Indian Sports Highlights, January 17: Chirag-Satwik advance to second round at India Open
IOA CEO Appointment: EC members accuse PT Usha of exerting pressure
Indian Olympic Association Executive Council (EC) members have accused President P.T. Usha of exerting pressure on them to clear the appointment of Raghu Iyer as the CEO of the body.
However, the legendary athlete denied the accusations and termed it 'shameful'. On 6th January, an official statement by IOA mentioned the appointment of Iyer as CEO but 12 out of 15 EC members said that former Rajasthan Royals' chief executive's recruitment "hasn't been ratified" by the apex body.
National Games Doping Row: Three athletes receive reduced ban
Three athletes who took part in the 37th National Games were among the 11 sportspersons who got reduced ban for failed dope tests after admitting their offence within 20 days, the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has revealed.
The athletes avoided the mandated four-year ban due to early acceptance of the guilt earlier this month. Their names appeared in the latest NADA list of those who were handed reduced sanctions of three years under Article 10.8 of the NADA Rules.
Kamaljeet Kaur (100m and 200m), Ajay Kumar (5000m and 10000m), and Harjodhvir Singh (5000m and 10000m) are the three track-and-field athletes, who failed dope tests in the 37th National Games in Goa.
What to follow today?
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in men's doubles and Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto in women's doubles will be in action in their respective doubles matches at the India Open Super 750 on Wednesday. In singles, Kidambi Srikanth and Aakarshi Kashyap will also be playing today.
In Kalinga Super Cup, FC Goa will take on Bengaluru FC at 2 PM IST, while Odisha FC will play Inter Kashi at 7:30 PM.
In IWL, Sethu FC plays home game against Kickstart FC at Tilak Maidan, Goa. The match starts at 3:00 PM.
PKL matches continue, as is the Olympic qualifiers in shooting.
More updates are awaited from WTT Contender in Doha, Qatar.
What happened on January 16?
Australian Open: Sumit Nagal knocks out world no. 27 Alexander Bublik in 1st round - REPORT
Hockey Olympic Qualifiers: India thrashes Italy, qualifies for semi-final - REPORT
Deepti Sharma named ICC Women's Player of the Month for December - REPORT
India Open: Priyanshu stuns Lakshya to set up 2nd round clash against Prannoy - REPORT
BAI on a mission to raise the level of BWF events in India - READ
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