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.

Apr 25, 2018 18:04
NEW DELHI: International Hockey Federation president Narinder Batra has been forced by the FIH for his intemperate rants on Facebook against the UK police during the Hockey World League in London last year for summoning former Team India captain Sardar Singh in a sexual abuse case. Batra is also a former president of Hockey India (HI).
Mar 27, 2018 18:03
NEW DELHI: International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach will meet the newly-elected members of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) executive board during his brief visit to New Delhi between April 18 to April 20.  Also visiting India during the period will be Sheikh Ahmad Al Sabah, president Association of National Olympic Committees and president Olympic Council of Asia.  
Feb 16, 2018 14:02
NEW DELHI: International Hockey Federation (FIH) President Narinder Batra on Thursday said that Bhubaneswar's Kalinga Stadium, with an increased crowd capacity of 15,000, will be almost ready by July, months before it hosts the Hockey World Cup beginning on November 28.
Feb 16, 2018 13:02
NEW DELHI: Putting to rest all speculation about their participation in the Hockey World Cup 2018, which is scheduled to be played in Bhubaneshwar in November-December this year, the Pakistan hockey team has announced that they will be coming to India for the tournament.
Dec 16, 2017 14:12
NEW DELHI: International Hockey Federation (FIH) president Narinder Batra who was elected as the head of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) this week, has expressed his intent that the country should seek hosting rights for the Olympic Games, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games.
Dec 14, 2017 22:12
NEW DELHI: Narinder Batra is the new president of the Indian Olympic Association after the IOA, going according to script, elected the 59-year-old unopposed at its annual general body meeting (AGM) held here Thursday. The election of Batra, who is also president of the International Hockey Federation (FIH), was a mere formality after Asian Tennis Federation president Anil Khanna withdrew from the race last week.
Dec 08, 2017 13:12
MUMBAI: The 46th Congress of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) will be held in New Delhi from 30 October to 3 November 2018.  It will be the first FIH Congress under Batra's leadership after he took over the reins of world hockey from Spaniard Leandro Negre last year, says a PTI report. 
Dec 08, 2017 12:12
NEW DELHI: With AITA honorary life president Anil Khanna pulling out of the race, the decks appear to be cleared for International Hockey Federation president Narinder Batra  for taking charge as president of the Indian Olympic Association.
Nov 28, 2017 12:11
NEW DELHI: International Hockey Federation president Narinder Batra has filed his nominations for the post of the president as well as senior vice president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), ahead of the deadline of 2 pm on Tuesday.
Nov 22, 2017 09:11
NEW DELHI: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) will meet at a special general body meeting on November 29 to "discuss and interpret" the eligibility criteria for election to the post of president and secretary general, ahead of the December 14 polls to elect the new office bearers of the IOA.