Sep 26, 2019 19:09
NEW DELHI: The stakeholders who matter - athletes - have reacted with anger at Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra's assertion that the Commonwealth Games is a waste of time and the country should consider a permanent pullout.
Aug 27, 2019 17:08
NEW DELHI: Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has played down calls to boycott the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games over shooting's exclusion, saying it is too early to take a decision of such magnitude.
Jul 29, 2019 18:07
NEW DELHI: What exactly is one to make off India's latest act of assertion of its "rightful place in sporting scheme of things". With exactly three years to go for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, to be hosted by Birmingham, Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra has written to Kiren Rijiju informing the Union Sports Minister of IOA’s intention to boycott the Games and has sought a meeting on the matter.
Feb 23, 2019 17:02
MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) chief exective Rahul Johri, via a letter penned by Committee of Administrators chairperson Vinod Rai,
on Friday shot off a letter to the ICC calling on its member boards to "boycott countries encouraging terrorism".
