Indian sporting federations: Caught between a rock and a hard place

The recent ban on AIFF is just one more in a long list of sporting bodies that have been hauled over administrative lapses.

Imagine not seeing the Tricolour fluttering majestically and not standing still to hum the Jana Gana Mana (and not battling that tear) just about a year ago, when Neeraj Chopra threw that javelin 87.58 metres for that golden feat in Tokyo!

That beautiful timeline might not have happened if the sporting federation had been banned. Just ask our friends, the Russians. Their men’s team won gold and silver in the 100-metre backstroke swimming event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, but weren’t allowed to compete under their country’s flag because the Russian Olympic Committee was suspended by its parent body, the