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Probe brings MotoGP Bharat organiser in state govt cross hairs

SportzPower Team
Jun 14, 2024 18:06

With each passing day, fresh revelations are coming out about Fairstreet Sports (FSS), which focuses a more and more sorry light on the capabilities of the Indian organiser of MotoGP Bharat (Indian Grand Prix), to deliver an event of such scale. 

The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) had said late last month that it would recommend the blacklisting of FSS for its failure to pay around Rs 31 crore ($3.71 million) to different vendors engaged for readying the track at Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida.

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