OCA clarifies to IOA on age and tenure

March 12, 2013 11:57 pm | Updated 11:57 pm IST - NEW DELHI:

The president of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, has written to the acting President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), clarifying that the member National Olympic Committees, “Have no limitation on the age of its members, nor any limitation on the tenure of its members.’’

Prof. Vijay Kumar Malhotra, the acting president of the IOA, had written to the OCA, seeking clarification on the point.

The suspended IOA and the Sports Ministry are scheduled to have a meeting at the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, to find a solution that will help India get back into the Olympic Movement.

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