IOC, IOA Meeting Postponed
The proposed April 15-16 meeting with the IOC and Indian Olympic Association will not take place.
VK Malhotra, president of the IOC-recognized IOA, says the meeting is postponed because his organization has not reached a compromise with India's sports ministry on several issues.
"The meeting will not happen this month because we are yet to thrash out our differences. There is no point in meeting the IOC officials before ironing out our own issues," Malhotra told the Press Tribune of India.
"We need to set our house in order first before meeting IOC officials. I will write to the sports ministry today and also inform the IOC about the current situation. I will request the IOC to reschedule the meeting."
Gold Medalist to Lose Title
Russian gold medalist in hammer throw Olga Kuzenkova will lose her 2005 world championship title in the event.
On Tuesday, the Russian athletics federation announced her backup sample also tested positive for banned substances. In March, the International Association of Athletics Federations announced Kuzenkova and four other athletes from the 2005 world championships in Helsinki failed drug tests.
Her results were annulled from when she won the world championship until Aug. 11, 2007.
IRB Unveils Anti-Corruption Website
An online awareness and educational resource dedicated to the fight against betting, match-fixing and corruption is the International Rugby Board’s latest launch.
The aptly titled "Keep Rugby Onside" website, which establishes both regulations and rules for enforcement from January 2013, is part of a global education process rolling out to IRB member unions.
"Match-fixing and corruption is one of the biggest threats to all sports," IRB Chairman Bernard Lapasset said Wednesday in a statement.
"While there is no history or prevalence in rugby, collectively we should be making all efforts within our power to preserve the fundamental character of sporting competition as an honest test of skill and ability and to prevent corrupt gambling practices from undermining the integrity of the game."
The fight against illegal betting will also be a topic of discussion at the inaugural IRB World Rugby Convention and Exhibition, announced Tuesday and scheduled for November 2013 in Dublin.
Azeri President Reelected
The president of Azerbaijan was reelected as the head of country's National Olympic Committee.
Ilham Aliyev, and his wife Mehriban, were part of the reelected slate of officers on the Azerbaijan National Olympic Committee.
Elections took place on Wedensday. Aliyev was first elected NOC president in 1997.
Hungary Hosts Hickey
European Olympic Committees president Patrick Hickey paid a visit to the Hungary Olympic Committee (HOC) on March 30.
During the visit, Hickey and MOC president Zsolt Borkai discussed wrestling’s Olympic future and the program for the 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival in Gyor, Hungary. Borkai appealed for sprint canoe to be contested at the EYOF in Hungary.
"The HOC is fighting with all possible means of sport diplomacy in order for wrestling to be able to remain on the program of the Olympic Games," Borkai said in a statement.
Hickey added that the decision to drop wrestling from the Olympic program should act as "a wake-up call" for sports.
"We need to understand that there is a need for development and innovation," he said.
Written by Ed Hula III.
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