Botswana waits over Commonwealth security concerns

Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) is hopeful that security concerns will not force Botswana to withdraw from the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in New Dehli, India.

BNOC chief executive officer, Tuelo Serufho said that they hope things will improve or will not come to a point where they are forced to withdraw from the games. "Our current position is that we are still going to compete at the Commonwealth Games.

We are of course concerned about the reports we read and see and we are closely monitoring the situation," he told Mmegi Sport yesterday. He said they are in constant contact with the Commonwealth Federation about the situation. He said the federation will give them a second update on the situation tomorrow.  "We have also asked Botswana's High Commissioner to India to study the situation on the ground and give us updates," he said.

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