Though hosting the games doesn't come cheap, India won't suffer the fate of Greece, whose 2004 Olympics incurred debt that was partly responsible for financial crisis 4 yrs later.
The payout comes after another blow was dealt to the long-running event when Canada's Alberta province earlier this month withdrew its support for a bid for the 2030 Games.
Australia withdrew from hosting the 2023 games due to financial concerns. Can Ahmedabad afford to forego better roads, schools, hospitals at the cost of organising the games?
In 'Iconic Indians', authors Sanjeev Sanyal and Rajesh Singh chronicle the lives of 75 remarkable people who played an important role in transforming India.
The list of sports released by the Commonwealth Games Federation Wednesday didn't include archery as well. The next edition of the games will be held in Australia's Victoria in 2026.
By embedding legacy planning into sporting event bid planning, events can live on long after the final whistle. It has important implications for the economy.
Boxers Suleman Baloch & Nazeer Ullah were reported missing a few hours before the Pakistani squad, which consisted of five boxers and four officials, was to depart for Islamabad.
The Pune-based Army Sports Institute (ASI), one of the premier five sports training institutes of the force, has worked out a long-term athlete development programme.
In West Bengal’s Deulpur village, Achinta Sheuli’s mother is happy people are finally ‘enquiring about us’. Brother Alok wants Achinta to ‘win Olympics gold next’.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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