Commonwealth Games News

Indian Olympic Association secretary-general Rajeev Mehta said that the executive committee and general body will discuss the call to permanently pull out of the Commonwealth Games made by its president Narinder Batra. Mehta also said the National Games would be held in Goa in November next year.

The IOA has hit back at the Commonwealth Games Federation’s (CGF) Asia region top officials for questioning its president Narinder Batra’s right to call for the boycott of the 2022 CWG for excluding shooting from the roster. The CGF has left out shooting from the 2022 Birmingham Games.

Indian Olympic Association (IOA) have withdrawn their CGF assembly nominations as an act of protest for the exclusion of shooting from 2022 Commonwealth Games. The IOA also has also withdrawn the nomination of its secretary-general Rajeev Mehta for the election of a regional vice-president

The sports ministry has asked the Niti Aayog about the detailed proposal on the plans of privatising stadiums and other sports infrastructures in India. One of the top sports ministry officials have made it clear that they want the infrastructure to be only used by the sportspersons.