The entry of world champion India for the World Cup to be staged in Korea in August, sent by the ad hoc committee, has been rejected by the International Carrom Federation (ICF).
“We strongly highlight that the ICF will only accept the Executive Committee of the All India Carrom Federation which was recognised by the ICF on February 27, 2016, as per the results of the elections held on 29th November 2015,” wrote the president of the ICF Josef Meyer, along with the the chairman of the tournament committee Dohhun Bae.
Meanwhile, the secretary-general of the ICF Saeed Mohamed wrote a communication to the Union Sports Ministry stating that the ICF president had rejected the Indian entry “unilaterally”.
However, the ICF president and the chairman of the tournament committee reiterated their stand with the clarification that the general-secretary had been restrained from communicating directly to any party.
The team: Men: Riyaz Akbar Ali, Prashant More, Zaheer Pasha and K. Sagayabharti.
Women: Rashmi Kumari, M. Parimala Devi, Aysha Mohammed and S. Apoorva.