nitinsanker

Happy after missing out in both trap finals a quota in skeet woman ....our first skeet quota

As per issf rules only one quota given per country per event... I thought ?

@Sindo, I do not know about others. ...but have been a long time member of TO ....I find the India national group being broken up into these clubs no fun , the postings of India group when it was one group was large enough

Well covered sidhartha.... I do think talha talib and dastagir butt were good weightlifters..... but i do think both have some doping issues so i do not know what is thier status... Would like to just add watching 🇵🇰 fall in sports sad..... The country is economic shambles, corrupt sports administration has pulled Pakistan down . ... This was a country which was head to head with India for example in 1962 Asian Games Pakistan and india both had around 30 medals and were 3-4 on medal table.... Now we had 107 medals and Pakistan 3 ..... Sad to see....

Can we do Pakistan... It is a country I follow closely

Very comprehensive.... Thanks

Agree.... I think 73 is their best weight, 61 men I think they are moving their 55 kg wch gold medallist but will be very very tough as he needs to add around 30 kgs.... So almost impossible In 49 kgs.... Situation in flux but i think she needs to add 5-6 kgs to be in medal contention.... So yes 1 medal possible 2 unlikely

Thailand medal chances 1) taekwondo Panipak "Tennis" Wongpattanakit top ranked in 49kg ..... Gold medallist at tokyo, twice world champion, gold medallist at Asian Games 2023..... Surely their best chance.... Banlung Tubtimdang world silver medallist and Asian gold medallist mens 60 kg.... couple of others are good in women's lower weights phannapa, chutikan but need to improve 2) badminton mixed doubles - sapsiree and dechapol ... Ranked 5th men's singles - kunlavit ... Very young and getting better.... Also I think top 5 .... 3) boxing raksat in 50 kg women.... Twice world Championship bronze, defeated nikhat the world champion in the semis so good, couple of others also to watch, but primarily women.... I feel over all 3-4 medals, anything better would be great

@MHSN....many congrats on discus performance , finally finally ehsan was pushed to second place ( I remember vikas gowda was always behind him at asian games) but luckily for Iran the guy who beat was also Iranian but 5 golds and now a silver .....what a great athelete he has been for Iran

For India this is turning out to be our very best games ever ...already 13 Golds ( best 16) , 53 total medals ( best 70) .... even the ad campaign by Sony network our teecaster which was sounding a bit bombastic at the beginning of the games pushing 'iss barr say parr' ( translated means 'this time 100+') is looking possible with some stretch

I agree Iran has been just about ok on total medals but low on golds ....

@MHSN.....why is Iran not participating in kurash , or is Wikipedia wrong .... bit suprising since Iran got gold last time through I think pehlanvi ...

Congrats on the win mohsin bro... but I feel Iran has underperformed till now ...just one gold ...... what happened or is it as expected

Remember this is event by event analysis based on this the totals look like this ( please take 60-65% likelihood ) Row Labels 1.GOLD 2.SILVER 3. BRONZE Grand Total Athletics 6 8 10 24 Badminton 1 1 1 3 Boxing 2 1 5 8 Bridge 1 2 3 Chess 1 2 1 4 Compound archery 4 1 5 Cricket 2 2 Equestrian 1 1 Esportss 1 1 Fencing 1 1 Field hockey 2 2 Golf 3 3 Jujitsu 2 2 Kabaddi 1 1 2 Kurash 1 3 4 Recurve archery 3 3 Rollerskating 2 2 Rowing 1 2 2 5 Sailing 1 2 4 7 Sepak Takraw 1 1 Shooting 8 7 11 26 Squash 2 1 1 4 Table tennis 1 1 Tennis 1 1 2 Weightlifting 1 1 2 Wrestling 2 1 3 6 Wushu 1 4 5 Grand Total 35 31 63 129

sport event name gender top asian Ranking second asian ranking likely medal Athletics 800 metres afsal men 4 3. BRONZE Athletics decathalon tejaswin men 4 3. BRONZE Athletics 200metres jyothi women 3 5 3. BRONZE Athletics 400metres anjali women 3 4 3. BRONZE Athletics 800metres chanda women 3 5 3. BRONZE Athletics 5000metres parul women 3 3. BRONZE Athletics 400MH Vithya Ramraj women 4 3. BRONZE Athletics shot putt abha khatua women 6 3. BRONZE Athletics discus seema punia women 7 3. BRONZE Athletics 20km walk priyanka women 6 10 3. BRONZE Badminton Prannoy 3. BRONZE Boxing 57kg sanjay siwatch men 3 3. BRONZE Boxing 71kg nishant dev men 3 3. BRONZE Boxing 54kg preeti panwar women 3 3. BRONZE Boxing 57kg praveen hooda women 3 3. BRONZE Boxing 68Kg Arundati women 3 3. BRONZE Bridge mens team India men 3 3. BRONZE Bridge mixed team India mixed 3 3. BRONZE Chess team India men 3 3. BRONZE Equestrian eventing team India mixed 3 3. BRONZE Esportss Dota2 India mixed 3 3. BRONZE Fencing womens Sabre individual bhavani devi women 3 3. BRONZE Golf womens individual aditi ashok women 3 3. BRONZE Golf mens team India men 3 3. BRONZE Golf womens team India women 3 3. BRONZE Jujitsu 85kg amarjit lohan men 3 3. BRONZE Jujitsu 69Kg sidharth singh men 3 3. BRONZE Kurash 81kg kunal men 3 3. BRONZE Kurash 87kg Jyoti women 3 3. BRONZE Kurash 90kg rohit men 3 3. BRONZE Recurve archery mens team India men 3 3. BRONZE Recurve archery mens team India mixed 4 3. BRONZE Recurve archery womens team India women 4 3. BRONZE Rollerskating mens artistic Choksey men 3 3. BRONZE Rollerskating womens artistic samhita women 3 3. BRONZE Rowing Quaduple sculls India men 3 3. BRONZE Rowing double sculls India men 3 3. BRONZE Sailing Ilca 4 advait Men not available 3. BRONZE Sailing ilca 4 Neha Thakur women not available 3. BRONZE Sailing 49er varun and KC ganapathy men 2 3. BRONZE Sailing RSX women Ishwariya Ganesh women 3 3. BRONZE Sepak Takraw mens Regu India men 3 3. BRONZE Shooting 10m Air rifle Ramita women 3 3. BRONZE Shooting 50m 3 Position men sift kaur women 3 3. BRONZE Shooting 25m Rapid pistol anish men 3 3. BRONZE Shooting 25m Pistol team India men 3 3. BRONZE Shooting 10m Pistol women rhythm women 3 3. BRONZE Shooting 25m Pistol women rhythm women 3 3. BRONZE Shooting Skeet team India men 3 3. BRONZE Shooting Trap women shreyasi singh women 3 3. BRONZE Shooting Trap women team India women 3 3. BRONZE Shooting skeet women team India women 3 3. BRONZE Shooting skeet Pairs India mixed 3 3. BRONZE Squash Team women India women 3 3. BRONZE Table tennis Mixed doubles India mixed 3 3. BRONZE Weightlifting 55Kg bindyarani women 3 3. BRONZE Wrestling 125kg men Sumit Malik men 3 3. BRONZE Wrestling 57kg women mansi women 3 3. BRONZE Wrestling 62 Kg women sonam women 3 3. BRONZE Wushu 52 kg sanda onilu men 3 3. BRONZE Wushu 60 kg mens sanda Surya bhanu Pratap men 3 3. BRONZE Wushu 70 kgs mens sanda suraj yadav men 3 3. BRONZE Wushu Mens 56 Kg sunil singh men 3 3. BRONZE

Then likely silvers by event sport event name gender top asian Ranking second asian ranking likely medal Athletics 3000 steeeplechase avinash men 1 2.SILVER Athletics 1500metres deeksha women 1 4 2.SILVER Athletics 100MH jyothi yerraji women 1 2.SILVER Athletics triple jump aboobacker men 2 3 2.SILVER Athletics discus kirpal men 2 2.SILVER Athletics 3000sc parul women 2 2.SILVER Athletics long jump shaili women 2 4 2.SILVER Athletics Heptathalon swapna barman women 2 2.SILVER Badminton Mens doubles team India men 2 2.SILVER Boxing 51kg deepak bhoria men 2 2.SILVER Chess rapid koneru humpy women 2 2.SILVER Chess team India women 2 2.SILVER Compound archery womens team India women 2 2.SILVER Kabaddi team India women 2 2.SILVER Kurash 52Kg Bharti women 2 2.SILVER Rowing lightweight double sculls arvind & arjun jat men 1 2.SILVER Rowing Eights India Men 2 2.SILVER Sailing 49 FX harshit and shital women 2 2.SILVER Sailing Laser radial/ Ilca 6 Netra women 2 2.SILVER Shooting 10m Air rifle team India women 2 2.SILVER Shooting 50m 3 position team India women 2 2.SILVER Shooting 10m Pistol team India women 2 2.SILVER Shooting 25m Pistol team India women 2 2.SILVER Shooting 10m Pistol mixed pairs India mixed 2 2.SILVER Shooting Trap Team India men 2 2.SILVER Shooting skeet women ganemat shekhon women 2 2.SILVER Squash singles men saurav ghoshal men 2 2.SILVER Weightlifting 49Kg Mirabai women 2 2.SILVER Tennis Mixed doubles India mixed 2 2.SILVER Wrestling 65 kg men Bajrang Punia men 2 2.SILVER Wushu womens 60 kg roshibina Devi women 2 2.SILVER

First likely gold by events sport event name gender top asian Ranking second asian ranking likely medal Athletics long jump murali/jeswin men 1 1.GOLD Athletics shot putt Tejinder men 1 4 1.GOLD Athletics javelin neeraj men 2 3 1.GOLD Athletics 4*400 women indian women 3 1.GOLD Athletics 4*400 Mixed indian mixed 1 1.GOLD Athletics 4*400 men indian men 2 1.GOLD Badminton mens team India men 1 1.GOLD Boxing 51kg nikhat zareen women 1 1.GOLD Boxing 75kg lovlina borgohain women 1 1.GOLD Bridge womens team India women 1 1.GOLD Chess rapid arjun men 1 1.GOLD Compound archery mens individual abhishek verma men 1 2 1.GOLD Compound archery womens indidvidual jyoti vennam women 1 2 1.GOLD Compound archery mens team India men 1 1.GOLD Compound archery mixed team India mixed 1 1.GOLD Cricket team India women 1 1.GOLD Cricket team India men 1 1.GOLD Field hockey Mens team India men 1 1.GOLD Field hockey Womens team India women 1 1.GOLD Kabaddi team India men 1 1.GOLD Rowing coxless fours India men 1 1.GOLD Sailing laser/ Ilca 7 vishnu saravanan men 1 1.GOLD Shooting 10m Air rifle Rudransh men 1 1.GOLD Shooting 10m Air rifle team India men 1 1.GOLD Shooting 50m Air rifle Aishwary men 1 1.GOLD Shooting 50m Air rifle team India men 1 1.GOLD Shooting 10m Air rifle Mixed India mixed 1 1.GOLD Shooting 10m Pistol men sarabjot men 1 1.GOLD Shooting 10m Pistol team India men 1 1.GOLD Shooting Trap Men Prithviraj men 1 1.GOLD Squash Team Men India men 1 1.GOLD Squash Mixed doubles India mixed 1 1.GOLD Tennis Mens doubles team India men 1 1.GOLD Wrestling 57 kg men Aman Sehrawat men 1 1.GOLD Wrestling 53kg women antim women 2 1.GOLD

2018 2023 broad predictions Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Gold total medals 1 Athletics 8 9 3 20 5-12 17-25 2 Shooting 2 4 3 9 4-9 10-20 3 Wrestling 2 0 1 3 0-3 2-5 4 Bridge 1 0 2 3 0-2 1-2 5 Lawn tennis 1 0 2 3 1-2 1-3 6 Rowing 1 0 2 3 0-1 4-6 7 Boxing 1 0 1 2 2-4 5-10 8 Archery 0 2 0 2 2-5 3-7 9 Equestrian 0 2 0 2 0 0-2 10 Squash 0 1 4 5 0-2 3-4 11 Sailing 0 1 2 3 0-2 3-8 12 Badminton 0 1 1 2 0-3 1-3 13 Hockey 0 1 1 2 1-2 1-2 14 Kabaddi 0 1 1 2 1-2 2 15 Kurash 0 1 1 2 0-1 1-3 16 Wushu 0 0 4 4 0 2-5 17 TT 0 0 2 2 0 1-3 18 Sepak 0 0 1 1 0 0-2 19 Cricket 1-2 2 20 Chess 0-2 1-4 21 Weightlifting 0 1-2 22 Ms(f,c,c,v,r,g,e) 0 1-5 Total 16 23 31 70 17-56 62-123

*Asian games – India’s likely performance. Part 5 of 5* *by Nitin Sanker* This part will I will summarize ,predict and give the final expected counts. Do give some love to this post as this is the last post before the asian games , I will return to give you a rundown on whether my calculations were right So quick recap of history , Indian performances in the last 6 asian games (ranking performance in the earlier games before this maybe little unfair as after the breakdown of the USSR , we had a few powerful sports countries joining in the 90s) *1998 7-11-17 Total 35 Rank 9* *2002 11-12-13 Total 36 Rank 7* *2006 10-17-26 Total 53 Rank 8* *2010 14-17-34 Total 65 Rank 6* *2014 11-10-36 Total 57 Rank 8* *2018 16-23-31 Total 70 Rank 8* So I started to look into the likely performance in 2023 and *I am seriously shocked*. Do these numbers look likely , have I had a sunstoke and is reality a bit warped. Well here goes my predictions Likely for India *gold in 2023 : 24-30*, medals in 2023 :80-95* . I normally am a bit optimistic in the likely predictions. But my friends especially batchmates know that I have never once got my eat my hat predictions wrong ( over at least 6 olympic , asian and commonwealth games ) , so if you want to see the *edifying sight of me eating my own hat if I get these wrong* you can check out these predictions. Eat my hat predictions for the asian games Prediction 1 : *20 or more gold medals* Prediction 2 : *75 or more medals* Prediction 3 : ranking between *4-6* If even the eat my hat predictions are done . This will be *the best ever performance in the Asiads at least since USSR collapsed*.

*Asian games – India’s likely performance. Part 4 of 5* *by Nitin Sanker* This part will complete all the sports , and tomorrow part 5 of 5 will summarize ,predict and give the final expected counts. Do give some love to this post and tomorrow the amazing conclusion *Martial arts – wushu , Kurash and ju jitsu -28* Comparitively little known sports so a bit difficult to predict. But In wushu, especially in the lower weights Of Sanda ( the mixed martial form) we should medal , but possibly not gold. Same in Kurash but possibly not in Jujitsu . In Roshabina and Surya pratap in wushu ( both were bronze medalists in 2018 we should have our best hopes ) last time we got 0-1-5 in martial with 4 medals in wushu and 2 in kurash. This time I believe our performance would be *Gold 0-1, medals 2-7* *Rowing-33* – This is one of the biggest team but with 14 events it is big sport , India has done well regularly getting 2-3 medals in most editions and a gold once in a while. But some rule changes have reduced our chances , earlier each nation would be allowed entry into only a fixed number of events. With China extremely strong it allowed Gold medal chances in some of the events for other countries. But now with china participating in all events it reduces our chances of gold. I believe in 6 of the 7 men rowing events we can medal( excepting single sculls ) , not much chances in women who will be participating I believe for the first time. . Gold medal chances are there though in mens fours and to a limited extent in LWM double sculls. Last time 1-0-2. This time *Gold 0-1, medals 4-6* *sports climbing , rugby 7s, soft tennis* - No chance *Sailing- 16* with 14 events , sailing is a mega sport this Asian games. There are five major types of boats windsurfs , kites , skiffs , multihulls and dinghys India has been doing well in sailing lately for example in the Asian sailing championships of 2022 we got 9 medals. Best chances are in Dinghy events ( ilca 4 and 7 and nacra mixed ). Less chances in the windsurf events which we are weak in. Best chances for gold are Vishnu saravanan in ilca 7 but some of the others can surprise. So last time 0-1-2. This time * gold 0-2, medals 3-8* *Sepak takraw-16* a fascinating sport , somewhat like volleyball but played with legs , the athleticism is crazy. India won its first medal in 2018 , a bronze . This time again mens regu may be our best event. likely *Gold-0, medals 0-2* *Squash-8* India has done well in squash in the past and this time though the womens section has a lower chances with both Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa aging. But mens team seems to be our best event , with saurav ghoshal in mens individual and mixed pair as likely medallist and maybe even gold . Last time we had 0-1-4. Likely this time 0-2 gold and 3-4 medals *Table tennis-10* - a sport where we have been improving steadily. I think for the asian games we may have a couple of medal chances primarily in doubles . last time we had surprised ourselves with 0-0-2. This time likely * Gold -0 , Medals 0-2* *Tennis* - This has been an event that we have won many medals in the past, This time it will be in the mens doubles ( likely gold ) and mixed doubles ( likely medal ) that we will be most competitive last time 1-0-2 . This time *likely gold 0-2, medals – 1-3* * volleyball-28* - a very long shot in mens event *weightlifting-2* - the smallest of teams with just 2 weightlufters , but the quality is good with both Mirabai Chanu and Bindyarani likely to medal, unfortunately with the Chinese domination, no gold . so last time no medals This time likely *Gold-0 , medals 1-2* *wrestling-18* - this has always been a big sport for us at the Asian games. This time because of the political upheaval which ahs happened. The players are likely to be underprepared. But he best chances would be in freestyle with Aman ( 57 kgs) , Bajrang ( 65 kgs) , Deepak (86 Kgs) and in womens wrestling wih Antim ( 53 Kgs) , Sonam ( 62 Kgs ) being the best bet for medals , gold chances would be in my opinion restricted to Aman , Bajrang and Antim Last time 2-0-1 *This time Gold-0-3, medals 2-5. *Shooting -33* - I kept shooting for the end , last time it was our second best sport after atheletics with 2-4-3. So how many medals do I think we will get , according to me we should get between 4-9 gold medals and at least 15-18 or so medals . Now I know you may be throwing your hands up in disbelief. But let me explain why. In one off the best improvement reas for india, shooting has beside the traditional 15 olympic events added 12 team events in each of the Olympic individual categories and an extra trap pairs event. Plus I really think the Indian shooting has improved further since last time so hence due to this fortunate confluence last time 2-4-3 *this time gold 4-9 , medals 10-20*

*Asian games – India’s likely performance. Part 3 of 5* *by Nitin Sanker* Lets go through the remaining list of sports *Hockey -36* Hockey performance has been a bit of curates egg for us at the AG , we often do not do as much as I believe we can. But the current hockey teams are more steady. We are the highest ranked hockey teams in Asia in both mens and womens teams. So last time in 2018 we got 0-1-1. This time I believe our performance would be *Gold 1-2, medals 2* *Football(44), Judo(4), Handball (16),Gymnastics(1),Pentathalon(1)* – we have never medaled in handball , football ( in recent games), Judo( in recent games), Pentathlon( never), Gymnastics has been ruined by its federation ( when we were improving) so *no medals likely in these sports* *Golf-7* - really we have very little chances if you look at ranking but this is one sport in which the top golfers skip the asian games . Also aditi ashok has been in her best form of her life . so long shot chances in mens team , women teams and aditi may transalate to one medal. Likely *Gold-0, Medal 0-1* *Kabaddi-24* when you here the sport o kabaddi is going to be played you would assume that India would both medals in womens and mens team. Well in 2018 AG we lost both titles to Iran. So how will we do this time I would like to believe 2018 is an aberration and we will win both Gold medals at stake but still to hedge my bets I will say *Gold-1-2, Medals-2* *Mind sports- 43* - Mind sports includes a series of E, card and board games. Out of the 5 sports obviously we do not have any expertise in Go and Xiangqi. But then Chess , Bridge and Esports are sports we can medal in , we have been doing well in chess so in all four eventsR ( Mens Rapid ( Vidit , Arjun ) , Womens Rapid ( humpy , harika ) and mens and womens teams playing classical we will have gold medal chances but Chinese are also dominant in these events so I believe at least 1 Gold is possible for India. In bridge ( 3 events ) at the world level we have medalled so again I believe 1 Gold is possible . In Esports far east nations ( korea , Japan) are really good but maybe medal is possible . Likely *Gold 1-3, medals 5-8* *Roller skating-14* - again not a usual sport at the asian games , but it has been there earlier and we have won medals as well. But this time the focus is more on the speed sections rather artistic. I believe we can medal but gold very unlikely *Gold-0, medals 1-2*

*Asian games – India’s likely performance. Part 2 of 5* *by Nitin Sanker* Lets go into the continuing list of sports , starting with the two that we have done very well in this year *Archery -16* With a dominant performance in compound archery at the world championship I feel despite archery being a fickle sport we should dominant in compound 5 events especially womens team , womens individual and mixed. But with significant chances in mens as well . In recurve we are very unlikely to get a gold , with possible medals in only mens and womens teams : *Likely Gold – 2-5 , likely medals-5-7*. But this will be our best performance3 ever *Boxing -13* -India will do very well in boxing , we did win the womens world championship this year and do well in mens. The womens team is completely *wow* according to me, with a possible medal from every single member , but likely gold is obviously Nikhat , Lovlina but I alsoabsoulutely love arundhati , praveen and Preeti , all can get gold medals with some luck. I do not think that much of Jaisimine but she has a fantastic reach. In men with Uzbeks and Kazaks currently dominating mens boxing, chance of gold is less but medal hopes cukd any of the seven but the draw would play a big part. Again probably our best performance ever in boxing with *Likely Gold – 2-4 , likely medals-5-10*. *Canoeing- 17* We have never medalled in canoeing. We do have some green shoots here and maybe just one medal in the sprint events *likely gold -0 , 0-1 medals* *Cricket-30* we are the favourite’s to win both men and definitely womens team. But it is B team in mens so I will say *likely Gold-1-2 , likely medals-2* *Cycling -13* again a sport in recent times at least have never won a medal. This time this team is young and has done well internationally in the youth circuit. Esow and ronaldo may be the best bet for a medal in sprint and keiren events. I hope we can break through here. *likely Gold-0 , medals 0-2* *Equestrian-10* , 2018 was a breakthrough double silver thanks to foaud mirza but this time foaud is not there and so go our medal hopes. I am still clinging on to hope But likely *Gold-0 , Medals 0-1* *Fencing-9* , Maybe the year we break through and finally win a medal in fencing , if Bhavani devi wins in sabre individual then hope to see more chennaites in Lames suits. *Likely Gold -0, medals 0-1*

Asian games – India’s likely performance. Part 1 of 5 *by Nitin Sanker* *quick intro* Indias performance in the last few games , Indias position has been mostly 8th ( 1994, 2006 , 2014, 2018) with a 6th in 2010 and a 9th in 2002 and a 7th in 1998. In terms of medals we have been getting between 10-16 gold medals and a total of 30-70 medals. Best performance in terms of medals has been in 2018 ( 16 Gold and total 70 medals ). So how are we going to do this time. First let me say this is a gargantuan squad really big 653 in 35 sports. So it will take some time to cover all the sports. I am going in alphabetical order. *Aquatics -23* We have been getting an occasional medal in swimming ( shout out to the great Khazan singh tokas ) but this time with the Asian countries improving their standard we are unlikely to take a medal in my opinion, possibly at best a couple of final performances by srihari or sajan or virdhawal . last edition 0 This edition : *Likely Gold – 0 , likely medals-0* *Atheletics-68 entries* - this sport always gives us a huge number of medals at the Asian games. India has been improving in athletics, but so has japan , china and the African stable of runners imported by Bahrain and Qatar. We are having 7 asia leading times: the three 4*400 relays , mens : javelin , triple , long jump and shot. We are having close competitors in each of these events , so no event is a lock for us. But equally we are having 2nd or third leading performers in all the women running events – 200, 400, 800, 1500, 3000Sc, 5000, 100mH, 400mH also womens Long jump, heptathalon. Also in mens 800,1500, deca, 3000Sc. Also long shots in the racewalking cluster , mens hJ , mens400, womens :discus, jav and shotputt and 4*100. So in 2018 asians we had our very best performance ever in athletics _> 8-9-3. This edition *likely 5-12 Gold and 17-25 medals overall ,so possibly shade below the very best we have had in gold but I feel in the total medals in athletics will be the best ever. We really have athletes in around 25 events who will be competitive. *Badminton-19* - Badminton has been a very trying sport for us at the AGs , we have never won a gold and have only won 3 medals since 1994 ( 7 editions). This time though our best hope is sat-chi in mens doubles , mens team ( we are the Thomas cup champs) and mens singles ( prannoy). In 2018 we had our best ever performance with 0-1-1 (saina and Sindhu). But I am going to put this time *likely medal tally at 0-2 gold and likely 1-3 total medals *Basketball-20* No chance unless a meteor strikes the courts and they decide to settle the medals with friendly game of cricket. *Likely 0-0-0*

Always something i look forward to mohsain

As the Victorian Government announced that they wouldn't be hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games, the state will have to pay A$380 million as compensation to CGF. The other terms of the agreement were kept confidential..... I did not know that you have to pay such a huge amount if you backout .... I do not think that there is any interest for India to take up the event .... first there is a lot of anti colonial sentiment...... then there was the entire argument over dropping of key Indian sports at Birmingham... where it seemed we would boycott the games What's the future .....a permanent British location ? ..... because Canada has also dropped out ? ....did they have to pay a settlement too i wonder ...