“Cricketers To Stay 20kms Far”: BCCI Stumped By Asian Games Facilities

No Games village, around 5000 players expected to stay on an Italian cruise ship docked in the area. Cricketers to be accommodated 20 kms from the venue. Organisers of next month’s Asian Games in Japan have run into an accommodation crunch, with countries and participants added to the Games after the original planning now being told to make their own arrangements. The Nagoya-Aichi Asian Games are scheduled from September 19 to October 4, with around 15,000 athletes and officials originally expected. That figure has since risen to 17,000, including around 11,000 athletes and 6,000 officials, after teqball and padel were added to the programme.