Kuwait’s Sheikh Ahmad to step down from Olympic Council of Asia

GENEVA, (Reuters) – Kuwait’s Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah will temporarily step down as president of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), his office said yesterday, following a guilty verdict against him in a Swiss forgery trial.

“Sheikh Ahmad has decided that he will temporarily step aside as President of the OCA until he has successfully appealed today’s verdict,” a statement from his office said.