India spared Olympic dilemma

August 01, 2016 16:30

The status of an Olympic lightweight has only a few advantages. India has just discovered one of them.

The Narendra Modi government has decided not to prod the country's sport associations to aid Moscow's lobbying efforts against serial Olympic bans on Russian sportspersons, citing India's limited influence among its reasons for not publicly backing its steadiest all-weather friend. Read

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