India ‘seriously’ considering bid for 2036 Games – sports minister

BRAND-NEW DELHI, Dec 28 (Reuters) – India is “seriously” considering a bid to organize the 2036 Olympic Games, sports minister Anurag Thakur claimed.

The globe’s 2nd- most heavily populated country has actually formerly held the Asian Games and also the Commonwealth Games, and also Thakur informed the Times of India paper it was the “right time” to organize the Olympics.

“If India is making information in every market, from making to solutions, after that why not in the area of sports?

“India is looking really seriously at bidding process for the 2036 Olympics,” Thakur included.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has claimed it remained in initial conversations with 10 cities however has actually not exposed a duration for when it intends to honor the 2036 version.

Paris, Los Angeles and also Brisbane host the following 3 Games.

Among prospective competitors for the Games are Indonesia and also South Korea, along with Qatar, which held this year’s FIFAWorld Cup Germany is