Fly_like_a_don 134 Posted November 19 16 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said: My guess, players are largely based outside the country, or based in the few big cities the government still controls. Hmm .But is it like its a part of Central Asia now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dolby 398 Posted November 19 40 minutes ago, Fly_like_a_don said: Hmm .But is it like its a part of Central Asia now Afghanistan is still part of SAARC and has not shown any intent of leaving it. So, I doubt if their non-participation is due to they not considering themselves as a South Asian nation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fly_like_a_don 134 Posted November 19 2 hours ago, Dolby said: Afghanistan is still part of SAARC and has not shown any intent of leaving it. So, I doubt if their non-participation is due to they not considering themselves as a South Asian nation. But the football team joined central asia recently. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olympian1010 1,817 Posted November 22 Broadcast rights were sold to Indian company NK Media. According to Around the Rings broadcasts should be available in all participating nations. “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wamel042 1 Posted November 22 Op 2-10-2019 om 13:49, intoronto zei: does not compete anymore. Wouldn't India be considered a bigger fail? 28 medals all time for the second most populous nation is pretty embarrassing imo. Why isn’t Afghanistan competing anymore? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olympian1010 1,817 Posted November 22 1 hour ago, wamel042 said: Why isn’t Afghanistan competing anymore? We had a conversation about this on the last page I think. Essentially it’s for a number of possible reasons. The most likely reason being that they’ve joined the Central Asian region of the OCA (which is in line with some of the policies they’ve been taking). It could also be the hardship of transporting athletes because of the Taliban, or a lack of funding. “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fly_like_a_don 134 Posted November 24 On 22/11/2019 at 22:23, Olympian1010 said: Broadcast rights were sold to Indian company NK Media. According to Around the Rings broadcasts should be available in all participating nations. This is equivalent to nothing. A small media from Orissa whose channel is only available in Bhubaneshwar. Meanwhile only Nepal is participating paragliding so 4 individual cleansweeps are sure with all 4 athletes from Nepal. I'd love to watch cricket match between Bhutan and Maldives. All nations are participating in only Athletics, Shooting, Badminton and Basketball. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chinmoy 0 Posted November 24 Any tv channel in india to telecast live ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
intoronto 944 Posted November 25 Next edition of the games will be staged in with two sports (football and beach volleyball) being held in 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olympian1010 1,817 Posted November 26 A press release from the organizing committee stated that Paragliding has been dropped from the games. Always nice to see countries not taking a free gold medal at every opportunity they get “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
