NEW DELHI, Nov 19: Britain will support India’s bid for the 2020 Olympic Games, London Mayor Ken Livingstone told a conference on Monday. Livingstone, Sebastian Coe, head of 2012 London Olympic Games body, and Chelsea football club’s chief executive Peter Kenyon are part of a high-powered delegation in the country aimed at developing cultural, business and sporting links between London and India.

Indian Olympic association President Suresh Kalmadi announced in April his intention to start work on the bid for the 2020 Olympics after staging the 2010 Commonwealth Games.—Reuters

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