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Zee NewsMaken distributes cash awards to 158 sportspersonsTimes of India… events such as Olympic Games, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, World Championships (in the disciplines of Olympic Games, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games), Asian Championships, Commonwealth Championships (both for men and women) in senior, …Sports ministry gave cash awards over Rs. 2 cr to 158 sportspersonAll [...] more...
Point 1: Hosting major sporting events may create problems to the reputation and economy of the hosting countries. For example, Delhi Commonwealth Games 2010 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14424311 and Vancouver Winter […] more...
Hindustan TimesSushil silences critics by cracking London code in ChinaHindustan TimesSushil Kumar dazzled the wrestling world with a gold at World Championships in Russia, Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and Asian Games in Guangzhou. Everyone expected Beijing Olympic Games bronze medallist Sushil Kumar to defend his title at the 2011 …and more » more...
Sacked CWG Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi, facing trial in a games-related graft case, has been allowed by a Delhi court to visit Kazakhstan to attend a meeting of 73rd Asian Athletics Association Council. more...
Deccan ChronicleIndia Open: tricky draw awaits SainaThe Hindu5 Saina, seeded third here, has defeated Yin thrice in a row since her loss to the Hong Kong player in the 2010 Asian Games quarterfinals. Commonwealth Games gold medallist Saina, drawn in the same half as top seed Shixian Wang of China, …No smooth ride for Saina [...] more...
Eurosport.com ASIAStudent falls short in TurkeyEurosport.com ASIAOliver, who finished eighth at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, needed to lift a total of 309kg to secure the Olympic A standard in the 77kg event. But despite improving on the 300kg personal best he set at last year's World Championship, …GB weightlifters Oliver and Godley achieve [...] more...
Commonwealth Games gold medalist slams government bias in jobsTimes of IndiaKAITHAL: Manoj Kumar, the Commonwealth Games and Asian Championship gold medalist, has slammed the Haryana government for being biased while offering jobs in the sports quota. Manoj, who hails from a non-descript village of Jind, rejected the … more...
Indian Grand Prix: Olympic norms tough to getThe HinduThe great image boost following the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games feats having come crashing down with last year's doping scandals, Indian athletics is almost back to square one. Yet, optimism is not lacking despite dipping standards. more...
Ajit Pal Singh named Indian Chef-de-MissionDeccan HeraldIt has always been the administrators who have been picked to head a contingent, be it in Olympics, Asian Games or Commonwealth Games, but never a sportsperson. It was time for a change. I proposed the name of Ajitpal Singh and got a unanimous approval …and more » more...
'Athletics can't improve unless we have coaches on contract'Times of IndiaSprinter Milkha Singh is popu-larly known as 'the Flying Sikh', a title he won along with many medals in international athletics, winning India its first gold at the 1958 Commonwealth Games. He missed a bronze at the 1960 Olympics 400-metre event by …Indian suppliers to [...] more...
The HinduIt's a long haul for para-athletes of the countryThe HinduThey are athletes who made our country proud in Paralympics, Para-Asian Games, Commonwealth Games and other international championships. Yet, they had to pay from their own pockets to travel from their respective States to Bangalore to participate in …and more » more...
Sportspersons still await promised jobs in HaryanaHindustan TimesNine months after the Haryana government decided to appoint five Asian Games and Commonwealth Games gold medallists as deputy superintendents of police, the issue remains in limbo. On June 30 last, chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, under the new … more...
Zee NewsIndia makes banned athletes eligible for OlympicsTimes of IndiaAshwini Akkunji and Sini Jose, members of relay quartets that won gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and Asian Games, were among six athletes banned from the time of their provisional suspensions last July. However, the panel ruled that four of them …Olympic hopes alive for [...] more...
Gymnastics takes a tumble, thanks to officialsHindustan TimesIndian gymnastics vaulted to glory in 2010 when it made history with podium finishes at the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games. However, the gains have been squandered and the sport has landed with a thud due to poor planning ahead of the London … more...
Thinks like this are neglected because in the demo-crazy place, all forms of rules and laws are applied according to the whims and fancies of the ruling MLA. […] more...
The HinduWhen Geethu danced to Chhattisgarh's tuneThe HinduShe has set the Commonwealth Games and Asian Championship stage on fire and has been a top scorer in the Continental event. And on one magical evening in Kochi, the Southern Railway star went on to score an awesome 53 points in the final of an … more...
Distractions overshadow Olympic build-up in IndiaTimes of IndiaThe performances of athletes at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and at the Asian Games later that year also gave rise to increased expectations for London 2012. A number of doping cases has tarnished some of those performances, while Malhotra has had other …and more » more...
IOA urges govt. to treat sports as a priority areaIndian Sports news“ While IOA appreciate Government's financial support for the Olympic Games, I will like it to become broad based keeping in view other multi-discipline International Events like Asian Games, Commonwealth Games and individual disciplines World …and more » more...
Rajpal to lead Delhi WizardsDeccan HeraldI hope to live up to the confidence shown in me by the franchise and give our fans an exciting season of hockey,” said the Arjuna awardee, who had led India to silver at Commonwealth Games, bronze at Asian Games and gold at the Asian Champions Trophy.and more » more...
Zee NewsDope-tainted athletes played Russian roulette: WADAIndian ExpressStating that 'certain elements in the athletes explanations are difficult to understand' the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has appealed against the one-year ban handed out to four quarter-milers, including Commonwealth Games and Asian Games 4×400 …Ashwini and Co out of Olympics?sportal.co.inWADA wants two-year ban for Ashwini & CoFirstpostall [...] more...
I want at least my son to play squash in Olympics: RodneyThe Asian AgeThe racquet sport has been featured regularly at the Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and Pan American Games since 1995, but Olympic status remains elusive. Rodney, winner of the World Open in 1997, hopes at least his children will be able to realise [...] more...
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Paramjeet Samota of Railways continued his winning streak as he overpowered Rambol of Madhya Pradesh to storm into the semifinals in super heavyweight category on day four of 58th Senior Men`s National Boxing Championship on Friday. more...
Sri Lankan officials think their bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games may have been doomed because of the deeply flawed games held last year in neighboring India. more...
The bidding for 2018 Commonwealth Games has ended, and the winning bid goes to Gold Coast, Australia. Congratulation to the city for successfully obtained the hosting right for […] more...
Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House in Sydney. – Reuters file picSYDNEY, Nov 12 ― Australia‘s Gold Coast has been chosen to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games, […] more...
Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Manoj Kumar`s sensational upset win over a European champion left him just one step away from Olympic qualification but it was curtains for Suranjoy Singh as he was ousted following a second-round loss in the World Boxing Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan on Sunday. more...
Only Thyagaraj Stadium can proudly claim that it has organised seven national and two international events in the one year after the Commonwealth Games, besides providing free access to school students to train. more...
The Commonwealth Games is one of the biggest sporting extravaganzas in the world. The commonwealth games are known for multi-sport and multinational event held once every four […] more...
Malhotra in a letter to the sports ministry expressed concern at the stadiums not being used after the games, which took place almost a year back. more...
The Commonwealth Games is one of the biggest sporting extravaganzas in the world. The commonwealth games are known for multi-sport and multinational event held once every four years. […] more...
City sprinter facilitatedTimes of IndiaSudha brought laurels to the country and state by winning medals in the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games. She won a gold in 3000 m steeple chase event in Asian Games at Guangzhou in November 2010 and at the Commonwealth Games. …and more » more...
Rajpal Singh is Indian hockey's lucky mascot.He led the team to a podium finish at the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games last year, and on Sunday he added another feather to his cap by leading th more...
"Delhi Commonwealth 2010", these words have been on the lips of every Delhiite for the past year, the single biggest event to come to town after the Asian […] more...
The HinduAshish Kumar aims to perfect new movesThe HinduAshish Kumar, the only Indian gymnast to win Commonwealth Games and Asian Games medals, having introduced some new elements into his routines, is striving to perfect them to claim an Olympics berth in the World championships in Tokyo next month. …Kumar eyes Olympic spotsportal.co.inGowda determined to win [...] more...
The HinduDelhi wary of Games sequelCalcutta Telegraph30: The Delhi government has agreed to host the 2012 South Asian Games, the consent from the Sheila Dikshit administration coming even as it struggles to shake off the ghost of corruption in the run-up to last year's Commonwealth Games. …CWG mess: 'Cabinet only took policy decisions'Hindustan TimesOfficers and [...] more...
After his stupendous four-gold feat at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and two silver-winning effort at the Guangzhou Asian Games last year, the ace shooter got his due finally. more...
Rediff Redemption hope for AkhilHindustan TimesCommonwealth Games gold medallist, Paramjeet Samota, who had moved to 91kg after the Asian Games, most likely will return to his original weight category (+91kg) for the World Championships. Samota had bagged a bronze in 91kg at the recent Asian …Akhil, Vijender to lead charge in World Boxing ChampionshipDaijiworld.comVijender, Akhil in [...] more...
Commonwealth Games bronze-medallist Amandeep Singh (49kg) was the lone Indian boxer to reach the finals of the Asian Championships with a tough win over Asylbek Nazaraliev of Kyrgyzstan in the semifin more...
Commonwealth Games bronze-medallist Amandeep Singh (49kg) was the lone Indian boxer to reach the finals of the Asian Championships with a tough win over Asylbek Nazaraliev of Kyrgyzstan in the semifinals on Thursday. more...
The Hindu Amandeep, the lone Indian to make Asian boxing finalHindustan TimesPTI Commonwealth Games bronze-medallist Amandeep Singh (49kg) was the lone Indian boxer to reach the finals of the Asian Championships with a tough win over Asylbek Nazaraliev of Kyrgyzstan in the semifinals in Incheon on Thursday. …Amandeep in finals but Paramjeet and Balwinder bow outTimes [...] more...
Paramjeet and Amandeep in last four of Asian ChampionshipsTimes of IndiaNEW DELHI: Commonwealth champion Paramjeet Samota (91kg), Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Amandeep Singh (49kg) advanced to the semifinals of the 2011 ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships in Incheon in South Korea on Monday. …and more » more...
Four Indian boxers register wins in Asian Confederation ChampionshipTimes of IndiaCommonwealth Champion Samota (91kg), Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Amandeep Singh (49kg), 2008 Youth Commonwealth gold medallist Balwinder Beniwal (64kg) and National Champion Kuldeep Singh (75kg) won their respective bouts to enter the next …and more » more...
NDTV.com Kalmadi again approaches court to attend ParliamentAsian AgeThe Delhi high court on Friday issued notice to the home ministry and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a petition filed by Congress MP and sacked Commonwealth Games organising committee chief Suresh Kalmadi seeking permission to attend the …Why does Kalmadi want to attend Parliament, asks [...] more...
Para swimmer Prasanta Karmakar, who created history at the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games last year, said he feels cheated as the West Bengal government failed to fulfil its promise to give him a job. more...
Peeved at being ignored for the prestigious Arjuna Award, top woman weightlifter Renubala Chanu on Monday decided to return the gold medal she won in the Commonwealth Games last year to the sports minister. more...
The Hindu The shooting star: Gagan NarangDaily News & AnalysisAnd since then, I have always let my gun do the talking and I am happy that I shot well in the Commonwealth Games and the Asians after that. After the disappointment of not getting the award last year, you won four gold medals at the Commonwealth [...] more...
Suranjoy and Sandhyarani recommended for Arjuna AwardsKanglaOnlineNEW DELHI, July 22: Commonwealth Games gold medalist boxer Mayengbam Suranjoy and Asian Games silver medalist wushu player Sandhyarani from Manipur are among the few players who have been recommended for the coveted Arjuna Award for their outstanding …Suranjoy, Sandhyarani make the cut for ArjunaE-Pao.netall 3 news articles » more...
Firstpost Olympics in mind, Poonia begins training under Wilkins in USATimes of IndiaI am the only woman individual gold medallist in Commonwealth Games. So I think I can get the award." Besides winning gold in the Commonwealth Games last year, she won a bronze in the Asian Games in Guangzhou. Last year, she also won a [...] more...
Chandigarh, July 18 (IANS) The Punjab government Monday approved the appointment of five Asian Games and Commonwealth Games gold medallists as deputy superintendents of police in the police. more...
Just as the accolades flowed for India's "golden girl" after her unexpected victories at the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games, so will the criticism now in a country embroiled in a doping scandal. more...
The Hindu The taint and the shameThe HinduThe toast of the nation after their winning streak at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and Asian Games, Ashwini Akkunji and company are today at the centre of a monumental doping scandal. Their career is virtually doomed and the shockwaves are rocking …Bangalore: PT Usha's Statement Disheartens Athlete Ashwini AkkunjiDaijiworld.comall [...] more...
Daijiworld.com India's 400m star Akkunji faces doping banAFPAkkunji was part of the women's 4×400m relay team that won the gold medals at the Delhi Commonwealth Games and Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, last year along with Mandeep Kaur and Jose. Akkunji also took the 400m hurdles Asiad title. …Another Blow for Ashwini: 'B' Sample Tests Positive, [...] more...
Storybook win at Commonwealth Games. Now, a doping scandalToronto StarIndia's women's 4×400-metre relay team is shown celebrating after winning in New Delhi at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. By Rick Westhead South Asia Bureau NEW DELHI—It was a storybook way for India to cap its Commonwealth Games last October. …India's dope monster raises its ugly head [...] more...
Deccan Chronicle Shame, Fame-All in the GameMedIndiaOf particular interest is the case of Sini Jose, who was a member of the Indian quartet that won a gold for 4×400m relay in the Commonwealth games and the Asian Games. Sini has been suspended for the abuse of anabolic steroids. …Now that's Dope!Deccan ChronicleMangalore: Corporation Bank Suspends Ads [...] more...
Discus thrower Harwant Kaur, middle distance runner OP Jaisha and decathlete Bharat Inder Singh take Indias overall tally to six medals; Commonwealth Games gold medallist Krishna Poonia flops. more...
Employers Corporation Bank to bench AshwiniTimes of IndiaMANGALORE: Life is on a tailspin for Ashwini Chidananda Akkunji, who was the toast of the nation after her golden run in the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games. A day after Olympic Gold Quest, founded by sports icons Prakash Padukone and Geet Sethi, …and more » more...
Reuters India Indian names judge to head doping inquiryAFPThe trio were part of the women's 4×400m relay teams that won the gold medals at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, last year. Akkunji also claimed the 400m hurdles Asiad title in a personal best time. …Indian officials fired over doping [...] more...
The Hindu Long jump king Powell backs life bans for dopingAFPThe trio were part of the women's 4×400m relay team that won gold medals in 2010 at the Delhi Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. "It shows we are taking this seriously," said Powell. "As of now, if you try to use something [...] more...
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Ashwini Akkunji, the star of India's successful athletics campaign at the Asian Games and the Commonwealth Games who won three gold medals, is the latest to fail the dope test along with another fellow runner Priyanka Pawar, taking the total number of athletes returning positive to a shocking eight. more...
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Ashwini Akkunji, who was a revelation at the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games winning three gold medals, has failed the dope test along with another 400-metre runner Priyanka Pawar taking the total number of athletes returning positive to a shocking eight. more...
esk@hindustantimes.com After lying low for few days , Mandeep Kaur, the 4x400m Asian and Commonwealth Games (CWG) gold medallist, has alleged that it was the coach's fault. Mandeep, who tested posi more...
BBC News India's golden girls go from fame to shameIBNLive.comThe two athletes were part of the famed quartet that won gold in the 4×400m relay in both the Delhi Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games in China. But with both of them having tested positive for using anabolic steroids, the reputation of Indian …Doping hits Indian [...] more...
Indian Express Dope shame: Mandeep, Juana plead innocenceIBNLive.comMandeep, who was part of the 4×400m relay team that won gold in last year's Commonwealth Games and Asian Games, tested positive for methandienone and stanozolol, while Juana consumed banned drug methandienone. The two athletes came here to receive the …Banned & shamedHindustan Times5 more athletes flunk dope testsDeccan [...] more...
Jose is the second athlete in the 4x400 m women's relay squad to have tested positive in the dope test. She was a part of the team that won the gold medal at the Commonwealth and Asiad Games. more...
Zee News Haryana assures top sportspersons of jobsMangalorean.comSportspersons from Haryana had bagged the maximum number of medals, including gold medals, at the New Delhi Commonwealth Games (CWG) and Guangzhou Asian Games last year. Under the new policy, medal winners at the Olympic Games and gold medal winners at …Employment for outstanding sportspersonsHindustan TimesEmployment Guarantee Policy for [...] more...
Asian and NEW DELHI: Asian and Commonwealth Games gold medallist quartermiler Mandeep Kaur and last year's Asian All-Star 400m hurdles gold medallist Jauna Murmu have been suspended for testing positi more...
Sports Features Communications Sri Lankans support commonwealth games bid: pollLanka Business OnlineJune 26, 2011 (LBO) – A bid for the 2018 commonwealth games by Sri Lanka's Hambantota city has received 63 percent backing in a nationwide poll, while the people in the immediate area had backed it 86 percent, a statement said. The survey was conducted [...] more...
Eurosport.com ASIA EC starts reviewing candidate cities for Commonwealth GamesDaily MirrorThe Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Executive Board has appointed an Evaluation Commission (EC) to assess the candidatures of the two Candidate Cities – Gold Coast, Australia and Hambantota, Sri Lanka. The EC comprises of technically sound …Commission 'pleased' with Gold Coast Games bidABC OnlineHambantota 2018 Awaits [...] more...
Discus thrower Krishna Poonia, who won a historic gold in the Commonwealth Games last year, has been recommended for Rajiv Khel Ratna, the countrys highest sports award. more...
AsiaOne Australia's Gold Coast Commonwealth bid "sound": inspectorsReuters CanadaSYDNEY (Reuters) – The bid by Australia's Gold Coast to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games was described as "sound" Thursday after a visit by the evaluation commission. The subtropical beachside region of Queensland is going up against the Sri Lankan …Marathon success good for GamesGold Coast Bulletin NewsCommonwealth [...] more...
Sri Lanka were drawing inspiration from Malaysia's successful Commonwealth Games in believing they can beat sole rival Australia in the 2018 bid race. more...
The last time I was in Delhi for my joining in NTPC, commonwealth games were about to start.. Everybody of us were very much excited because it was the next […] more...
The Hindu After injury layoff, Poonia to make gingerly comebackIndian ExpressThe Commonwealth Games gold medalist will be returning to action after an injury lay off since the bronze-medal winning effort at the Guangzhou Asian Games in November. Poonia has been recuperating from a left-knee injury, which first occurred during …Poonia returns to action after long lay-offThe [...] more...
Pune, Jun 3 (PTI) Believing in the adage "a stitch in time saves nine," Asian Games gold medal winning rower Bajrang Lal Takhar today said more medals could have been won in the sport at international events had timely response and help come from the government."There is government support, but it does not come on time. Two years ago, we had prepared a budget and presented but the help did not come on time. If it had come on time, we could have won more gold medals in the international competitions, including Commonwealth Games 2010 and Asian Games 2010," said Bajrang here. ... more...
Sportstar A flood of fresh bloodSportstarAfter the intense competition in the Commonwealth Games at home and the Asian Games in China, the shooters had to grapple with the National championship and the National Games, before going through repeated rounds of mandatory trials that tested their …and more » more...
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Commonwealth Games weightlifting gold medallist Chinthana Vidanage has been provisionally suspended following a positive drug test at the Asian championships, local media reported. more...
Daily Mail Smith takes World Champs silverEurosport.com ASIACommonwealth Games bronze medallist Zoe Smith will have to make more room on her already cluttered mantelpiece after grabbing silver at the Youth World Championships in Peru. Smith, 17, who won England's first ever female Commonwealth Games …Silver medal for Zoe Smith at World Youth ChampionshipsInsidethegames.bizall 6 news articles » more...
Kalmadi refuted the CBI allegation that he was the main functionary of the organising committee and brought about a situation to favour Swiss Timing. more...
Moneycontrol.com Kalmadi joins Tihar celeb line-upCalcutta TelegraphThe celebrity line-up at Tihar lengthened today after a Delhi court sent tainted sports czar Suresh Kalmadi to Asia's biggest prison in connection with the Commonwealth Games scam. Judge Dharmesh Sharma remanded the suspended Congressman in judicial …CWG scam: Suresh Kalmadi sent to Tihar jail, CBI to file chargesheet by [...] more...
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Commonwealth Games doubles gold medallist Ashwini Ponnappa said qualifying for the 2012 London Olympics tops her priority and the Indian Open Super Series, starting Tuesday, will be the first step in that direction. more...
New Delhi, Apr 24 (PTI) India struck gold not once but twice in their maiden appearance at the Winner International Boxing Tournament with Paramjeet Samota (+91kg) and teen sensation Shiva Thapa (56kg) finishing on top in the finals in Belgrade, Serbia.Samota, a Commonwealth Games gold-medallist and Asian Games bronze-medallist, beat Marceta Mane of Bosnia in a thrilling contest in which both the boxers were tied 6-6 after regulation three rounds.The Indian, however, managed to grab the yellow metal on the individual score. ... more...
New Delhi, Apr 22 (PTI) Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Paramjeet Samota (+91kg), Manpreet Singh (91kg) and teen sensation Shiva Thapa (56kg) notched up contrasting wins to enter the semifinals on a mixed opening day for Indian boxers in the Winners'' International tournament in Belgrade, Serbia. Samota, also an Asian Games bronze-medallist, beat Mongolian boxer, Davolkhagva Iderbat 25-10.Asian Games silver medal winner Manpreet, on the other hand, got thebetter of Algeria''s Bouloudinats Chou 15-12. ... more...
The Delhi government today honoured the medallists of last year`s Commonwealth Games and Asian Games with cash awards and distributed an amount of Rs 2.80 crore among the athletes, who brought laurels for the country. more...
New Delhi, Apr 14 (PTI) Indian women weightlifters won five bronze medals on the opening day of the Senior Asian Championships at Tongling City in China today.48kg lifter Kh Sanjita Chanu won a bronze each in clean and jerk (90kg) and total lift (158kg).In 53kg category, Matsa Santoshi bagged a bronze each in snatch (70kg), clean and jerk (88kg) and total lift (158kg).Commonwealth Games gold medallist Katulu Ravi Kumar is competing in men''s 69kg category while Chandreshori Devi is taking part in women''s 58kg. more...
njuries and prolonged absence from the camp have ruled out half of the Indian team, which won silver in the Commonwealth Games and bronze in the Guangzhou Asian Games, from the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup h more...
Corruption is dreadful in India, as shown by a current “season of scams”—over mobile-phone licences, the Commonwealth games and more. Politicians, notably the ruling Congress party, […] more...
Ajay Maken announced in the Lok Sabha that the award money for the medal winners at the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games has been disbursed but shockingly some of the top Indian athletes are still waiting for the money. more...
Under-fire former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi has attended the Asian Athletics Association (AAA) Executive Council meeting in Bangkok. more...
With the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games over, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has been allocated Rs 1,121 crores in the 2011-12 Union Budget, almost one third of what it got in the last budget. more...
Jamshedpur, Feb 23 (PTI) Prominent hosts archers, including Commonwealth Games gold medalist Deepika Kumari and team medalist Jayant Talukdar qualified for the next round of both recurve and compound event of the 34th National Games at JRD Tata Sports Complex here today.However, it was curtains for Commonwealth Games individual gold medalist Rahul Banerjee of West Bengal and team silver medalist CH Jignas (SSCB) as they crashed out of the elimination round. ... more...
Published in Sri Lanka Guardian-- Can be accessed at--http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/10/war-criminal-concluding-cwg-is-best-it.html[First published by the Asian Human Rights Commission.] Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka was the guest of honour at the […] more...
Commonwealth Games silver medallist Ashish Kumar was introduced to Gymnastics at a tender age of four when his brother observed him somersaulting with near accuracy in the comforts of his bed room. more...
The Commonwealth Games served as a platform for the Indian organizing committees to showcase its hosting abilities for a major tournament. The event was most definitely a notable […] more...
Commonwealth Games Media Committee chairman Tarlochan Singh has demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to honour Organising Committee members in recognition of hosting the CWG last October. more...
Commonwealth Games bronze medallist pair of Sania Mirza and Rushmi Chakravarthi lost the decisive doubles rubber as India suf- fered a 1-2 defeat against Uzbekistan and faced relega- tion to the Asia more...
Commonwealth Games bronze medallist pair of Sania Mirza and Rushmi Chakravarthi lost the decisive doubles rubber as India suffered a 1-2 defeat against Uzbekistan and faced relegation to the Asia Oceania Group II in the Fed Cup. more...
BBC Sport has recently released photos captured of the hotels in athletes’ village in New Delhi, India –the location for the 2010 Commonwealth Games being held October […] more...
Commonwealth Games and Asian Games tennis champion Somdev Devvarman of India broke serve three times to overcome local Raven Klaasen 6-4, 6-3 Monday in a South African Open first-round clash. more...
On the directives of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati, the state government has appointed two medallists of Delhi Commonwealth Games and Asian Games as sports officers, an official said on Saturday. more...
Gold medallist wrestler Alka Tomar and hockey player Danish Muztaba, who was member of medal winning hockey team at CWG as well as Asian games, have been appointed as sports officers at the UP Power Corporation Limited. more...
The Uttar Pradesh government today honoured 16 players of the state who brought laurels to the country by winning medals in the recently held Commonwealth Games and Asian Games. more...
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister PK Dhumal gave away cash awards to Commonwealth and Asian Games medal winners at the Statehood Day function at Hamirpur. more...
The HP govt honoured four shooters from the state who won medals at 2010 Commonwealth Games and Asian Games, by giving them cash awards totalling Rs 57 lakh. more...
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has sanctioned cash awards of worth Rs 22.57 crore to 286 sportspersons who have won medals for the country in the last year`s Commonwealth Games and Asian Games. more...
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has sanctioned cash awards of worth Rs 22.57 crore to 286 sportspersons who have won medals for the country in the last year's CWG and Asian Games. more...
The country's top pistol shoot- er, Samresh Jung, is among those frustrated. It is unfortu- nate indoor facilities for rifle and pistol disciplines at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Ranges are yet to be more...
India`s top singles player Somdev Devvarman was felicitated here on Thursday ahead of the Aircel Chennai Open 2011, for winning gold medals at both the Commonwealth Games in Delhi and Asian Games at Guangzhou. more...
India's top singles player Somdev Devvarman was felicitated ahead of the Aircel Chennai Open 2011, for winning gold medals at both the Commonwealth Games in Delhi and Asian Games at Guangzhou. more...
New stars emerged on the horizon as Indian track and field athletes brought unprecedented success to the country with impressive performances in the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games in a record-breaking 2010. more...
The All India Police Sports Control Board organised today a felicitation function for police sportspersons who won medals in the 19th Commonwealth Games, New Delhi (October 3-14, 2010), […] more...
Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday felicitated sportspersons employed with various police forces who won medals during the Commonwealth Games, Asian Games. more...
Union Home Minister P Chidambaran felicitated police sportspersons who brought medal glory to the nation at the Delhi Commonwealth Games and Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. more...
Fortunes ebbed and flowed but Indian shooters, led by the mercurial Gagan Narang, experienced more highs than lows in a year that saw them clinch a record 30 medals in the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. more...
New Delhi, Dec 21 (PTI) India''s star shuttler Jwala Gutta, who won the gold medal along with Ashwini Ponnappa in women''s doubles badminton at the Commonwealth Games, said she deserves to be the sportsperson of the year."Suggest my name for the sportsperson of the year," Gutta quipped when asked by media persons who she felt should be the sportsperson of the year."I am serious about it. ... more...
Saurav Ghoshal and Joshna Chinappa said they are sad to see the state of the Siri Fort Sports Complex - the venue for the squash competition during the CWG. more...
Buoyed by the success in the Commonwealth Games and Asiad, Railways have decided to undertake full-fledged exercise to win as many medals in the 2012 London Olympics. more...
Buoyed by the success in the Commonwealth Games and Asiad, Railways have decided to undertake full-fledged exercise to win as many medals in the 2012 London Olympics. more...
Tennis stalwart Mahesh Bhupathi feels it has been a “big“ year for Indian ten- nis, capped by Somdev Devvarman's exceptional show- ing at the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games.He, however, was amu more...
Tennis stalwart Mahesh Bhupathi feels it has been a `big` year for Indian tennis capped by Somdev Devvarman`s exceptional showing at the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games. more...
New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) Encouraged by India's best-ever medal haul in the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games, the sports ministry is ready with an ambitious blueprint for the 2012 London Olympics and has identified 15 athletes capable of winning an unprecedented 10 medals. more...
A trip to Italy a day after the Delhi Commonwealth Games, it seems, was the secret behind Ronjan Sodhi`s gold-medal winning feat at the Asian Games in Guangzhou. more...
After being in the job of the chief coach of Indian archery for one year and 11 months, Limba Ram`s tenure with the archery team ended on a sour note after the Archery Association of India decided not to renew his contract. more...
New Delhi, Dec 5 (PTI) A trip to Italy a day after theDelhi Commonwealth Games, it seems, was the secret behindRonjan Sodhi's gold-medal winning feat at the Asian Games inGuangzhou. more...
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) Bolstered by India's best ever performance in the Delhi Commonwealth Games, Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) is looking for two foreign coaches to prepare the paddlers for tougher events like the Olympics. more...
Delighted at the encourag- ing performance of the Indian athletes in the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games, sports minister M.S. Gill Friday promised the ath- letes to continue with same support more...
New Delhi, Dec 3 (PTI) Biding adieu to a successful 2010,the Indian women althletes, having done the nation proudwith their performances in Commonwealth Games and Asian Games,now promises to bring many more laurels to the country in thecoming years. more...
Dharamsala, Nov 29 (PTI) Himachal Pradesh will award cashprizes to the medal winners of Commonwealth Games and AsianGames at the statehood day function on January 25, next year,Chief Minister PK Dhumal said today. more...
Chandigarh, Nov 29 (IANS) As athletes from Haryana make the country proud with their achievements in international events like the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games, the state government has swiftly moved to groom a new crop of sportspersons for the future. more...
Varanasi, Nov.28 (ANI): Girls from villages are undergoing tough practice in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi District to hone their skills in athletics after being inspired by the recent Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games. more...
From pure performance point of view, thanks to the motivation the CWG provided to the athletes of performing in front of their home crowd, every penny spent on hosting the event now seems to be worth it. more...
New Delhi, Nov 26 (PTI) Sports and Youth AffairsMinister M S Gill today said his department was makingavailable all files for scrutiny by the CVC which is probingalleged irregularities related to Commonwealth Games and hasmaintained transparency. more...
Guangzhou, Nov 25 (PTI) Under scanner Commonwealth GamesOrganising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi today refused totalk about the Queen Baton Relay's controversy, which resultedin the arrest of three of his close aides, and said he has notbeen summoned by the CBI back home in India. more...
Had Hockey India Saini's post-Commonwealth Games report, the women's hockey team could have fared better at the Asian Games. After the Delhi Games, Saini, in her report to the sports min- istry and more...
Guangzhou, Nov 24 (PTI) Commonwealth Games silvermedallist Vikas Gowda bit the dust after a below-parperformance saw him finish fourth in discus throw as Indianathletes drew blank on the fourth day of the track and fieldcompetitions in the Asian Games, here today. more...
S S Ramaswamy Guangzhou, Nov 23 (PTI) Commonwealth Games gold-medallistKrishna Poonia settled for a bronze in women's discus throwdespite performing better in Asian Games here and G Prameelafinished third in heptathlon as Indian athletes failed tosparkle on the third day of track and field competition today. more...
Malaysia, ranked 15th in the world, defeated the Commonwealth Games silver medallist through a golden goal after both sides were tied 3-3 at the end of regulation time. more...
The 2010 Asian Games that is currently being held in GZ is one of the world's biggest sporting event. It is much bigger in scale than the Commonwealth games. […] more...
There were the Commonwealth Games stars, and there were others who stayed deprived of the flush of that after-success, who couldn't wait for the next competition to come sooner, who craved the Asian Games to prove heroes weren't made in Delhi only. more...
S S Ramaswamy Guangzhou, Nov 20 (PTI) After the unexpectedly strongdisplay in the Commonwealth Games, in which they garnered 12medals, Indian track and field exponents would aim to provethat it was no flash-in-the-pan effort when they open theircampaign in the Asian Games athletics events starting heretomorrow. more...
Guangzhou, Nov 19 (IANS) India's Pratima Puhana and Pramila Prava Minz won the bronze medal in the women's pair rowing event at the Commonwealth Games here Friday. more...
S S Ramaswamy Guangzhou, Nov 17 (PTI) Indian shooters put up a dismalshow on another windy day as they drew a blank for the thirdday in running with only pistol expert and MelbourneCommonwealth Games hero Samaresh Jung coming up with somethingnotable in the Asian Games today. more...
Ravi Kumar would have won a medal had he repeated his 321kg effort which fetched him a gold in the Commonwealth Games but he could only lift 311kg (141+170) to finish fifth. more...
Nirupama Sanjeev, who came out of retirement recently to play for India in the Commonwealth Games, got a thrashing as she was outplayed by Ayu Kade Dwi Fani Damayanti. more...
Nirupama Sanjeev, who came out of retirement recently to play for India in the Commonwealth Games, straight away got a thrashing as she was outplayed 1-6 1-6 by Ayu Kade Dwi Fani Damayanti in 56 minutes in the first rubber. more...
After a splendid performance in Commonwealth Games 2010, Indian Railways’ sports persons are set to bring more laurels to the nation. Continuing its run of glory in country’s […] more...
Guangzhou Simply Overshadows DelhiIt was a dream start to the Asian Games in Guangzhou which instantly overshadowed the Commonwealth Games hosted by Delhi last month. Corrupt India is […] more...
India exceeded all expectations with 38 gold medals in the Commonwealth Games to finish at the second spot in the medals tally. The event has changed. So have the venues and conditions. The goal thoug more...
Spurred on by the Commonwealth Games triumph, sensational shuttler Saina Nehwal is confident of breaking the 48-year-old jinx at the Asian Games. more...
Spurred on by the Commonwealth Games triumph, sensational shuttler Saina Nehwal is confident of breaking the 48-year-old jinx at the Asian Games. more...
Spurred on by the Commonwealth Games triumph, sensational shuttler Saina Nehwal is confident of breaking the 48-year-old jinx at the Asian Games. more...
India are hoping to follow their impressive performance at the Commonwealth Games with another big medal haul at the Asian Games in Guangzhou but tougher competition awaits them in China. more...
It was all good news for Asiad organizers: the deputy mayor of host city outlining impressive progress, and talking of hosting it "with a Cantonese charm." more...
All the Commonwealth Gamesmedallists, except for woman discus thrower Seema Antil, wereon Tuesday named in India`s 69-strong athletics squad for the AsianGames starting in Guangzhou, China from November 12. more...
After a mediocre show at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi last month where the 26-member swim team sank without a trace, the Indian team is hopeful of a respectable show at the Asian Games. more...
It's time for Guangzhou to shine this time after eventual success of New Delhi for Commonwealth Games! Bigger than the Commonwealth Games, Asian Games 2010 will be covering […] more...
: The medallists at the Commonwealth Games have been kept busy after the show- piece event. Preparations for the Asian Games, in Guangzhou (China) from November 12, have been the primary focus for more...
As the 600-plus Indian contingent shifts base to Guangzhou (China) for the Asian Games, starting November 12, a candid Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president, Suresh Kalmadi, spoke to the Hindusta more...
At the Melbourne Commonwealth Games four years ago, Indian shooters had contributed 27 medals, includ- ing 14 gold. A couple of months later, at the Doha Asian Games, their share had shrunk to 14, whi more...
The Indian badminton team led byace shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P Kashyap on Monday left for China,hoping to overcome some tough challenges and replicate theirCommonwealth Games success, in the Asian Games. more...
The slew of felicitation programmes have left them with little time to prepare but Indian Archers are confident of replicating their Commonwealth Games performance at the upcoming Asian Games. more...
With expectations sky-high aftertheir stupendous Commonwealth Games performance but verylittle time for preparations, Indian pugilists head toGuangzhou for the Asiad where the country hasnot won a boxing gold since 1998. more...
New Delhi, Nov 8 (PTI) With expectations sky-high aftertheir stupendous Commonwealth Games performance but verylittle time for preparations, Indian pugilists head toGuangzhou tomorrow for the Asian Games where the country hasnot won a boxing gold since 1998. more...
: After a reasonabl successful jaunt at the Commonwealth Games, Indian weightlifters will be expected to bag a rich haul at the Asian Games too. India had bagged eight medals, including two gold, a more...
The sports ministry has turned down the Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) proposal to bid for the 2019 Asian Games. It has held the IOA responsible for forcing their […] more...
Less than a month after being lauded for salvaging the national pride in the wake of the trouble-plagued preparations for the Commonwealth Games,India`s athletes are heading to China carrying great expectations for the Asian Games more...
The sports ministry has turned down the Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) proposal to bid for the 2019 Asian Games. It has held the IOA responsible for forcing their hands, saying the National Olympi more...
Walker Rani Yadav, who tested positive for nandrolone during CWG, was not among the athletes who got the all-clear from NADA in the run-up to the Delhi bash. more...
Ace shooter Gagan Narang, who lifted four gold medals in the 19th Commonwealth Games in Delhi last month, will be India's flag-bearer for the 16th Asian Games. more...
Ace shooter Gagan Narang, who won four gold medals at last month`s Commonwealth Games, will be India`s flag-bearer at the opening ceremony of the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China on November 12. more...
Ace shooter Gagan Narang, who won four gold medals at last month's Commonwealth Games, will be India's flag-bearer at the opening ceremony of the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China on November 12.It was announced by Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi here on Tuesday. more...
New Delhi, Nov 1 (PTI) Winning medals at the DelhiCommonwealth Games is history for the Indian athletes and theyare now focussing on putting their best foot forward in theupcoming Asian Games in Guangzhou to be held from November 12. more...
Rai (Haryana), Nov 1 (IANS) After doling out huge cash rewards for the Commonwealth Games medallists, the Haryana government Monday announced a whopping Rs.2 crore for athletes from the state who win gold in the 2012 London Olympics. more...
Call it overly ambitious given how the Commonwealth Games is under the scanner but the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) whose president is also Suresh Kalmadi is ringing alarm bells. more...
After a historic second place at the New Delhi Commonwealth Games, Indian athletes may find it tough to replicate the success at the next big multi-discipline event - the Nov 12-27 Asian Games at Guangzhou, China. more...
A version of the following was published by DNA on Oct 19th at: http://www.dnaindia.com/opinion/column_it-s-time-for-india-to-exit-the-british-commonwealth_1454635 India should exit the Commonwealth altogether Rajeev Srinivasan looks at the lessons to take away from the […] more...
Following the overwhelming success of Indian athletes at the Commonwealth Games, the sports ministry wants to continue pumping in more money and strategising for their sustained progress till the 2012 London Olympics. more...
Indian archers were hoping to strike three medals in the Asian Games, but were getting a bit tired by the plethora of felicitations after their success at the Commonwealth Games. more...
: The Indian weightlifting team expected a tally of at least 10 medals at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, but could manage eight with just a cou- ple of gold. National coach Ha more...
: The appointment of a female coach for the women's hockey team during the Commonwealth Games has- n't gone down well with Hockey India (HI), or so it seems. Just two assignments old, Pritam Siwach more...
Kolkata, Oct 29 (PTI) Indian archers were hoping tostrike three medals in the Asian Games, but were getting a bittired by the plethora of felicitations after their success atthe Commonwealth Games. more...
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Following the overwhelming success of Indian athletes at the Commonwealth Games, the sports ministry wants to continue pumping in more money and strategising […] more...
Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal is turning out to be a hot property in the celebrity endorsement market after a string of successes this year, most notably the gold medal she secured in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games. more...
Jose Brasa goes into the home stretch of his two- year tenure as the chief coach of the national men's hockey team with mixed feelings. If reaching the final of the Commonwealth Games last month wa more...
Saina Nehwal is turning out to be hot property in the celebrity endorsement market after a string of successes this year, most notably the gold she secured at the Commonwealth Games. more...
Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal is turning out to be hot property in the celebrity endorsement market after a string of successes this year, most notably the gold medal she secured in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games. more...
This month’s Commonwealth Games in Delhi were brought to Indian viewers on giant screens in marketplaces, interspersing live broadcasts of the sporting events with advertising. International Technomedia (ITM) showed […] more...
Commonwealth Games medal winnersSaina Nehwal and Sania Mirza tonight said they are leaving nostones unturned to prepare for the Asian Games and hope to dowell in China next month. more...
Kolkata, Oct 26 (PTI) Having earned India the first evertable tennis gold in Commonwealth Games, Subhajit Saha now hashis eyes firm on the next month's Asian Games. more...
The tragic death of coach Cherukuri Lenin is a huge loss for the country's archers, feels Commonwealth Games medallists Rahul Banerjee and Jayanta Talukdar. more...
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) The tragic death of coach Cherukuri Lenin is a huge loss for the country's archers, feels Commonwealth Games medallists Rahul Banerjee and Jayanta Talukdar. more...
BANGALORE: The silver medal at the Commonwealth Games is no sinecure for the Indian hockey team as its members got a terse message from their coach Harendra Singh: […] more...
Kolkata, October 24 (PTI) Limba Ram, head coach of theIndian archery team, today said Lenin Cherukuri contributedsignificantly to their Commonwealth Games silver medal triumphin the men's compound section. more...
Kumar said he was not so confident about winning in the Commonwealth Games as he was suffering from typhoid a week before his gold winning performance. more...
Hyderabad, Oct 24 (PTI) She may not have succeeded inwinning a gold at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games,but tennis star Sania Mirza is now looking forward to give herbest in the next month's Asian Games in Guangzhou. more...
Commonwealth Games gold medalist Manju Wanniarachchi has withdrawn from next month’s Asian Games, citing injury to his right fist.After his gold medal triumph last week, the 31-year old […] more...
Preparations for Asian Games 2010 are underway in the Flower CityWith the memories of the 19th Commonwealth Games held in Delhi fading away, the Asian athletes are grooming […] more...
: Ace shooter Gagan Narang, who won four gold medals at the Delhi Commonwealth Games (CWG), returned home to a warm wel- come here Saturday and said he had no regrets over missing two more medals. more...
Ace shooter Gagan Narang, who won four gold medals at the Delhi Commonwealth Games (CWG), returned home to a warm welcome here Saturday and said he had no regrets over missing two more medals. more...
Hyderabad, Oct 23 (IANS) Ace shooter Gagan Narang, who won four gold medals at the Delhi Commonwealth Games (CWG), returned home to a warm welcome here Saturday and said he had no regrets over missing two more medals. more...
: The Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF) Thursday announced a 13-member squad, that also includes two Commonwealth Games gold medallist, for the Nov 12-27 Asian Games at Guangzhou in China. K. more...
The Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF) Thursday announced a 13-member squad, that also includes two Commonwealth Games gold medallist, for the Nov 12-27 Asian Games at Guangzhou in China. K. Ra more...
For quite some time now, I have been wondering about the obscene splurge on the Commonwealth Games 2010. CWG Director General Mr. V. K. Verma said that the […] more...
Tennis made its debut at the Commonwealth Games last month, which took place in Delhi from 3-14 October. The Games -- which take place between the 54 Commonwealth nations, […] more...
India recently brought an end to what according to me is a spectacular sporting event. The scale of the event is so huge that i never thought that […] more...
Haroon, younger brother of world champion Amir Khan, will be undergoing his training for the Games in England.. PHOTO: EXPRESS KARACHI: The Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) has warned that […] more...
I: Pakistan Hockey Federation, stung by the national team's poor per- formance in Delhi Commonwealth Games, have recalled experienced penalty corner specialist Sohail Abbas for the Asian Games trainin more...
Pakistan hockey captain Zeeshan Ashraf has vowed to avenge their defeat against India in the recently-concluded Commonwealth Games when the two arch-rivals meet for the third time this year in next month`s Asian Games at Guangzhou more...
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Krishna Poonia on Thursday said she will reveal her plans regarding the proposed USD 20,000 winner-takes-all discus throw duelbetween her and world champion Dani Samuels on Tuesday. more...
Coimbatore, Oct 21 (ANI): The Indian Navy on Thursday felicitated ace shooters Omkar Singh and Harpreet Singh, who won gold medals in the recently concluded XIXth Commonwealth Games, in a ceremony held at INS Agrani base station in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore city. more...
Karachi, Oct 22 (PTI) Pakistan hockey captain ZeeshanAshraf has vowed to avenge their defeat against India in therecently-concluded Commonwealth Games when the two arch-rivalsmeet for the third time this year in next month's Asian Gamesat Guangzhou, China. more...
The 10-metre air rifle pairs event gold medallist in the Commonwealth Games assured the Indian shooters will give a stiff challenge to the seasoned pros during the Guangzhou Games. more...
Poonia-Dani duel set for Jan 22The proposed USD 20,000 winner-takes-all discus throw duel between Commonwealth Games gold medalist Krishna Poonia and world champion Dani Samuels is moving ahead with the Australian proposing January 22 as the date. more...
Rajpal Singh, the men's hockey captain, feels India's silver medal at the Commonwealth Games has boosted the team's confidence to do well in the Asian Games, which gets underway at Guangzhou from Nove more...
Zalmay Khalilzad, New York TimesCommonwealth GamesThis year’s games, being held in New Delhi, India, mark the 19th anniversary of this annual sp...Celebrating a New Year on February […] more...
Having bagged a bronze medalin the Commonwealth Games, upcoming shuttler Parupalli Kashyaphas an ambitious goal now to win a medal in the Olympics to beheld in London in 2012. more...
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday disposed of a petition seeking an inquiry into alleged corruption in the funding of the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG), and noted a government panel was already looking into it. more...
Having bagged a bronze medal in the Commonwealth Games, upcoming shuttler Parupalli Kashyap has an ambitious goal now to win a medal in the Olympics to be held in London in 2012."After the experience in the Commonwealth Games, I want to qualify for the London Olympics (in 2012). more...
Hyderabad, Oct 20 (PTI) Having bagged a bronze medalinthe Commonwealth Games, Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap hasnow set his sights on a medal in the 2012 Olympics in London. more...
A week after she became the first Indian woman to win a Commonwealth Games gold in track and field — and the first from the country since Milkha […] more...
The Indian hockey team, which sprung a surprise by reaching the finals of the recently concluded Commonwealth Games (CWG), will repeat a similar feat in the upcoming Asian Games, forward Shivendra Singh said on Tuesday. more...
Six Commonwealth Games gold-medallists, includ- ing reigning Asian champion Narsingh Yadav and three dope- tainted athletes facing NADA hearing were on Tuesday named in the 18-member wrestling squad f more...
Wrestling Federation of India's selection committee's decision to pick three grapplers who are under the dope cloud led to raised eyebrows in wrestling circles. more...
Bhopal, Oct 19 (PTI) The Indian hockey team, which sprunga surprise by reaching the finals of the recently concludedCommonwealth Games (CWG), will repeat a similar feat in theupcoming Asian Games, forward Shivendra Singh said today. more...
New Delhi, Oct 19 (PTI) Commonwealth Games gold medallistdiscus thrower Krishna Poonia is ready to face world championDani Samuels for the USD 20,000 winner-takes-all contestanywhere in the world as long as the Asian Games preparationis not compromised, said her husband Virender. more...
New Delhi, Oct 19 (PTI) Six Commonwealth Games goldmedallists, including reigning Asian champion Narsingh Yadav,and three dope-tainted athletes facing NADA hearing were todaynamed in the 18-member Indian wrestling squad for next month'sAsian Games in China. more...
Ranchi, Oct 19 (IANS) Archer Deepika Kumar, who won two gold medals in the Delhi Commonwealth Games, Tuesday sought a plot from the Jharkhand government for a house. more...
Revelling in the spotlight that has come with the Commonwealth Games women's doubles gold that she won partnering Jwala Gutta, rising badminton player Ashwini Ponnappa on Tuesday said the success is a result of the sacrifices she has made in the past four years. more...
Revelling in the spotlight that has come with the CWG women's doubles gold, Ashwini Ponnappa said the success is a result of the sacrifices she has made. more...
Hard punches exchanged during the Commonwealth Games, it was time for the boxers to take a break and set their sights on the next big event coming up -- the Asian Games in Guangzhou next month. Tho more...
Commonwealth Games gold medallist discus thrower Krishna Poonia is not aware of any $20,000 (R 9 lakh) winner-takes-all contest with world champion Dani Samuels of Australia but is ready for it if it more...
A week after she became the first Indian woman to win a Commonwealth Games gold in track and field and the first from the country since Milkha Singh in 1958 discus thrower Krishna Poonia remains in the spotlight. more...
Indian boxers packed a powerful punch in the Commonwealth Games with an unprecedented medal haul but replicating the performance in next month`s Asian Games would be tough as they have got very little time for rest and recovery. more...
The games ended today with Canada capturing 75 medals of which 26 were gold. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfktTjS5yLg&feature=related] In terms of our overall medal count our objectives have been more or less met,” […] more...
Beijing Olympic bronze medallist Vijender Singh vowed to make up for his semifinal loss at the CWG with a gold medal at the upcoming Asian Games. more...
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) Beijing Olympic bronze medallist Vijender Singh Monday vowed to make up for his semi-final loss at the Commonwealth Games with a gold medal at the upcoming Asian Games at Guangzhou, China from Nov 12. more...
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) The Cuban coach of the Indian boxing team B.I. Fernandez Monday expressed disappointment at being ignored for the felicitation ceremony hosted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the Commonwealth Games medallists. more...
New Delhi, Oct 18 (PTI) Commonwealth Games gold medallistwrestler Sushil Kumar and silver medal winning shooter DeepakSharma were felicitated by the Ministry of Steel here at UdyogBhavan today. more...
Jamshedpur, Oct 18 (PTI) Commonwealth Games goldmedallist Deepika Kumari today said that long periods ofcoaching before the just-concluded mega event helped her inachieving her feat. more...
Jaipur, Oct 17 (PTI) Krishna Poonia, who became the firstIndian woman to win an individual Commonwealth Games goldmedal early this week, today said she bagged the yellow metaldespite having a knee swelling during her discus throw eventin the New Delhi mega event. more...
‘What our students have achieved no media person could do it in all these years” said Sandeep Marwah Director of Asian School of Media Studies and founder of […] more...
Champion shuttlers and Commonwealth Games gold medallists Saina Nehwal, Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa arrived here on Saturday to a low-key welcome.It was a private television channel which welc more...
India`s top shuttlers, including Saina Nehwal, today said their success at the Commonwealth Games would not put them under pressure to perform at upcoming Asian Games in China. more...
Mumbai, Oct 16 (PTI) Kolhapur girl Rahi Sarnobat, whoalong with Anisa Sayyed, won the Commonwealth Games gold inthe pairs 25 m pistol event, today said she was so sure of herperformance at the event that she had told folks at home shewill return with gold. more...
New Delhi: What we have witnessed in the last fortnight or so is nothing but spectacular. The negativity surrounding the start of the XIX Commonwealth Games in New […] more...
The Commonwealth Games 2010 came to an end Thursday evening. There have been a flood of opinions in the print and on the web about different aspects of […] more...
Mumbai, Oct 16 (PTI) Maharashtra Governor KSankaranarayanan today congratulated India's shootingsensation Rahi Sarnobat for doing Maharashtra and the nationproud by winning a Gold Medal at the recently concludedCommonwealth Games in New Delhi. more...
Saina Nehwal came back from the brink of defeat to clinch the gold medal in the women’s singles final at the Commonwealth Games. The Indian, the top seed, was […] more...
While Delhi was winding up as the 2010 Commonwealth Games hosts, trap champion Manavjit Singh Sandhu was busy packing his bags and heading to Italy for a training stint. more...
With over 30 years in the watch business, Tissot president François Thiébaud's experience in the sector, both from a geographic as well as a product point of view and covering high volume brands to luxury niche products, is global in the true sense of word. more...
Sushil, who won the Commonwealth Games gold in the 66kg category, does not want to aggravate his injury suffered during the World Championships last month. more...
New Delhi, Oct 15 (PTI) After 12 days of intensecompetition, the Commonwealth Games Village has become the hubof all activity now as athletes pack up to leave for theirrespective countries amid emotional farewells by thevolunteers. more...
Berhampur (Orissa), Oct 15 (PTI) Weightlifter K RaviKumar, who struck gold in the Commonwealth Games, has soughtsetting up of a modern weightlifting academy here. more...
World and NEW DELHI: World and Commonwealth Games cham- pion Sushil Kumar will skip next month's Asian Games in China. The star wrestler has decided to give the Asiad a miss as he wants to recover ful more...
For the first time since the 1982 Asian Games, Indian sportspersons were feted, followed by the nation. For too long, they have remained in obscurity. At long last, they became the centre of it all. more...
Ace Indian shuttler and world No 3, Saina Nehwal, won the 38th gold for India by beating Malaysia's Mew Choo Wong in the women's singles final at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday. more...
Saumojyoti S Choudhury New Delhi, Oct 14 (PTI) Eight-time Olympic championsIndia's dream of registering their maiden hockey gold in theCommonwealth Games came down crashing as world championsAustralia spanked the home team 8-0 to win their fourthconsecutive gold in the quadrennial event here today. more...
The 2010 Commonwealth Games is the 19th Commonwealth Games, and the ninth to be held under that name. The Games were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010, […] more...
Amit Kumar Das New Delhi, Oct 13 (PTI) India's Parupalli Kashyapdefeated compatriot Chetan Anand to win a bronze in thebadminton singles event of the Commonwealth Games here today. more...
Nashik, Oct 13 (PTI) The grand welcome which awaitsKavita Raut, who won India's first medal in athletics in theCommonwealth Games, in Nashik will have to wait as shewill directly head to Bangalore from Delhi to prepare for theupcoming Asian Games in China. more...
The 2010 Commonwealth Games is the 19th Commonwealth Games, and the ninth to be held under that name. The Games are being held in Delhi, India, from 3 […] more...
Singapore shooter Gai Bin added another gold medal to his personal tally at the Commonwealth Games after winning the men's 25m standard pistol event on Wednesday with a […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 13 (PTI) Having failed to win a gold atthe Commonwealth Games, world champion Tejaswini Sawant saidshe did not get enough time to prepare for the mega-event. more...
India won their second athletics gold at the Delhi Games with the women's relay team's stellar show in the 4x400 race at the JN Stadium here. Manjeet Kaur, Sini […] more...
er double gold medal at the Commonwealth Games archery has landed Deepika Kumari with a job offer from the Ranchi Division of the South Eastern Railways (SER). Sources close to the Divisional Railw more...
It was all over for us even before we took court for the bronze medal match. Frankly, we came to the Commonwealth Games looking for a gold medal. In the end the consolation was at least a medal, to ad more...
ndian discus thro trio had just created history b sweeping the three medals a the Commonwealth Games a the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Monday. But soon after India's 52-yea wait for another gold me more...
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) A long 52-year wait came to an end as India's national anthem was once again played in the Commonwealth Games athletics arena with woman discus thrower Krishna Poonia winning the gold. The hosts made a clean sweep of medals in the event - their first such feat in any sport at the Games. more...
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Dedicating her Commonwealth Games gold to all Indians, discus thrower Krishna Poonia Monday said she now hoped for a similar showing at the 2012 London Olympics. more...
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) The medal sweep in women's discus at the Commonwealth Games athletics event Monday has made the Indians hopeful of a good performance in next month's Asian Games at Guangzhou. more...
The euphoria of their 7-4 win over arch-rivals Pakistan has not sinked in yet, but India will have to put their celebrations on hold for the moment and re-group their forces before they take on an unbeaten England in the second semifinal of the men's hockey event at the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday. more...
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Commonwealth Games gold medallist archer Deepika Kumari says she is too young to decide on how to spend the cash awards of Rs.30 lakh and would rather give the money to her parents. more...
Arjuna awardee and Olympian Anuj Kumar Chaudhary believes in positive thinking. After winning a silver in 84 kg freestyle wrestling event in the Commonwealth Games on Sunday, now Anuj is eagerly waiting for a promotion in the department. more...
The 2010 Commonwealth Games is the 19th Commonwealth Games, and the ninth to be held under that name. The Games are being held in Delhi, India, from 3 […] more...
Pakistani wrestlers ended the medal drought for Pakistan in the Commonwealth Games by winning two gold medals today. This came at a time when Pakistanis had totally given […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) India's M.A. Prajusha did not seem unduly perturbed at having narrowly missed the gold and was content with the silver in the women's long jump at the Commonwealth Games here Sunday. She said an Asian Games medal was her next goal. more...
Tapan Mohanta New Delhi, Oct 10 (PTI) India's chief archery coach LimbaRam today lashed out at the below-par performance of therecurve archers who fell short of expectation in the 19thCommonwealth Games. more...
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Eleven goals in an emotionally charged India-Pakistan hockey match and the victory was a great gift for Indian people who got what they richly deserved, said coach Jose Brasa. more...
Jamshedpur, Oct 10 (PTI) Boosted by the performance ofits archers at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Delhi,the Jharkhand Archery Association (JAA) is now targeting anOlympics gold. more...
So its only fair that my first post is dedicated to the momentous occasion that has been the Commonwealth Games (CWG) so far. This time last week we had […] more...
Indian shooters, led by ace rifleman Gagan Narang, have already garnered 23 medals, including 13 golds in the Delhi Games but Thomas was not just ready to bask in the glory yet. more...
Defending champion Geeta Rani failed to live upto her expectations as he finished a disappointing fourth in women's 75+kg category in the weightlifting competition of the Commonwealth Games today. more...
India hopes to use the Commonwealth Games as a springboard for its athletes at next month's Asian Games in Guangzhou, an official said on Sunday. more...
India hopes to use the Commonwealth Games as a springboard for its athletes at next month's Asian Games in Guangzhou, an official said on Sunday. more...
arminder Singh, 26, won bronze in the walking event here on Saturday. This was the first medal ever for India in walk at the Commonwealth Games. “It means the world to me. I don't have words to des more...
Kuala Lumpur was the first Asian city to host the Commonwealth Games in 1998, which was the only time cricket was included in the list of disciplines.Gold Coast (Australia) and Hambantota (Sri Lan more...
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) At a loss for words after having won a surprise bronze in the men's 20km walk, India's long distance runner Harminder Singh Saturday said he would now aim for the gold in the Asian Games next month. more...
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) India's Sania Mirza saved four match points but fell short in the decisive final set tie-breaker to lose a nail-biting women's singles tennis final more...
New Delhi, Oct 9 (ANI): After a superb performance by the Indian shooters and wrestlers on the fifth day of the XIXth Commonwealth Games, there is plenty of action lined up for Day 6, with 32 gold medals at stake, and all eyes are upon ace tennis star Sania Mirza and shooting champion Gagan Narang, who will fight for gold in their respective events. more...
Indians are hoping a record showing by their athletes at theCommonwealth Gameswill help to erase some of the negative publicity surrounding the event. The Games were supposed to enhance […] more...
If you thought that the Commonwealth Games dedicated traffic lane in Delhi was a corridor where only Games delegates could travel, think again. Because car stickers for the Games lane are being sold by the Organising Committee. more...
India’s first individual medal in 52 years in a running event at the Commonwealth Games was won today by a 25-year-old tribal woman who grew up running double the distance she covered in the 10,000-metre race — fetching water each time the river flowing through her village Savarpada, 90 km from Nashik in Maharashtra, dried up during summers. more...
Indians are hoping a record showing by their athletes at the Commonwealth Games will help to erase some of the negative publicity surrounding the event. The Games were supposed to […] more...
India's first individual medal in 52 years in a running event at the Commonwealth Games was won today by a 25-year-old tribal woman who grew up running double the distance she covered in the 10,000-metre race fetching water each time the river flowing through her village Savarpada, 90 km from Nashik in Maharashtra, dried up during summers. more...
:It was unexpected, to say the least. Nobody doubted top-seed Somdev Devvarman's ability to cruise to the final of the Commonwealth Games But it was 21-year-old Australian Greg Jones's advancement to more...
If you thought that the Commonwealth Games dedicated traffic lane in Delhi was a corridor where only Games delegates could travel, think again. more...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) All keyed up after her historic bronze-winning feat at the Commonwealth Games here, India's Kavita Raut Friday said she would now aim for the gold in next month's Asian Games at Guangzhou in China. more...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Adding to India's glory in the Commonwealth Games, women wrestlers Alka Tomer and Anita won gold medals in freestyle wrestling amidst cries of 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' in the jam-packed KD Yadav wrestling stadium in the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex here Friday. more...
India are hoping a record showing by their athletes at the Commonwealth Games will help to erase some of the negative publicity surrounding the event. more...
Radio coverage of the Commonwealth Games is an interesting mix of pre-event and current on air programming, bringing out the pride of the city in hosting the games. more...
Games marred by child labour and prostitution By: Bianca Brais Young children are being used for child labour and trafficking and thousands of women have been hired by escort agencies […] more...
Last month, during a training stint in Yalta, Ukraine, Mandeep Kaur had strained her right hamstring and wasn't able to practice as much as she would have liked in the run-up to the Commonwealth Games. more...
Poonam Mehra New Delhi, Oct 7 (PTI) There was no stopping the Indianboxers' victory march at the Commonwealth Games with Asiangold-medallist Suranjoy Singh (52kg) and Amandeep Singh (49kg)advancing to the quarterfinals, while defending champion AkhilKumar (56kg) booking a place in the last-16 stage in front ofa rapturous home crowd at the Talkatora Stadium here today. more...
Aditi turned 23 today and also made her debut in the Commonwealth Games and the diminutive shuttler from Pune says it is a special feeling after spending life at the sidelines for quite a while. more...
Home Minister P. Chidambaram has let the cat out of the bag, or the bag out of the cat, which sounds more appropriate. His remarks relating to the […] more...
The 2010 Commonwealth Games is the nineteenth Commonwealth Games, and the ninth to be held under that name. The Games are being held in Delhi, India, from 3 […] more...
The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and previously known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states. All but […] more...
It was more than a decade-and-a-half back, when, as a 15-year-old, Abhinav Bindra, went for his first Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur in 1998. In fact, he was the only Indian in the 10m air rifle e more...
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Leander Paes and Sania Mirza rounded off a successful opening day for India with a facile 6-1, 6-0 victory over Saint Lucia's Stacey Nykita Roheman and Alberton Richelieu to enter the mixed doubles quarterfinals as tennis made its debut at the Commonwealth Games here Monday. more...
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) World No.1 Vijender Singh and Asian champion Suranjoy Singh got a first round bye Monday in the draw of lots in the boxing event at the Commonwealth Games here, while defending gold medallist Akhil Kumar would begin his campaign against Qadir Khan of Pakistan later this week. more...
First day of competition at the Tennis today, so the first real day of work, as well as a chance to see if the whole system works. Nightmare of […] more...
AMIDST MUCH fanfare and pomp the XIX Commonwealth Games, Delhi 2010 were declared open on Sunday. The spectacular sporting extravaganza was witnessed by millions of people across the […] more...
AMIDST MUCH fanfare and pomp the XIX Commonwealth Games, Delhi 2010 were declared open on Sunday. The spectacular sporting extravaganza was witnessed by millions of people across the […] more...
New Delhi, Oct.4 (ANI): Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna had to face defeat with his partner Nirupama Sanjeev against the Australian pair of Anastasia Rodionova and Paul Hanley in the mixed doubles at the Commonwealth Games here on Monday. more...
Indian men have never won a medal in the Commonwealth Games since hockey was introduced in 1998 at Kuala Lumpur, where, incidentally, they registered their best performance -- a fourth-place finish. more...
The world today watched in admiration the spectacular beginning of Commonwealth Games 2010 today at Jawahar Lal Nehru stadium in New Delhi. The inauguration ceremoy was attended by […] more...
At long last, the 19th Commonwealth Games has kicked off amidst colourful celebration. It is like a 'photo finish' of a start! Let us hope for the possible […] more...
With the non-availability of HD-enabled set top boxes of Doordarshan's direct-to-home services in the market, the over Rs 200-crore government funded high definition (HD) broadcast Commonwealth Games (CWG) is only benefiting the private DTH operators. more...
Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra on Sunday became the fourth Indian shooter to carry the tri-colour during the opening ceremony of a multi-discipline sporting event when he led the Indian contingent out during the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony here. more...
India's only individual Olympic champion will carry the national flag at the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, becoming the fourth shooter to carry the flag in a mega event. more...
As the Commonwealth Games open in Delhi, India, the controversy over sub-standard accommodation and facilities for the participating nations continues to rage. Several weeks ago, visiting country delegates voiced […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Indian men Monday begin the campaign to defend their Commonwealth Games table tennis gold with an easy outing against minnows Vanuatu while women have their task cut out against New Zealand. more...
Amanpreet Singh New Delhi, Oct 3 (PTI) They have always come up withsomething special when representing the country and theIndian tennis players are expected to continue the traditionwhen the sport makes its debut at the Commonwealth Gamesstarting tomorrow. more...
With 2007 World Cup final winner Dola Banerjee, the 12-member Indian squad will target the recurve individual and team events to grab at least six gold medals that head coach Limba Ram has targeted out of the eight up for grabs. more...
India Post today released third set of stamps at CWG Village Post Office to commemorate the event that inaugurates today. India Post celebrates the spirit of the XIX […] more...
I have been part of the Indian team at quite a few multi-dis- cipline events like the Olympics, Asian Games, Afro-Asian Games and South Asian Federation Games. Now, add the Commonwealth Games to the l more...
After years of preparation, months of allegations and counter allegations, the nation is all set to host the biggest Commonwealth Games till date. more...
The capital of India, New Delhi is hosting the Nineteenth Commonwealth Games and if you are among those who are packing their bags, then do take the initiative […] more...
This is the first time the glorious Commonwealth games are hosted by India. The preparation and expectations are intensely high for this grand juncture that involves the eminent […] more...
She is seeded as high as number two in a depleted field, but Indian tennis star Sania Mirza is not ready to take a medal for granted when the sport makes its debut at the Commonwealth Games on Monday here. more...
After reaching two doubles finals at the US Open, Aisamul Haq Qureshi is under pressure at home to win a tennis medal for Pakistan in a below-strength field […] more...
COMMONWEALTH GAMES INDIA 2010The Games are scheduled to be held in Delhi between Oct 3 and Oct 14, 2010. The games will be the largest multi sport event […] more...
She's been part of the Olympics and the Asian Games earlier, but Mandeep Kaur is glad that her maiden Commonwealth Games will be in front of her parents and coaches, on home turf. more...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11433539 Delhi authorities have deployed a contingent of large black-faced langur monkeys at the Commonwealth Games venues to scare away smaller simians. At least 10 langurs have been on duty […] more...
By John MacKinnon DELHI, India — Curious phenomenon, these 2010 Commonwealth Games. For many teams and athletes, though not all, the Games represent a warm-up exercise for bigger and better […] more...
It's Saturday, the day before the opening of 2010 Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi, India from 3rd to 14th October 2010. Today is the eve […] more...
Mascot Shera does not seem to worry yet... India does not take part to the Football World Cup, and is not really much involved in Winter Olympics. Indeed, India’s […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) India and Britain resolved a protocol row by agreeing that Prince Charles and President Pratibha Patil will jointly declare the 19th Commonwealth Games open Sunday, an event for which a spruced up Indian capital has come under an unheard of security cover. more...
THE AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE: Amanda Hodge, South Asia correspondent September 30, 2010 CHILD sex-trafficking has become the latest scourge of the Commonwealth Games. There are reports of an alarming rise […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) The Indian Army has built in record time a footbridge near the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and handed it over to the Commonwealth Games organisers, an official said Friday. more...
The good thing is the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) is issuing accreditation cards to the country's eminent sportspersons that will allow them to watch the opening and closing ceremonie more...
New Delhi, Sep 26 : Hundreds of Delhi Traffic policemen fanned out over parts of the capital to facilitate Commonwealth Games related traffic as exclusive lanes became operational […] more...
Stunning venues, near-flawless organisation and a table-topping performance: China dazzled the world with a 2008 Olympics that leaves India's troubled Commonwealth Games in the shade. more...
In 2002 Manchester, she was a novice taking her first steps in badminton but eight years down the line, Jwala Gutta is one of the best medal prospects for India at the Commonwealth Games and the 27-year-old says she will not let her country down. more...
Medal prospect and national record holder 800m runner Tintu Luka could have performed better had world champion Caster Semenya not pulled out of the Commonwealth Games due to injury, legendary athlete P T Usha said today. more...
As Salman Rushidie recently told NDTV: "I am upset about the CWG scandals..... as they reveal the ancient and negative part of India....not the modern India..." How wrong can […] more...
: Nippy Pakistan hockey forward Rehan Butt on Wednesday expressed confi- dence in his team's strength for the Commonwealth Games.“We have done our training well and I am confident of the team's su more...
Controversy and Indian women's hockey seem to go hand-in-hand.With just three days to go for the Commonwealth Games, Rupa Saini, the team manager, has come down hard on head coach, Sandeep Somesh, more...
Delhi authorities have deployed a contingent of large black-faced langur monkeys at the Commonwealth Games venues to scare away smaller simians. At least 10 langurs have […] more...
Monkeys hired to guard 2010 Commonwealth Games in IndiaSecurity officials at the Commonwealth Games started deploying langur monkeys at several venues in New Delhi to keep smaller simians from causing any trouble. Langurs are a common type on monkey in south Asia, and because they are large and fierce they are often used in India to keep other monkeys in check in public places.From:RussiaTodayViews:301 24ratingsTime:01:31More inNews & Politics more...
New Delhi, Sep 29 (PTI) Pakistan hockey captain RehanButt, just after his arrival at the Commonwealth Games Villagehere today, promised a great show from his side at the October3-14 event. more...
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar on Wednesday reviewed the facilities at the Commonwealth Games Village and expressed satisfaction at the progress made in works. more...
For the first time in the history of the Commonwealth Games, the participants would march in with their respective countries' contingents during Sunday's Opening Ceremony. more...
Mumbai, Sep 29 (PTI) For the first time in the historyof the Commonwealth Games, the participants would march inwith their respective countries' contingents during Sunday'sOpening Ceremony, and would be seated alongside guests at theJawarharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi. more...
One of the most amazingly directed Cinema of recent years has been Peepli [Live]. Pure Aamir Khan style dedication is what exactly the subject demanded. And without a […] more...
Betwa Sharma New York, Sep 29 (PTI) There might have been delaysand lapses in the run-up to the Commonwealth Games, butExternal Affairs Minister S M Krishna says the troubled eventwill be "off to a flying start" once A R Rahman renders thewelcome song on October three. more...
Because similar plans worked so well with: cane toads kudzu Asian carp cactus moth the organizers of some Commonwealth Games sports thingy in Delhi are planning to get rid of their rhesus monkey […] more...
Article first published as Commonwealth Games Likely to Affect India’s Economic Image on Technorati. Delhi Commonwealth Games, 2010 is going to remain a big fiasco for third largest […] more...
Beijing is not getting drawn into the chorus of critical comparisons between the Commonwealth Games and the 2008 Olympics. At a media briefing on Tuesday, a foreign journalist asked what was Beijing's more...
With all the hype surrounding the athletes taking part in the Commonwealth Games (CWG), there is a girl who is perhaps too shy to boast of her achievement although her choice of sport is not among the more...
China on Tuesday backed India`s ability to conduct the Commonwealth Games successfully saying that the Indian government has made "great efforts" to host them. more...
Betwa Sharma New York, Sep 28 (PTI) There may be delays and lapsesin preparation for the Commonwealth Games, but ExternalAffairs Minister S M Krishna says the troubled event will be"off to a flying start" when A R Rahman starts singing thewelcome song on October three. more...
New Delhi, Sep 28 (PTI) Tipped to win a gold medal in theCommonwealth Games, top Indian woman weightlifter Soniya Chanutoday said a good show in the mega event here will be aconfidence booster for the Asian Games in China. more...
My column , Dev 360, in The Asian Age and Deccan Chronicle (Sep 28th, 2010 ) http://www.asianage.com/columnists/sensex-aur-shauchalaya-911http://www.deccanchronicle.com/op-ed/sensex-aur-shauchalaya-915 We can thank Commonwealth Games organising committee general-secretary Lalit Bhanot for placing toilets […] more...
Their build-up to the Commonwealth Games was marred by doping controversies but Indian weightlifting coach Harnaam Singh said the lifters will look to regain their lost glory by reaping a rich medal haul in next month's Delhi Games. more...
After a harrowing day, which involved waiting up to four hours to collect their accreditation cards at the Olympic Bhawan, the Indian boxers got down to business at the Talkatora Stadium, the home of boxing during these Commonwealth Games. more...
New Delhi, Sep 26 : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday inaugurated a state-of-the-art sports injury centre at Safdarjung Hospital here for the upcoming Commonwealth Games.The Rs.70-crore centre, equipped […] more...
London, Sep 26(ANI): British athletes and business leaders planning to attend the Delhi Commonwealth Games have been warned to expect terrorist attacks on tourist sites and public spaces across India. more...
Sun, Sep 26 05:46 AM Even as the organising committee tried to paint a comfortable picture of the Commonwealth Games Village, the Indian boxing contingent checked into […] more...
by Finian CunninghamFeatured WriterDandelion Saladfinian.cunningham@yahoo.com25 September, 2010 As the Commonwealth Games open in Delhi, India, the controversy over sub-standard accommodation and facilities for the participating nations continues to rage. Several weeks […] more...
Even as the organising committee tried to paint a comfortable picture of the Commonwealth Games Village, the Indian boxing contingent checked into the residential block, only to be greeted by unclean rooms. more...
The controversy surrounding accommoda- tion at the Commonwealth Games Village refuses to die. After the thumbs down from countries like New Zealand and Australia, Saturday saw numerous African and Asi more...
What if Hitler had won the war, what if Nelson Mandela hadn't been set free, what if the Commonwealth Games had been cancelled because India were not ready? more...
BBC Sport has recently released photos captured of the hotels in athletes’ village in New Delhi, India –the location for the 2010 Commonwealth Games being held October 3rd […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 25 (PTI) The shoddy state of the Games'Village stood exposed today when the Indian boxing teamchecked in at their residential block there only to finddefending Commonwealth Games gold medallist Akhil Kumar's bedcollapsing. more...
Indian athletes continued to trickle in at the Commonwealth Games Village with the 10-member boxing team led by Olympic bronze medallist Vijender Singh checking in at its residential block for the event. more...
Decorated and illuminated markets will greet visitors as the Commonwealth Games Shopping Festival at mjor markets in the capital will be inaugurated in New Delhi on Saturday evening, an official said. Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi would launch the festival at 5 pm more...
FULL ARTICLE ONhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10716139 EXCERPT Every day for the past 30 years, Ram Prakash has been selling fruit in Delhi's Sarojini Nagar market. He earns between 150 and 200 rupees ($3 and […] more...
Celebrating the spirit of Commonwealth Games 2010, Coca-Cola India Friday announced its partnership with the Delhi Tourism in jointly organising one of the country's biggest ever cultural extravaganza - "Delhi Celebrates". more...
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Commonwealth Games Federation chief Mike Fennell said Saturday that 'considerable' work has been done in the Commonwealth Games Village, but some concerns relating to cleanliness remained. He praised the food for the athletes as 'excellent'. more...
Toronto, Sep 25 (IANS) Lashing out at nations, particularly Australia, New Zealand, Canada and England, for criticizing India for its handling of the Commonwealth Games, Commerce Industry Minister Anand Sharma Friday warned that they may have a price to pay in terms of business opportunities in the emerging economy. more...
Confusions spread among 75 members of Pakistani contingent to participate in the 19th Commonwealth Games (CWG) next month in India after the world media and sports boards had […] more...
Though the Commonwealth Games are not important when it comes to Olympic qualification, the Games have a rich history and are of high significance for every country participating in it. more...
Australian Commonwealth Games Chief, Perry Crosswhite, indicated here today that the Australian contingent would be ready to move into the Games Village on September 27. more...
India's potential for hosting future Olympics should not be written off before giving embattled New Delhi organisers a chance to pull off the Commonwealth Games with a "last-ditch" effort, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge said in an interview today. more...
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Celebrating the spirit of Commonwealth Games 2010, Coca-Cola India Friday announced its partnership with the Delhi Tourism in jointly organising one of the country's biggest ever cultural extravaganza - 'Delhi Celebrates'. more...
New Delhi, Sep. 24 (ANI): Australian Commonwealth Games Chief, Perry Crosswhite, indicated here today that the Australian contingent would be ready to move into the Games Village on September 27. more...
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) India is a safe destination, US ambassador Timothy J. Roemer said Friday even as some countries raised security concerns ahead of the Commonwealth Games here in October. more...
In 2008 the world was welcomed to China with the XXIX Olympiad Games. The critics were silenced, the supporters were pleasantly surprised and the international community as a […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Commuters in Delhi prepared themselves for traffic problems Friday with lanes for the Commonwealth Games being closed for a few hours to facilitate athletes and their trainers who arrive in the city, police said. more...
Any sports meet such as Commonwealth Games is always considered a great event. For instance, the 1982 Asian Games gave us a lot of things; infrastructure being the first. more...
Delhi is not the first host of a major sporting event to come under intense scrutiny in the build-up to the opening ceremony and the start of competition. more...
In their latest u-turn, the Shiv Sena has said that it welcomes the organisation of a mega event like the Commonwealth Games and has appealed to the Congress […] more...
Channel News Asia reported today that Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has convened a crisis meeting to dissuade Commonwealth Games national teams from withdrawing from the games. Teams have […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Three of the four labourers, who were critically injured when an under-construction foot overbridge collapsed near the main venue of the Commonwealth Games here Tuesday, are still critical, while another has shown improvement, doctors said Thursday. more...
New Delhi, Sep 24 (PTI) World chess champion ViswanathanAnand does not wish to become part of the chaos andcontroversy surrounding the Commonwealth Games here and onlywants to focus on the number of medals India would win in theOctober 3-14 event. more...
The Commonwealth Games in New Delhi will be an 'appealing target' for Pakistan-based terror group LeT due to its political and economic significance for India, a top US counter-terrorism official has warned. more...
THE BIGGEST sports event ever to be held in India, the Commonwealth Games are all set to start from October 3 in New Delhi. It will continue till […] more...
In my previous post, I said the athletics event at the Commonwealth Games would be hampered by top athletes' absence, some from injury, some from more […] more...
The chief of the US National Counterterrorism Center said today that the mega-event will be an appealing target for the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba. more...
A week before the Commonwealth Games open in Delhi, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna is set to face some difficult questions from foreign ministers of the 53-nation grouping […] more...
Panaji, Sep 22 (IANS) A portion of a false ceiling at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main venue of the Commonwealth Games (CWG), collapsed in New Delhi Wednesday, a day after a foot overbridge near the stadium came crashing down. But Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat says he is 'impressed' by the facilities built for the Games. more...
“ The games will be the largest multi-sport-event conducted to date in Delhi and India generally, which has previously hosted the Asian Games in 1951 and 1982. “ […] more...
Though this event may not hold any relevance for Olympic qualification, it is a perfect platform for our shooters to prepare themselves for the Asian Games, which start barely a month after the CWG. more...
Now everybody and their neighbour has an opinion about the Delhi CWG. I am not going to add anything more. I'd just repeat what has already […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 21 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday expressing concern over the delay in finishing of infrastructural projects for the 2010 Commonwealth Games said the incessant rainfall in the national capital is hampering preparations for the upcoming mega event. more...
Commonwealth Games 2010 Hello….Readers today I decided to write about the largest SPORTING EVENT IN THE COUNTRY which is COMMON-WEALTH GAMES 2010 (Previously it was Asian Games which were […] more...
With the 19th commonwealth games in New Delhi this October and the 16th Asian games in Guangzhou, just a month apart from each other comparisons between the two neighbours […] more...
Indian netball team has never featured in the Commonwealth Games and since, out of the 12 countries which play the sport, India figures at the bottom, it would take more than a miracle to achieve a medal. more...
The shooting outside Jama Masjid here Sunday in which two foreign tourists were injured will not impact the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Delhi, Organising Committee secretary general Lalit Bhanot said. more...
The Commonwealth Games Organising Committee has entrusted a prominent hospital in the capital to conduct gender verification tests to determine the sex of a participant in case of any suspicion. more...
The Commonwealth Games in New Delhi next month will be a spectacular festival of sport, togetherness, colour, enthusiasm, South Asian culture and hopefully, peace.Despite the negativity surrounding the […] more...
Karachi, Sep 18 (IANS) Pakistan's tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi is hoping for a forceful performance in next month's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. more...
Ottawa, Sep 17 (IANS) Two-time men's national Champion Shahier Razik and three-time women's Open national champion Alana Miller will lead the Canadian squash team in the Delhi Commonwealth Games Oct 3-14. more...
Ottawa, Sep 17 (IANS) Asian orgin players form the core of the eight-member Canadian table-tennis team that will take part in the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. more...
Weightlifting contributes a big chunk of medals to India's tally in the Commonwealth Games and this time also, the lifters are expected to repeat the show. more...
Government of Rajasthan is also planning to commence the 'Discover Rajasthan in Common Wealth Games 2010' programme to cash in the 10 million tourists that are expected to step on India's turf, during the second most important sports event.September 17... Continue reading → more...
Click on the images below to view videos for the corresponding games. The 19th Commonwealth Games will be held in New Delhi, India in October and the 16th […] more...
With World Champions Korea and formidable China not part of the competition, India would look to put up a dominating show when archery is re-introduced in the New Commonwealth Games, next month. more...
Mayengbam Suranjoy Singh is favoured for the gold at CWG. But the mercurial Manipuri boxer also has an eye on the Asian Games and the London Olympics. more...
India's two hockey teams, men's and women's, have fared contrastingly at the Commonwealth Games so far but they will go into Delhi edition with a common goal to emerge as champions before the home crowd. more...
I: Looking at the popularity of hockey in India and the field the Commonwealth Games attracted, the security agencies are leaving nothing to chance at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium. The st more...
f the World Cup and ns Trophy are overlooked, the Commonwealth Games men's hockey competi- tion is one of the toughest events, going by the rankings of the participating countries. Six of the top 10 t more...
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Looking at the popularity of hockey in India and the strong field the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games attracted, the security agencies are leaving nothing to chance at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium. more...
Guangzhou (China): While the 2010 Commonwealth Games to be hosted in New Delhi continues to be faced by problems related to preparedness, construction, traffic management, player movement and security, the official English-language journal of the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games has launched its inaugural issue 60 days before the opening of the Games. more...
VK Malhotra launched another verbal attack on Sports Minister MS Gill, saying that his claims of doubling the prize money for Commonwealth and Asian Games medal winners are "totally misleading". more...
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Archery Association of India (AAI) president V.K. Malhotra Sunday termed as 'misleading' Sports Minister M.S. Gill's promise of doubling the prize money of medal winners at international events and claimed the amount has not changed since the 2002 Commonwealth Games. more...
Did you see this?:New Delhi, Sep 10 (PTI) Even as the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee is claiming to stage best ever edition of the quadrennial event, Commonwealth Games […] more...
Australia has issued an advisory to its citizens about the dengue in Delhi but that will not deter the “biggest“ Australian contingent from coming here for the Commonwealth Games next month, Peter Var more...
In a first, the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) has declared the Delhi Commonwealth Games 2010 as a competition for achieving `Minimum Qualification Score (MQS)' for the 2012 London Oly more...
Expressing confidence that the upcoming 2010 Commonwealth Games will be held successfully, Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Dr. M.S. Gill on Tuesday announced doubling of cash awards for the CWG and Asian Games. more...
The Sports Ministry on Tuesday doubled the cash awards for gold medal winners to Rs 20 lakhs for the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games to encourage sportspersons to come up with an improved performan more...
The Sports Ministry doubled the cash awards for gold medal winners to Rs 20 lakhs for the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games to encouragesportspersons to come up with an improved performance in theupcoming mega-events. more...
New Delhi, Sep 7 (ANI): The mascot for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Shera, visited the Vasant Valley School here on Tuesday along with Indian shooter Samresh Jung to promote the upcoming mega event among the children. more...
The athletics event of the Delhi Commonwealth Games promises to be enthralling nonetheless with home-grown talents such as PT Usha-protege Tintu Luka gearing up to make a mark. more...
The 19th Commonwealth Games (CWG), being held for the first time in India and only the second in the Asian region, is all set to experience the glitters of the jewellery markets of the world's largest gold importer country. more...
The Commonwealth Games Express -- the train which is the venue of this interactive exhibition -- will chug into the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) on September 11 for a two-day stay. more...
India have just nine athletics medals, including a gold, in the Commonwealth Games history but the country can look forward to a haul of at least six this time. more...
The 21-year-old, a backstroke specialist, was on his way to the swimming pool for a morning practice session when he was intercepted by four unidentified men who attacked him with logs and sharp objects. more...
Chennai, Sep 5 (PTI) Commonwealth Games medal prospect,young Tamil Nadu swimmer M B Balakrishnan was today severelyinjured when some unidentified persons attacked him here. more...
Welcome to CathaySights.com. 2010 is indeed a year in which Asia embark on a sporting platform with YOG (Singapore), The Commonwealth Games (India, New Delhi) & The Asian […] more...
The Swimming Federation of India today told the Bombay High Court that that selections of the Indian team for synchronized swimming are only for forthcoming Commonwealth Games and not for the Asian games. more...
There is much hue and cry over the preparation of the 19th Commonwealth Games to be held in Delhi in October 2010. Criticism of the slow ongoing progress […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 3 (PTI) As concerns mount over threat ofdengue during the Commonwealth Games, authorities here saidround-the-clock surveillance was being maintained at allvenues to check breeding while athletes will be given mosquitonets and repellents to keep the vector-borne disease away. more...
Asian Games organisers are poised to switch the quadrennial event from 2018 to 2019 to avoid clashing with the Commonwealth Games in the future. more...
The doping incident is the biggest setback for the Indian wrestling team ahead of the Commonwealth Games. It's not only one of the most embarrassing moments for the wrestling fraternity; it is also on more...
Four Indian wrestlers, including Arjuna Awardee Rajiv Tomar, were found to have flunked NADA dope tests and a red-faced national federation today announced their removal from the team for the Commonwealth Games. more...
Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi today promised that the CWG here will be as successful as the Melbourne edition despite the spate of corruption allegations that rocked its build-up. more...
Olympic bronze medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar said it`s not time to create controversies and people should be "happy and excited" about the Commonwealth Games, scheduled for October 3-14. more...
New Delhi, Sep 2 (PTI) Olympic bronze medallist wrestlerSushil Kumar today said it's not time to create controversiesand people should be "happy and excited" about theCommonwealth Games, scheduled for October 3-14. more...
New Delhi, Sep 2 (ANI): Wrestler Sushil Kumar unveiled an exclusive range of apparel and promotional merchandise for the 2010 Commonwealth Games here on Thursday. more...
The Queen's Baton Relay for the Commonwealth Games arrived in Mysore from Kekkanahalli Check Post, Charamarajanagar on the Tamil Nadu/Karnataka border on Wednesday evening. more...
With Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman’s Commonwealth Games (CWG) theme song failing to create fervour like Shakira’s Fifa World Cup Waka Waka, a worried government is exploring if Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan can liven up the opening ceremony on October 3. more...
The National Rifle Association of India's selection committee may have taken the right decision to not consider Athens Olympic Games silver- medallist, double-trap shooter RVS Rathore, for the Commonw more...
The Indian Boxing Federation (IBF)dismissed Olympic bronze medallist Vijender Singh`s criticism that the boxing trials for the upcoming Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games at Patiala were not done in a proper manner. more...
Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra will spearhead the Indian shooting challenge in both the Commonwealth and Asian Games along with other top marksmen such as Gagan Narang and Manavjit Singh Sandhu. more...
The Indian Boxing Federation dismissed Vijender Singh's criticism that the boxing trials for the CWG and Asian Games were not done in a proper manner. more...
Mumbai, Sep 1 (PTI) The Indian Boxing Federation (IBF)today dismissed Olympic bronze medallist Vijender Singh'scriticism that the boxing trials for the upcoming CommonwealthGames and the Asian Games at Patiala were not done in a propermanner, insisting they were transparent. more...
Olympic bronze medallist Vijender Singh, who has been named for both Commonwealth Games and Asian Games, is unhappy with the way the selection trials were held as he felt a few “deserving“ boxers were more...
Vijender Singh said he is unhappy with the way selection trials for CWG and Asiad were conducted as some “deserving� boxers have been left out. more...
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Beijing Olympic bronze medallist Vijender Singh will spearhead India's boxing challenge at the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games here. more...
The Commonwealth Games is a multinational, multi-sport event which features competitions involving thousands of elite athletes from members of the Commonwealth of Nations. Organised every four years, they […] more...
Ace swimmer Rehan Poncha and top boxer Dinesh Kumar today said getting the coveted Arjuna Award just a month before the Commonwealth Games has boosted their confidence for a good show at the mega event. more...
Tour operators say many Dilliwallas are in no mood to witness the Games, to be held from October 3-14, as recent reports of large-scale corruption in the preparations has led to doubts about successful hosting of the event. more...
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday visited the remodelled and reconstructed Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and asked officials to 'redouble their efforts to quickly complete' the work as people 'expect a spectacular' Commonwealth Games, which are just 35 days away. more...
Kochi, Aug 29 (PTI) The Queen's Baton Relay for the thisyear's Commonwealth Games was accorded a rousing receptionwhen it arrived at the Maharaja's College ground here today. more...
Two days before Hockey India was to announce the team for the Commonwealth Games and the Asiad , the list of 16 selected was leaked to the media on Saturday by one Amit Das, an unidentified "hockey lover and well wisher" who has been sending mails slamming chief coach Jose Brasa and criticising facilities at the National Stadium in the New Delhi. more...
On a day when the national hockey squad for Commonwealth Games and Asiad was announced, serious differences between key officials came to light. more...
India is taking baby steps in rugby at present and one should not hope for a medal in the discipline at the upcoming Commonwealth Games to be held from October 3 to 14 in New Delhi. more...
As Boria Majumdar and Nalin Mehta set out to unravel the layers of the Commonwealth Games 2010, they zeroed down on the title 'Sellotape Legacy' with "some degree of disappointment." They were "absolutely convinced that from here on what India can best achieve at the Games will be a Sellotape Legacy it's a last minute patch up job to get the event going." They reveal how "there should have been one person with the sole authority of taking decisions, as was in the 1982 Asiad. more...
Kolkata, Aug 27 (PTI) India is taking baby steps in rugbyat present and one should not hope for a medal in thediscipline at the upcoming Commonwealth Games to be held fromOctober 3 to 14 in New Delhi. more...
The Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC) Wednesday said that it has finalised deals with rights holding broadcasters from 13 countries across six continents. more...
The Organising Committee Commonwealth Games today announced deals with right holding broadcasters from 13 countries across six continents. Prasar Bharati is the host broadcast partner for the Games. more...
Commonwealth Games 2010 – A World-Class Event on the Indian Soil Image : http://www.flickr.comThese Games would be a larger, more lavish and expensive event than the last Commonwealth Games […] more...
NEW DELHI: Promising the best-ever coverage in the history of Commonwealth Games, the Organising Committee (OC) on Wednesday said that they have finalised deals with right holding […] more...
In an attempt to ignite public enthusiasm vis-à-vis 2010 Commonwealth Games, India's ace shooter, Abhinav Bindra, appealed to citizens and authorities to rally behind the mega event to make it a grand success. more...
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) The Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC) Wednesday said that it has finalised deals with rights holding broadcasters from 13 countries across six continents. more...
Once denied entry to the India squad because of poor health, Surinder Kaur is now a pillar of strength for the women's hockey team. Last year's Arjuna Awardee, who has been leading the squad for the l more...
Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi on Friday made it clear that he would not quit despite the charges of corruption levelled against him with regard to the upcoming mega event, asserting that he was still the boss. more...
World No.4 Manavjit Singh Sandhu and Mansher Singh have taken the liberty of missing the trap trials for the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games that gets underway on Tuesday at the Karni Singh Shooting Range in the capital. more...
Jayanta Talukdar and Rahul Banerjee have been included along with national champion Tarundeep Rai in the Indian men's recurve team for this year's Commonwealth Games. more...
Mangal Singh Champia, India's lone male archer at the Beijing Olympics, failed to qualify for the men's recurve team for the Commonwealth Games (CWG). This is for the first time since 2007 that Cha more...
Olympian Jayanta Talukdar and Rahul Banerjee joined national champion Tarundeep Rai in the Indian men`s recurve team for this year`s Commonwealth Games to be held in Delhi from October 3-14. more...
New Delhi, Aug 23 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday appealed to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders not to make things worse, but rather join hands with the Government to make the 2010 Commonwealth Games a success. more...
As the Queen’s Baton jogs around the country, as athletes stretch and train, as October approaches, the media coverage and public criticism of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, to […] more...
Mumbai, August 23, 2010: Hungama Digital Media, South Asia’s premier digital agency, has launched the redesigned website for the XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 (XIX CWG 2010). The website http://www.cwgdelhi2010.org/ is a one stop digital destination for all information for the … Continue reading → more...
Wall Street Journal got Religion: Sid Harth August 21, 2010, 9:03 AM IST What You Said: A Tale of Two Games By Arlene Chang Tuesday’s post comparing New Delhi’s Commonwealth Games beginning […] more...
Commonwealth Games 2010 – A World-Class Event on the Indian Soil Image : http://www.flickr.comThese Games would be a larger, more lavish and expensive event than the last Commonwealth Games […] more...
: Barely 10 days before the deadline for India to pay a hefty $3,75,000 doping fine, Sports Ministry on Friday asked the Commonwealth Games organisers and India Olympic Association (IOA) to impress up more...
he Commonwealth Games Organising Committee has finalised the contracts for the catering services. As report- ed by HT, the conracts went to Graviss Hopitality and Seven Seas. The catering for the loun more...
For the 17 venues divided into clusters for catering contracts, seven firms, including a few of Delhi's fast food outlets had submitted their bids. more...
Four time world champion and India’s number one chess player Vishwanathan Anand would be one of the luckiest player to hold the Queen’s baton in the relay for the XIX Commonwealth Games when it reaches to Chennai.The other participants of the relay are tennis legend Ramesh kishnan,former Asian Games 800 m gold medalist Shiny Wilson. [...] more...
Four time world chess champion Vishwanathan Anand will be among the few sportpersons who will welcome the Queen`s Baton Relay for the XIX Commonwealth Games when it reaches Chennai on Friday. more...
Four time world chess champion Vishwanathan Anand will be among the few sportpersons who will welcome the Queen's Baton Relay for the XIX Commonwealth Games when it reaches Chennai on Friday. Besides more...
Melbourne, Aug 18 (PTI) Peter Luczak and AnastasiaRodionova will spearhead Australia's challenge at the tennisevent of the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in Delhi as TennisAustralia today named its squad, sans Lleyton Hewitt andSamatha Stosur. more...
While there are concerns over whether venues in Delhi will be ready for the Commonwealth Games, now similar questions are being asked about plans for Our Sound: The Asia-Pacific Song Contest. more...
: Four years ago, Alka PATIALA: Four years ago, Alka Tomar's bronze at the World Championships in China was a shot in the arm for women's wrestling. Today, every woman wrestler in the country wants to more...
Amazed by the Delhi Commonwealth Games Organising Committee's laxity, spin legend Bishen Singh Bedi on Tuesday said the corruption allegations against it and the shoddy construction work at the venues have put paid to India's chances of hosting multi-sports events in near future. more...
Patiala, Aug. 17 -- The Commonwealth Games will be weightlifter Soniya Chanu's first major multi-discipline event, and the lifter from Manipur is leaving no stone unturned to make the opportunity count in front of her home crowd. more...
The Commonwealth Games will be weightlifter Soniya Chanu's first major multi-discipline event, and the lifter from Manipur is leaving no stone unturned to make the opportunity count in front of her ho more...
The Indian Table Tennis team led bysingles gold medallist Sharath Kamal will leave Monday night forChina to acquire more in-depth knowledge about the game andidentify their strength and weakness. more...
The Indian rugby team led by NasserHussain had a good tune-up for the October Commonwealth Gamesin Delhi by winning the Bee`s Rugby 7`s tournament at Bradfordin England. more...
Indian rugby team led by Nasser Hussain had a good tune-up for the October Commonwealth Games by winning the Bee's Rugby 7's tournament in England. more...
Oscar winner A.R. Rahman, who has composed the theme song of the Commonwealth Games, said Monday that he was pained by the negative publicity for the mega sporting event. more...
Sydney, Aug 15 (IANS) Australia's world indoor long jump champion Fabrice Lapierre is doubtful for the Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi. more...
The Lok Sabha debate on the alleged corruption and delays in the construction of venues for the Commonwealth Games saw some unusual trends that seem to have escaped the media's attention. more...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said those found guilty (of corruption in Commonwealth Games preparations) would face severe and exemplary punishment. more...
The meeting will be attended by sports ministers MS Gill, urban development minister Jaipal Reddy, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit and others involved. more...
Ace forward from Shahbad, Surinder Kaur, has been retained captain of the Indian team for the forthcom- ing World Cup (September 4- 12) and the Commonwealth Games in Delhi from October 3-14. The se more...
Olympic bronze medallist boxer Vijender Singh said support from home crowd will be a big boost for pugilists chasing glory at the Commonwealth Games. more...
When India won the bid to host 2010 commenwealth games to be held at Delhi every Indian felt proud. The success of 2003 Afro-Asian games held at […] more...
The games will be the largest multi-sport event conducted to date in Delhi and ... Logo for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games being recognised as the ... more...
In a precursor to Commonwealth Games (CWG) being hosted by Delhi in October, artist Anjanna Kuthiala has initiated an attempt. As a tribute to the Capital on canvas, well-known personalities – Shiela Dikshit, Madhur Bhandarkar, Tanisha Mohan and Ruchii Rai have painted large canvases. Kuthiala has more...
The highly prestigious Games are in India! It's only the second time that the Commonwealth Games will be organised in an Asian country. The first was in 1998 when the Commonwealth Games were hosted by Malaysia. This year, the national capital of India, New Delhi will play host to the Games.... more...
The All India Tennis Association will announce the team for the October Commonwealth Games and next month's Davis Cup tie against Brazil after a meeting of its selection committee here on August 13. more...
Sports and Youth Affairs Minister M S Gill today complained of the lack of power in the hand of his Ministry in organising the Commonwealth Games, but still sought to assure the nation that all work relating to the Games would be finished next month. more...
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The organisation of Commonwealth Games entails multiple authorities unlike the 1982 Asian Games, Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs M.S. Gill said in the Lok Sabha Tuesday. more...
Commonwealth Games: Delhi misses debris clean-up deadline - NDTV.com ... Cup and the Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi from October ...Row casts doubt ... more...
THE Commonwealth Games organising committee has fired one of its top officials as it investigates alleged irregularities in funding for an event in London. more...
The Commonwealth Games organising committee has fired one of its top officials as it investigates alleged irregularities in funding for an event in London, local media reported on Monday. more...
We now know what the Commonwealth Games stand for. (It’s) Common (for everyone to make) Wealth (at these) Games. Toilet rolls for Rs4,000 each! Must be gold-laced. Treadmills at Rs27 lakh! The high end ones cost less than a tenth of that. more...
BY DHANANJAY MAHAPATRA IN THE TIMES OF INDIA 9 AUGUST 2010 COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2010, much like Asiad 1982, provided a perfect opportunity to the government, sports bodies and civic […] more...
"Bring the focus back on the athletes." "It's not often that we get a chance to participate in front of our home crowd in such a major Games." "Punish the guilty though." more...
Never in all the years I have known him have I ever agreed with Mani Shankar Aiyar about anything. So it is with some nervousness I admit that on the Commonwealth Games I agree with him one thousand per cent. Who was the lunatic who bid for them in the first place? He needs to be identified and horsewhipped in public for putting India in such a disgraceful situation. If it was Suresh Kalmadi, then horsewhipping is not punishment enough because having landed the Games he should at least have known that he should do nothing that would expose India’s corrupt and incompetent underside to an international audience. more...
With a series of scam allegations rocking the build-up to Commonwealth Games, former India hockey captain Ashok Kumar on Fridaysaid the country was not prepared to host such a big event. more...
THE CLOCK of Commonwealth Games is ticking and merely 57 days are left for the biggest sporting event in India to begin, since the 1982 Asian Games. However, […] more...
THE CLOCK of Commonwealth Games is ticking and merely 57 days are left for the biggest sporting event in India to begin, since the 1982 Asian Games. However, […] more...
THE CLOCK of Commonwealth Games is ticking and merely 57 days are left for the biggest sporting event in India to begin, since the 1982 Asian Games. However, […] more...
THE CLOCK of Commonwealth Games is ticking and merely 57 days are left for the biggest sporting event in India to begin, since the 1982 Asian Games. However, […] more...
I’m sure you must have heard about the controversy that has encircled and covered the actual Sportive Feeling behind the Commonwealth Games, Delhi 2010. The Games’ Organizing Committee […] more...
The government on Thursday came under attack from the Opposition and friendly quarters over the mounting allegations of corruption and delays in the preparations for the Commonwealth Games. more...
The Centre today ruled out setting up an apex committee to oversee the scandal-ridden Commonwealth Games but assured Parliament it would look into the corruption charges. more...
Leading a demonstration by the Citizen Forum for Commonwealth Games at Jantar Mantar here against alleged corruption in the Commonwealth Games preparations, former Union Minister Vijay Goel on Thursday demanded resignation, on moral grounds, of all the members of the Executive Board of the Organising Committee headed by Suresh Kalmadi. more...
The Suresh Kalmadi-led Organising Committee, which has been forced to cleanse the Commonwealth Games stables, on Thursday suspended joint director TS Darbari, former deputy director-general Sanjay Mahendroo, and head of the accounting department M Jeychandran. The executive board also terminated the contract of Melbourne-based Sports Marketing and Management (SMAM) for “non-performance”. more...
The Urban Development minister said that the proposal to form a committee on the lines of Asiad Games to oversee the Commonwealth Games is not feasible. more...
Notwithstanding the huge controversy surrounding the rampant corruption in the Commonwealth Games 2010, Sports Minister MS Gill appeared confident of successfully holding the mega event. more...
However, the sports minister rejected demand from nominated member Mani Shankar Aiyar for a high-level committee on the lines of the one set up in the country for the 1982 Asian Games. more...
Indian soccer captain Bhaichung Bhutia Wednesday asserted that the country should not have bid for the Commonwealth Games saying that the existing infrastructure was inadequate for hosting an event of such magnitude. more...
The scholarships are awarded under the national sports policy as cash incentive to performers in recognised state, national and international meets. more...
The government has urged Commonwealth Games organisers to sack two officials at the centre of corruption allegations in another blow to the troubled event two months before the opening ceremony. more...
While no one can deny that Mani Shankar Aiyar has a tendency to shoot his mouth off, the second part of his controversial statement on the Commonwealth Games (CWG) is relevant for future decisions. “Basically, I will be very unhappy if the Games are successful because they will start bringing Asian Games, Olympic Games and all these.” more...
Indian sportspersons want to win a medal at home in the Commonwealth Games and in chasing their dream, some of them are cutting corners and taking recourse to illegal means. As the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee is busy meeting deadlines and answering allegations of corruption and more...
ndian sportspersons want to win a medal at home in the Commonwealth Games and in chasing their dream, some of them are cutting cor- ners and taking recourse to ille- gal means. As the Commonwealth more...
The dire buildup to the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi has deteriorated further, with the organizing committee urged to fire two senior officials amid a brewing corruption scandal just two months before the opening ceremony. more...
With sceptics writing off the Commonwealth Games as an organizational disaster, India's top sports officials have assured the participating countries and the nation that they are ready to host the "best ever" games. more...
Only the third Indian shot-putter to breach the 20m mark, Asian champion Om Prakash Singh is now aiming for a medal in the October Commonwealth Games after putting in a lot of hard work and praying for a little bit of luck. more...
As the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC) battles charges of corruption and seeks to be heard ahead of the sports event, the other committee which hosted the last sporting extravaganza in the country is also trying to make its point in the court cases — about 28 years after the 1982 Asian games. more...
Looking for that tee with a picture of a beaming Shera on it or a mug with the pink and purple hues of the Delhi Games 2010? Apparently, the Organizing Committee (OC) wants you to wait a few days more. Weeks after the OC declared it would come out with the Commonwealth Games merchandise by July 15, there’s still no sight of any Games product. Now, the OC says it will launch the merchandise by the first week of August. more...
commonwealth games 2010 delhi ... It will also be the first time the Commonwealth Games will be held in India and the second time the event has been held in Asia (after 1998) ... more...
Reverberations of senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar’s remarks on the Commonwealth Games preparations was still being felt by the government. Though Congress managers rushed in to downplay the former Union minister’s remarks, there was a growing concern about the fate of the event. more...
The high definition telecast of the Commonwealth Games is in jeopardy. There are major glitches with the lighting at three major sporting arenas that are likely to adversely impact conditions required for the promised high quality television. more...
Finally, the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium main venue of Commonwealth games 2010 which are going to be held in Delhi from October 3-14 is ready to be inaugurated. This stadium is ready to be inaugurated today by sports Minister M.S. Gill. This stadium was constructed during the 1982 Asian Games, and its remodeling for commonwealth games [...] more...
As the Congress-led governments in Delhi and the centre pray for a successful Commonwealth Games, Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar Tuesday said he would be "unhappy" if the Games were a success. more...
New Delhi, July 18(ANI): Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister M. S. Gill on Sunday inaugurated the ‘remodelled and reconstructed’ Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Swimming Pool Complex, one of the venues for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, at the Delhi University campus.The function was held in the presence of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi, several sports persons and senior Sports Ministry officials.“This is an outstanding complex and a remarkable engineering marvel. It is equipped with all the modern facilities even better than the Melbourne Games,” Gill said.The complex, which was constructed in 1982 to hold the Asian Games, has been upgraded and renovated with state of art facilities to meet the international standards required for hosting world-class aquatic events.With a total seating capacity of 5000 spectators, the complex now has the largest cohestrand supported, breathable and elliptical shaped aluminum roof.It is the largest covered aquatic stadium in the country having Olympic-sized racing and diving pools with a six lanes warm up pool.The 12-day sporting extravaganza will be India’s biggest sporting event since the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi. (ANI more...
Commonwealth Games Delhi -2010 , India. The 2010 Commonwealth Games are the nineteenth edition of the Commonwealth Games, and the ninth to be held under that name. ... more...
The Delhi Commonwealth Games 2010 to be held in Delhi, National Capital of ... The Delhi Commonwealth Games 2010 is by far the most expensive games that have been ... more...
Delhi Commonwealth games 2010 ; see you in Delhi [ official video ]The 2010 Commonwealth Games are the nineteenth edition of the Common wealth Games, and the ninth to be held under that name. The Games are scheduled to be held in New Delhi, India between 3 October and 14 October 2010. The games will be the largest multi-sport event conducted to date in New Delhi and India generally, which has previously hosted the Asian Games in 1951 and 1982. The opening ceremony is scheduled to take place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. It will also be the first time the Commonwealth Games will be held in India and the second time the event has been held in Asia (after 1998 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia). In addition to the Commonwealth Games, the city of Pune, India hosted the 3rd Common wealth Youth Games between October 12 and 18, 2008. The Youth Games offered nine sports: athletics, badminton, boxing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, tennis, weightlifting and wrestling. The Commonwealth Games is a multinational, multi-sport event. Held every four years, it involves the elite athletes of the Commonwealth of Nations. Attendance at the Common wealth Games is typically around 5000 athletes. The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) is the organisation that is responsible for the direction and control of the Common wealth Games. The first such event, then known as the British Empire Games, was held in 1930 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The name changed to British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954, to British Common wealth Games in 1970 and <b>...</b>From:utubekhiladiViews:8408 0ratingsTime: more...
New Delhi, Dec 20(ANI): The Group of Ministers (GoM) and the core committee responsible for the completion of the projects related to the 2010 Commonwealth Games met to review and discuss the preparations for the mega event on Sunday. more...
SURESH KALMADI, the chief of New Delhi Commonwealth Games 2010 moved to combat the criticism caused by the delay in construction of the Commonwealth Games venues and cost overruns, by promising to complete all projects by the December 2009. While speaking to the media, Kalmadi said, “I’m confident that all New Delhi venues will be ready by the end of December.” He further added, “I assure you venues will be ready. They’ll be then put through test events and all problems sorted out six months before the Commonwealth Games are to take place.” The 2010 Commonwealth Games will be held in Delhi from between October 3-14, 2010. While speaking, Kalmadi was found very exciting. “These games will showcase India to the world,” he added. His enthusiasm was so high that he promised to overtake 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth. After the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) had expressed its anguish over the delay of work on Games infrastructure three months ago, Kalmadi admitted that the delay was caused primarily due to the escalating price of construction materials like steel and cement. But he also assured that the condition was successfully handled. Kalmadi is also the president of the Indian Olympic Association. After Kuala Lumpur organised the Commonwealth Games in 1998, New Delhi is the second Asian city to host the Games. It would be the second major sports event in India after the 1982 Asian Games. Mohinder Singh Gill, the Sports Minister of India also confirmed that the construction work would be closely monitored to meet the proposed deadline. He said, “While there is a lot to be done, I’m sure we’ll be ready in time. We’ll be ready, just like an Indian marriage where things look chaotic but eventually things happen smoothly.” Kalmadi said the Queen’s Baton relay would start from London in the first week of November and travel to 71 Commonwealth nations and territories before arriving in New Delhi. He also declared that Queen Elizabeth II would present the baton to an Indian athlete at Buckingham Place, from where the relay would go to all Commonwealth countries and territories. The baton would visit every state in India too. more...
New Delhi, May 11 (ANI): A Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) security delegation arrived here on Monday to inspect all the facilities and the stadiums before the games to be held in 2010. more...