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The Great Indian Sports Administration Mess: Suspended email IDs, missing videos, misuse of funds | Sport-others News

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* Earlier this month, top Indian Olympic Association (IOA) members, including president PT Usha, lost access to their official email IDs. The reason? Non-payment of dues to the service provider. * In July, Arjuna Award winner rider Rakesh Pattu alleged that the Equestrian Federation of India spent close to Rs 50 lakh on videography. None of those videos, he wrote in a letter to equestrian and government officials, could be found anywhere. * Weightlifting officials accused of not returning a loan amount of Rs 1.75 crore to the IOA; football administrators of using official credit cards to buy products for personal use; hockey officials accused of misuse of public funds — all charges that each federation has denied. India’s Olympic sports federations have never been a model for good governance. Yet, even by their standards, the last few months and years have seen them hit new lows. So much so that the courts have had to constantly step in, keeping a close eye on the elections and placing ad-hoc committees to oversee day-to-day activities. Six …

“Broken System”: Somdev Devvarman Takes Indian Tennis Body AITA To Court

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Having taken the All-India Tennis Association (AITA), the governing body for tennis in the country, to the court for violating the National Sports Code, former India player Somdev Devvarman said the system should enable dreams of young players, not crush them. Somdev Devvarman and fellow Davis Cupper Purav Raja have filed a PIL against the AITA in the Delhi High Court, accusing the federation of violating rules and engaging in corrupt practices. Proclaiming that “accountability and transparency are essential for Indian tennis to rise from the unprecedented low it has currently fallen to”, Devvarman said he and other like-minded players that to take action because the system has fallen into disarray. “The conduct of the federation is in direct conflict with the law of the land. It does not follow the Sports Code, it flouts the judgments of courts and its administrators choose to ignore the most basic guidelines for sports governance while fighting over the spoils that the players have achieved,” said Devvarman in a statement released through his social medal handles. …

Somdev, Purav file petition against AITA for breaching Sports Code: Report

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Former Indian tennis star Somdev Devvarman and doubles specialist Purav Raja filed a petition in the Delhi High Court, accusing the All India Tennis Association (AITA) of violating the National Sports Development Code of India (2011), reported The Tribune. The latest development in Indian tennis came just days ahead of AITA’s scheduled elections on September 28, with India’s Davis Cup captain Rohit Rajpal fighting for the top post along with Chintan Parikh. Somdev and Purav argued that the AITA has failed to comply with the Sports Code, a requirement mandated by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The petition emphasised the importance of AITA adhering to the code, stating, “It is essential that AITA and its constituents comply fully with the Sports Code. The Ministry should ensure this compliance before allowing fresh elections, which should be held in a fair, transparent, and democratic manner.” This legal move followed growing discontent among Indian players, including the country’s No. 1 men’s singles player Sumit Nagal and Mukund Sasikumar, who have raised concerns about the functioning of …

Tennis stars Somdev Devvarman drags AITA to court over alleged Sports Code violations | Tennis News

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Accusing the All India Tennis Association (AITA) of being a ‘serial offender’ in violating the Sports Code, former India No. 1 singles player Somdev Devvarman and ex-doubles specialist Purav Raja have dragged the national governing body to the court days before its elections on September 28. In a petition filed in the Delhi High Court on Monday, the two players have alleged that the AITA has violated several provisions of the Sports Code, including the ‘lack of any seats for athletes in the Central Council / General Assembly of AITA, lack of any mechanism for athletes to elect eminent sportspersons of outstanding merit to represent them in the Central Council / General Assembly, lack of reservation of seats for athletes in the Executive Committee and lack of any mechanism whereby athletes are elected from the Central Council / General Assembly to the Executive Committee.’ They have also made the government a party to the case, alleging that the ‘(Sports) Ministry has never once made efforts to ascertain if AITA is in compliance with the SportsCode… …