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GUWAHATI
Goa was on Wednesday asked to fix a date for next year’s National Games within a month or else pay a hefty fine of Rs 10 crore while the Indian Olympic Association will increase annual monetary assistance to National Sports Federations and its state units to Rs 5 lakh in important decisions taken at the IOA’s Annual General Meeting held here.
The IOA also decided to back the All India Tennis Association and Judo Federation of India in their fight against the Sports Ministry which had asked the heads of the two NSFs to step down under the contentious tenure limit provisions of the Sports Code.
Goa, which had won the hosting rights of the 2016 National Games, has been tardy in the preparation for the multi-sporting event and has not yet fixed the dates despite repeated request from the IOA. The IOA had warned Goa in August that the Games may be shifted to another state if it does not act fast.
The AGM on Wednesday discussed the issue and decided to give Goa one more time to fix the date of hosting the Games. The state has been
