Gandhi’s sports ban
NZPA New Delhi The Indian Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, has banned Indian athletes from all international sport except cricket because of the country’s poor performance in the Seoul Asian Games, an official said yesterday. Vidya Shukla, president of the Indian Olympic Association, said Mr Gandhi’s order has been sent to the Minister of Sports. “The sports ministry is reviewing the entire policy and for the time being no team is going out,” Mr Shukla said.
The order might have been the reason the Government recently refused to let a wrestling team visit Pakistan and banned a table tennis team from participating in an international tournament, he said. There was widespread criticism in. the national Parliament and press over India’s performance at the Asian Games in September. India sent more than 400 people to the games — the country’s biggest contingent ever sent abroad — but won only five gold medals.
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