Fans forgo facemasks as India's toxic smog clouds World Cup

New Delhi (AFP) Nov 6, 2023

The smog-choked Indian capital was ranked as the planet's most polluted major city on Monday, but the love of the game trumped health worries for fans at the cricket World Cup. Both Bangladesh and Sri Lanka had cancelled training sessions ahead of their match in New Delhi worried at health impacts, but players took to the pitch without facemasks - and barely a handful of the thousands of fa