Lovlina Borgohain’s coach gets accreditation

Birmingham, july 26

Lovlina Borgohain’s personal coach Sandhya Gurung today received her accreditation for the Commonwealth Games, a day after the Olympics bronze medallist claimed her preparation for the event was getting affected due to “continuous harassment” of her coaches.

Gurung, who is also the Indian team’s assistant coach, was added to the Indian contingent just days before the event.

On arrival here on Sunday, she was not allowed to enter the Games Village as she did not have an accreditation, which triggered the controversy.

“Sandhya was brought to the boxing village today morning and given accreditation. She is the with the team now,” an Indian Olympics Association (IOA) official said. Gurung has also been assigned a room at the Village.

Two women cricketers stay back in India after testing positive for Covid

2 cricketers hit by Covid

Batter S Meghana and all-rounder Pooja Vastrakar have tested positive for Covid and stayed back in the country ahead of the side’s opener against Australia in the Commonwealth Games here on Friday. The India squad left on Sunday morning for Birmingham without the two players.

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly had last week confirmed that one member of the touring party had tested positive.

“Vastrakar and Meghana have tested positive for Covid-19 and it happened before departure. Both the players will remain in India,” an Indian Olympic Association official said.