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Commonwealth Games gold medallist Sini Jose fails dope test

11 months ago
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...

CWG official wants OC members to be honoured!

2 years ago
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...


We fell short of expectations at CWG: Limba!

2 years ago
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...

Himachal govt. to give cash prize to CWG and Asiad medallists

2 years ago
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...

Commonwealth Games, Asiad inspires girls to hone their skills in athletics

2 years ago
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...

Injured Krishna Poonia still confident of a medal at Asian Games

2 years ago
The Commonwealth Games champion aggravated her knee injury while travelling from Delhi to Guangzhou  more...

Fear of Losing to China and Popularising Cricket in the rest of Asia Keeps India out of Asian Games

2 years ago
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...

It will be tougher at Asian Games: Gagan Narang

2 years ago
He may have won four gold medals at the Commonwealth Games but Gagan Narang is not resting on his laurels.  more...

Guangzhou ready for Asiad 2010...

2 years ago
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...

Saina & Co leave for China !

2 years ago
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...

Boxers strive to end gold drought at Asian Games!

2 years ago
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...

COUNT DOWN TO ASIAN GAMES - Dream on, but not that far, says India's weightlifting coach

2 years ago
: 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...

Walkers escaped NADA net before CWG

2 years ago
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...

Archers eye three medals in Asian Games!

2 years ago
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...

Archers eye three medals in Asian Games

2 years ago
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...

Poonia to reveal her plans on Dani`s challenge on Oct 26!

2 years ago
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...

Hockey team heads to China with renewed zeal

2 years ago
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...

Six medallists in Asiad squad

2 years ago
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...

Poonia ready to face Dani anywhere in the world: Virender

2 years ago
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...

Wrestler Sushil to skip Asian Games

2 years ago
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...

Commonwealth Games, Peepli and mobile phones

2 years ago
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...

'Medal value not diluted by withdrawals'

2 years ago
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...

Sena does an about turn on Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010

2 years ago
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...

Commonwealth Games a perfect platform for Asian Games

2 years ago
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...

The Chronicles of the Delhi Commonwealth Games.

2 years ago
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...

CWG trials were conducted in a transparent manner: IBF

2 years ago
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...

Vijender unhappy with CWG selection trials!

2 years ago
Vijender Singh said he is unhappy with the way selection trials for CWG and Asiad were conducted as some “deservingâ€� boxers have been left out.  more...

Quickly complete work, says PM at Nehru stadium

2 years ago
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...

Games squad leaked?

2 years ago
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...

Batra ruined it for me: Brasa

2 years ago
On a day when the national hockey squad for Commonwealth Games and Asiad was announced, serious differences between key officials came to light.  more...

'It's a last minute patch up job to get the event going'

2 years ago
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...

India expect rich haul in badminton

2 years ago
If there ever was a well-prepared Indian badminton team for a major event like the Asiad, Olympics or the Commonwealth Games, then this is it.  more...

A.R. Rahman asks media to project 'positive image' of CWG

2 years ago
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...

Workers rights trampled in the 24-hour toil to meet CWG deadline

2 years ago
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...

India not prepared to hold CWG: Ashok Kumar!

2 years ago
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...

CWG mess: Gill falls back on God, evokes nationalism

2 years ago
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...

Complaints on C'Wealth preparations unsubstantiated: Jaipal Reddy

2 years ago
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...

With God on his side; Gill promises successful Games

2 years ago
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...

 
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