WSF President Appointed Onto ANOC Committee
by Howard Harding

20 March 2015 - Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, President of the Association of National Olympic Committees, has appointed World Squash Federation President N Ramachandran as a Member of the ANOC International Relations Commission.

In his letter to Mr Ramachandran, who is also President of the Indian Olympic Association, the ANOC President said that the appointment was in keeping with his vision "to create working commissions with experts to help develop the work of ANOC".

Accepting the offer, the WSF President (pictured above) said: "I am happy and honoured by this appointment. It is an honour for the WSF and the Indian Olympic Association. I have assured the ANOC President that I shall strive to serve to the best of my ability on this Commission."

The ANOC International Relations Commission is to be chaired by Julio Cesar Maglione of Uruguay. Tomas Ganda Sithole of Zimbabwe will be the Vice Chairman. Other members are: Alejandro Blanco (Spain), M. Boussayene (Tunisia), Jae Youl Kim (Korea), Timur Kulibayev (Kazakhstan), Zlatko Matesa (Croatia), Alicia Noemi Morea (Argentina), Sam Ramsamy (South Africa), Austin Sealy (Barbados), Marcus Stephen (Nauru), Michael Vesper (Germany) and Vlasenko Alexey (Russian Federation).