INDIAN HOCKEY FEDERATION (IHF) VS HOCKEY INDIA.

Indian Hockey federation (IHF) was formed in 1925 to control and regulate the game of 
Hockey in India. It joined the International Hockey Federation (FIH) in 1927. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) was formed in 1927. That means the Indian Hockey Federation 
is in existence even before the formation of IOA.

On 28th April,2008 ,the IOA passed resolution suspending the governing council of the
IHF and formed an adhoc committee to administer the affairs of the IHF. Now,the question 
arises what prompted IOA to supercede the IHF?. Now,the International Hockey federation 
(FIH) in their 41st Statutory Congress held at the Hilton Hotel Los Angeles on November,2008
unanimously approved the transfer of membership from IHF to  Hockey India even before it was legally born. The Hockey India was registered under the Societies Registration Act,1860 on
May,20,2009 vide registration number 65668,2009. Mr.S.M.Aslam Khan,Ms.Vidya Stokes & Ms.Amrit Bose attended the meeting of FIH  from India.The moot question is were they representing the IHF or Hockey India(Which was not born then)?.

If these things happen,one wonders the fate of the sports in India.







 

WHY SHOULD BCCI RESIST WADA?
ICC has not made it  mandatory for all its members to comply with the
WADA code.But it should not be taken as a cover for resisting WADA code
and its whereabouts clause.When all the games under Olympic Charter follow
the code, one wonders why ICC and BCCI should not follow the WADA code.We
Understand that English cricket is testing their players regularly.Even the leading
athletes,tennis players and others are following the WADA code.It is time cricket 
also follow the code to keep the so called gentleman game  clean and free from
dope.Even some of the top cricketers voiced their concern regarding their privacy
if they follow the WADA code but this is not convincing.
 

Avinash Deoskar

Saif Mekhri

K.C.Aiyappa

PURAVANKARA  BANGALORE AMATEUR TEAM ANNOUNCED-K.C.AIYAPPA.SAIF MEKHRI AND AVINASH DEOSKAR REPRESENT THE CITY AT THE LOUIS PHILIPPE CUP.

CRICKET.

INDIA BEAT PAKISTAN BY 30 RUNS IN THE T-20 WORLD CUP FOR THE BLIND AT CENTRAL COLLEGE GROUNDS IN BENGALURU.

CLEAN UP SPORTS.

To clean up the sports scene in India,we must first clean up the sports administration.The sportsmen and women do their jobs by toiling hard to achieve laurels in their respective sports,but the sports administration lacks credibility. In any international events abroad,the administrators only think about sending their cronies to go along with the contingent  apart from their families.Now that the International Olympic Committee(IOC) has suspended us,it gives us an opportunity to clean up the sports bodies.Firstly, the government should strictly inform all the Sports bodies both at National and state level to adopt the sports code.Secondly, the constitution of the Indian Olympic Association(IOA) should be amended to incorporate the sports code.The International Olympic Committee(IOC) will not have any issues with National Sports Federations amending their constitution to incorporate the sports code.It looks that the 
IOC has been misinformed that the government is interfering with the IOA's election process. The government representatives should have a detailed discussion about this with the IOC officials.Once they (IOC) understand and get a clear picture about the happenings in IOA,they(IOC) will revoke the suspension.

WHAT IS HAPPENING IN INDIAN OLYMPIC ASSOCIATION ELECTIONS?

The sudden resignation of Mr.Qureshi,former Chief Election Commissioner from
the Three member panel to conduct elections to IOA has raised several issues.

The Indian Olympic Association has become the fiefdom of few who hold office
for several decades.Many officials have not played the sport which they represent
and they are there due to the political patronage.The Indian Olympic Association,
the apex sports body comprising of sports which come under the Olympic banner.
All the Olympic sports associations of states are members of the IOA.Mr.Ajay Maken,
earlier sports minister tried his best to have a clean sports administration in the
country and he wanted to rope in even cricket under the national sports policy.
Before he could achieve it,he was transferred and the new sports minister is yet to
pick up threads.

 

SPORTSMEN AND WOMEN SHOULD NOT RUN AFTER ENDORSEMENTS.

It has become the order of the day that after achieving some success, sportsmen 
and women endorse various products which are nothing to do with sports.Some
cricketers even endorse mineral water brands manufactured by liquor companies
as a surrogate advertising. This is not a healthy sign.Some sportspersons after
achieving little success want to start academy even while they are still to peak.

In this context,P.T.Usha stands tall as she started the academy after retiring
from active sports and she did not endorse any commercial products except
for promoting drinking coconut water which is a  health drink compared to
Coco Cola,Pepsi and other aerated soft drinks.