IOA forms ad hoc panel to run boxing federation

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) announced an ad-hoc committee on Monday to run the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) due to ongoing "administrative instability" in the federation.

- Avishek Roy

NEW DELHI:

This comes seven months after Indian boxers returned without a medal at the Paris Olympics following a poor build-up that led to the controversial exit of foreign coach Bernard Dunne.

The tenure of the BFI office-bearers with Ajay Singh as president ended on February 2 but elections have not been held. HT had reported about the administrative logjam in BFI and the delay in holding elections.

"The IOA has been closely monitoring the administrative affairs of BFI. As per the governing norms, elections to BFI were to be conducted on or before February 2, 2025. However, despite the prescribed timeline, the elections have not been held, resulting in administrative instability within the federation," IOA president PT Usha said in a letter on Monday, a copy of which is with HT.