NEW DELHI/WELLINGTON, Sept 26 (PTI) Taking a U-turn, CGF CEO Mike Hooper today owned up the responsibility for the mess around the Commonwealth Games after blaming India's Central and state governments for all the problems.
Hooper told New Zealand media that the Commonwealth Games Federation cannot be held responsible for the Organising Committee's failure to meet deadlines but later said the apex sport body also has "the same responsibility as any other stakeholder".
CGF boss Mike Fennell had yesterday admitted that they will have to share the blame for the shoddy preparations of the mega event.
"We (CGF) are at the hands and the mercy of, effectively, the government of India, the Delhi government, the agencies responsible for delivery of the venues. They consistently failed to meet deadlines," Hooper said in a television interview.