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Birmingham 2022 hopeful of welcoming India to Commonwealth Games despite talk of boycott over shooting's exclusion

  • Birmingham 2022
  • 30 Jul 2019 16:39

Birmingham 2022 chief executive Ian Reid says it is the Organising Committee’s hope that it will be welcoming India to the Commonwealth Games in three years' time, despite a boycott by the country looking set to be proposed over shooting’s exclusion from the sports programme.

and archery being overlooked.insidethegames exclusively revealed that shooting had turned down

has not been included.We’re aware of news reports about why the optional sport of shooting hasn’t been

In September 2018, five sports that were not included in the original bid – shooting, archery, beach

submission from the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), the International Confederation

of Fullbore Rifle Associations (ICFRA) and British Shooting (BS)."

Liam Morgan: India would be foolish to go through with Birmingham 2022 boycott but CGF has been here before

  • Inside the Blogs
  • 29 Jul 2019 18:18

This past weekend was supposed to be full of celebration and anticipation for organisers of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Batra effectively offered his backing to an Indian boycott of the Games in protest at the omission of shooting

approval.The IOA has threatened a boycott of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in protest at the omission of shooting

apparent is that there is more to India’s boycott threat than the mere exclusion of shooting.After all, shooting

, according to the CGF, the sport would have been included at Birmingham 2022 had the International Shooting

to load the Commonwealth Games committees with their people and allies and push for the inclusion of shooting

Olympic champion Bindra claims India boycott of Birmingham 2022 would be unfair on athletes

  • Birmingham 2022
  • 29 Jul 2019 11:52

Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra has claimed India should not boycott the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in protest at shooting's exclusion from the programme as it would be unfair to punish athletes in other sports.

Beijing, said the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) should instead focus its efforts on campaigning for shooting

did a campaign to load the CWG committees with their people and allies and push for the inclusion of shooting

to load the Commonwealth Games committees with their people and allies and push for the inclusion of shooting

for regional vice-president, however.CGF President Dame Louise Martin claimed to insidethegames that shooting

Michael Pavitt: Can Lima 2019 help end Peru's Olympic medal drought?

  • Inside the Blogs
  • 28 Jul 2019 23:48

Panam Sports officials have spent the majority of the week sounding relieved that despite significant issues in Lima 2019’s preparations for the Games, it looks as if the continental event will turn out all right in the end.

triumph coming at London 1948.The other medals were a women's volleyball silver at Seoul 1988, along with shooting

Tolentino elected Philippine Olympic Committee President after four-vote victory

  • OCA
  • 28 Jul 2019 11:28

Abraham Tolentino has been elected President of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) after he beat rival Philip Ella Juico by four votes during specially convened elections held in Manila today.

Velasco of aquatics.According to ESPN, the Philippine Rugby Football Union and the Philippine National Shooting

India boycott of Birmingham 2022 over shooting row moves closer as Batra lends backing to move

  • Birmingham 2022
  • 27 Jul 2019 19:55

A boycott of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham by India moved a step closer today after Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Narinder Batra lent his support and asked for a meeting with the Sports Minister to discuss the unprecedented move.

stance of secretary general Rajeev Mehta to boycott the event owing to the decision not to include shooting

Indian news agency IANS that "nothing can be done" to get the sport included and that any chance of shooting

being included was "over now".In the letter, Batra also warned of the impact the exclusion of shooting

By removing [sic] shooting from Birmingham 2022, the medal ranking of India will go down from third in

 Dame Louise told insidethegames, however, that shooting wanted the four events contested at Gold

Hosts assured of first medal as Elías reaches Lima 2019 squash semi-finals

  • Lima 2019
  • 26 Jul 2019 23:20

Hosts Peru are assured of their first medal of their home Pan American Games after Diego Elías progressed to the semi-finals of the men’s singles squash competition in Lima.

artistic gymnastics, artistic roller-skating, athletics, bowling, canoe sprint, modern pentathlon, shooting