Sports
A total of 23 sports competitions were held at the 11th SAF Games.
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For the first time, Twenty20 Cricket was included in the Games. All the eight participating nations sent under-21 teams for the cricket tournament.
Despite early rumours that Hockey, Volleyball, Rowing and Wrestling were to be excluded from the Games, of the four only rowing did not make the final list of sports.
Read more about this topic: 2010 South Asian Games
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—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 87 (June 17, 1991)
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