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The West AustralianAustralia to host 2014 Pan Pacific championshipsTimes of IndiaQueensland will also host the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the seaside resort of Gold Coast. "Swimming is a key Commonwealth Games sport and securing a major international swimming event in the lead up to the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games gives us a …Gold Coast [...] more...
Sydney Morning HeraldArchive proves D'Arcy deal was real – CowleyWagin ArgusCowley, 31, the Commonwealth Games triple gold medallist whose face was rebuilt after D'Arcy king-hit him in a Sydney bar in 2008, said an archived media release on the website undermined Swimming Australia president David Urquhart's denial on the …Swimming Australia denies secret D'Arcy dealABC [...] more...
Yahoo!7 NewsQld Government sacks Commonwealth Games chairYahoo!7 NewsThe Queensland Government has defended its decision to sack the chairman of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games committee Mark Stockwell. Mr Stockwell, and Australian Olympic medallist, led the bid team that secured the 2018 Commonwealth Games for the … more...
Brisbane TimesSwimming Australia denies secret D'Arcy dealABC OnlineCowley, a Commonwealth Games triple gold medallist, required face reconstruction after being hit by D'Arcy in a Sydney bar in 2008. D'Arcy was sacked from the 2008 Olympic squad and in 2011 a civil court judgment ordered him to pay Cowley $370000.No inquiry into D'Arcy 'deal'Sydney Morning HeraldRevealed: [...] more...
CTV.caSatisfied Geoff Huegill comes to the end of the roadThe AustralianIndeed, when he captured the 100m butterfly at the Delhi Games in 2010, it was the first individual men's Commonwealth title Australia had won in eight years. "Let's face it, there was a massive hole in men's swimming," Huegill said.Huegill misses outABC OnlineHuegill falls short [...] more...
Telegraph.co.ukLondon 2012 Watch: Thorpedo's dream of Olympic return sinksDaily MailBy Neil Wilson Ian Thorpe, Australia's greatest-ever swimmer, is out of this year's Olympic Games but he could still be coming to Britain for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The five-time Olympic champion's bid to come back from five years in …Thorpe has no regretsSports [...] more...
Kansas City StarReigning champion Jones qualifies for 4th OlympicsKansas City StarBy JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer FILE – In this Oct. 8, 2010 file photo, Australia's gold medalist Leisel Jones poses with her medal following the 100-meter breaststroke final during the Commonwealth Games at the Dr. SP Mukherjee Aquatics Center in New …Australia's Leisel Jones [...] more...
Games may cut athlete quotaThe AustralianTHE Commonwealth Games Federation is considering a proposal to reduce athlete numbers from three per nation to two in athletics and swimming, a move said to be partly designed to curtail Australia's dominance of the medal table. more...
Commonwealth Games champ on showBundaberg News MailSQUASH: Former Commonwealth Games gold medallist Craig Rowland and South African under-23 champion Carl Hampson will head a class Wide Bay Australia Team Titles field at Bundaberg Squash Centre this weekend. It is the biggest event on the Bundaberg … more...
Commonwealth Games champion Alana Boyd is eyeing national recordThe AustralianShe finished 16th in the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and won the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in India in 2010. She was 13th at the world championships in Daegu in August with a jump of 4.50m, coming back after a knee operation in April.and [...] more...
Sydney Morning HeraldAustralian wrestlers clear crucial hurdle on path to LondonSydney Morning HeraldA 17-year-old schoolboy wrestler and a Commonwealth Games gold medallist have reached a crucial milestone in their campaigns to wrestle for Australia at the Olympics. Jayden Lawrence, the teenage sensation from south-west Sydney, and Ivan Popov, …and more » more...
John Harnden, who was formerly chief executive of the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, was named CEO of the 2015 cricket World Cup`s Local Organising Committee. 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...
Air Jordan 4 SURFERS PARADISE, Australia (AP)—The vote to determine who will host the 2018 Commonwealth Games will come down to a decision between fact and prediction. To boost its […] more...
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa made a strong pitch for port city Hambantota to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games, for which Australia`s Gold Coast is also in the fray. more...
Leaders of the Commonwealth group of mostly former British colonies on Friday took tentative steps to tighten up on human rights abuses by members but have still to address tougher measures some warn the group must take to remain relevant. more...
Yesterday's Australian newspaper carried a story exposing the corruption that plagued the building of the Delhi Commonwealth games infrastructure. The report makes clear that corruption has not gone […] more...
By Dilrook KannangaraAustralian Greens have called for a boycott of the Commonwealth summit in Colombo, independent investigations into alleged war excesses by Sri Lanka and to suspend Sri […] more...
BigPond SportDavis joins GreenEDGEThe AustralianDavis, the winner of the Commonwealth Games road race gold medal in Delhi, India last year, will be riding for the Gerry Ryan-backed GreenEDGE team next year and has set the London Olympic Games as one of his major targets. Davis joins a growing band …GreenEDGE sign DavisSky News AustraliaNew cycling [...] more...
Ceylon Daily NewsGold Coast has edge over Hambantota in 2018 CWG bidiNewsOneColombo, Sep 10 (IANS) Australia's Gold Coast appears to have an edge over Sri Lanka's Hambantota in playing host to the 2018 Commonwealth Games, according to a report released by the bid evaluation committee. Both Gold Coast and Hambantota have …Report weighs up bid [...] more...
Australian men`s hockey coach Ric Charlesworth agreed to a contract extension which will keep him in charge until after the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. more...
Strong Indian contingent in Commonwealth ChampionshipTimes of IndiaPTI | Aug 2, 2011, 07.16PM IST NEW DELHI: Commonwealth Games gold medallist Alka Tomar and Olympian Rajiv Tomar will spearhead the Indian challenge at the 2011 Commonwealth Wrestling Championship, to be held in Melbourne, Australia from Friday. …and more » more...
Sports Features Communications Oceania delegates supportive of Gold Coast bidRadio AustraliaOrganisers of the Australian bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast say they're humbly confident a crucial vote from Pacific delegates will swing their way. The only other contender is the Sri Lankan city of Hambantota. …Gold Coast "ticks all the boxes" for [...] more...
A civil court judge has ordered swimmer Nick D'Arcy to pay at least 180,000 Australian dollars ($190,000) in damages to former Commonwealth Games champion Simon Cowley, who was injured in a bar room fight in 2008. more...
Lahore, July 13(ANI): Pakistan's participation in the upcoming Commonwealth Wrestling Championship in Australia is reportedly in doubt due to the non-availability of funds. more...
ABC Online World title heals Comm Games painABC Online"I can't tell you how happy I am that I helped these kids get across the line for Australia, because there was a lot of heartache after the Commonwealth Games and we've come back and proven we were a good enough team to take it," Plummer said. …Final [...] more...
Nigeria: Ndanusa Leaves for 2018 Commonwealth Games Bid EvaluationAllAfrica.comThe president of Nigeria Olympic Committee, Engr. Sani Ndanusa will today leave for Australia to participate in the evaluation of the Gold Coast's Candidate City Bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The NOC boss was selected by the Gold Coast Bid … more...
SQUASH star Melody Francis is pushing for 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games selection after claiming this year’s Millicent Open in South Australia. Francis, the tournament No. 3 seed, beat Wales […] 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...
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...
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The bid by Australia's Gold Coast to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games was described as "sound" on Thursday after a visit by the evaluation commission. more...
Commonwealth Games officials have declared themselves impressed with Gold Coast's bid plans for the 2018 event after completing an inspection visit to Australia on Thursday. more...
Commonwealth Games Evaluation Commission arrive to inspect Gold Coast 2018Insidethegames.bizJune 18 – The two-horse race between the Gold Coast in Australia and Hambantota in Sri Lanka to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games has entered its most critical phase to date as the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) …Coast Games bid enters crucial phaseGold Coast Bulletin Newsall [...] more...
WA today Sri Lanka confident of hosting 2018 Com GamesBusinessWeekSri Lanka is drawing inspiration from Malaysia's successful Commonwealth Games in believing it can beat sole rival Australia in the 2018 bid race. Hambantota is up against Australian favorite Gold Coast, and Sri Lanka Sports …Lanka ready to hold Commonwealth Games – CB Governor CabraalCeylon Daily NewsHambantota [...] 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...
3-times Games medal winner scalped Farrell on big roll in IngleburnCampbelltown Macarthur AdvertiserFarrell entered the Landsdowne District major singles championship and emerged victorious against Australian representative bowler, three-time Commonwealth Games medal winner Karen Murphy winning 31-23 in the final at Merrylands Bowling Club. … more...
Reuters India Sri Lanka, Australia bid for 2018 Commonwealth GamesThe HinduAP Australia touted its successful track record while Sri Lanka called for an opportunity to transform the nation after decades of civil war when they lodged formal bids on Wednesday to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Australia has hosted the games …Australia, Sri Lanka bid to [...] more...
Brisbane Times 'Gold Coast can fix Delhi hangover'Times LIVEAwarding Australia's Gold Coast the right to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games would help the event recover the ground lost after last year's chaotic Delhi event, bid CEO Mark Peters told Reuters on Wednesday. Peters was speaking after the Gold Coast …Gold Coast lodges 2018 Comm Games bidSydney [...] more...
Australia is touting its track record and modern facilities while Sri Lanka promises a transformation of its infrastructure after decades of civil war. more...
Australia's Gold Coast and Sri Lanka's Hambantota would submit their official bids to host the 2018 CWG during the CGF executive board meeting in Kuala Lumpur. more...
Indian team are keen on leaving behind the disappointment of of the Commonwealth Games final drubbing as they lock horns with the mighty Australia. more...
League in bid for GamesThe AustralianJAMAL Idris and Jharal Yow Yeh could be on their way to becoming Commonwealth Games stars if rugby league wins its bid for inclusion in the program at a meeting starting in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. The Rugby League International Federation confirmed …Gold Coast to lodge Commonwealth Games bidHerald Sun* Sri [...] more...
LAINE CLARK WINNING eight medals at the Delhi Commonwealth Games was always going to be a hard act to follow. But for Australian swim team spearhead Emily Seebohm just performing […] more...
THE secret to losing weight is eating grapes, says Australian swimmer Geoff Huegill. The multiple Olympic and Commonwealth Games medallist made an amazing comeback to his sport at the […] 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...
Athletes planning to travel to India for the Commonwealth Games this week may find themselves in the heartbreaking position of making a choice between their safety and their […] more...
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna said he was "taken aback" when Kevin Rudd raised the issue of non-payment of dues to companies for Commonwealth Games-related work during their bilateral meeting in Melbourne recently. more...
Bureau ReportAgence India Press New-Delhi: A day after Australia raised the issue of unpaid bills; Britain joining the rally in accusing India has asked India to clear the dues In […] more...
Sports Minister Ajay Maken said that CWG OC`s outstanding dues towards foreign firms will be paid within ten days after much diplomatic embarrassment. more...
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) The sports ministry has a 'very important role' to play in handling disputes related to the Commonwealth Games (CWG), India's new Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Ajay Maken said here Thursday. more...
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna assured the Australian government that he would take up the matter of non-payment of dues to companies for Commonwealth Games-related work after the issue featured in his talks with Kevin Rudd. more...
According to reports, the Australian companies are preparing a lawsuit against the Commonwealth Games organising committee which allegedly owes million to the firms. more...
India recovered from a bout of bad publicity in time to put on a great show at the Commonwealth Games.With 74 gold medals, Australia dominated the October event, but it was the record 38 gold that more...
New Delhi, Sep 25 : India today reiterated that effective measures had been taken to ensure safety and security of all during the upcoming Commonwealth Games and expressed […] more...
Wednesday, September 29, 2010Commonwealth Games Disaster : Malaysia Boleh, India Tak Boleh http://syedsoutsidethebox.blogspot.com/2010/09/commonwealth-games-disaster-malaysia.html By Syed Akbar Ali I have taken this news report from the New Straits Times and rejigged […] more...
Dale Parker, the Australian cyclist who won a gold medal in the Delhi Commonwealth Games, has reportedly lost his licence after a drink-driving accident in the Adelaide Hills. more...
Ogilvy & Mather Delhi for Indian RailwaysFunky TVC debuting during the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, shown in India, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCmI1dWbLCQ&feature=player_embedded] Source: adsofthworld & TIR more...
Commonwealth Games gold medalist Krishna Poonia`s proposal to have the USD 20,000 winner-takes-all discus throw duel with Dani Samuels after February next year has been accepted by the Australian world champion. 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...
NEW DELHI: Australia has finally paid up Rs 10,000 for damage to property by its athletes before the Commonwealth Games ended in New Delhi earlier this month. An internal […] more...
Nine Australian athletes have tested positive for the banned stimulant that cost Nigerian sprinter Osayomi Oludamola her Commonwealth Games 100-metre gold medal in New Delhi this month, authorities […] more...
Team Australia (Sartaj Hans, Tony Nunn, Arjuna Delivera, Ian Robinson, Paul Gosney, Pete Gill) grabbed the initiative on Day 1 of the third Commonwealth Bridge Championship. more...
After much worry and criticism before the start, the nineteenth Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India have now reached a successful conclusion without any of the […] more...
Australian Commonwealth Games Association Chief Executive Perry Crosswhite has ruled out any participant in the recently-concluded Delhi CWG being among the nine athletes, who flunked dope tests. more...
John Coates said the Commonwealth Games Federation lacked the resources to monitor progress and to ensure that construction deadlines were met.England have become the first overseas team to […] more...
Nine Australian athletes have tested positive for the banned stimulant that cost Nigerian sprinter Osayomi Oludamola her Commonwealth Games 100-metre gold medal in New Delhi this month, authorities […] more...
: Nine Australian athletes have tested positive for the banned stimulant that cost Nigerian sprinter Osayomi Oludamola her Commonwealth Games 100-metre gold medal in New Delhi this month, authorities more...
Nine Australian athletes have tested positive for banned stimulant methylhexaneamine and some of them could be from the Commonwealth Games squads. more...
Sydney, Oct 23 (DPA) Nine Australian sports stars have tested positive for the banned stimulant that cost Nigerian sprinter Osayomi Oludamola her Commonwealth Games 100-metre gold medal in New Delhi this month, authorities said Saturday. more...
CNN-IBN reports: During the Melbourne Commonwealth Games, 2006, upgradation of 17 projects and creating new infrastructure came to a little more than 5,000 crore rupees. The Australian government spent […] more...
Tonight marks the last day of artistic competition at the Commonwealth Games. Australia has competitors in every apparatus final being contested tonight.We'll see Tom aim for another gold […] more...
With the huge amount of money spent at the Delhi Commonwealth Games 2010, reports statistically showed it was the costliest Games held in recent times. Sources said during the […] more...
THE XIX COMMONWEALTH GAMES....§ After much worry and criticism before the start, the nineteenth Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India have now reached a successful conclusion without any of […] more...
Photo by Andy Clark, REUTERS Australia's Emily Rosemond looks over at her competition Canada's Monique Sullivan prior to the women's track cycling sprint quarterfinals at the Commonwealth Games in […] more...
The Commonwealth Games have begun in Delhi, in fact we are into the fourth day of competition! As usual at the Commonwealth Games, Australia is dominating and again as […] more...
As India created history by bagging Commonwealth medals in gymnastics, former Australian champion says he is impressed with the quality of young Indian sportspersons as well as the attitude and passion of Indians which helped in making the recently concluded Games great. 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...
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...
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...
While Australia dominated the overall medal standings of the just concluded New Delhi Commonwealth Games, Kenya dominated the middle and long distance events of athletics.So dominating was their […] more...
Why the Games came to Indiactober 14, 2010 10:48 AMBy Scott RussellThe XIX Commonwealth Games in New Delhi were in a hot, crowded place and they got off […] more...
After much worry and criticism before the start, the nineteenth Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India have now reached a successful conclusion without any of the […] more...
"After much worry and criticism before the start, the nineteenth Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India have now reached a successful conclusion without any of the disastrous events […] more...
Melbourne, Oct 17 (PTI) Teenage boxer Damien Hooper hasbeen revealed as the Australian athlete sent back home earlyfrom the Delhi Commonwealth Games for alleged indiscipline. more...
After much worry and criticism before the start, the nineteenth Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India have now reached a successful conclusion without any of the disastrous […] more...
Aussie boxer was sent home over 'dropping pants in front of official' during Delhi CWGPosted: 10:8a.m. IST, October 17, 2010Sydney, Oct 17 (ANI): An Australian boxer was sent […] 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...
At the top of the medal tally and the undisputed champions of the Commonwealth Games, the Australian team, sadly didn't show any sporting spirit when their cricket […] more...
New Zealand's gold medal tally at the Commonwealth games rose to six and the team's overall medal collection to 36 when the Silver Ferns beat Australia in double […] more...
Kate Wilson Smith and He Tang Tien secured Australia’s first ever Commonwealth Games medal in badminton since 1998 when they beat England’s Jenny Wallwork/Gabrielle White in […] more...
England, Scotland and Australia were close to pulling out from the Commonwealth Games, but for the last minute intervention of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to sal- vage the event, a top British more...
The XIX Commonwealth Games After much worry and criticism before the start, the nineteenth Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India have now reached a successful conclusion without any […] more...
The 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi made more news for the bizarre mishaps that surrounded the event than any achievement in sport. But Indian officials are still […] more...
Sydney/New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) The Australian Commonwealth Games Association (ACGA) has regretted one of its athlete's indecent behaviour a few days back and has agreed to pay for the damage caused at the Games Village in a rowdy incident after Games closure, Lalit Bhanot, Commonwealth Games Organising Committee secretary general, said Friday. more...
New Delhi, Oct 15 (PTI) Senior batsman Sachin Tendulkartoday congratulated the Indian athletes for putting up a goodperformance in the 19th Commonwealth Games here and helpingthe country finish second on the medal tally. more...
Introduction I wrap up the semis and the final below. Results Australian Diamonds 51 England 45Silver Ferns 59 Jamaica 43 England 71 Jamaica 47 […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 15 (PTI) As the Commonwealth Games drew toa close, a fresh controversy rocked the event with reportsemerging that Australian athletes indulged in hooliganism anddamaged property at the Games Village after their cricket teamwas handed a drubbing in the Test series against India. 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...
Melbourne, Oct 15 (PTI) Rich praise continue to flowIndia's way following successful organisation of theCommonwealth Games with Australian Sports Minister Mark Arbibdescribing the mega event as 'exceptional'. more...
Indian icon Sachin Tendulkar was abused by Aussie athletes and a washing machine thrown from the 8th floor, but the Oz mission denies wrongdoing. more...
New Delhi, Oct 15 (ANI): Australian Commonwealth Games Association chief Perry Crosswhite, who admitted that a washing machine was dropped from a balcony in Australia's section of the Games village, is now trying to cover up things by saying that he would be surprised if an Australian athlete was blamed for the incident. more...
Reports suggested that some Australian athletes went on a rampage after their cricket team lost to India in a Test Match in Bangalore. They allegedly broke a washing machine. more...
Sydney, Oct 15 (IANS) An Australian athlete was sent home for bad behaviour this week from the Commonwealth Games and a washing machine was dropped from a balcony in the Australian section of the Games Village after the closing ceremony, it was reported Friday. more...
The Australian team totally dominated the Games with their haul of 177 medals including 74 Golds. But some of their athletes seem to have been involved in vandalising […] more...
Delhi police are investigating reports that an Australian threw a washing machine out of an apartment window in the Commonwealth Games athletes' village. Unconfirmed reports in the Indian media […] more...
New Delhi’s Commonwealth Games ended with martial art battles and a laser show after a record haul of gold medals for India and last-minute fixes to venues rescued an event that had threatened a national embarrassment. more...
Indian paddlers on Thursday assured the country of a total five medals from table tennis in the Commonwealth Games when reigning national champion Poulomi Ghatak and Mouma Das clinched a bronze, beati more...
If Haryana were a country, it would be fifth on the gold medal winners list at Delhi 2010 after Australia, England, Canada and India-minus-Haryana. more...
Enraged by Australia's loss to India in cricket, some athletes went berserk, destroying electrical fittings and furniture in the Commonwealth Games Village. 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...
The media onslaught from the UK and Australia and stay-away stars have left the Games fighting for its future An Indian solider folds an Australian flag after a podium […] more...
Australia top with 74 gold medals as 11-day event in Indian capital finishes without major glitches. The games went off smoothly despite initial concerns over India's ability to host […] more...
Eight-time Olympic champions India's dream of registering their maiden hockey gold in the Commonwealth Games came down crashing as world champions Australia spanked the home team 8-0 to win their fourth consecutive gold in the quadrennial event on Thursday. more...
Women shuttlers led by singles title-favourite Saina Nehwal provided India with a golden double to pilot the country to a historic second-place finish in the Commonwealth Games that ended on Thursday. more...
India Hockey coach Jose Brasa made no bones about the fact that it wasn't exactly a wise decision to have an 11:30 am start for the final against Australia. more...
The two-gold final flourish in badminton led by singles title-favourite Saina Nehwal enabled India to rise to a historic second-place finish in the Commonwealth Games that ended on Thursday. more...
Melbourne, Oct 14 (IANS) The Commonwealth Games now have a first family -- in Australia. Alana Boyd won a gold medal in pole vault at the Delhi Games, emulating the medal-winning performance of her parents over two decades back. more...
Australia's Allan Davis winning the Men's 168km Cycling Road Race Australia's Gilmore Rochelle winning the Gold in the 112km Women's Road Race Canada's Jason Lyon in action during the Men's […] more...
Australia's Sally Pearson after winning in the Women's 110m Hurdles Australian Para-athlete Kurt Fearnley exults after winning the 1500m event Bangladesh's Sumita Rani poses for a picture in front of […] more...
The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations.As well as many Olympic sports, the Games also include some sports that are […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) As India crashed 0-8 to Australia in the Commonwealth Games hockey final Thursday, Pakistani journalists rejoiced at the victory saying the Aussies did to India what the latter did to Pakistan. 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...
World champion Australia thrashed India 8-0 in the final of the Indian men's hockey event at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium to win gold at the Delhi Commonwealth Games. more...
An English athlete celebrates after winning gold in the Men's 4x100m Relay finals Australia's Danielle Prince performs with the ball during the Rhythmic Gymnastics Australia's Mitham Matthew and Warren Ethan […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) India's badminton pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa won the gold in the women's doubles event and the men's hockey team settled for a silver taking the country's overall medal count tantalisingly close to 100 on the final day of the Commonwealth Games here Thursday. more...
New Delhi, Oct 14 (PTI) Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappagave India an eagerly awaited gold by winning the women'sdoubles title in badminton, but the men's hockey team not onlydisappointed but were dealt a severe thrashing by Australia onthe final day of the Commonwealth Games today. more...
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) World champions Australia trounced India 8-0 to claim the gold in the men's hockey competition of the Commonwealth Games at the Major Dhyan Chand stadium here Thursday. more...
Jason Wilson and Luke Doerner scored two goals apiece as world champion Australia thrashed India 8-0 to win its fourth successive Commonwealth Games men's hockey gold on Thursday. more...
Already assured of their maiden medal in the Commonwealth Games, a confident India will be hoping to ride on home support to seek a major upset against world […] more...
Commonwealth Games 2010 India vs Australia Final Live Streaming http://newzzlive.blogspot.com/2010/10/commonwealth-games-2010-india-vs.htmlAmplify’d from newzzlive.blogspot.comCommonwealth Games 2010 India vs Australia Final Live StreamingMen’s Hockey Finals India vs. Australia in CWG GamesDate: October […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 14 (ANI): As the curtains come down this evening with a grand finale of the XIXth Commonwealth Games, India, which is shining with its best ever medal haul with 36 Golds will make a last-ditch effort to finish second in the medal's tally with all eyes on men's hockey team and ace shuttler Saina Nehwal. more...
CWG 2010 Final Hockey India vs Australia Live Streaming http://newzzlive.blogspot.com/2010/10/cwg-2010-final-hockey-india-vs.htmlAmplify’d from newzzlive.blogspot.comCWG 2010 Final Hockey India vs Australia Live StreamingIndia vs Australia Hockey Match Live Streaming CWG Hockey FinalsDate: […] more...
Australia successfully defended their Commonwealth Games crown, defeating a spirited New Zealand 4-2 via tie-breaker in the final of the Women's Hockey event at the Major Dhyan Chand […] more...
IT CAN be said that it was an unforgettable Tuesday when Indian men's hockey team stole the heart of all their fans. They were looking perfect, they were in rhythm and they dominated at the Dhyan Chand National Stadium. India defeated England by 5-4 in the tie-breaker to reach into the finals of the Commonwealth Games 2010. more...
One of the hallmarks of champion sportspersons is their ability to hold themselves together under pressure and deliver high quality performances. We have seen a number of such […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Four gold medals, including a hat-trick by boxers, took India's gold count to 36 and the overall tally to 96 on the penultimate day of the Commonwealth Games here Wednesday. more...
New Delhi, Oct.13 (ANI): Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma on Wednesday announced a cash award of Rs.21 lakh, if the Indian team secures Gold Medal in the Commonwealth Games Hockey Finals and Rs. 15 lakh if they win a Silver Medal. more...
Mumbai, Oct 13 (PTI) Currently displaying their ruthlessnature on the field in the Delhi Commonwealth Games, worldhockey champions Australia have now shown their human side offthe pitch. more...
Sabi Hussain New Delhi, Oct 13 (PTI) Top seeds Nick Matthew and AdrianGrant of England won the men's doubles gold in squash beatingAustralia's Stewart Boswell and David Palmer in the ongoingCommonwealth Games here today. more...
New Delhi, Oct.13 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh is expected to visit Major Dhyanchand stadium to watch the final match of Men's Hockey event to be played between India and world champion Australia here on Thursday. more...
Boxers and paddlers picked up four gold between them in a late evening surge at the Commonwealth Games on Wednesday to take India's gold tally to 36 and the overall medal count to 96. more...
India produced a brave performance and came back from two goals down to beat England 5-4 in the penalty shoot and book a berth in the title clash […] more...
Heena won her second medal in the form of a silver when she shot 481.6 behind Malaysia's Chin Bibiana NG Pei (481.9) in the singles 10m air pistol for women. more...
Commonwealth Games 2010: Australian athletes threaten to boycott Closing Ceremony The crisis hit event is finally drawing to an end. With intense competitions and criticism from all corners, the […] more...
Wildlife vie for attention along with the athletes at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Cyclists returned from their road race around the centre of New Delhi on Sunday […] more...
New Zealand celebrated a fourth successive Commonwealth rugby sevens title with a bare-chested haka at Delhi University on Tuesday after beating Australia 24-17 in a thrilling final. Kurt Baker […] more...
Rifleman Gagan Narang’s hopes of bagging six gold medals in the 19th edition of the Commonwealth Games remained unfulfilled, when he failed to win the 50metre pairs event on Wednesday. more...
New Delhi, Oct.12 (ANI): In a nerve-wracking match, India beat England 5-4 in penalty shootout in the Men's Hockey semi-final clash here on Tuesday to enter final. more...
Foreign journalists taken to Agra by Commonwealth Games organisers can’t stop raving about the majestic Taj Mahal. “The trip was fantastic! I was floored by the beauty of the […] more...
Former Australian netball captain turned commentator Ann Sergeant (understandably) gets carried away with the McMahon love at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi as Australia trounce England: She's their […] more...
Australia stun England to reach CWG women’s hockey final:NEW DELHI: Captain Madonna Blyth scored the winner as defending champions Australia downed a fighting England 1-0 here […] more...
Nigeria's female sprinter, Oludamola Osayomi, will remain suspended provisionally from the ongoing Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Federation Court ruled yesterday. The News Agency […] more...
Shooters Gai Bin and Poh Lip Meng have bagged the sixth gold medal for Singapore at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. Their score of 1116 in the standard […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Shooters Heena Sidhu and Annu Raj Singh won a gold in the 10-metre air pistol pairs event at the Commonwealth Games here Tuesday, taking India's gold tally to 31, the highest the country has earned in the Games' history. more...
The Commonwealth Games has been a great spectacle and many of us have enjoyed watching Australia win so many events and dominate the medal tally, as we seem […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) World champions Australia beat arch-rivals New Zealand 6-2 and entered the final of the men's hockey competition at the Commonwealth Games here Tuesday. more...
Wild monkeys and stray dogs got front row seats but a massive security operation kept most other spectators away as Australia snatched another two Commonwealth Games cycling gold medals […] more...
So I’ve been looking for something to write about over the last few days and thought about the Commonwealth Games that’s going on right now over in Delhi. […] more...
British Swimming has promised the Home Nations' competitors who succumbed to Delhi belly last week that it will have their "interests at heart" when it reviews performance-related pay. more...
: Riding on a high after their magnificent display against Pakistan, hosts India will face England for a place in the hockey final of the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday. World Champions Australia will more...
If India's performance at the weightlifting com- petition at the Commonwealth Games began on a little disap- pointing note, it finished on a rather embarrassing one. On Monday, India's Sarabjit fai more...
2010 Commonwealth Games – bit of a fail Delhi. It’s halfway through the competition and already Australia have bagged almost twice as many medals as any other country even […] more...
This is allkinds of sport from A-Z THIS IS THE COMMONWELTH GAMES. COMMONWEALTH GAMESEngland lose out in hockey semisAustralia produce an excellent defensive display to deny England's women's hockey […] more...
'Australia's oldest athlete at the Delhi Commonwealth Games has missed out on a shooting medal after firing at the wrong target. Michelangelo Giustiniano finished equal third […] more...
Captain Madonna Blyth's 38th-minute deflection off a penalty corner was enough for defending champion Australia to edge England 1-0 in the Commonwealth Games women's field hockey semifinals on Monday. more...
// India is assured of more medals in the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2010. It remains to be seen how many of these gold medals are. But from the way Indian players are battling it out, we should safely say that, gold medals and Indian players are made for each other in the coming days.Today, there [...] more...
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) India need to ratchet up their game and show more discipline Tuesday when they face their nemesis England in the semi-finals of the men's hockey competition at the Commonwealth Games here. more...
IN THE first case of doping at the Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi, Nigerian athlete Osayemi Oludamola, the 100 m gold medalist has reportedly tested positive for Methylhexaneamine, […] more...
IN THE first case of doping at the Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi, Nigerian athlete Osayemi Oludamola, the 100 m gold medalist has reportedly tested positive for Methylhexaneamine, […] more...
England shooter Aaron Heading won the gold medal in the men's trap singles at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Silver went to Michael Diamond of Australia with Manavjit Singh […] more...
Fourteen gold medals will be fought for on day eight of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, while the rugby sevens gets under way and England take on Australia […] more...
Australian cyclists Alan Davis and Rochelle Gilmore dodged wild dogs and monkeys on the stifling empty streets of Delhi to win the Commonwealth Games men's and women's road races on Sunday.The pai more...
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) India's Somdev Devvarman Sunday created history by becoming the first player to win a gold medal in the men's singles at the Commonwealth Games tennis competition, which made its debut in this edition. Somdev outclassed Australia's Greg Jones 6-4, 6-2. more...
Tight security featuring gun-toting police on top of steel barricades kept most of the spectators away during a Commonwealth Games women's cycling road race won by Rochelle Gilmore of Australia on Sunday. more...
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) World champions Australia enjoyed a useful workout ahead of the semi-finals as they hammered Malaysia 7-0 to conclude their pool A league engagements with an all-win record in the men's hockey competition at the Commonwealth Games here Sunday. more...
Australia becomes 2018 Commonwealth Games frontrunnerSydney: Australia's Gold Coast is almost certain to host the Commonwealth Games in 2018 after Sri Lanka failed to make a pitch to […] more...
Pakistan boxer Haroon Khan is guaranteed at least a Commonwealth Games bronze medal after beating Wales' Andrew Selby to reach the semi-finals. Flyweight Khan, younger brother of WBA champion […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) India has lost out on a semi-final berth in the women's hockey competition of the Commonwealth Games. But the medal rounds Monday could yet dish out fascinating fare, with arch rivals Australia facing England and favourites New Zealand taking on South Africa. more...
Spectators sit in the near-empty stands just before the start of the women’s field hockey group matchbetween Australia and Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi yesterday. more...
Bags of unused tickets had to be carted off to the dump on Friday, while organisers owned up to a major communications blunder as theCommonwealth Games remained beset […] more...
Indian ace shooter Gagan Narang won his third gold medal in the Commonwealth Games 2010 , whereas, country's top seeded tennis players Somdev Devvarman and Sania Mirza secured their berth for gold events in the men's and women's single. more...
Leisel Jones watched backstroke teammate Emily Seebohm touch the wall at the Commonwealth Games pool on Saturday, then plunged off the deck and into her breaststroke leg of the Australian team’s 4x100-meter medley relay. 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...
The fogeys still have it. Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, got the better of the younger pair comprising Somdev Devvarman and Rohan Bopanna 6-3, 7-6 (4) to pick up the Commonwealth Games (CWG) bronze more...
World champions Australia had to sweat it out to overcome a spirited chal- lenge from Pakistan beating them 1-0 to seal a place in the semi-finals of the men's hock- ey at the Commonwealth Games. U more...
: The India women's NEW DELHI: The India women's hockey team missed the semi- final berth of the Commonwealth Games by a whisker despite beating South Africa 3-1 in their last league match on Saturday more...
Australia today slammed home a new Commonwealth Games record to defeat New Zealand in the Men's Team Sprint.Jason Niblett replaced Shane Perkins in the three-rider event which the […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) India's Parupalli Kashyap defeated Michael Stewart Browlee of Falkland Islands 21-8, 21-3 to move into the second round of men's singles badminton at the Commonwealth Games here Saturday. more...
New Delhi, Oct 9 (PTI) After India humbled Scotland bya 4-0 margin, the hockey team's chief coach Jose Brasa saidtoday that his team has a psychological advantage overarch-rivals Pakistan for tomorrow's do-or-die encounter in theCommonwealth Games event. more...
Hi Everyone, 2010 Commonwealth Games W400H Heat - 2nd 56.72 Auto qualifier for the FINAL! I felt really good out on the track today; controlled my race, conserved energy but […] more...
New Delhi, Oct.9 (ANI): India maintained a slender edge for the second position in the ongoing XIX Commonwealth Games with 58 medals; 24 Gold, 17 Silver, 17 Silver medals on the sixth day. more...
Singapore tightened its grip on Women's Table Tennis at Delhi 2010 as they clinched Gold in the Team event with a 3-0 win over India at the Yamuna […] more...
New Delhi, Oct.9 (ANI): Indian athlete Harminder Singh won a bronze medal in men's 20-kilometres walk event in the ongoing XIX Commonwealth Games here on Saturday. more...
Leisel Jones etched herself on to the list of Australian swimming greats with her 10th Commonwealth Games gold medal on Saturday to become the joint most successful athlete in the 80 years of the multi-sport event. more...
P Kashyap kept the spectators entertained as India got off to a brilliant start in the individual badminton event of the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi today. more...
Reports of upset stomachs at the Commonwealth Games village in the Indian capital show that even highly protected athletes are not immune to the infamous "Delhi belly." Organisers […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) India Saturday surpassed its Melbourne Commonwealth Games medal haul of 50 with 54 medals at the Games it is hosting for the first time. more...
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Indian shooters won two more gold medals and an unexpected bronze came from the 20 km walk at the Commonwealth Games here Saturday but the country slipped to third position behind Australia and England on the sixth day of the competitions. more...
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) The Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Saturday issued an advisory to presenters and volunteers at venues to check unruly crowds in the stands after a South African swimmer accused Indian spectators of behaving like 'monkeys'. more...
Chaos ruled again at the troubled DelhiCommonwealth Games on Thursday when Australian Sally Pearson was disqualified for a false start three hours after crossing the line first in […] more...
India secured an unexpected bronze in the men's 20km walk when Harminder Singh finished third behind the Australian duo of Jarred Tallent and Luke Adams with a personal best of 1:23:28 in the Commonwealth Games on Saturday. more...
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Australia did just enough to ensure themselves a spot in the semi-finals of the men's hockey competition at the Commonwealth Games by defeating Pakistan 1-0 for their third win, here Saturday. more...
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Gold continued to pour from the Karni Singh Shooting Ranges while an unexpected bronze from the 20km walk early in the morning boosted India's medals tally Saturday, the sixth day of the competitions at the Commonwealth Games here. more...
Bags of unused tickets had to be carted off to the dump on Friday, while organisers owned up to a major communications blunder as the Commonwealth Games remained beset by problems at the halfway stage. more...
India's medal tally at the Commonwealth Games swelled to 21 as shooters Harpreet Singh and Vijay Kumar won gold in 25-metre centre fire pistol pairs event. more...
Embattled Commonwealth Gamesofficials conceded a "major communication blunder" was to blame for Thursday's athletics farce as they continue to grapple with snags at the halfway point of the Delhi […] more...
A rash of Delhi belly cases has laid low as many as 50 international swimmers, here to compete at the Commonwealth Games. The unusually large number of complaints has […] more...
// India is assured of more medals in the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2010. It remains to be seen how many of these gold medals are. But from the way Indian players are battling it out, we should safely say that, gold medals and Indian players are made for each other in the coming days.Today, there [...] more...
The old and new of Australian swimming were at their brilliant best on Friday as Leisel Jones won yet another Commonwealth Games gold and 15-year-old Yolane Kukla claimed her […] more...
Sally Pearson was elated when she won the women's 100m gold medal at the XIX Commonwealth Games in New Delhi yesterday. The 24-year-old became Australia's first Commonwealth Games 100m champion in 36 years when she crushed the field in 11.28 seconds. Then tragedy struck, and the Australian sprinter did not finish on the podium for the medal award ceremony at the Jawaharlal NehruJawaharlal Nehru Stadium. more...
Australian teenager Yolane Kukla made history on Friday when she became the youngest person to win a Commonwealth Games swim- ming gold since 2000. The teenager - aged just 15 and nine days - won gold 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...
Bags of unused tickets had to be carted off to the dump on Friday, while organisers owned up to a major communications blunder as the Commonwealth Games remained beset by problems at the halfway stage. more...
MediaWatch - Today Tonight's Delhi Commonwealth Games Bomb Sting Australia's Channel 7 program "Today Tonight" claims to have gone undercover to test the security of the 2010 Commonwealth games […] more...
Australia's 4x100m freestyle team of, from left, Alicia Coutts, Felicity Galvez, Emily Seebohm and Marieke Guehrer celebrate their win at the Commonwealth Games in India. Quite a good results […] more...
The chaotic organising of theCommonwealth Games has received heavy widespread criticism but the world's smallest republic Nauru have only good things to say about the embattled Delhi officials. (For […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Repenting for his rude gesture at the judges here Wednesday, Australian track cyclist Shane Perkins Friday pulled out of the team sprint event in the Commonwealth Games. more...
Reuters | Oct 8, 2010 | 2:10pm IST Embattled Commonwealth Games officials conceded a "major communication blunder" was to blame for Thursday's athletics farce as they […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Australia won two more gold medals in cycling, creating a record in the men's team sprint at the Commonwealth Games here Friday. more...
Fundamentalists attack a Professor in Kerala.Unprecedented security for Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.Elaborate security arrangements for the India - Australia test match in Bangalore.Suicide bombers kill five in […] more...
Fri, Oct 8 01:39 PMNew Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) The capital is buzzing with activities thanks to the ongoing Commonwealth Games and with the sports event […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Sania Mirza moved into the women's tennis singles final defeating Olivia Rogowska of Australia 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the semi-final at the Commonwealth Games here Friday. more...
Katie Glynn scored a hat-trick on Friday to guide New Zealand into the semifinals of the Commonwealth Games women's hockey competition with a 4-1 win over England. more...
Embattled Commonwealth Games officials conceded a "major communication blunder" was to blame for Thursday's athletics farce as they continue to grapple with snags at the halfway point of the Delhi event on Friday. more...
Australia and India are certain of winning multiple Tennis medals at the XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi after players from both nations dominated the day session at R.K. […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 8(ANI): Australia's former world champion marathon runner Robert de Castella has described the conditions at Delhi Commonwealth Games as the toughest he has ever seen for marathon running. more...
Australian sprinter Sally Pearson was on Thursday stripped of her gold medal after England protested that she had a false start in a controversial women's 100m dash in the Commonwealth Games here on Thursday. more...
The New Delhi Games have presented a series of unique challenges for the athletes, their support teams, the fans and the press. The Herald picks the […] more...
The youngest gymnast from any nation at the Commonwealth Games, New Zealand's Jordan Rae came surprisingly close to bagging a medal in the vault overnight (NZT). more...
After a pompous start and four days of good show, the Delhi Games suddenly plunges into crisis. A horde of swimmers has fallen sick and the pool water is being blamed for it. more...
: Two Australian swimmers pulled out of com- petition and South Africa topped Thursday's honours, winning two out of five gold on offer. Australia, England and Canada won a gold apiece. Ernest Stoe more...
Halsall was visibly unwell when receiving her 100m freestyle bronze Commonwealth Games officials are to investigate whether the quality of the water in the practice pool is […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 7 (PTI) Australian sprinter Sally Pearsonwas today stripped of her gold medal after England protestedthat she had a false start in a controversial women's 100mdash in the Commonwealth Games here today. more...
Nigerian Osayemi Oludamola won the women's 100 metres at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday after Australia's Sally Pearson was disqualified for a false start three hours after crossing the line in first place. more...
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Indian shooters yet again fired to glory, archers and women wrestlers joined the party and a gymnast created history with the first ever medal, taking the count to 34 at the Commonwealth Games here Thursday. more...
Nigerian Osayemi Oludamola was declared the winner of the Commonwealth Games women's 100 metres on Thursday after Australia lost an appeal to have Sally Pearson's disqualification overturned. more...
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) There was high drama late Thursday as Australian Sally Pearson was disqualified for false start after being declared a winner in the women's 100m run following protest by England at the Commonwealth Games here. more...
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Weightlifter Sudhir Kumar Thursday won a bronze medal for India in the 77 kg weight category. He lifted a total weight of 297 kg. more...
Saumojyoti S Choudhury New Delhi, Oct 7 (PTI) Australia proved too hot for Indiato handle as the world champions spanked the home team 5-2 ina Pool A match and inched a step closer towards the semifinalsof the men's hockey event in the Commonwealth Games heretoday. more...
Fran Halsall claimed England's first gold medal, while Liam Tancock earned them the second gold with a Games record at the XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi at Dr […] more...
The Commonwealth Games have begun in Delhi, in fact we are into the fourth day of competition! As usual at the Commonwealth Games, Australia is dominating and again as […] more...
Amidst NDTV reports that the Commonwealth Games swimming pool in Delhi may be contaminated, the organisers were today left red-faced with the 'Big Two' Michael Fennell and Suresh […] more...
Amidst NDTV reports that the Commonwealth Games swimming pool in Delhi may be contaminated, the organisers were today left red-faced with the 'Big Two' Michael Fennell and Suresh […] more...
Australia's Megan Dunn sprinted to victory in the women's 10km scratch race to win her second cycling gold of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.promocje kasynowe blackjack ruletka […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 7 (ANI): Confusion surrounds whether food at the Commonwealth Games village or contaminated water in the swimming pool is the reason behind a host of athletes reporting sick. more...
English officials have asked for reassurances about the water quality in the Commonwealth Games aquatics centre after reports that up to 15 swimmers on the England and Australian […] more...
Indians were 195 with three rounds while Malaysia finished at 219. When the last arrow was to be shot by Hansdah, India needed five points and Hansda shot eight to give India its first medal of the competition. more...
The Commonwealth Games is facing a new crisis after reports that up to 15 swimmers on the England and Australian teams have a stomach virus - potentially caused […] more...
Melbourne, Oct 7 (IANS) Over a dozen Australian swimmers have fallen sick, and two of them have pulled out of their events Thursday. An official said the illness 'seems quite isolated to the swim team at the moment'. more...
Uganda's Moses Kipsiro took the first athletics gold of the Commonwealth Games after workers triumphed in their own desperate race to repair the track and get the infield ready at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. more...
There is a gap of 23 places in the world rankings between Scotland and Australia and it was all too evident as the tournament favourites crushed Russell Garcia's men 9-0 at the Commonwealth Games in the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in Delhi. more...
All the players have an equal chance : SaniaDelhi but believes that all the players in the women’s draw have an equal chance. Sania is not ready to […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 6 (ANI): The Australian Sports Minister, Mark Arbib has said the Australian Commonwealth Games Association would take strict disciplinary action against wrestler Hassene Fkiri for making a rude gesture to wrestling officials after losing a fight to Indian wrestler at the Commonwealth Games. more...
New Delhi, Oct 6 (ANI): The Indian archery team, which one of the strongest teams in the competition, continued the good work on the third day of the XIXth Commonwealth Games today with a convincing win over Trinidad and Tobago by 219-224 to make it to the quarterfinals in the compound team championship. more...
The highlights of the day were nothing less than India entering her name on the medals table. There was another piece of heartening news for the Indian fans. The pair of Leander Paes and Sania Mirza started their campaign in a wining style in their mixed doubles in the tennis event at the Commonwealth Games [...] more...
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Swimming, badminton, tennis and hockey are the biggest crowd pullers at the Commonwealth Games, officials said on day three of the competition Thursday. more...
New Delhi/Melbourne, Oct. 6 (ANI): Australian Commonwealth Games officials have decided to lock-up silver-medallist wrestler Hassene Fkiri after he refused to shake hands with his Indian opponent and gold medal winner Anil Kumar following his defeat in the 96 kilogram Greco-Roman class wrestling championship on Tuesday. more...
BOURNEMOUTH netballer Geva Mentor helped England make it two out of two at the Commonwealth Games, but insists they will need to up their game to hang on to their 100 per cent record. more...
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) World champions Australia took just 14 minutes to shake off the early morning blues and then proceed to dismantle Scotland 9-0 to open their campaign in the men's hockey competition of the Commonwealth Games on a strong note here Wednesday. more...
Commonwealth Games 2010: Medals TableAll Sports medal table ordered by the gold won by the participant countries. Currently India is on 2nd position.What do you think, will India retain this position? Do you think India is able to get number one position on the point table, please share your views by commenting on this post. CountryGoldSilverBronzeTotal Australia99422 India54211 England24612 South [...] more...
There were more cheers in the Malaysian camp on the second day of the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG), when weightlifters added a gold and silver while cycling provided a silver lining to boost the medal tally. more...
India has surpassed hopes andexpectations with the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony andshould aim for hosting the Olympics, Australian SportsMinister Mark Arbib on Tuesday said. more...
AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE...OI OI OI[caption id="attachment_546" align="aligncenter" width="221" caption="COMMONWEALTH GAMES"][/caption] View the events calendar and keep up to date with our Australians in the Medal Tally. Commonwealth Games Professionals BathurstTel: […] more...
Commonwealth Games 2010 is expected to result in an overall economic impact of $4,940 million on India's GDP during a period of four years ending 2012 and create […] more...
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="595" caption="Indian weightlifter Soniya Chanu"][/caption]In Sydney, for the Olympics in 2000, the Australians famously scheduled the women's triathlon on the morning of day one because […] more...
With a glorious grand opening at exact 2 minutes past seven in the evening, a huge inflatable balloon rose up with sounds of hundreds of traditional drums made up […] more...
India's Anil Kumar bagged the third gold medal for India in wrestling, outclassing Australia's Hassene Fkiri in the final of the 96kg Greco-Roman style at the Commonwealth Games here today. more...
New Delhi/Melbourne, Oct 5 (PTI) Steven Moneghetti, chefde mission of Australia, today lashed out at CommonwealthGames organisers, saying that his country's contingent were"treated like cattle" as they were forced to wait in a tunnel"in cauldron conditions" for a long time before the march pastin Sunday's opening ceremony. more...
India has surpassed hopes and expectations with the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony and should aim for hosting the Olympics, Australian Sports Minister Mark Arbib said on Tuesday. more...
The organising committee of the 19th Commonwealth Games fell short of excuses in addressing the problems dogging the event on the opening day as they committed to sort out the issues by tomorrow. more...
Athletes at the Commonwealth Games are battling a plague of Delhi bugs as much as opponents with organisers forced to blanket venues with a pungent insecticide after an influx of insects. more...
India has surpassed hopes and expectations with the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony and should aim for hosting the Olympics, Australian sports minister Mark Arbib today said. more...
India moved a step further to winning gold medals on the second day of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang won gold medal in […] more...
Australia took charge of proceedings at the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Aquatics Complex, winning three of the five gold on offer and breaking two Commonwealth Games records in the process. Canada won more...
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="513" caption="SILVER LINIING: England looked a good shout for team gold at one stage but they were pipped to victory by Australia in Delhi (Reuters) […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Formidable Australia dominated the pool to establish early lead in the medal contest on day one of the 19th Commonwealth Games here Monday. 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 (PTI) Australians dominated the poolwith three gold today but two of their swimmers -- RobertHurley and Ryan Napoleon -- had suffered stomach upset afterhaving food at the Commonwealth Games village. more...
Melbourne, Oct 4 (PTI) The Commonwealth Games openingceremony received accolades from many member countries butAustralia almost pulled out of it in protest of theircontingent being kept in "extremely hot and uncomfortable"environment before the event, a report said. more...
After a spectacular opening of the Commonwealth Games ceremony, creative director Bharat Bala promises an equally memorable farewell to the Games. more...
Smitha Manidharan and Annie Samson New Delhi, Oct 4 (PTI) After a spectacular opening of theCommonwealth Games Ceremony, creative director Bharat Balapromises an equally memorable farewell to the Games withperformances that incorporates love and fond memories of Indiawhich athletes and visitors can take away with them. 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...
____________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Photograph Copyright : Getty ImagesPalmer claims first gold04/10/2010 9:01 PM Sportal Kylie Palmer has won the first gold medal for Australia in the Commonwealth Games, producing a […] more...
Wellington, Oct 4 (ANI): New Zealand's netball team racked up 102 goals in beating Papua New Guinea 102-21 on Monday in their Commonwealth Games opener in Delhi. more...
New Delhi, Oct 5 (PTI) The general weigh-in ahead of theCommonwealth Games boxing competition turned out to be achaotic affair today with the Australian team complaining thatthe scales were faulty, a claim refuted by the TechnicalDelegate for the event. more...
The days leading up the the Commonwealth Games in Delhi are finding Australia’s politicians and athletes on pins and needles, it seems. The recent violence and mounting concerns […] more...
The official weigh-in for the Commonwealth Games boxing competition ran into complete chaos on Monday with teams complaining of faulty test scales at the Talkatora Indoor stadium. more...
New Delhi, Oct 4 (PTI) A day after the spectacularopening ceremony gave a new fillip to the Commonwealth Gamesafter its shambolic build-up, technical glitches overinformation about various disciplines continued to hog thelimelight. 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...
Hormone drugs weaken Caster Semenya Mike Hurst From: News Limited newspapers September 30, 2010 12:06AM Caster Semenya has pulled out of the Commonwealth Games. Source: AFP […] more...
Australia swimmers look to better their 2006 performance where they had won 53 medals including 19 gold; England aim to put up a stiff resistance. more...
Commonwealth Games 2010 saw a grand opening in Delhi a couple of hours ago. All the controversy that surrounded it was kept aside as people witnessed […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Australia were the first country to walk into the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here during the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games Sunday evening. more...
Two toned, stripped and "fit" Commonwealth Games athletes had the Duchess of Cornwall a little hot under the collar when she stopped their training session for a chat. Camilla […] more...
With Commonwealth Games opening ceremony just a few hours away, the Australian Commonwealth Games athletes are now revved up in the spirit of the Games and seem to be bracing themselves for the big night. more...
An interesting news story in Delhi is never hard to come across with the Commonwealth Games beginning tomorrow. The media keep reminding us about the poor state of the […] more...
Australia today said it was sure that Delhi would deliver an "outstanding" Commonwealth Games and the "challenges" of the past few months would be forgotten. 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...
Watched the rugby league grand final today. With the Delhi Commonwealth Games opening ceremony tonight, and following Delhi having given handouts to member states to vote for them […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 3 (ANI): Australia's swimming head coach Leigh Nugent is confident of maintaining dominance of his team in the Delhi Commonwealth Games by overcoming the strong challenge posed by the English team. more...
New Delhi, Oct 3(ANI): New Zealand netball player Laura Langman has denied talks that the netball tournament at the Delhi Commonwealth Games was "highly doubtful". more...
Commonwealth Games prepares to open amid chaos and negative publicity - The Guardian via Australian sports - Google News on 2/10/10 Sydney Morning HeraldCommonwealth Games prepares […] more...
Melbourne, Oct 3 (PTI) After days of agonising wait, starAustralian hockey player Jamie Dwyer finally received hisplaying kit which lost in transit in Singapore en route toDelhi for the Commonwealth Games. more...
Premier Anna Bligh is currently in Delhi lobbying to bring the 2018 Commonwealth Games to the Gold Coast. The ABC (Bligh pitches Gold Coast bid to Games federation) […] more...
From helicopters to snipers and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, the national capital will witness unprecedented security arrangements for any sports event ever in the country as the 19th Commonwealth […] more...
The Commonwealth Games begin later today in Delhi, assuming all goes as planned. There's been enough muddling about the preparation that New Zealand teams almost stayed home, and […] more...
ELHI: Swimming head coach Leigh Nugent is confident his team can repel the strong challenge of the English and maintain Australia's dominance in Commonwealth Games competition. England's swimmers have […] more...
With Delhi all set to declare the Commonwealth Games (CWG) open, I think I should stop the India bashing and wish the country well. My love for India […] more...
Karachi, Oct 2(ANI): Former Pakistani hockey player Samiullah has said that the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF)'s duty would not end by passing the buck to the players. more...
New Delhi, oct.2 (ANI): On the eve of the Commonwealth Games praise for the security arrangments and sports facilties are coming from the most unexpected quarters. more...
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="142" caption="CWG 2010 New Delhi"][/caption] The adjectives being used a week ago were a public relations disaster for India: "filthy, unlivable, uninhabitable, unhygenic, rampant corruption, chaotic, unfinished, […] more...
Welcoming his country's contingent to take part in the ensuing Commonwealth Games, the Australian High Commission hosted a grand reception at New Delhi on Friday to raise the spirits of the members of the squad. more...
New Delhi, Oct.2 (ANI): Australian Kookaburras captain Jamie Dwyer's bid for victory at the XIXth Commonwealth Games in Delhi could come unstuck because of the non-arrival of his equipment, which is stranded in Singapore. more...
Indian security forces will probably prevent a large-scale terror attack on the Delhi Commonwealth Games, but small attacks are highly possible, a Sydney-based think tank has said. 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...
: The point of the Commonwealth Games, besides the obvious sports, is for the competitors and tourists to enjoy the sights and sounds of the host coun- try's different culture. But for Australia, secu more...
nstead of feeling offended after he was frisked by securitymen at the Commonwealth Games Village here on Friday, Australian Sports Minister Mark Arbib said it was “good thing“ that Indian authorities more...
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Despite being frisked at the Commonwealth Games Village Friday, Australian Sports Minister Mark Arbib, instead of making a fuss, praised the strict security measures in place. more...
[caption id="attachment_219" align="aligncenter" width="328" caption="cartoon by Pabodha Hettige"][/caption] The Sri Lankan contingent will attend the Commonwealth Games ’10, despite the issues arising with regard to the event, said the […] more...
The tight security at the Games Village forced Australian Sports Minister Mark Arbib to walk to the residential complex of his country's athletes as he could not take his official vehicle into the premises because it did not have the necessary accreditation. more...
Oz sports minister gets taste of tight security at CWG Village - NDTV.com via "australian sports" - Google News on 30/09/10 NDTV.comOz sports minister gets taste […] more...
Athlete John Steffensen is the kamikaze pilot of Australian sport. The Perth-born 28 year old has pulled out of the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. Steffensen says this is in reaction […] more...
The build-up to the series has- n't been as feverish as an India- Australia encounter normally causes. But that has a lot to do with the Commonwealth Games and the Pakistan cricketing saga which has h more...
Australia have lost two more athletes from their Commonwealth Games squad, with reigning discus gold medallist Scott Martin among two track and field competitors forced to pull out due to injury. more...
As the countdown to the Commonwealth Games moved into its final three days, athletes continued to flood into a heavily guarded Indian capital as the host of problems surrounding the event showed signs of easing. more...
New Delhi, Sep 30 (PTI) The buzz surrounding theCommonwealth Games began to increase with the arrival of theQueen's Baton Relay as around 1250 athletes and officials alsochecked in for the mega-event, which is just three days awayfrom being declared open. more...
Melbourne, Sep 30 (PTI) Star pull-outs continued ahead ofthe Commonwealth Games with defending champion discus throwerScott Martin of Australia withdrawing from the mega event dueto a chest injury. more...
Naxalite separatist militants will be targetting foreign nationals and athletes in next week’s Commonwealth Games in New Delhi – according to TOP SECRET documents leaked to PKKH from […] more...
: Finally, each official concerned with the much- maligned Commonwealth Games heaved a sigh of relief as Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit on Wednesday officially declared the Games Village ready. Hav more...
I've just read that Australians are being warned to not wear national colours whilst in India for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, because of concerns they may stand out […] more...
Popular Australian TV channel ABC claimed that the alleged sting operation by another Channel Seven on alleged security lapse at the Commonwealth Games was "ridiculous and dishonest", but the latter has threatened to sue them. more...
Even as Australia issued a fresh travel advisory regarding India, Sports Minister M.S. Gill Wednesday said strict security arrangements have been made for the Commonwealth Games and there is nothing to worry. more...
Natasha Chaku Melblourne, Sept 29 (PTI) Australian government todayissued fresh warnings to its citizens travelling to India toexercise "high degree of caution" due to "high risk ofterrorist attack" during the Commonwealth Games and in view ofpossible tensions following the Ayodhya issue verdict. more...
New Delhi, Sept. 29, 2010: In a development that is bound to cast further shadows over an already beleaguered Commonwealth Games, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) has […] more...
Canberra, Sept 29 (ANI): After a fresh alert was issued saying there is a "high risk of a terrorist attack" at the Delhi Commonwealth Games, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said that the advice is based on "factual assessment" and is not meant to criticise the Indian government or its people. more...
Canberra, Sept 29 (ANI): The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs has released a fresh alert saying there is a "high risk of terrorist attack" at the Delhi Common Wealth Games, which are scheduled to start from October 3. more...
With nearly 100,000 police guarding the Commonwealth Games in India's capital, the biggest threat will be attacks on soft targets, from bombs in markets to a shooting of a tourist on a crowded street. more...
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Bringing heavy duty equipment and expert staff, top five-star hotel chains, including the Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, are helping in the last-minute massive clean-up drive at the Commonwealth Games Village, officials said. more...
With only four days to go for the Commonwealth Games, `welcome' was the key word for volunteers and officials inside the Games Village. With new contingents pouring in on Tuesday, it was smiles and po more...
New Delhi, Sep 28 (PTI) Dragflicker Sandeep Singhconverted two penalty corners to help India inflict a 3-1defeat on England in their second practice match ahead of theCommonwealth Games here today. more...
Sydney, Sep 28 (IANS) South African women's 800m world champion Caster Semenya is still training for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games even as doubts linger over her participation in the mega event. more...
http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s3023099.htm http://www.abc.net.au/iview/?series=2810604#/view/646211 I have just been sent this link from ABC Australia's Media Watch which exposes the report by Channel 7 on Delhi CWG's security weakness. Channel 7 journalist reported that […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) Over 3,100 Indian and foreign athletes have arrived here for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games. Around 850 athletes arrived Tuesday. more...
The Australian High Commissioner, Mr Peter Varghese, today launched Business Club Australia (BCA), the Australian Government's official business program for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, aimed at boosting trade and investment opportunities between I... Continue reading → more...
The Australian swimming team was assured of fool-proof security during the Delhi Commonwealth Games at a briefing held in Kuala Lumpur Monday. But some of them might still […] more...
Naxalite separatist militants will be targetting foreign nationals and athletes in next week's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi - according to TOP SECRET documents leaked to PKKH […] more...
Australia, which has been severely critical of Commonwealth Games arrangements, today sought to downplay the remarks of its Prime Minister Julia Gillard cautioning her countrymen while travelling in India. more...
New Delhi, Sep 28(ANI): Australia's gymnastics team for the Delhi Commonwealth Games was reportedly denied a chance to speak to the media after touching down at the Indira Gandhi airport late on Monday. more...
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) The hockey event will provide the highest level of competition at the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games considering the quality of teams in the fray, says Vasudevan Baskaran, who led the Indian hockey team to a gold medal in the 1980 Olympics. more...
England Commonwealth Games athletes and officials have been banned from wearing Team England clothes outside of Games venues in New Delhi, as intelligence officials warn of increased kidnapping risks to Britons, Australians, New Zealanders and Canadians in the Indian city. more...
Some of his countrymen might have opted out of the Commonwealth Games due to security and hygiene issues, but veteran Australian hockey player Jamie Dwyer on Monday said he has no concerns travelling to Delhi for the crisis-hit mega-event even though his pregnant wife is little apprehensive. more...
The Commonwealth games occur every four years. Athletes work hard every single day to compete at these games. Since 1970 the Commonwealth games have been […] more...
Around 550 Athletes and delegates, from Australia, Canada and England are arriving in New Delhi on Monday night to participate in the Commonwealth Games. On Sunday night, players […] more...
Pakistan today joined the list of countries complaining about the Commonwealth Games facilities, saying a lot still needs to be done to ensure that their athletes are comfortable at the athletes' village. more...
Quite recently, there has been immense focus in the media on the Commonwealth Games and the country in which it will be held. It appears that the conditions […] more...
The first batch of Australian athletes for the Commonwealth Games arrived here early Monday morning hoping to remain unaffected by the troubled build-up to the event. more...
New Delhi, Sept.27 (ANI): Around 550 athletes and officials are expected to arrive in Delhi today to participate in the XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi. more...
From my bookmarks:Athletes from Australia and England moved into the Commonwealth Games village in New Delhi Monday despite warnings that work is unfinished just six days before the […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 27 (PTI) Around 550 athletes and officialsfrom countries such as Australia, Canada and England areexpected to arrive in Delhi today to participate in theCommonwealth Games 2010. more...
New Delhi, Sept 27 (ANI): Australia's first Commonwealth Games athletes, who arrived in Delhi this morning, have said that they have come with an open mind despite security concerns, and added that they were "looking forward" to compete in the event and clarify all doubts regarding the gloomy accommodation reports themselves. more...
Delhi, Sep 27 (ANI): Rubbishing security concerns over Australia's warnings that its citizens in Delhi should not fly national flags, Australian Commonwealth Games Federation chief Perry Crosswhite has said the Games venues are secure and there would be no issue there. more...
Melbourne, Sep 27 (ANI): Australian swimmer Ryan Napoleon is not concerned about security threats, and, is only worried about competing in the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games after spending thousands of dollars this month on a Court of Arbitration appeal against a three-month doping ban. more...
The first batch of Australian athletes for the Commonwealth Games arrived here early this morning hoping to remain unaffected by the troubled build-up to the event. more...
English track and field athletes are still looking forward to the Commonwealth Games despite reports criticising the venue's cleanliness, security and construction. more...
The bridge collapse and a suspected militant attack on two foreign visitors threw the Games into crisis. An outbreak of dengue has only compounded worries. Several top athletes, including world […] more...
NEW DELHI — Two more Australian athletes withdrew Sunday and a South African competitor reportedly found a snake in his room as complaints over cleanliness, security and construction […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) On a day when the biggest group of foreign athletes and officials arrived here Sunday for the Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth Games Federation chief executive Mike Hooper criticised the Indian government for the delay in infrastructure projects - only to later take back his words. more...
Workers painted walls, drained out rain water and removed a snake at the Commonwealth Games Village as India raced today to address complaints of filth and hygiene a week before the start of the showpiece event. more...
Australian cyclist Travis Meyer and table tennis player Stephanie Sang today joined the growing list of athletes pulling out of the troubled Commonwealth Games in Delhi, citing security and health concerns. more...
The Games were supposed to enhance India’s image of a rising power, but shoddy construction, filthy accommodation and security fears have underlined governance and accountability issues, hurting the runaway pride of Asia’s third largest economy. more...
Just as things were beginning to look up for the crisis-hit Commonwealth Games, a spate of pullouts, more complaints about the athletes' village and the continuous negative publicity added to the hassled organisers' woes just one week before the mega-event. more...
Al Qaeda plot to kidnap British athletes, fans during Delhi Games unearthed 2010-09-26 11:50:00 A plot to target or kidnap British athletes and fans coming to India for the 2010 […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Unfazed by the controversies surrounding the Commonwealth Games, champion swimmers Ashley Callus of Australia and England's Jenna Randall have said they will definitely travel to New Delhi and the problems there have not had a negative impact on them. more...
Wooooo!!! CWG!! Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi.. till yesterday.. i thought that no... India would not be able to host the CWG.. but aftr seeing the games village.. i […] more...
Workers removed rain water, scraped dirt and painted walls at the Commonwealth Games Village on Sunday as India raced to address complaints of filth and hygiene a week before the start of the showpiece event. more...
While everyone makes a last ditch scramble to save India's face and salvage the Games, things continue to fall apart. 1) Today, it was gold medalist boxer Akhil […] more...
Australia's opposition party has asked the Julia Gillard Government to give athletes participating in the 2010 Commonwealth Games more advice on the security situation in New Delhi. more...
Australian cyclist Travis Meyer and table tennis player Stephanie Sang today joined the growing list of athletes pulling out of the troubled Commonwealth Games in Delhi, citing security and health concerns. more...
Melbourne, Sep 26 (PTI) Australian cyclist Travis Meyerand table tennis player Stephanie Sang today joined thegrowing list of athletes pulling out of the troubledCommonwealth Games in Delhi, citing security and healthconcerns. more...
London, Sep 26 (ANI): A plot to target or kidnap British athletes and fans coming to India for the 2010 Commonwealth Games has emerged over their country's support to the war in Afghanistan. more...
Melbourne, Sep 26 (ANI): Australia's opposition party has asked the Julia Gillard Government to give athletes participating in the 2010 Commonwealth Games more advice on the security situation in New Delhi. more...
Sydney, Sept 26 (ANI): Companies that have spent almost 25 million dollars for prime-time advertising during TV coverage of the Commonwealth Games, would reportedly seek compensation if audiences plunge because of problems in Delhi. more...
The Federal Opposition says the Government should be telling Australian athletes whether or not it is safe to travel to the Commonwealth Games in India. more...
Two days after Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s statement that there was a “high risk of terrorism” in New Delhi, India on Saturday said it was in close touch with Australia and other countries participating in the Commonwealth Games on the steps being taken and that it was “incumbent on all” to join hands to tackle this scourge of terrorism. more...
September 25, 2010 21:27 IST Australian authorities have received intelligence about a plan by Al-Qaida-linked terrorists to take foreigners hostage during the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, a report […] more...
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="280" caption="These two captain will battle it out!!"][/caption] Everyone knows that the commonwealth games are going to be taking place in Delhi next month but also […] more...
India is spending around USD 6.6 billion (according to one estimate) to hold these games. Still, the PM and AM of India are unwilling to give food grains […] more...
Now, wait, I'm not referring to Mani Shankar Aiyar's rants about the Commonwealth. This is about India's money power! India's trading partners - Australia and Canada, and the […] more...
Can the Commonwealth Games still be a success?It seems as if things are turning around for the crisis hit Commonwealth Games. Federation boss Fennell is pleased, and Australia and New Zealand have confirmed their participation.From:ndtvViews:2149 5ratingsTime:05:09More inNews & Politics more...
Sydney, Sep 25(ANI): Australian athletes at the Delhi Commonwealth Games present a top-tier target for a range of terrorist groups, security experts have said. more...
Three-time gold medallist relay run- ner Tamsyn Lewis has pulled out of the Commonwealth Games citing injury, even as star Australian cyclists Mark Renshaw and Mathew Hayman are still undecid- ed abou more...
am certainly pleased to arrive in Delhi with the news that Australia has moved into the Village o get ready for the arrival of their athletes MIKE FENNELL, Commonwealth Games president 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...
Doordarshan, which holds the broadcasting rights to the Games, is learnt to have held meetings with TAM Sports in Delhi on Friday on how the telecast can be monitored during the Games. more...
AUSTRALIA received a $125,000 kickback after India won the Commonwealth Games in a $10 million palm-greasing exercise that has spectacularly backfired.Delhi sealed the right to host the Games […] more...
Melbourne, Sep 24 (PTI) Three-time gold medallist relayrunner Tamsyn Lewis has pulled out of the Commonwealth Gamesciting injury, even as star Australian cyclists Mark Renshawand Mathew Hayman are still undecided about travelling toDelhi due to sanitation and security issues. 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...
Lahore, Sep 24 (ANI): Pakistan's top tennis player Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, who is a part of the country's contingent scheduled to leave for India on Sept 29, has said the competition in the upcoming Commonwealth Games (CWG) in New Delhi will be tough. 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...
Australia and New Zealand on Friday confirmed their presence in the October 3 to 14 event and also gave a thumbs up to the Athletes' Village, which they had dubbed 'filthy and uninhabitable' just few days ago. more...
New Delhi, Sept.24 (ANI): The Organising Committee of the Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi on Friday welcomed 47 sportspersons and team officials of the England hockey and lawn bowls teams as the first overseas contingent to arrive here for the Commonwealth Games. more...
Things finally began to look up for the crisis-hit Commonwealth Games with Australia and New Zealand confirming participation and the first batch of English athletes […] 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...
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Unfazed by the controversies surrounding the Commonwealth Games, squash star Saurav Ghoshal is confident of winning India's first ever medal in the sport. more...
Defending champions Australia will be without their key defender Kobie McGurk in next month's Commonwealth Games in Delhi with a stress fracture ruling her out of the event, Hockey Australia said today. more...
Sydney, Sep 24(ANI): The withdrawal of champion athletes from the Delhi Commonwealth Games due to fears about health and security may have boosted Australian medal prospects, but is also promising to devalue the medals won, Archery Australia Chief Executive Jim Larven has said. more...
2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Let us bring you memory of 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony. Saif was […] more...
The New Zealand team will delay its departure for the Commonwealth Games by at least two days because of the "tremendously disappointing" state of the athletes' village in New Delhi, the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) said on Thursday. more...
With just 10 days to go for the Delhi Commonwealth Games and many countries expressing strong concern about securi- ty and hygiene, there's an Australian team in another part of the country which has more...
At the Games Village on Thursday evening, Australian Commonwealth Games Association (ACGA) chief Perry Crosswhite said that conditions at the venue were acceptable now, with the Australian athletes sc more...
India bribed 72 Commonwealth countries $100,000 each to get the hosting rights for the scandal-hit 19th edition of the Games, a media report claimed. more...
-England boss admits competition is 'on a knife-edge'-Scotland team confirms it has delayed its departure to Delhi-Countries worried by 'unsafe and unfit for human habitation'-Australian film crew enter […] more...
Delhi: India bribed 72 Commonwealth countries USD 100,000 each to get the hosting rights for the scandal-hit 19th edition of the Games which will start in Delhi from […] more...
Photo credit: NYT. Cross-posted today on The Huffington Post: NEW DELHI -- Last Sunday at 11:10am, two men opened fire on the steps of my favorite site in New Delhi: Jama Masjid, […] more...
AUSTRALIA received a $125,000 kickback after India won the Commonwealth Games rights from a $10 million palm-greasing exercise that may yet backfire. more...
Chandigarh, Sep 23 (PTI) At a time when internationalathletes are worried about their security in India during theCommonwealth Games, the visiting Australian cricket team todaygave thumbs up to the security arrangements for their touragainst the hosts. more...
Julia Gillard September 23, 2010 Sydney/New Delhi (KATAKAMI / Daily.Bhaskar.Com) -- Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Thursday said the government has issued a travel advisory for its […] more...
Melbourne, Sep 23 (PTI) Some of the world's top athleteshave either pulled out or having second thoughts aboutcompeting in the Delhi Commonwealth Games but the Australianswimming team and hurdler Hayley Butler today said they remaincommitted to the October 3 to 14 event. more...
Yes sure 100%, India will do it and it will be the biggest ever commonwealth games ever happened. Yes we do accept there are some mess, but we […] more...
Against the backdrop of the Jama Masjid firing incident, Delhi police commissioner YS Dadwal today assured international athletes and delegations of fool-proof security for the Commonwealth Games. more...
Concerned about security arrangements for the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, Australia is rushing its elite police squadron to safeguard its players and officials. more...
The Below Given Material Is Not Mine, I liked It So I am Posting It Pakistan has officially declared that everyone in that country was loving every […] more...
Gillard told reporters that Australian athletes should decide for themselves whether or not to attend the Games, but she pointed out the longstanding travel warnings. more...
International sporting events, by rights, ought to be a buoyant occasion for all involved. Not so for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. Seven years since the […] more...
Teams considering pulling out of the Commonwealth Games may get a clearer picture on Thursday as Federation president Mike Fennell seeks a crisis meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. more...
India`s top squash players SauravGhosal and Joshna Chinappa have got easy draws in the singlesevent of the Commonwealth Games from October 3-14. more...
The leading Commonwealth swimmingnations, including Australia and Britain, have discussedstaging an alternative competition if next month`s Delhi Gamesare cancelled. more...
Registering over 3000 votes as of writing, a poll on the site of UK newspaper The Guardian had nearly 58% of peo- ple saying the Games should be cancelled. The key word in internation- al media see more...
From my bookmarks:Sports minister Mark Arbib says more Australian athletes may withdraw from the New Delhi Commonwealth Games after world discus champion Dani Samuels pulled out Tuesday citing […] more...
Less than 2 weeks remained for 19th Common wealth games in Delhi. Foot Bridge on Nehru stadium built for weight lifting has collapsed. It has raised concerns about […] more...
Singapore could be used as a holding pen for athletes if the Commonwealth Games village is still uninhabitable by the time they are due to arrive. Hockey and badminton […] more...
Melbourne, Sep 22 (PTI) Amid rising concerns oversecurity arrangements for next month's Commonwealth Games,Australian government is mulling sending federal policeofficers with the country's contingent to provide them ahigh-level security blanket. more...
New Delhi, Sep 22 (PTI) As many as 15 Commonwealth GamesFederation member nations and territories have completed theDelegation Registration Meetings (DRM) process for the nextmonth's Games, organisers said today. more...
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) There was some respite for the beleaguered Commonwealth Games Organising Committee as Australia said it is committed to sending its team for the Oct 3-14 Games. more...
Further doubts have been cast over next month's Delhi Commonwealth Games after two athletes withdrew and others postponed travelling to the event. The Scottish team said they would not […] more...
Archive of Tweets on the Commonwealth Games, CWG 2010 fiasco unfolding in New Delhi Live chat with Australian athletes headed for the Commonwealth http://j.mp/apYlwF upbeat about Delhi Are the Underwriters […] more...
With Commonwealth Games just 11 days away, participation of some of the top nations is doubtful with Australia, New Zealand and Canada still undecided on sending […] more...
When New Delhi was awarded the Commonwealth Games, anyone that thought that the run-up to the Games would not be mired in allegations of corruption and concerns over […] more...
REUTERS - The Delhi Commonwealth Games have been hit by a series of pullouts by high-profile athletes, taking much of the shine off next month's multi-sport gathering which is already besieged by a raft of other problems. more...
Today I like to say I am also pulling out of the Commonwealth games. Not because of potential sickness or dodgy bridges, but because the Commonwealth games is bullshit. I've […] more...
An Australian TV channel has claimed that its crew got past security personnel and entered the Commonwealth Games village with crude explosives bought in New Delhi a few days ago. more...
Australian Sports Minister Mark Arbib today said more athletes are likely to pull out of the scandal-hit Commonwealth Games in India but his country is committed to take part in next month's multi-sporting event. more...
An Australian TV channel has claimed that its crew got past security personnel and entered the Commonwealth Games Village with crude explosives bought in New Delhi a few days ago, raising questions over safety at the event venues. more...
1) In yet another embarrassing incident for New Delhi, part of the ceiling of Jawaharlal Nehru stadium's weightlifting wing collapses. 2) An Australian news channel does a sting operation, […] more...
Australian sports minister Mark Arbib today said more athletes are likely to pull out of the scandal-hit Commonwealth Games in India but his country is committed to take part in next month's multi-sporting event. more...
A lot of people in my country are angry over how the Commonwealth Games (CWG) has unfolded. And that was what prompted me to start this blog in […] more...
Australia Wednesday warned more athletes were likely to skip New Delhi's Commonwealth Games over safety fears as high-profile pull-outs and a bridge collapse fuelled concerns over the showpiece […] more...
New Delhi: The Commonwealth Games (CWG) plunged into deeper controversy on Tuesday when the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) president Michael Fennell said that parts of the Games Village […] more...
Australia's government backed India on Wednesday amid concerns about New Delhi's ability to stage a successful Commonwealth Games next month, saying it was confident preparations for the event would be finished on time. more...
A footbridge being built for the Commonwealth Games in India collapsed on Tuesday, injuring 27 people and highlighting the raft of problems that have so far blighted the event, meant to showcase the emerging global power. more...
Men stand in front of a collapsed pedestrian bridge outside the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi The build-up to the Commonwealth Games descended into chaos today when a […] more...
The Delhi Police tonight termed as "totally bogus, motivated and deliberately planted" a sting operation carried out by an Australian television channel claiming that there was a security breach at the main Commonwealth Games venue of Jawahar Lal Nehru stadium. more...
What shining India, The self declared Global Economic Power, The self declared - Superpower can not build an Olympic village in 8 years. More time should have given to […] more...
Dani Samuels, 22, decided to opt out of the event following a gun attack on two tourists near Jama Masjid in Delhi on Sunday and the recent outbreak of dengue fever in the capital. more...
The Commonwealth Games in Delhi, scheduled to open in 12 days' time, are under severe threat after a footbridge collapsed, injuring 23 people, and UK officials […] more...
Australian discus world champion Dani Samuels has pulled out of the Commonwealth Games because of security concerns, her coach was quoted as saying. more...
According to the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) News website, the Chief Minister of Delhi Old City, where the Commonwealth games are to be held, is called Sheila Dikshit. This has got […] more...
From my bookmarks:Commonwealth Games Federation president Michael Fennell has expressed grave concern about the athletes' village in Delhi, saying the facility is "seriously compromised".And this:The Australian Commonwealth Games […] more...
A sure shot way to impress participating countries is to impress their media. The Commonwealth Games Organising Committee has taken that to heart, as was apparent with the inauguration of a plush Media Centre at Pragati Maidan on Monday. Billed as the “largest media centre in the history of the Commonwealth Games”, the centre is expected to draw a contingent of nearly 2,000 mediapersons, and will open for operations on September 23. The centre will be run by the Press Information Bureau, and is located at Hall No 12 and 12 A of Pragati Maidan. more...
The UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have issued travel advisories to its citizens warning them against a high risk of terror attack ahead of the Commonwealth Games next month. “There is a high threat from terrorism throughout India. Terrorists have targeted places in the past which westerners are known to visit including public places such as restaurants, hotels, railway stations, markets and places of worship,” the UK advisory said. In its latest travel advisory, Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs said, “Australians in New Delhi should be aware that the Commonwealth Games will be held in an environment where there is a high risk of terrorism.” more...
From my bookmarks:The Australian Commonwealth Games Association (ACGA) said Sunday's tourist shooting in New Delhi will not change its Commonwealth Games plans.And this:Australia's Commonwealth Games Association (ACGA) chief […] more...
Many sports facilities have yet to be completed 35 days before the Games begin, while new roads, flyovers and metro lines are also behind schedule amid allegations of […] more...
No country has expressed securityfear and informed the organisers about pulling out of nextmonth`s Commonwealth Games after Sunday`s firing incident thatinjured two foreign nationals. more...
Against the backdrop of thefiring incident near Jama Masjid here, Commonwealth GamesOrganising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi today met PoliceCommissioner Y S Dadwal and discussed security-related issues. more...
The recent unfortunate shootings/terrorist attacks in New Delhi in the lead up to the 2010 Commonwealth Games have highlighted for me the problem with travel warnings, and in […] more...
New Zealand, Canada, Scotland and Ireland have objected strongly to the condition of accommodation given to them in the Commonwealth Games Village. more...
Australia's CWG chief Perry Crosswhite dismissed speculations that the shooting incident near Jama Masjid was linked to the Commonwealth Games. more...
In yet another setback for India, yesterday’s Jama Masjid firing adds to the CWG Organising Committee’s list of woes. It is no longer the question of the stadia […] more...
Melbourne, Sep 20 (PTI) A rattled Australia today warnedthat there is a "high risk of terrorism" in Delhi during theCommonwealth Games, while New Zealand also expressed concernsabout security arrangements for the event after a shootingincident in the Indian capital left two foreigners injured. more...
Travel bulletin from Australia's foreign department said there was a 'high risk' of an extremist attack during the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. more...
Former hockey captain Dilip Tirkey on Sunday said India would miss the services of experienced forward Prabhjot Singh in next month's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. The three-time Olympian, who w more...
Tapan Mohanta Kolkata, Sept 19 (PTI) Former hockey captain Dilip Tirkeytoday said India would miss the services of experiencedforward Prabhjot Singh in next month's Commonwealth Games inNew Delhi. more...
Melbourne, Sep 19 (PTI) Australia's Delhi-boundCommonwealth Games contingent has been warned that there is an80 per cent risk of terror attacks in the Indian capital butthe country remained committed to participating in the event. more...
Wellington, Sep 18 (IANS) The facilities at the Commonwealth Games Village in Delhi have got the nod of approval from New Zealand chef de mission Dave Currie, though he feels the block assigned to his country is in need of some good scrubbing. more...
Australia's swimming coach Leigh Nugent says hygiene at the Commonwealth Games Village in Delhi is a bigger concern for him than the terror threats to Oct 3-14 event. more...
After several flipflops, Australia's world indoor long jump champion Fabrice Lapierre has finally confirmed his participation in the Delhi Commonwealth Games. Lapierre had initially decid- ed again more...
Defending champions Australia on Friday named a 16-strong women`s hockey squad, including 11 debutants, for the October 3 to 14 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. more...
Sydney, Sep 17(ANI): Australians heading to India for next month's Commonwealth Games have been warned that the dengue fever outbreak in New Delhi is likely to get worse. more...
: Australian cyclist Richie Porte Thursday was forced to pullout from the Commonwealth Games as his Saxo Bank team denied him clearance to compete in the Oct 3-14 Games in New Delhi. Porte joins co more...
Melbourne, Sep 16 (PTI) Australian cyclist Richie Portewas today forced to withdraw his participation from the DelhiCommonwealth Games after his team denied him permission tocompete at the October 3-14 event owing to internationalpro-tour commitments. more...
Melbourne, Sep 16 (IANS) Australian cyclist Richie Porte Thursday was forced to pullout from the Commonwealth Games as his Saxo Bank team denied him clearance to compete in the Oct 3-14 Games in New Delhi. more...
Australia`s former gymnastics world champion Phil Rizzo has withdrawn from next month`s Commonwealth Games in New Delhi because of shoulder pain. more...
E: Ryan Napoleon has been re-instated in the Australian swimming team for the Commonwealth Games after sport's top tribunal back- dated his three-month ban for a doping offence. Governing body FINA more...
Oz track and field athletes are having a second thought about participating in next month`s CWG after receiving an e-mail from the national federation, warning them of "a high risk of terrorist attack" on the mega-event in Delhi. more...
Australian swimmer Ryan Napoleon has been freed to take part in the Commonwealth Games after sport`s top tribunal ruled that a three-month suspension for use of a banned substance should be back-dated. 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...
Australian swimmer Ryan Napoleon has been freed to take part in the Commonwealth Games after sport's top tribunal ruled that a three-month suspension for use of a banned substance should be back-dated 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...
Australian swimmer Ryan Napoleon has been freed to take part in the Commonwealth Games after sport's top tribunal ruled that a three-month suspension for use of a banned substance should be back-dated. more...
Auckland, Sep 14(ANI): The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) has said that the decision of Netball New Zealand (NNZ), Hockey New Zealand (HNZ) and the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) to engage their own security advice ahead of next month's Delhi Commonwealth Games defies logic. more...
I: Aiming to break its jinx in the Commonwealth Games, Indian men's hockey team is under- taking special lecture sessions on psychology from Kargil war hero and Vir Chakra awardee Colonel Lalit Rai. more...
: New Zealand were committed to competing at next month's Delhi Commonwealth Games but would have no hes- itation pulling out if any secu- rity concerns were raised, team management said on Monday. more...
Aiming to break its medal jinx in the upcoming Commonwealth Games, Indian men`s hockey team is undertaking special lecture sessions on psychology from Kargil war hero and Vir Chakra awardee Colonel Lalit Rai. more...
Wellington, Sep 13 (IANS) The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) Monday said it will wait for its chef-de-mission Dave Currie's assessment after his 10-day visit to New Delhi before deciding on participation in the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games. more...
New Zealand were committed to competing at next month's Delhi Commonwealth Games but would have no hesitation pulling out if any security concerns were raised, team management said on Monday. more...
The security and operational systems for the Games would be confirmed over the next 10 days, and it is believed that the Kiwis would not back down from taking tough decisions if the reports are not satisfactory. more...
New Zealand were committed to competing at next month's Delhi Commonwealth Games but would have no hesitation pulling out if any security concerns were raised, team management said on Monday. more...
New Zealand were committed to competing at CWG but would have no hesitation pulling out if any security concerns were raised, team management said. more...
New Zealand were committed to competing at CWG but would have no hesitation pulling out if any security concerns were raised, team management said. more...
It is a discipline which has never fetched India any medal in the Commonwealth Games and the swimmers are not exactly expected to create a splash even this time around with a dope slur and concerns ab more...
It is a discipline which hasnever fetched India any medal in the Commonwealth Games and the swimmers are not exactly expected to create a splash even this time around with a dope slur and concerns about the venue`s preparedness. more...
Jaideep Mukherjea, the Chairman of CWG preparation programme for tennis, today predicted that India will pocket at least three gold medals during the New Delhi Commonwealth Games next month. more...
Netball New Zealand (NNZ), Hockey New Zealand (HNZ) and the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) have hired independent security consultants ahead of next month?s Delhi Commonwealth Games. According […] more...
The Mozart of Madras who received widespread flak and criticism for his Commonwealth Games (CWG) theme song has reportedly tweaked his song. The song is to be made […] more...
Melbourne, Sep 11 (PTI) Within two days of AustralianHigh Commissioner to India assuring biggest ever contingenttaking part in Delhi Commonwealth Games, top sports officialshere said they are monitoring terror threats and may pull outif the situation worsens. more...
Auckland, Sep 11(ANI): Netball New Zealand (NNZ), Hockey New Zealand (HNZ) and the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) have hired independent security consultants ahead of next month's Delhi Commonwealth Games. more...
Melbourne, Sep 11 (IANS) Despite assurances from the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC), some of the Australian athletes are closely monitoring the security situation in Delhi and are even contemplating to pull out from the Oct 3-14 Games. more...
More than 7,000 athletes and officials from 71 coun- tries will take part in next month's Commonwealth Games to be held in the Capital.Secretary-general of the Commonwealth Games Organising Commit more...
As we inch closer and closer to the CWG 2010 Main Event, interesting stories and incidents surrounding the sporting extravaganza never fail to amuse us. Take for instance, this […] 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...
Kiwi cyclist stewart banned for 2 yearsWELLINGTON: New Zealand track cyclist Adam Stewart has been banned for two years for attempting to use a banned substance. more...
Melbourne, Sept.9 (ANI): Australia's champion 400 meter runner John Steffensen has said he will not participate in the Delhi Commonwealth Games in protest against the "bullying, egotism and outdated approach" of Athletics Australia. more...
Melbourne, Sep 9 (PTI) Miffed with Athletics Australia's"egotism and outdated approach", a frustrated John Steffensenhas decided to boycott next month's Commonwealth Games inDelhi. more...
The head of the Commonwealth Games Federation says he can vouch for the security at sporting venues in New Delhi, but not for the rest of the city. 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...
Australian swimmers have been given permission to abandon the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi if they are worried about their safety, a report said. more...
Melbourne, Sep 6 (PTI) Australian swimmers have beengiven permission to abandon the Commonwealth Games in NewDelhi if they are worried about their safety, a report said. 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...
Key defender Teneal Attard will not be a part of Australia's women's hockey squad after suffering a knee injury in the team's loss to the Netherlands at the World Cup in Argentina. The news is part more...
London, Sep 5(ANI): Australian tennis star Samantha Stosur insists that missing the New Delhi Commonwealth Games would not be important to her, as she eyes one of the rarest feats in women's tennis. more...
New Delhi, Sep 4 (ANI): Britain's world diving champion Tom Daley has said that he has no security fears ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, which kicks off on October 3. more...
Melbourne, Sept 4 (ANI): A disagreement over the Australian team uniform for the Commonwealth Games 2010 has come up, with Olympic gold medallist swimmer Leisel Jones saying she loves it, while fashion designer George Gross says they are just "blah" and "gaga". more...
Construction delays and other problems which have marred the build-up to the Commonwealth Games have also led to sponsors giving a cold shoulder to participating teams with Australia on Friday claim- more...
Australia`s triple Olympic champion Leisel Jones said Friday she has no security or health concerns about competing at next month`s New Delhi Commonwealth Games. more...
Construction delays and other problems which have marred the build-up to Delhi Commonwealth Games have also led to sponsors giving a cold shoulder to participating teams with Australia. more...
The world should not be worried about organisers' race against time to complete venues for the Games as delays are part of Indian way, Australia's Commonwealth Games chef de mission Steve Moneghetti s more...
The world should not be worried about Indian organisers` race against time to complete venues for Delhi Games as delays are part of Indian way of preparations, Australia`s Commonwealth Games chef de mission Steve Moneghetti said. more...
Melbourne, Sep 2 (PTI) The world should not be worriedabout Indian organisers' race against time to complete venuesfor the Commonwealth Games as delays are part of Indian way ofpreparations, Australia's Commonwealth Games chef de missionSteve Moneghetti said today. more...
The Indian men's recurve team lived up to its billing of Commonwealth Games favourites with a heartening per- formance on the opening day of the World Cup Stage IV archery meet in Shanghai on Wednesda more...
The other day was watching the opening ceremony of the Youth Olympics games being held on a tiny bay at Singapore and wondering if India can put together […] 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...
Olympic champion Leisel Jones and former world champion Geoff Huegill will lead a 52-strong Australian swimming contingent, including 31 debutants, in the Delhi Commonwealth Games this October. more...
Olympic champion Leisel Jones and former world champion Geoff Huegill will lead a 52-strong Australian swimming contingent, including 31 debutants, in the Delhi Commonwealth Games this October. more...
Former world champion Geoff Huegill and Olympic champion Leisel Jones will lead Australia's charge for swimming domination at the Delhi Commonwealth Games after the squad was finalised on Friday. more...
Australian swimmer Ryan Napoleon hasbeen banned from competition for three months and will missOctober`s New Delhi Commonwealth Games, Swimming Australia(SA) said on Thursday. more...
Australian swimmer Ryan Napoleon has been banned from participating in the Delhi Commonwealth Games after testing positive for the substance Formoterol. more...
Sydney, Aug 26 (IANS) Australian swimmer Ryan Napoleon was banned from taking part in the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games Thursday after he failed a dope test. more...
Sydney, Aug 27 (ANI): Australian swimmer Ryan Napoleon has been banned from participating in the Delhi Commonwealth Games after testing positive for the banned substance Formoterol. more...
Australian swimmer Ryan Napoleon is set to miss the Delhi Games fol- lowing a three-month dop- ing ban even though FINA accepted that his failed test was not his fault. 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...
Defying the myth that it is losing fan base by the day, hockey has emerged as the number one sport as far as the Commonwealth Games (CWG) ticket sale is concerned. more...
She has not been at the biggies for six long years but Nirupama Vaidyanathan, 33, has just walked into the Indian tennis team for the Commonwealth Games. more...
“World class” catering will greet the athletes, officials and the work force during the Commonwealth Games here in October. The facilities would be in place by September 16 at the Games Village and the venues. more...
The 2010 Commonwealth Games tickets will be finally available in retail outlets across Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) from Wednesday. more...
R GAMES The “chaos and drama“ around the Commonwealth Games does not make Australia's world cham- pion discus thrower Dani Samuels jittery as she claims to have seen it elsewhere as well and considers more...
The crisis-riden CWG has received a further jolt with two power PSUs, NTPC and PowerGrid, deciding to hold back their Rs 40 crore sponsorship money out of a combined committed sum of Rs 60 crore for the event. more...
Commonwealth Games FederationPresident Michael Fennell downplayed Dawn Fraser`s fearsof a Munich-like terror attack during the CWG, saying the Australian swimming legend was not sufficiently informed tomake such a statement. more...
For a country of over a billion, India should have been better-placed just 45 days before the Commonwealth Games, feels Australian Commonwealth Games Association chief Perry Crosshwhite. more...
Dawn Fraser has called on athletes to boycott the event but the Australian Commonwealth Games Association rejected her apprehensions insisting that the Indian capital would be safe and secure. more...
Melbourne, Aug 20 (PTI) The "chaos and drama" around theDelhi Commonwealth Games does not make Australia's worldchampion discus thrower Dani Samuels jittery as she claims tohave seen it elsewhere as well and considers herself toughenough to compete in even leaking stadiums. more...
Todays catch:Commonwealth Games Federation chief Michael Fennell on Thursday dismissed security concerns over Delhi 2010 after an Australian Olympic great warned of a Munich-style attack. original. […] more...
Commonwealth Games gets another setback. Olympic champion Australia's swimming sensation Stephanie Rice has pulled herself out of the Delhi Commonwealth Games. 22-year-old Stephanie Rice has also pulled herself from the ongoing Pan Pacifics in California. more...
Now lets see... if these games were happening in lets say ummm Australia or New Zealand or maybe even Timbucktoo, by now there would have been various packages available […] more...
What Im reading:Commonwealth Games Federation chief Michael Fennell on Thursday dismissed security concerns over Delhi 2010 after an Australian Olympic great warned of a Munich-style attack.And this:Commonwealth Games […] more...
Australia's triple Olympic gold medallist Stephanie Rice will have shoulder surgery and miss the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in October, the emotional swimmer said Thursday. more...
Interesting:Commonwealth Games Federation chief Michael Fennell on Thursday dismissed security concerns over Delhi 2010 after an Australian Olympic great warned of a Munich-style attack.And this:Commonwealth Games Federation president […] more...
Australia's triple Olympic gold medallist Stephanie Rice will have shoulder surgery and miss the Commonwealth Games, the emotional swimmer said. more...
Interesting:Commonwealth Games Federation chief Michael Fennell on Thursday dismissed security concerns over Delhi 2010 after an Australian Olympic great warned of a Munich-style attack.And this:Commonwealth Games Federation president […] more...
For a country of over a billion, India should have been better-placed just 45 days before the, Commonwealth Games, feels Australian Commonwealth Games Association chief Perry Crosshwhite. He how- ever more...
Triple Olympic gold medallist Stephanie Rice plans to have shoulder surgery later this year after competing at the Oct. 3-14 Commonwealth Games in India. Australian Rice has been struggling with he more...
The former Australia swimmer Dawn Fraser has called for her country to boy- cott the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, citing fears of a tragedy similar to that which unfolded at the 1972 Olympic Games in more...
: That network and technology integration are key elements in the success of the Commonwealth Games was highlighted when Mike Fennell, president of the Commonwealth Games Federation, brought up the is more...
: Seven world champions are part of cycling pow- erhouse Australia's 27-strong team, announced today for the October Commonwealth Games in Delhi. The 2004 Olympic and reign- ing Commonwealth Games more...
Interesting:Commonwealth Games Federation chief Michael Fennell on Thursday dismissed security concerns over Delhi 2010 after an Australian Olympic great warned of a Munich-style attack.And this:Commonwealth Games Federation president […] more...
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Two state-run firms have withdrawn their sponsorship of the Delhi Commonwealth Games due to "negative publicity" of the event stemming from allegations of graft and mismanagement. more...
What Ive read today:Commonwealth Games Federation chief Michael Fennell on Thursday dismissed security concerns over Delhi 2010 after an Australian Olympic great warned of a Munich-style attack.And this:Australia's […] more...
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Nirupama Sanjeev, a 33-year-old mother of a four-year-old is a part of the Indian tennis team in the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games. more...
Melbourne, Aug 19 (PTI) Australia's Olympic championswimmer Stephanie Rice will battle through the pain of ashoulder injury to compete in the Delhi Commonwealth Gamesthis October. more...
Melbourne, Aug 19 (PTI) For a country of over a billion,India should have been better-placed just 45 days before theCommonwealth Games, feels Australian Commonwealth GamesAssociation chief Perry Crosshwhite but he believes Delhiwould get over the scandal-marred build-up to pull off asuccessful show. more...
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Former India No.1 Nirupama Sanjeev Thursday made the cut for the women's tennis team for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games. more...
Melbourne, Aug 19 (PTI) Seven world champions are part ofcycling powerhouse Australia's 27-strong team, announced todayfor the October Commonwealth Games in Delhi. more...
Sania Mirza will spearhead a rather weak Indian challenge at the Commonwealth Games after being named in a four-member women's team by the AITA. 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...
Network Ten are confident that Delhi will be ready for the opening of the Commonwealth Games in October despite media reports suggesting venues are way behind schedule. more...
IOC president Jacques Rogge predicted Tuesday that the Commonwealth Games in India will be a success, despite preparations being overshadowed by corruption allegations and delays in venues being completed. Things have become so bad in India that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appointed a new group more...
Wallaby winger Lachie Turner has been includ- ed in Australia's rugby sevens squad for October's Commonwealth Games in Delhi, where they will be looking to win gold for the first time. The Waratahs more...
I: Australia on Tuesday said it was plan- ning to send a large contin- gent of athletes.Dismissing reports his government was not keen on sending a large contin- gent, Australian High Commissioner more...
Australian world indoor long jump champion Fabrice Lapierre made up his mind to take part in the CWG in New Delhi after initial reluctance to travel to India. more...
Melbourne, Aug 15 (PTI) Australian Commonwealth GamesAssociation chief executive Perry Crosswhite, who was a strongcritic of India's preparedness for the CWG for a long timebefore changing stance, says he suspects constant criticism ofthe Games' organisers a part of a concerted campaign to stopor relocate the event from Delhi. more...
Melbourne, Aug 15 (PTI) Australian world indoor long jumpchampion Fabrice Lapierre today made up his mind to take partin the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi after initialreluctance to travel to India. more...
Can you believe? Commonwealth Games : Delhi 2010 will be the most expensive CWG ever in the history of 19 Common Wealth Games. The previous one Common Wealth Games 2006 held in Melbourne Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006 cost was US$ 1.1 billion. We made it possible so say “Jai HIND” 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...
Melbourne, Aug 15 (PTI) Australian world indoor long jumpchampion Fabrice Lapierre may soon become another top athleteto give the October 3-14 Commonwealth Games a miss. more...
A policeman, a plumber, an apprentice mechanic and a school kid make for an interesting mix of archers picked in Australia`s 12-strong team for the Delhi Commonwealth Games in October. more...
An NZOC spokesperson last night confirmed that New Zealand security officials had seen "broad police security plans around the Games, and they are in accordance with best international practice. more...
Melbourne, Aug 14 (IANS) A cop, a plumber and a mechanic will be among the 12 members of Australia's archery team for the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. more...
Melbourne, Aug. 14 -- Satisfied with security for the Delhi Commonwealth Games as of now but jittery nonetheless, the Australian Commonwealth Games Association said on Friday it continues to keep a "watching brief" on how things unfold in the run-up to the October 3-14 event. more...
Athletes should not be apprehensive about security at the Commonwealth Games in October despite concerns raised by Australia, the head of the games organising federation said on Friday. more...
Sponsorship deals for the Delhi Commonwealth Games will now be marketed by the organising committee, a senior official said, even as Australian firm Sports Marketing and Management (SMAM) accused the committee of wrongfully terminating its services. more...
Australian Commonwealth Games Association said it continues to keep a "watching brief" on how things unfold in the run-up to the October 3-14 event. more...
atisfied with security for the Delhi Commonwealth Games as of now but jittery nonetheless, the Australian Commonwealth Games Association said on Friday it continues to keep a “watching brief“ on how t more...
Melbourne, Aug 13 (IANS) Australian Commonwealth Games Association chief executive Perry Crosswhite is satisfied with New Delhi's preparations and security arrangements for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games, a media report Friday said. more...
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Catch of the day:India's hopes of one day hosting the Olympic Games will suffer unless it overcomes organisational problems affecting the New Delhi Commonwealth Games, Australian Olympic chief […] more...
Interesting:India's hopes of one day hosting the Olympic Games will suffer unless it overcomes organisational problems affecting the New Delhi Commonwealth Games, Australian Olympic chief John Coates said […] more...
Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates said Thursday that infrastructure problems and continuing security concerns over Commonwealth Games could damage India's possible bid for future Game more...
Seemingly unimpressed by tardypreparations for the New Delhi Commonwealth Games, Australia`sOlympic chief John Coates on Thursday said India will have toprepare in a better way if it aspires to host Olympic Games infuture. more...
Delhi might fail to handle anyeventuality during the October 3-14 Commonwealth Games as thesecurity arrangements at the venues are lacking co-ordination,fears an Australian security official. more...
An Australia based company SMAM which was in the news till last week, was hired to rope in international advertisers and sponsors. The CAG report says that apart […] more...
Australia's Olympic chief says any future games bid by India will be judged on its ability to successfully host the Commonwealth Games in October. more...
SYDNEY: Australia's main concern with the upcoming Commonwealth Games in New Delhi is not corruption claims but security, the Australian government said on Wednesday. more...
Melbourne, Aug 11 (PTI) The corruption scandals andconstruction delays ahead of the Delhi Commonwealth Games arehardly a concern for the Australian government, which is moreworried about the security of its athletes during the Octoberevent. more...
Please watch Australian Open Live Score board here on S4HU Blogs and watch worlds top players compete against eachother as most prepare for the Commonwealth Games 2010 to […] more...
: Desperate to prop up its women's tennis challenge in the Commonwealth Games, the All India Tennis Association has roped in a 33-year-old who retired six years ago. Nirupama Sanjeevnee Vaidyanathan h more...
It was originally scheduled to launch in October after the Delhi Commonwealth Games, Junior MasterChef is now rumoured to be launched in early September on Channel 10 after […] more...
Commonwealth Games runner Ben St. Lawrence has edged favorite and fellow Australian Michael Shelley to win the 40th City to Surf race in 41 minutes, five seconds. more...
An Australian marketing firm reportedly terminated by trouble-plagued Commonwealth Games organizers says it has not had any official confirmation from officials in New Delhi. more...
The Organising Committee (OC) of the Commonwealth Games today suspended two top officials and terminated its contract with the Australian sports marketing company Sports Marketing and Management (SMAM), which has failed to bring in sponsors for the Games. more...
The company which had raised more than USD 110 million for the Australian Olympic Team was brought on board in July 2007 by the Delhi CWG OC to […] more...
There is considerable unease in Congress over the government’s failure to intervene despite piling up of evidences pointing to lack of preparations and transparency in organising the Commonwealth Games. more...
An Australian company, which was hired to raise sponsorship for the Delhi CWG, denied receiving any commission from the event`s Organising Committee. more...
Squash player Saurav Ghosal likened the Commonwealth Games, sans the stars, to the India cricket team taking the field without Sachin Tendulkar. "The decision of Usain Bolt and others to not take part in the Games is disappointing because they are big names and people like to watch them. more...
Australian Commonwealth Games Association chief Perry Crosswhite on Monday said the Delhi Games have turned into a political battle in India with parties trying to settle scores by raising a furore over alleged corruption and construction delays. more...
Australia's top CWG official said that he suspects Delhi Games have become a political football in India amid claims of corruption in construction of facilities. more...
Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi has said that the decision on caterers for the venues will be taken by August 10. more...
The Commonwealth games hold a distinguished place in everybody's heart for its brilliance ... Stadium, Delhi on the inaugural day of the XIX Commonwealth Games. ... more...
In a major public-private partnership effort in sports infrastructure, the Centre has finalised a plan to offer five major sports complexes built for the Commonwealth Games on a 10-year agreement to companies after the games are over. more...
Countdown begins for 2010 Delhi Commonwealth GamesNew Delhi, 7 Jan (ANI): Thousands of locals and foreign athletes in the Indian capital New Delhi participated in a run on January 6th to mark the 1000 days countdown to the 2010 Commonwealth Games on Sunday. The run began from Vijay Chowk and concluded at the India Gate. Athletes from Australia, England and some African countries, and many prominent Indian sport personalities including woman weight lifter Karnam Malleswari, badminton player also participated in the raceFrom:MediascrapeViews:8759 19ratingsTime:02:02More inNews & Politics more...