India’s participation in Asian Boxing C’ships in doubt after visa uncertainty

India’s participation on this Asian Boxing Championships in Dubai is unsure as its 20-member workforce hasn’t obtained the visas, the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) secretary stated on Monday.

The competitors is scheduled to begin on Might 21. The Indian workforce consists of 10 ladies boxers. “The Indian women and men’s boxing groups have not obtained visas to journey to Dubai. We’re, nevertheless, attempting our degree greatest to ship the groups,” BFI secretary Hemanta Kalita instructed IANS.

Initially, New Delhi was to host the continental competitors, however final month the Asian Boxing Confederation shifted the event to Dubai due to the raging Covid pandemic in India, significantly in Delhi.

With the Covid-19 disaster deepening in India it’s unlikely the BFI will ship even its employees to officiate within the Asian meet. “Since we have been co-host it was deliberate to ship officers to Dubai, however not now. The state of affairs is horrifying and I doubt any Indian official wish to go,” stated Kalita.

The lads’s workforce is coaching in Patiala’s Nationwide Institute of Sports activities whereas the ladies’s camp began on Might 5 at Military Sports activities Institute in Pune. The BFI had shortlisted 10 elite ladies boxers for the Pune camp, however solely 5 had joined till just a few days in the past. 9 boxers, together with 4 ladies, have certified for the Olympic Video games, scheduled to start on July 23 in Tokyo.