31 Dec 2009

England will attend Delhi Games

8:59 am on 31 December 2009

English Commonwealth Games officials have dismissed a report their team could pull out of next year's event in Delhi due to security concerns.

The Daily Telegraph had quoted unnamed British government sources as saying England might boycott the October Games.

But Commonwealth Games England officials have issued a statement saying that is definitely not the case.

An attack by gunmen on the Sri Lanka cricket team bus in Lahore last March sparked fears that sport could become a target in the region.

England pulled out of the world badminton championships in India last month citing a "specific terrorist threat" but the tournament went off smoothly and the British sports minister later expressed regret to his Indian counterpart.