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Hockey India elections: Dilip Tirkey favourite to become president; Bhola Nath frontrunner for secretary general post

Tirkey, who is the country’s most capped player with 412 international appearances, has challengers for the president’s post, with the Uttar Pradesh hockey body’s chief, Rakesh Katyal, and Hockey Jharkhand’s head Bhola Nath throwing their hats in the ring. But, as things stood on Monday, Katyal was contemplating withdrawing his nomination in support of Tirkey, while Bhola Nath could be rewarded with the secretary general’s chair for supporting Batra during his difficult times. Tirkey would then be left as a sole heir to the chair, after the HI was placed under the Committee of Administrators’ (CoA) for violating the provisions of the national sports code.

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Will Appoint A Neutral Person To Run Administration Of IOA: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court Monday said it will appoint a neutral person to run the administration of the Indian Olympic Association and directed the secretary in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to interact with the International Olympic Committee on the issue. International Olympic Committee (IOC) on September 8 issued a final warning to IOA to "resolve its governance issues" and hold elections by December, failing which the world sports body will ban India. The executive board of the IOC, which met in Lausanne, Switzerland had also decided not to recognise any "acting/interim president" after Narinder Batra's ouster as Indian Olympic Association president and said it will deal with secretary general Rajeev Mehta as the main point of contact. A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Hima Kohli asked the secretary in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to interact with the Director of Olympic Solidarity and NOC Relations in the International Olympic Committee.