Narinder Batra

MUMBAI: What is the common factor between Hockey India and the All India Football Federation? The principals assigned by the judiciary to administer the two national sports bodies are the same - Justice (Retd.) Anil Dave and former CEC SY Quraishi. It is also no coincidence that the world bodies running hockey and football respectively - FIH and FIFA - have serious issues with the way HI and AIFF are being managed.

May 22, 2020 18:05
NEW DELHI: "Sparring, using of the ring/mat and sharing of equipment is not allowed for contact sports such as wrestling and boxing." Quoting directly from Sports Authority of India's much-awaited Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to restart training, which was released Thursday. 
May 18, 2020 20:05
NEW DELHI: The Indian Olympic Association on Sunday requested the Union Sports Ministry to sanction a one-time financial assistance for the IOA, national sports federations and the state Olympic associations to tide over the crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 11, 2020 17:05
LAUSANNE: The executive board (EB) of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) has decided to postpone the 47th FIH Congress, initially planned on 28 October-1 November in New Delhi, to May 2021. The exact date will be confirmed as soon as possible. FIH had pre-informed all 137 national associations in April about a potential change of dates for the Congress.
May 04, 2020 20:05
NEW DELHI: International Hockey Federation President Narinder Batra on Sunday "corrected" his statement made the previous day that his tenure was set for an extension due to the postponement of FIH elections to 2021, saying that the polls "as of now" will go ahead in October this year.
Feb 05, 2020 19:02
KOLKATA: Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra on Wednesday stated that the IOA "was willing" to hold the 2022 National Games in West Bengal, while confessing that it was more intent than confirmation at this stage.
Dec 16, 2019 17:12
NEW DELHI: The satraps helming many sports federations in the country will not take kindly to a bald truth highlighted by Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra - that is was the way federations were being run, rather than lack of support from the government, that was the biggest hurdle to the competitive performances of various sports on the international arena.
Nov 15, 2019 18:11
NEW DELHI: Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra on Thursday said that the IOA's threat to withdraw from the 2022 Commonwealth Games in protest against the exclusion of shooting still stands... though there are enough indications that the extreme step remains an outside possibility. 
Sep 28, 2019 09:09
MUMBAI: Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra's diatribe directed at the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has elicited a measured response from the sports body.
Sep 26, 2019 19:09
NEW DELHI: The stakeholders who matter - athletes - have reacted with anger at Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra's assertion that the Commonwealth Games is a waste of time and the country should consider a permanent pullout.
Jul 29, 2019 18:07
NEW DELHI: What exactly is one to make off India's latest act of assertion of its "rightful place in sporting scheme of things". With exactly three years to go for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, to be hosted by Birmingham, Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra has written to Kiren Rijiju informing the Union Sports Minister of IOA’s intention to boycott the Games and has sought a meeting on the matter.