new delhi the fear of losing the hosting rights of world and asian championships allotted to them by respective international governing bodies has prompted several national sports federations nsfs to approach the government with an urgent plea to release the standard operating procedure sop for organising such global meets in the country which have been rescheduled due to the pandemicthe cycling wushu boxing badminton and sepak takraw federations have reached out to the sports ministry requesting for a roadmap and protocol needed to host these tournaments in coming months this happened after some international federations ifs wrote to their indian counterparts enquiring about the preparedness to host these meets which are lined up for december and februaryapril next year cycling and wushu federations have written to the ministry while others have held discussionscycling federation of india cfi will host the rescheduled track asia cup in december this year which was originally planned from october 30 to november 1 at the igi stadium here according to cfis secretary general onkar singh the hosting of the international cycling unions uci class 1 event is directly linked to indian cyclists participation in three world cups in 2021 newport great britain april 2225 hong kong may 1316 and cali colombia june 36if the cfi fails to host the track asia cup our cyclists will not be allowed to participate in those three important tournaments these events are crucial to indias qualification chances for the uci track cycling world championships in ashgabat turkmenistan from october 1317 2021 singh told toiwe intend to participate in two of these world cups and a couple of other meets to earn crucial ranking points for the world championships track asia cup provides them the first chance to earn those ranking points at home the uci has constantly been asking us about the sops to host the asia cup we have written to the ministry some 10 days back singh addedwushu association of india wai has been granted hosting rights of the 10th senior asian wushu championship which was originally scheduled from november 2 to 8 at the k d jadhav indoor stadium here but has since been postponed to march 2021 however the wushu federation of asia wfa has threatened to withdraw the hosting rights if the regulations governing the health and safety of participating athletes were not shared with them before the end of this month wfas tough stance has prompted wai president bhupendra singh bajwa to write a letter to secretary sports ravi mittal requesting him to issue the sops for conducting the meetsimilarly in boxing the asian championship from novemberdecember has been postponed to march next year while in badminton the syed modi grand prix from november 1722 and india open super series december 8 to 13 have again been pushed to marchapril both boxing and badminton federations have enquired about the release of sops for hosting these meets sepak takraw world cup is also lined up in early part of the next year and