India faces sanctions after Pakistanis fail to get World Cup visas

[Major]

New Delhi: India could face sanctions after two Pakistani shooters failed to get visas to attend a World Cup event in New Delhi, the sport´s world body said Wednesday, amid tensions over Pulwama attack.

Two Pakistani shooters, G.M. Bashir and Khalil Ahmed, and their manager were to take part in the event but had not arrived for Wednesday´s eve-of-contest formalities.



The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) warned India of consequences.

"The ISSF World Cup in New Delhi faces an urgent situation as Pakistani athletes cannot get entry visas to participate in the competition," it said in a statement.

The federation and the Indian organising committee are making "all efforts to solve the situation to avoid the discrimination of the Pakistani team".

"Besides that, the ISSF and the organizing committee are discussing the possible consequences for India as a host country for future international competitions, in all sports."

India, which has expressed a strong interest in hosting the 2032 Olympics and 2030 Asian Games, could face International Olympic Committee (IOC) action if Pakistan is blocked from taking part.

The event, with 500 shooters from 58 nations, is a qualifier for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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[a_tahir]

Why r they ruining people's careers over this???

Hate the indian government with a passion now.
You can't be playing with people's careers like that especially with it not even being related to the incident.

 

[GenericBrand]

India thinking they have BCCI power here

 

[CricVet]

As mentioned above, MOST sport governing bodies WILL NOT tolerate the discrimination/childish behavior.

 

[Major]

FUnny how IPL opening discriminates Pakistani players, and ICC doesn't bother to do anything about it.

and all domestic leagues are affiliated with ICC

Infact, BCCI discriminates Pakistan by not playing series on purpose with them

 

[Majid Khan]

There’s a word used there which sums up what is going on - discrimination.

Countries which hold such prejudiced attitudes where they discriminate against athletes or participants from certain countries should not be allowed to host international sporting events..