{"id":4925,"date":"2026-04-18T03:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T22:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/he-gets-drunk-crosses-limits-sumit-antil-alleges-harassment-by-coach-neeraj-chopra-demands-action-more-sports-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T03:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T22:02:07","slug":"he-gets-drunk-crosses-limits-sumit-antil-alleges-harassment-by-coach-neeraj-chopra-demands-action-more-sports-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/he-gets-drunk-crosses-limits-sumit-antil-alleges-harassment-by-coach-neeraj-chopra-demands-action-more-sports-news\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018He gets drunk, crosses limits\u2019: Sumit Antil alleges harassment by coach; Neeraj Chopra demands action | More sports News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130336594,imgsize-38734,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/neeraj.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018He gets drunk, crosses limits\u2019: Sumit Antil alleges harassment by coach; Neeraj Chopra demands action\" title=\"Neeraj Chopra and Sumit Antil\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Neeraj Chopra and Sumit Antil\">Neeraj Chopra and Sumit Antil<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Two-time Paralympic medallist <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/sumit-antil\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Sumit Antil<\/a> has levelled serious allegations of mental harassment and abusive behaviour against javelin coach Naval Singh, with Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra extending his support to the complaint filed with the Sports Authority of India (SAI).<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>According to a report by The Bridge, multiple elite Indian javelin throwers submitted a written complaint to SAI on April 10, accusing the coach of repeated verbal abuse, mental harassment, and inappropriate conduct. The complaint was also raised with officials from the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI).<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wLCOS vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"ap_Bf\">\n<div class=\"ZM4zO\">\n<p><i class=\"bo2C4\"\/> <span>Watch<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <!-- -->Bombay Sport Exchange: Munaf Patel on Gautam Gambhir, Virat vs Bumrah &amp; Indian bowling.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@toisports\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">SUBSCRIBE NOW!<\/a><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Antil, who initiated the complaint, described a pattern of behaviour that he claims crossed professional boundaries.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>\u201cI have always been a clean athlete, and I don\u2019t want to be part of any controversy. I tried to explain to him multiple times, but this is not the first time. It has gone beyond my patience level,\u201d Antil said, as quoted in the report.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>He further alleged that the coach would send abusive audio messages. \u201cHe gets drunk and sends random recordings abusing us and dragging our families into it. He tends to behave this way when competitions approach,\u201d Antil added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>The report also claimed that emails submitted to SAI included audio recordings in which Singh is allegedly heard verbally abusing Antil, Chopra, Navdeep Singh and even Pakistan\u2019s Olympic medallist Arshad Nadeem.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Neeraj Chopra backs athletes, seeks action<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>Backing his fellow athletes, Chopra strongly condemned the alleged conduct and called for strict action.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>\u201cI stand in full agreement with my fellow athletes and strongly demand strict action in this matter,\u201d Chopra wrote in his email to authorities.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/>\u201cI write this as an athlete who has had the honour of representing India at both national and international levels. Sport must uphold dignity, discipline, and respect. The statements made by coach Naval Singh are not just inappropriate; they are disgraceful,\u201d he added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/>Antil revealed that he had earlier approached SAI officials, including Deputy Director Arunlal and TOPS CEO Nash Johal, and even participated in discussions aimed at resolving the issue. However, he rejected attempts at compromise, citing repeated incidents.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/>\u201cThe language used has been extremely degrading, not only towards athletes but also towards our families,\u201d Antil said, adding that despite multiple complaints, no action has yet been taken against the coach.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/more-sports\/athletics\/he-gets-drunk-crosses-all-limits-sumit-antil-neeraj-chopra-allege-harassment-by-coach-naval-singh\/articleshow\/130336589.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neeraj Chopra and Sumit Antil NEW DELHI: Two-time Paralympic medallist Sumit Antil has levelled serious allegations of mental harassment and abusive behaviour against javelin coach Naval Singh, with Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra extending his support to the complaint filed with the Sports Authority of India (SAI).According to a report by The Bridge, multiple elite Indian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4925","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}