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‘India should boycott 2022 CWG’

new delhi: National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) president Raninder Singh on Tuesday said the country must boycott the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham if shooting sport is not reinstated. Raninder said he will will soon write to the Sports Ministry and Indian Olympic Association (IOA) in this regard. Speaking at a function to felicitate the Indian shooters here, the NRAI chief said, "Within a day or two, I am going to write to the Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and will urge them to boycott the 2022 CWG if shooting is not re-included in the games."He also added that "We will strongly appeal to the sports ministry and Indian Olympic Association to withdraw Indian team from the 2022 edition of the CWG." The CGF has decided to exclude shooting from the 2022 Games, citing logistical issues.

‘Ready to roar for my next fight’

new delhi: On the back of her gruelling final match at the 21st CWG, ace shuttler PV Sindhu says no loss is ever enough to stop her from believing in herself, and she is once again ready to roar. "One more down but many more to go! As much as I had given my all to this game, I am once again ready to roar for my next fight, to finish and win. This is my journey, the journey of a sportsperson, every feat accomplished is followed by zeroing on the next target. No loss is ever enough, neither one nor many to stop me from believing in myself. Every time I miss a return, every time my shot fails to clear the net and every time I hit it long -- I remind myself, it is not done until I am done," Sindhu wrote.

'Hope TT goes badminton way'

new delhi: Manika Batra, who has become toast of the nation after her sensational run at the Gold Coast Games, is hoping that she has done enough to spark a table tennis revolution in India like Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu did for badminton. The 22-year-old bagged medals in all four events on offer including an unprecedented Gold in the women's singles and team championship. "It is slowly sinking in (the four medals). Hope they are enough for our sport to go the badminton way. The achievement will have a lot more significance if it turns out that way for table tennis in India," the soft-spoken and sleep deprived Batra said after arriving at the Delhi airport to a rousing reception, the kind of she is not used to as a TT player. The Delhi girl set the real and the virtual world on fire following her jaw-dropping feat with none other than PM Narendra Modi leading chorus of congratulatory messages.