No threat to CWG in 2022

New Delhi: The Commonwealth Games Federation is confident the 2022 Birmingham CWG will go ahead as scheduled next year despite the host city’s council leader’s recent expression of doubts in view of a surge in Covid-19 cases in the UK. The Commonwealth Games are still 18 months away and Birmingham City Council leader Ian Ward last week said “we can’t be certain” that the Games will go ahead amid concerns over pandemic. The council leader of town Walsall, Mike Bird, has also expressed concerns over the staging of the Games and has called for contingency plans. —