Indian women boxing’s high performance director Raffaele Bergamasco has decided to head back home to Italy, after spending nearly a month here “waiting” for the national federation to respond to his queries on whether he would be “retained”.

Bergamasco’s contract officially ends on Wednesday and the 50-year-old, who joined in 2017, said he is exhausted and stressed after getting no response from the Boxing Federation of India (BFI).

“I will go home now. I will wait for the BFI to respond to me in the next two weeks on my status before the women's national championship happens in mid-October. I am very stressed and in a bad situation,” he said.

Earlier this month, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) sacked national chief javelin coach Uwe Hohn, saying it is "not happy" with his performance.

The contract of the 59-year-old German, a former world record holder, was valid till the end of the Tokyo Olympics.