IOA rejects agreement

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has rejected the agreement reached between the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) and Hockey India (HI).

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has rejected the agreement reached between the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) and Hockey India (HI).

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IOA acting president Vijay Kumar Malhotra Tuesday said the arrangement, worked out at the behest of the sports ministry, is an “exercise in confusion and futility”.

He said the IOA will never accept two federations for one discipline in the country and attacked the sports ministry for working out such a solution.