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SAF Games cancelled

Islamabad April 10. The thrice-postponed 9th South Asian Federation (SAF) Games was cancelled on Thursday after Pakistan expressed its inability to host the regional multi-event competition.

The executive council meeting of the South Asian Sports Federation (SASF), which was held at Rawalpindi, has accepted Pakistan's decision. The 10th edition of the Games will be hosted by Colombo in 2005.

``We do not know when the political situation is going to improve internationally. That is the reason why Pakistan suggested the cancellation of the 9th SAF Games which has been accepted by SASF,'' Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) president Wajid Ali Shah told after the meeting.

SAF Games organising committee chairman Arif Hasan said Pakistan was deeply disappointed with the turn of events.

— PTI

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