The move to quit Commonwealth Games on flimsy grounds is unfair to athletes | The Indian Express

The move to quit Commonwealth Games on flimsy grounds is unfair to athletes | The Indian Express

Written by Shivani Naik |Updated: September 28, 2019 11:32:52 am

The move to quit Commonwealth Games on flimsy grounds is unfair to athletes

Great sporting nations don’t sulk. They get cracking on the new rules of the game and prove a point on the sports field.

The Indian men’s hockey team has never won a CWG gold.

It needed a Shah Rukh Khan film (Chak De! India, 2007) to put the focus on Suraj Lata Devi and Mamta Kharab — five years after India’s 2002 Commonwealth Games (CWG) gold in women’s hockey. India had beaten England for the CWG gold then, defeating Australia in the semifinals, and it wasn’t a lightweight achievement.