MUMBAI: As tensions escalate with Pakistan and future international sporting events in India come under a cloud, the biggest and most immediate casualty in an Olympic qualification year is likely to be the Hockey Series Finals in June, one of the qualifying events for the Tokyo Olympics.
There is also the 2019 Commonwealth Championships, planned to be held in Odisha from July 17th to 22nd. If the championships go ahead as planned, it would be the event’s 21st edition and mark a 50-year anniversary; and most notably it would be the seventh time that India plays host.