UWW takes away junior Asian wrestling championship from India

The diplomatic tension with Pakistan has cost India its first sporting event as the world wrestling body UWW has taken away the junior Asian Championship from the country, days after asking all its affiliated federations to stop dealing with the WFI.

India had agreed to host the re-scheduled junior Championship in July after original hosts Lebanon withdrew.

In the wake of Pulwama terror attack, India had not issued visas to a three-member shooting contingent from Pakistan for the world cup in Delhi, prompting the IOC to censure IOA.

It was followed by UWW asking all its affiliated federations to suspend all communication with WFI.

The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) fears that it will not be able to host tournaments in future if the issue is not resolved.

"UWW has told that it has shifted the junior Asian championship from India to Thailand. We had not bid for this event and we chipped in just to oblige UWW-Asia but we will certainly encounter problems when we would want to host ..