India might be stepping the ante against China at the political and economic front amidst the stand-off at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh but certainly the government isn't too keen to exert the same pressure on its Asian neighbour on the sporting front.


Sports Authority of India (SAI) and sports ministry have accepted Table Tennis Federation of India's request to extend Chinese coach Yin Wei's tenure with the national team till next year's Tokyo Olympics.

The Chinese coach Wei will be employed at a monthly salary of Rs 2.5 lakhs plus other incentives and family accommodation and is currently based out of Kolkata facility of SAI.

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This is the first major 'appointment' after the recent boycott of Chinese apps, goods and FDI rules by government offices.

Wei's contract extension comes as the Indian TT players, who have an outside shot at the Olympic medal in the team events, have struggled to get a foreign coach for the last year and with time running out, they requested the government to acept Wei's appointment.

Meanwhile, the BCCI or the IOA too didn't take the boycott tirade any seriously and kept their Chinese endorsements and sponsorship intact.

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