India's Olympic exile ends as IOC revokes ban on IOA - The IOC lifted the 14-month o- Navbharat Times Photodhamal

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The IOC lifted the 14-month old ban on India after the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) barred charge-framed officials from its fresh election held on Sunday in which World Squash Federation chief and younger brother of BCCI boss N Srinivasan, N Ramachandran, was elected as the president.

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"The IOC has informed us through telephone that the ban on India has been lifted," newly-elected IOA secretary general Rajeev Mehta said.

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The decision comes after the IOC's three observers for the elections left Indian shores "satisfied with the IOA elections promising to submit a "favourable report to the IOC president".

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Jerome Poivey, IOC's head of institutional relations, event went on to state that the amended IOA constitution was one of the best in the world and it should be implemented fully.

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