The Indian Olympic Association dissolved the ad hoc committee for the Wrestling Federation of India in March this year after saying that there was no further need for it. The Delhi High Court has now restored the mandate of IOA's ad hoc committee and has left it open to it to form the committee.
The Olympic Council of Asia has extended the deadline of sending wrestlers' names by one week after the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) had asked for time till August 5.
In a letter to IOA president Narinder Batra, the IOC said the elections should nonetheless take place before the end of January next year after requisite amendments in the IOA constitution.
Gehlot, a former Rajasthan minister, was also the founder president of International Kabaddi Federation
On this very day, 125 years ago, Frenchman Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee and revived the Olympic Games.
The IOA official said Kosovo also participated in the 2016 Rio Olympics despite the fact that Brazil too doesn't recognise the disputed country.
The 18-year-old from a village near Dhing in Assam started running only in late 2016 but has quickly risen to be the new Indian sprint sensation in a short span of time.
New Delhi, May 3: Three separate lists of sports officials have gone to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) offering to present India's case before the apex body of Olympic sports in Lausanne May 15 for
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