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PULLELA GOPICHAND’S PRIVATE ACADEMY IS ETHICALLY WRONG – BOMBAY HIGH COURT
The Bombay High Court said it was not in the best interest of justice, fairness and it was ethically” wrong for the Badminton Authority of India’s (BAI) chief national coach and selection panel head Pullela Gopichand to run a private training academy (Gopichand Badminton Academy)
He may be a good coach but being national coach and also part of the selection panel, should not run a private camp,” Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice A.V. Mohta have said while hearing a petition filed by 19-year-old Prajakta Sawant, who had alleged mental harassment by Gopichand after she was refused entry to the All India National Coaching Camp in Hyderabad.
The newly formed Executive Council of the Indian Olympic Association in Dec 2012 constituted a three-member advisory panel to guide the office bearers on the problems faced by the athletes, besides forming a nine-member Athletes Commission to oversee the needs of the players.
The three-member advisory panel includes
P T Usha Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha (born June 27, 1964), popularly known as P. T. Usha, is an Indian athlete from the state of Kerala. P. T. Usha has been associated with Indian athletics since 1979. She is regarded as one of the greatest athletes India has ever produced and is often called the "queen of Indian track and field", is nicknamed the Payyoli Express (was born in the village of Payyoli, kerala). Currently she runs the Usha School of Athletics at Koyilandy in Kerala.
Her performance at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics: finished first in the semi-finals of the 400 metres hurdles, but faltered in the finals, reminiscent of Milkha Singh's 1960 defeat. Usha lost the bronze by 1/100th of a second. She became the first Indian woman (and the fifth Indian) to reach the final of an Olympic event by winning her 400m hurdles semi-final.
In the 10th Asian Games held at Seoul in 1986, P. T. Usha won 4 gold medals and 1 silver medal in the track and field events. Here she created new Asian Games records in all the events in which she participated. She won five golds at the 6th Asian Track and Field Championship at Jakarta in 1985. Her six medals at the same meet is a record for a single athlete in a single international meet. Usha has won 101 international medals so far. She is employed as an officer in the Southern Railways. In 1985, she was conferred the Padma Shri and the Arjuna Award.
Currently she coaches young athletes at her training academy in Kerala, including Tintu Luka, who was qualified for the women's semi-final 800m at the London 2012 Olympics.
P Gopichand He won National Badminton Championship title in 1996, and won the title five times in a row, till 2000, The proudest moments of Gopichand's lifetime arrived in the year 2001, when he recreated the history by winning the prestigious 2001 All England Open Badminton Championships at London; he runs Gopichand Badminton Academy in Hyd
The All England Badminton championship 2001 the Government of Andhra Pradesh rewarded him with a cash prize and a plot in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad as a token of appreciation. 2005, Padma Shri Award.
He received the Dronacharya Award in 2009 for his contribution to Indian badminton as a coach. His World Famous student is Saina Nehwal
Dilip Tirkey (hockey). He is elected MP from Orissa, Biju Janata Dal. He hails from Sundargarh Orissa. Played as Defender and was also the Indian Hockey Captain.
He represented India in 1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens Olympics and had a total of 412 international caps. He is the only Adivasi to represent three Olympics.
PADMA SHREE 2004; ARJUN AWARD 2002; EKALAVYA AWARD 1996
Athletes’ commission: Chairman: Gurbachan Singh Randhawa — Athletics;
Members: Wilson Cherian — Swimming; K Malleswari— Weighlifting
Manjit Dua— Table Tennis; Jatinder Singh— Boxing
Aparna Popat— Badminton; Anuj Kumar— Wrestling
Lawn tennis and Archery will nominate their members soon.
Indian Olympic Association
The General Body of IOA was newly elected and discussed the International Olympic Council’s statement that the elections were null and void and wished to clarify that the polls took place with a well laid-out procedure.
“The elections were conducted under the guidance of a three-member Election Commission comprising Retired Chief Justice Anil Dev Singh, Justice V K Bali and Justice J D Kappor and even the Union Government had sent its observer Joy Sebastian to oversee the election process, even the members of the media were present at the venue in large numbers and it only proves that the election were held in free and fair manner and also with the approval of all the stakeholders party to the Indian Olympic Association in India,”
Abhay Singh Chautala took over as the President of the IOA, the tainted Lalit Bhanot, Lalit Bhanot is facing graft charges relating to the Commonwealth Games, became the secretary general after the sports body conducted its controversial elections defying the IOC’s directive not to go ahead with the polls.
: In what was seen as an open defiance of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) went through with its elections
Eight ballots — three of Indian Hockey Federation, three of Gymnastics Federation of India and two of the Haryana Olympic Association — were kept sealed as per a court order.
The IOA officials discounted the possibility of approaching the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to fight the suspension imposed by the IOC. no question of having a confrontation with the IOC.
The Archery Association of India, which had been de-recognised by the Union Sports Ministry for violating the National Sports Code, got some consolation on Sunday with the World Archery Federation (FITA) approving the “outcome” of the Indian body’s general assembly. The AAI had held its elections during its last general assembly on November 9 and re-elected V.K. Malhotra its president. Earlier, the Delhi High Court had directed the AAI to hold its elections as per its own constitution as well as the Sports Code.
The Sports Ministry on Friday de-recognised the AAI on the grounds that it violated the age and tenure restrictions of the Sports Code by electing Malhotra, who had crossed the age limit of 70 years and had been holding the president’s office for four decades.
The constitution of the AAI is the only document that has relevance for the conduct of the general assembly and this document was respected.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) suspended the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) at its Executive Board meeting in Lausanne, apparently for ignoring its warning against holding its elections under the National Sports Code.
The Olympic charter mentions the duration of term of office of the vice presidents and ten other executive boar members is for 4 years and a member may serve a max period of 2 terms with total 8 years and then there shall be a cooling period of 2 years.. In case of the president the Olympic Charter allows a term of 8 yrs renewable once for a 4 yr term.. in other words the VP and other members can re contest after 2 yr cooling period but the President cannot contest again after 12 yrs.. thus President's max term is 12 yrs.. In India there hv been Presidents of sports bodies for 40 YEARS and hanging on to the post without following the charter conditions..
There was speculation in the sports circles, especially among athletes, that this could lead to India’s complete isolation from international sports. a blanket ban from the Olympic Movement, like that of South Africa during its apartheid days, is never imposed by the IOC for violations like the present Indian breach. Nor is the suspension maintained indefinitely. There was talk of taking the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), especially in view of the lack of hearing afforded to the IOA before the suspension was slapped on it.
The contentious issue had been the tenure guidelines of the Union Government that the IOA has not accepted, but has been ordered to follow by the Delhi High Court in the elections. The IOC has objected to the IOA enforcing regulations that are not part of its constitution and are against the Olympic Charter.
(Sachin Tendulkar – RS Member, Group Captain
DHONI, KAPIL, Union Minister SACHIN PILOT; Mary Kom IN TERRITORIAL ARMY)
Dara Singh (born19 November 1928 – expired12 July 2012) was an Indian wrestler-turned-actor from Indian Punjab. He started acting in 1952 and was the first sportsman to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha. He has also worked as Hindi and Punjabi film producer, director and writer in his career. He also acted on film and television.
1. Who among the following is a member of the IOA Athletes Advisory panel?
Kapil dev, Dilip Tirkey, Dara Singh, Srikanth Krishnamachari
2. Who is known as Payyoli Express?
Sania, Saina Nehwal, pt usha, tintu luka,
3. Milkha Singh was a
Archer, Athlete, Actor, Artist
4. The Only Indian Adivasi to have represented Olympics thrice
Dilip Vengsarkar, Dilip Kumar, Dilip Tirkey, Mary Kom
5. Who among the following is not an MP
Sachin Tendulkar, Sachin Pilot, Dara Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni
6. Write a short note on the Achievements of P Gopichand.
7. What does Sports code Mean? What is its purpose?
8. Indian Sports needs a big push to bring talented youngsters to the front. In this effort Associations of various sports need to work in tandem with the government. Comment on the present scenario of Sports in India and what we can achieve.
9. Big Names of Sports but Limited in Medals. Do you think India has come onto frontstage of World Sports.
10. Match the following
a. Aparna Popat Badminton
b. Tintu Luka chess
c. Harika athletics
d. Sushil Wrestling
11. The first Sportsperson to be nominated to Rajya Sabha
a. Tendulkar b. Kapil Dev c. Dara d. Dhoni
12. As per sports code the age limit of the office bearers is
71 67 70 77
13. Internationally the final arbiter on sports is
a. Court of Arbitration for Sports CAS b. ICJ c. ICC D. IOC
14. Which Sports person is a part of the Territorial Army?
a. Dhoni b. Dara c. VVS Laxman d. Dilip Tirkey
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