Asian Para Games: Coach row, court battles, clearance delays deepen chaos

NEW DELHI: With less than a week to go before the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games starts, India’s preparations have been clouded by selection disputes, coaching omissions and administrative delays, leaving athletes in para shooting, cycling, badminton, table tennis and boccia grappling with uncertainty.On Monday, nine of India’s 13 selected para shooters met Sports Authority of India (SAI) officials and the sport’s project officer at SAI headquarters here, expressing dissatisfaction over the omission of chief coach J P Nautiyal from the contingent.