder Dhruv Batra was a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 2019 to 2022.
Ashwini Kumar was an Indian sports administrator and police officer. Kumar was noted as one of India's most prominent sports administrators and was also a decorated Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. He held positions in both international and Indian sports governing bodies.
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