[4] Randhir Singh was born on 18 October 1946 in Patiala, Punjab Province, British India.

[13] Singh was educated at Yadvindra Public School in Patiala and graduated from St. Stephen's College with a Bachelor of Arts in History.

[7] During the 1982 Asian Games in Delhi, Singh was part of the Indian team that won a silver medal.

[4] Singh, who had been the Secretary General of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) since 1991, became the first person to compete in the Asian Games while being an office bearer in a continental sports organisation.

[19][20] Singh had served as the Secretary General of the IOA from 1987 to 2012 and was a member of the governing board of the Sports Authority of India from 1987 to 2010.

[21][22] Singh was instrumental in bringing the 2010 Commonwealth Games to Delhi and was the Vice Chairman of the Organizing Committee.

[27] Reportedly, the clashes had reached the extent where Manmohan Singh, then-Prime Minister of India, had to be informed by the head of the Commonwealth Games, Mike Fennell.

[7] In 2019, he was appointed by the General Assembly of the OCA as the chairman of the Coordination Committee of the 2022 Asian Games, which was held in Hangzhou, China.

[29] In May 2022, after the OCA Executive Board meeting in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, he stated that the 2022 Asian Games will be postponed to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China.

[32] At the 2022 OCA General Assembly, Singh was one of the signatories that signed the contract to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games held in Trojena, NEOM, Saudi Arabia.

[33] Also in October 2022, Singh spoke at the OCA's first-ever Gender Equity Seminar in Manama, Bahrain.

[34] Singh, as the Acting President of the OCA, attended the 11th Olympic Summit in December 2022, which was held in Lausanne, Switzerland.

[35] During the summit, there was an intense debate regarding the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in international competitions.

[39] Zelenskyy also sent a letter to the leaders of various global governing bodies asking them to stop the participation of athletes from Russia and Belarus.

[39] In July 2023, the OCA voted to allow athletes from Russia and Belarus to participate in the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games under a neutral flag.

[43][44] On 22 September 2023, he met with Paramount leader and Chinese President Xi Jinping, and other senior Chinese politicians which included Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Wang Yi and Shen Yiqin, one day before the opening of the games.

[45] On 23 September 2023, Singh addressed the crowd during the opening ceremony of the games at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Expo Center.

[49] Singh continues in his position as the Acting President of the OCA until constitutional reforms are implemented and a new elective Congress is held.

Usha, as part of the IOA's efforts to support India's potential bid to host the 2025 Asian Beach Games.