K.C. Narayana Gowda, Karnataka’s minister of Youth Empowerment and Sports, announced on Thursday that the Sree Kanteerava Stadium will henceforth not be used for football.
At a programme held to showcase the newly laid running track at the stadium, Gowda, in response to a question whether such refurbishments truly helped athletes when the stadium was being rented out for football and other activities, said, “we have taken a decision not to allow football.”
The stadium is owned by the Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports (DYES) which is under the Karnataka government.
