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Fans want netas out of sports

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->But India is losing patience with losers and those responsible — especially with the latter. An opinion poll conducted for the Sunday Hindustan Times by C-fore shows that clearly.

Most respondents blamed the losses on those running sports in the country: mostly politicians. They said politicians should get out of sports and leave it to those who know.

And guess who they thought know most about sports and winning? The Army. Could it have anything to do with Major Rajyavardhan Rathore's silver — the only medal for a country of over one billion people?

The country wants to win now — check the response to the question that is it enough to participate in the Games and not win anything — only 19 per cent agreed The rest — a huge 78 per cent want to see medals.

The HT-C fore poll's other clear message is this: win, but don't cheat. An overwhelming 83 per cent of respondents said doping should be made a punishable crime. The Pratimas and the Chanus, please note.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


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