Indian athlete to boycott torch relay (AP)

[ASFN Admin]

India's soccer captain has refused to carry the Olympic torch through the New Delhi later this month to protest China's crackdown on recent demonstrations in Tibet, a sports official said Tuesday. Bhaichung Bhutia, among the first athletes to refuse to run with the torch, informed the Indian Olympic Association on Monday, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not...

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