(ATR) Basketball’s governing body FIBA is calling for a boycott of the South Asian Games scheduled to begin on Friday.
"Due to unacceptable interference by the Indian Olympic Association in the affairs of the Basketball Federation of India, FIBA is unable to recognize and endorse the basketball competitions of the South Asian Games." FIBA said in a statement sent to Around the Rings.
Specifically, FIBA says the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) "has granted to an Ad-hoc Committee the authority to select the Indian national teams due to participate in this event in complete violation of FIBA’s decisions and directions."
"In view of the seriousness of this matter, FIBA has asked the national federations of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka to refrain from sending any of their national teams to this basketball event."
This is not the first time the IOA has been in hot water with international sporting authorities. The IOC banned the Indian Olympic Association from December 2012 to February 2014 for a breach of the IOC charter by electing officials accused of corruption in 2012. The ban was lifted during the Sochi Games after new elections were deemed to be above board.
Written by Gerard Farek
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