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 has not yet 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.
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.
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.
Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha is an Indian sports administrator and retired track and field athlete. Usha was born in Koothali near Perambra in Kozhikode district,Kerala. She grew up in Payyoli. Usha has been associated with Indian athletics since 1979. She has won 4 gold medals and 7 silver medals in the Asian Games. She is often associated as the "Queen of Indian track and field".
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.
Randhir Singh is an Indian sports administrator and former sports shooter. Singh is noted as one of India's most influential sports administrators. 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 and former cricket administrator. He was the Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the President of the BCCI,the governing body for cricket in India. He is also the owner and managing director of the firm India Cements,and 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 and,in addition to Belarus,the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.
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 the 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.
Vinesh Phogat is an Indian politician and former wrestler from the state of Haryana. She is a multiple Commonwealth Games gold medalist,having won golds at the 2014,2018,and 2022 Games. After her last competition in the 2024 Paris Olympics,she retired from wrestling. In September 2024,Phogat joined the Indian National Congress,and became the party's candidate from the Julana constituency for the 2024 Haryana Legislative Assembly election.
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.
Three athletes from India qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi,Russia,held between 7 and 23 February 2014. The country's participation in Sochi marked its ninth appearance at the Winter Olympics since its debut in 1964.
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) is the premier governing body of wrestling in India. It is headquartered in New Delhi and affiliated to the United World Wrestling (UWW),which makes it the internationally recognized wrestling regulation body of India. Currently headed by Sanjay Singh,the key role of the body is to organize the training and support of wrestlers across India for both domestic as well as international wrestling events. It also regulates wrestling in India as all other state-level wrestling federations across the country fall under its jurisdiction.
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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