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4 days ago | 
theprint.in | Philem Dipak Singh
“Disciplinary action will be taken against individual athletes who don’t take prior permission to compete and train on foreign soil from the national governing body of track and field in the country,” Sagoo said. “The performance of the athletes will be invalid for record books if they don’t take mandatory approval of the AFI for an international exposure.
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2 weeks ago | 
theprint.in | Philem Dipak Singh
But on Monday, the AIFF was forced to ask Churchill to return the trophy. “On Monday, we have written to Churchill Brothers to return the I-League trophy,” an AIFF source told PTI on condition of anonymity. “We are bound to obey CAS order.
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2 weeks ago | 
theprint.in | Philem Dipak Singh
Elizabeth Steiner, the Deputy President of the Appeals Arbitration Division of the CAS, had barred AIFF from conducting any medal ceremony till the case is decided. Inter Kashi President Prithiijit Das said that the CAS order came around 1:30pm IST on Sunday while Satyanarayan gave away the trophy to Churchill at around 4pm. “The CAS order came around 1:30pm IST and the mail was marked to AIFF also,” Das told PTI.
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1 month ago | 
theprint.in | Philem Dipak Singh
“We have received no clarification as to the reason for the highly irregular and unconventional process adopted by the AIFF in conducting the draw, nor has said process been rectified.” Churchill said “the fact that different teams have been subject to different methods of determining their seed for the competition is patently unfair.” “It is noteworthy that this has occurred in the backdrop of the AIFF refusing to award Churchill Brothers FC the 2024-25 I-League trophy as required under Rule...
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1 month ago | 
theprint.in | Philem Dipak Singh
The AIFF appointed Prabhakaran, who hails from Kerala, as its secretary general in July 2024. He was earlier elected as executive committee member in the AIFF polls held in September 2022.
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1 month ago | 
theprint.in | Philem Dipak Singh
“To participate in this competition (Federation Cup), athletes must achieve the qualification entry standards in events directly organised by the AFI in the year 2025,” the AFI said in a circular. “It is mandatory for athletes to participate in at least one regional competition (Indian Open Athletics Meet Punjab, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu) or 4th Indian Open Throws/4th Indian Open Jumps/6th Indian Open 400m/Indian Grand Prix in 2025.
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1 month ago | 
theprint.in | Philem Dipak Singh
The draft constitution says that the current elected members of the Executive Committee (after polls in September 2022), “shall stay in power and serve their permitted full term(s) of four years, subsequent to which fresh elections shall be conducted in the manner prescribed in this amended Constitution.” But according to officials tracking the development, election can be called before the end of the term of the current office bearers — which is September 2026 — if the SC gives nod to the...
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1 month ago | 
theprint.in | Philem Dipak Singh
“So, the ban on AKFI will be lifted. We will have our executive board meeting (of the IKF) next month and the ban will be officially lifted.” In a February 6 order, the Supreme Court had asked Justice (Retd.) S P Garg, the AKFI administrator, to hand over control of the federation to the office bearers elected in December 2023.
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2 months ago | 
theprint.in | Philem Dipak Singh
“It (the 2026 edition of the Grand Prix) will be there when we make announcements for the 2026 calendar at the end of this year,” he added. The national capital’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium is also staging the showpiece World Para Athletics Championships from September 26 to October 5, as part of the series of high-profile events the country will be staging or hoping to stage in its bid to host the Summer Olympics and the Paralympics in 2036.
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2 months ago | 
theprint.in | Philem Dipak Singh
“Well, from everything I’ve said (during November 2024 visit to India), you would recognise that cricket is in for the Olympic movement, particularly with the support that it will have not only in South Asia, but people from South Asia living in all our big cities,” Coe told PTI in an exclusive virtual interview. “We have a very big Indian or South Asian community in London, in New York. This audience, this support goes way beyond just India, Pakistan or South Asia.
