BENGALURU: India on Friday officially submitted its Expression of Interest (EOI) to the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) to host the 2038 Asian Games, with Ahmedabad once again emerging as the front runner to host the event.
The Indian Olympic Association delegation led by president PT Usha submitted the EOI during the OCA executive board meeting, on the sidelines of the Asian Beach Games in Sanya, China. India last hosted the Asiad in New Delhi in 1982. The Capital also hosted the inaugural Asian Games in 1951.
“It is at a very preliminary stage where we sent in the expression of interest that we would like to host the 2038 Asian Games. The OCA has taken it into consideration. They will discuss it and arrive at a decision,” IOA CEO Raghuram Iyer told TOI.
“The next two Asian Games are already allotted with the 2030 and ’34 Games with Doha and Riyadh, we are interested to get the next one in 2038. The ball is in OCA’s court to tell us what the next steps would be,” he said.
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Read MoreBiju Babu Cyriac is a Senior Assistant Editor, who has been working with The Times of India for the last two decades. He covers mainly Olympic sports and has covered
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