Games safe despite venue switch: India

[YouthFul]

NEW DELHI: The decision to move cricket’s Indian Premier League out of the country due to security concerns will not affect the 2010 Commonwealth Games, a top sports official said on Monday.

“We are not worried about security for the Games,” Indian Olympic Association secretary general Randhir Singh told reporters.“Moving the IPL out of India does not reflect any security worries as far as other sports events are concerned, especially the Commonwealth Games, which we will host in New Delhi.

“The government has said it did not want to burden security forces at the time of the elections. There will be no such issues for the Games next year.”The Commonwealth Games are due to be held in the Indian capital from October 3-14 next year.