New Delhi, May 23 -- Not just banning of the use of Pakistan airspace by India, the nation's soaring tensions with its neighbour has also left relations between athletes of India and Pakistan hanging in the balance. Pakistani Olympic gold medallist Arshad Nadeem declined to comment on his Indian star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who was recently trolled for inviting the Olympic gold medallist for the now-postponed NC Classic in Bengaluru, due to ongoing cross-border tensions.

"I don't want to make any comments about Neeraj because of the ongoing conflict with India," Nadeem told reporters in Lahore, Pakistan. "I come from a village and I will only say that me and my family will always stand with our army," news wire PTI quoted Nadeem a...