NEW DELHI: India's sports stars reacted with dismay on Sunday after Bollywood's Salman Khan was appointed goodwill ambassador for India's Olympic team in the Rio Games later this year. Khan was named by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Saturday to boost public support for the team in a country obsessed with cricket. But Olympic wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt questioned how a film star was qualified to promote the country's athletes, suggesting the appointment of well-known sports persons instead — including those who had represented their country. "Everybody has the right to promote movies in India, but Olympics is not a place to promote films," Dutt said on Twitter. Khan's appointment comes months before the release of his new film "Sultan" in which he plays a wrestler. Alos, Former Olympian Milkha Singh, known as "the Flying Sikh" in India, said the government should intervene to overturn the decision. However, the IOA defended the decision.