Unfazed by India's boycott threat, Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chief Louise Martin said that shooting will not be a part of the 2022 Birmingham edition.
For the first time since 1974, shooting has been excluded from the Games roster due to logistical issues but the CGF president maintained that shooting has never been a compulsory sport in the Games.
"A sport has to earn the right to be in the Games," Martin told Britain's 'Daily Telegraph'.
"Shooting has never been a compulsory sport. We have to work through it but shooting will not be in the Games. We have no space anymore."
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