England is poised to pull out of next year’s Commonwealth Games over fears that athletes will be victims of a terrorist attack.It would be the first time that England has not competed in the 80 year-old Games, which are due to be held in Delhi in October.Police and security advisers fear the English team will be targeted by Pakistani terrorists and feel that athletes’ safety cannot be guaranteed at present.
Sir Paul Stephenson, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, visited the Indian capital earlier this month to inspect the Games sites and was said to have voiced “serious concerns” about the security arrangements. “If you are an English athlete there is no way you are going to want to risk your life competing at the Games. We currently cannot see any way that England will be able to send a team to Delhi next year,” said one source.
Commonwealth Games ah hian UK a ram hrang hrang England, Scotland, Wales leh Northern Ireland te hi a hranpa in an participate thin.
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
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