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Post-Covid world could be a blessing in disguise for Indian sports: Bindra

Abinav Bindra along with Nandan Kamath, lawyer and managing trustee GoSports Foundation addressed the newly-appointed assistant directors and other senior officials of Sports Authority of India

Post-Covid world could be a blessing in disguise for Indian sports: Bindra
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sports administrators need to work towards creating an alternate skill development programme for athletes to ensure their well-being in the long run, says Abhinav Bindra

BS Web Teamagencies New Delhi
India’s only individual gold medal winner in Olympics, shooter Abhinav Bindra believes that post-coronavirus world could be a blessing in disguise for Indian sports due to absence of much foreign exposure.
 
"The post-Covid-19 world could be a blessing in disguise for India. There may not be so much foreign exposure and this may allow India to build proper sporting infrastructure. We need to build our own coaches and our own support staff," Bindra said on Monday.
 
The entire sporting calendar has come to a grinding halt across the world due to the coronavirus pandemic. Major sporting events, including

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