Blackburn postpone India trip after Mumbai bombings

Blackburn postpone India trip after Mumbai bombings
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Summary The tour is just postponed and will be rescheduled for some time later in the year.

English football Blackburn Rovers have postponed this weeks pre-season trip to India following the deadly attacks in Mumbai that claimed the lives of 20 people.The Indian-owned Premier League outfit said they would reschedule the trip, which was to include a friendly match in Pune on Friday, for some time later this year in the wake of the violence in Mumbai.The trip is not cancelled it is postponed to another date because of the activity out there, manager Steve Kean said.The board had a meeting with the owners and spoke and decided we had to go through a number of different checks and that trip will now take place at the beginning of October, Kean said.
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