The Ministry of Sports has bitten off more than it can chew by saying that the National Sports Federations – registered societies, actually – would cease to have the right to select and depute the national teams for participation in continental and world-level international sports competitions if they did not comply with the guidelines issued on May 1. Before anything else, I must point out that the Ministry was working overtime on issuing the order May Day. In fact, a Ministry official worked harder on Sunday to send a copy of the order to the media on Sunday – well before many federations got to read the order. Read more »

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