Chandigarh admn to slap 5-yr ban for violence in sports competitions

Chandigarh, May 7 (UNI) Organisers of sports competitions will be slapped five-year bans if they fail to check repeated violence or reoccurance of ugly incidents during sports competitions held or staged in the Union Territory of Chandigarh.

The Chandigarh Sports Department has incorporated new clauses for permitting sports associations, federations and organisations to conduct district, state, national and international competitions.

These clauses have been introduced with a view to contain unruly and disgraceful behaviour of players or organisers on and off the field.

Under the new rules and regulations of allotment of stadia, the Administration has specified clearly that in case of repeated occurrence of unruly incidents during competitions, the organisers would be barred for five years to play or organise tournaments in any Chandigarh sports complex.

Stating this here today, Chandigarh Sports Director-cum-Additional Deputy Commissioner Inderjit Singh Sandhu said the basic object was that the organisers must take responsibility of keeping the players and teams under their total control to avert any ugly incident.

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