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Bach Proposes Formation of Working Group to Resolve Dispute Over Sports Code | More Sports News English | Epaper | GadgetsNow SPORTS SPORTS CWG 2018 IPL 2018 CRICKET BADMINTON TENNIS HOCKEY FOOTBALL WWE ATHLETICS NEWS / SPORTS NEWS / OTHERS / BACH PROPOSES FORMATION OF WORKING GROUP TO RESOLVE DISPUTE OVER SPORTS CODE Bach proposes formation of working group to resolve dispute over sports CRICKET LIVE SCORES 193/3 178/4 code 20.0 OV 20.0 OV KINGS XI PUNJAB BEAT SUNRISERS HYDERABAD B… Sabi Hussain| TNN | Apr 20, 2018, 07:53 IST LATEST SPORTS VIDEOS SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS Bach proposed the idea during Manika Batra- a star Bhaichung Bhutia's his meeting with union sports in the making roadmap for minister Rajyavardhan Singh nurturing India's young footballers Rathore According to Bach, both the CWG 2018 gave Top Indian ministry and IOA have agreed to India a new breed of performers at CWG the formation of the group heroes 2018 The IOA had formed an 8- member committee to hold talks with the govt. to ensure smooth IPL 2018 Match: KKR Watch: How Saina functioning between the IOA and vs DD Match channeled criticism the ministry Highlights into improving fitness How India fared at IPL Highlights: Kings NEW DELHI: To break the deadlock between the sports ministry and the Indian the 2018 CWG - XI Punjab vs Highlights Chennai Super Kings Olympic Association (IOA) over the contentious sports code, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has offered to mediate by constituting a four-partite Never expected such Bhaichung Bhutia working group which will help in ensuring good governance and autonomy of sports a show in Table launches his first federations in India. Tennis: Achanta residential football Sharath academy ALSO READ: Sports Code almost ready, but sports bodies unhappy IPL Highlights: Kings CWG: Anish XI Punjab vs Bhanwala wins IOC president Thomas Bach, who is on a three-day visit to India from April 18-20, Chennai Super Kings India's 16th gold proposed this during his meeting with union sports minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore here on Thursday. The group will have representatives from the IOC, CWG: Boxer Naman CWG: Shooting gold Tanwar takes 91kg for Sawant, silver for Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), IOA and the ministry. bronze Moudgil According to Bach, both the ministry and IOA have agreed to the formation of the CWG: Shooting gold Exclusive: Being group. It would mean that the IOC and OCA will also have a say in India’s revised for Sawant, silver for World No. 1 is about draft of the sports code, which the government soon plans to debate in the Moudgil playing consistently, says Kidambi Parliament. Srikanth ALSO READ: IOA says it supports Sisodia appealing against CGF reprimand LIKE WHAT YOU SEE? “We addressed the issue of good governance and autonomy in sports and, for the IOC, these are just the two sides of the same coin,” Bach said. Keep up with the latest by FOLLOWING US ON “The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has so many times recognised this autonomy of sports without which there could be no international sport. If the same rules do not apply everywhere in the world, then there would be no competition. In and subscribe to our this respect, we are pleased with the commitment shown by the IOA to make good DAILY NEWSLETTER governance a priority. The sports minister, too, recognised the autonomy of sports. The IOC has made its contribution by offering the expertise to find a solution for SUBSCRIBE NOW! good governance and autonomy in accordance to the Olympic charter. I am sure a good solution will come to us in this respect,” Bach added. MORE FROM TOI During his hour-long meeting with Bach, Rathore, it’s been learnt, batted vociferously for transparency in the functioning of the IOA and national sports : MLA federations (NSFs) through sports code to ensure fair selection of players for competitions and accountability for proper utilisation of funding to sports bodies by Manchurian Recipe the government. However, fearing excessive government interference, Bach, according to some of the IOA members who attended the meeting, informed Rathore that in the name of Fried Rice Recipe transparency and autonomy, the government can’t impose the sports code. While urging less government interference, Bach told the minister, according to IOA members, that rather than fighting on the issue, both the ministry and IOA should NAVBHARAT TIMES ensure that the principles of good governance are followed. It’s only after this discussion that Bach proposed the working group which was accepted by all. The revised draft of the sports code has become a bone of contention between the ministry on one hand and the IOA and NSFs on the other. It bars the ministers, parliamentarians, MLAs and bureaucrats from holding key posts in the NSFs and FEATURED TODAY IN TRAVEL other autonomous sports bodies, apart from the ever-contentious clause of age and tenure. The draft is the revision of the original sports code of 2011, which had the IOC’s approval. Recently, the IOA formed an eight-member committee, with R K Anand as working OUR GLOBAL PARTNERS president, to hold talks with the government in order to ensure smooth functioning between the IOA and the ministry. Bach also had another important announcement to make. He informed that the IOC will form a separate four-member group which will devise a roadmap where the most talented athletes from India will be helped to prepare for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and other important competitions with the help of international expertise. 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