LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Suspended Olympic power broker Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah of Kuwait has been warned by the IOC about getting involved in an election on Saturday to replace him as president of the Asian Games organizer.
The 45-nation Olympic Council of Asia’s presidential election in Bangkok, Thailand, is between two Kuwaiti candidates — the sheikh’s former long-time aide, Husain al-Musallam, and his brother, Sheikh Talal Fahad Al-Sabah.
The Kuwaiti Olympic body nominated the candidacy of al-Musallam, who is the president of swimming’s governing body World Aquatics.
Sheikh Ahmad, an International Olympic Committee member since 1992, was warned off Olympic business by its ethics commission nearly two years ago after his conviction for forgery in Geneva in a case related to domestic Kuwaiti politics. He has appealed…
