India's chances of hosting 2019 Asian Games was in jeopardy

July 03, 2014 01:48

India's chances of hosting the 2019 Asian Games was in jeopardy as the Olympic Council of Asia refused the Indian Olympic Association's request for extension of deadline for submission of final bid documents by 15 days.

The deadline to submit the final bid ended on Tuesday, but with the government yet to take a decision on the issue, the Indian Olympic Association had sent a letter to Olympic Council of Asia requesting for extension of the July 1 deadline.

However, the OCA refused to extend the deadline, citing shortage of time as an evaluation team will need to assess the bidding cities before taking a decision on a venue.

The Asian body said it can consider India's bid if the country can submit the documents in a "couple of days".

"I regret to inform you that due to the extreme shortage of time, it is impossible for the OCA to extend the deadline any further. Within this two month period we need to establish the evaluation team that will visit the bidding cities and submit its report to the OCA Executive Board on 19th September," a letter from the OCA to IOA said.

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