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Player security being reviewed ahead of Delhi Commonwealth Games: Oz games chief | | Australian Commonwealth Games officials have said that they will review security advice every 24 hours amid new fears of terrorist attacks during the 2010 Games in Delhi. Australia Commonwealth Games
Association CEO Perry Crosswhite has confirmed the nation's commitment to the
Games in October, but added no athlete would be obliged to compete if they held
security fears. Crosswhite was responding to a report in London that England is
seriously considering pulling out of the Games over fears its athletes will be
targeted by terrorists. "There are reassessments every day. I think you have to
continue to have a watching brief on it. This is a part of the world where there
has been some recent problems and we've just got to make sure they don't happen
during these Games,'' the Daily Telegraph quoted Crosswhite, as saying. He said
the team's security plans were already being stepped up, with more Australian
Federal Police agents to accompany athletes than ever before. For the first time,
AFP bodyguards would stay with the team in the Games village, he added. Police
and security advisers fear the England team will be targeted by Pakistani militants
and feel the safety of athletes cannot currently be guaranteed, London's The Daily
Telegraph claimed, quoting unnamed government sources. However, responding to
the report, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said it "has not advised any of
the British teams'' against competing in the Games, from October 3-14. "We are
aware that the Commonwealth Games Federation had some concerns about
preparations
for the Games,'' it said in a statement. "We continue to work closely with the
Indian authorities who are doing everything they can to ensure a safe and secure
Games.'' Metropolitan Police Commissioner Paul Stephenson visited the Indian
capital
earlier this month to inspect the Games sites and was said to have voiced "serious
concerns'' about the security arrangements. Australia is planning to take its
largest team ever to compete overseas - more than 425 athletes - at the Delhi
Games. Crosswhite said the latest information he had did not support English fears
of a terrorist attack. |
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