Squash in India staring at long break due to COVID-19
4 years, 6 months ago

Squash in India staring at long break due to COVID-19

The Hindu  

With the COVID-19 wreaking havoc in the major squash centres of India — Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai — the players might not be able to resume training before September, let alone playing tournaments, according to the Squash Rackets Federation of India. Though Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has said that tournaments can be organised without spectators from August, SRFI secretary general Cyrus Poncha told PTI that he doesn’t see any squash related activity taking place in India before September. Considering that, I don’t see that we would be in a position to conduct tournaments in September,” said Poncha, who was earlier the national coach. The capital city has left behind Mumbai, which is inching towards the 70,000 mark, while the numbers in Chennai would soon cross 50,000.

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4 years, 5 months ago

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The Hindu  

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4 years, 7 months ago

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