The elections were due to be held in April but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The AFI had in May deferred its elections and extended the term of its office bearers during a Special General Meeting, held online.
Kidambi Srikanth bowed out of the Denmark Open badminton tournament with a 22-20, 13-21, 16-21 defeat to Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei.
Irani is chair of the IWF Medical Committee and a former chair of the IWF Anti-Doping Commission.
The top-seeded Indians, who were sixth after three rounds, were held to a 2-2 draw by a strong Kazakhstan team, seeded second, in the sixth round.
The official also said that kho kho is gaining popularity among youngsters and the credit for the rise goes to KKFI president Sudhanshu Mittal and also IOA general secretary Rajeev Mehta.
The TTFI authorities and the UTT management took the decision to postpone the event, keeping in mind the safety and well-being of the players and other league stakeholders.
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) had sanctioned a Europe tour for 16 elite Indian boxer for a period of 52 days from October to December.
The fifth seed Indian took 33 minutes to get the better of his Canadian opponent 21-15 21-14 in the men's singles second round match of the Super 750 tournament, Lakshya, goes down 21-15 7-21 17-21 to experienced local challenger Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghu.
Tokyo Olympics was postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus outbreak in March earlier this year.
Ekka said that it has been her responsibility to ensure that the youngsters in the team remained motivated during this tough period.
The sporting activities of Tokyo Olympics bound athletes and para-athletes was resumed by SAI at its National Centre of Excellence (NCOEs) in a phased manner last week.
The former world number one, who had claimed four Super Series titles in 2017, beat Toby 21-12 21-18 in 37 minutes, as the sport finally got going after a seven-month-long break.
Talking on Indian paddler Mudit Dani's online chat show 'In The Sportlight', Deepika said that the country's female archers had worked hard and were confident of securing the quota ahead of the COVID-19 lockdown.
The former world number one, who had claimed four superseries titles in 2017, beat Toby 21-12 21-18 in 37 minutes, as the sport finally got going after the long coronavirus-forced hiatus.
Varun Kumar was one of the six hockey players who tested positive in the national camp in Bengaluru.
The Romanian competed at eight editions of the World Half Marathon Championships and earned seven medals in the process.
Maharashtra Badminton Association has written a letter to state sports minister Sunil Kedar requesting for the resumption of the sport as the livelihood of many coaches have been badly affected by the COVID-19 induced lockdown.
The 19-year-old Indian, who had claimed five titles including two Super 100 tournaments last year, produced a clinical performance to outwit Popov 21-9 21-15 to reach the second round.
Kidambi opens against world no 52 Toby Penty of England in the second half of the draw while Shubhankar Dey and Ajay Jayaram will look to go deep into the tournament.
In Indian motorsport body's AGM, Ebrahim was elected unanimously as it chiefs while Farooq Ahmed is elected as vice president.
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