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More Than The GamesTRIALS 2012: Happy Haywood looking for special farewell at the OlympicsMore Than The GamesHaywood burst on the scene as a 15-year old at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, where she quickly became a favourite of the home crowd. Now she'll get the chance to enjoy that support again after securing her [...] more...
After the organisational lapses at the Commonwealth Games, it is the turn of the Cricket World Cup to come under the scrutiny. The Karnataka State Cricket Association has come under severe flak from a more...
Fortunes ebbed and flowed but Indian shooters, led by the mercurial Gagan Narang, experienced more highs than lows in a year that saw them clinch a record 30 medals in the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. more...
From pure performance point of view, thanks to the motivation the CWG provided to the athletes of performing in front of their home crowd, every penny spent on hosting the event now seems to be worth it. more...
: The medallists at the Commonwealth Games have been kept busy after the show- piece event. Preparations for the Asian Games, in Guangzhou (China) from November 12, have been the primary focus for more...
Less than a month after being lauded for salvaging the national pride in the wake of the trouble-plagued preparations for the Commonwealth Games,India`s athletes are heading to China carrying great expectations for the Asian Games more...
A Blairgowrie woman picked to perform in the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony is hoping to inspire local youngsters to follow in her footsteps. Jennifer Younger (22) returned from Delhi […] more...
Recently I was in Delhi working as part of the coverage for the Commonwealth Games, so what better way to sample some venues I've never been to before?? […] more...
Rajpal Singh, the men's hockey captain, feels India's silver medal at the Commonwealth Games has boosted the team's confidence to do well in the Asian Games, which gets underway at Guangzhou from Nove more...
Karachi, Oct 20 (PTI) Two senior members of the Pakistanhockey team Shakeel Abbasi and Rehan Butt today added theirvoices to the ongoing debate on abusive crowd behaviours inDelhi Commonwealth Games but insisted it was no excuse fortheir poor show in the crucial matches. 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...
Delhi Belly, false starts, moths and empty seats… Amongst other things of course. If the lead-up to the 2010 Commonwealth Games was farcical, the actual event isn’t far off. With […] more...
The Pakistan Hockey Federation and national captain Zeeshan Ashraf feel one reason for the team's poor CWG performance was the crowd behaviour in Delhi. more...
I read an article last week on tsn.ca stating that Canadian summer athletics had taken a giant step backwards after being pushed from the overall medal podium at […] more...
Jamshedpur, Oct 18 (PTI) Commonwealth Games goldmedallist Deepika Kumari today said that long periods ofcoaching before the just-concluded mega event helped her inachieving her feat. more...
Champion shuttlers and Commonwealth Games gold medallists Saina Nehwal, Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa arrived here on Saturday to a low-key welcome.It was a private television channel which welc more...
Saina Nehwal came back from the brink of defeat to clinch the gold medal in the women’s singles final at the Commonwealth Games. The Indian, the top seed, was […] more...
India gloriously showcased its soft power in a Bollywood spectacle that brought the curtains down on the Commonwealth Games 2010 — and tears to every eye that watched […] more...
The chaos, the confusion, the controversies... everything else was swept aside by the spirit of celebration as the most expensive Commonwealth Games ever staged an extravagant farewell party […] more...
On Thursday evening, when India brought the curtain down, things weren't very different from what they were at the opening ceremony. There was colour, fire- works, goose-bumps, songs and there were 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...
Kushan Sarkar New Delhi, Oct 14 (PTI) In what turned out to be a raregesture in Indian sport, national hockey team's young centreback Dhananjay Mahadik carried a poster acknowledging thecrowd support after their 0-8 drubbing at the hands ofAustralia in the final of the Commonwealth Games, today. 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...
History was made at the Siri Fort Complex in front of home crowd, when she easily defeated opponent Susan Egelstaff of Scotland with straight set win of 21-10 and 21-17. more...
Amit Kumar Das New Delhi, Oct 13 (PTI) India's Parupalli Kashyapdefeated compatriot Chetan Anand to win a bronze in thebadminton singles event of the Commonwealth Games here today. more...
So, the Commonwealth Games.India has a love/hate relationship with them, and so do i. Last night we went to a sold out, packed stadium to watch Athletics, track […] more...
Amit Kumar Das New Delhi, Oct 13 (PTI) Commonwealth Games Federationchief Michael Fennell today took some time off to watch thesemifinal table tennis match between Sharath Achanta Kamal andSingapore's Yang Zi amid a vociferous crowd which brought thehouse down with its continuous cheering of the Indian. more...
On a day when medals rained for India at the 19th Commonwealth Games, history was created when Indian athletes won their first medals on the track since the legendary Milkha Singh won gold more than half a century ago. more...
Greg Yeavich, 53, remembers how back in 1986 when he shot in the pistol events at his first Commonwealth Games, him and his manager had needed to go looking for scores and check if they'd won, and it took a week for letters commending his feat to reach Edinburgh. more...
Four young women created track history in front of a roaring full house at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Tuesday, as India grabbed a fistful of medals in what is now its best Commonwealth Games performance ever. more...
New Delhi, Oct.12 (ANI): India remained firm on the second position on Day-9, as Indian women helped it keep its head held high by winning a historic Gold medal in the women's 4x400m relay in the evening following the shooters Annuraj Singh and Heena Sidhu who did the country proud by winning Gold in the morning here on Tuesday at the Commonwealth Games. more...
New Delhi, Oct.12 (ANI): If Indian sports lovers thought Monday was the finest day in athletics for the country in the history of Commonwealth Games due to it first ever Gold in Discus Throw besides a podium finish, the Indian women runners made Tuesday an unforgettable Golden Day, as they stunned all by winning Gold medal in the women's 4x400m relay here on Tuesday. more...
The special of the day was Manjeet Kaur, Sini Jose, Ashwini Akkunji and Mandeep Kaur sprinting to the women's 4x400 gold medal -- amidst thunderous backing by the capacity crowd. more...
Saina Nehwal is just a step away from a singles gold at Commonwealth Games as she defeated Scotland's Susan Egelstaff 21-10, 21-17 to reach the final. 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...
Philem Dipak Singh New Delhi, Oct 12 (PTI) India completed an unprecedentedsuccess in athletics events in the Commonwealth Games here asthey collected one gold and four bronze today to take theirmedal count to 12. more...
Sabi Hussain New Delhi, Oct 12 (PTI) Egged on by a capacity crowd atthe Delhi University stadium, the 'All Black' New Zealandproduced a come-from-behind performance against Australia towin their fourth Commonwealth Games Rugby Sevens gold medalhere today. more...
TICKET sales for the Delhi Commonwealth Games hit 100,000 yesterday, with India's record medal haul finallly attracting the locals. Organising officials yesterday declared India's record 31 gold medals, […] more...
The 42km event, traditionally among the highlights of any multi-discipline sports festival, is to be held on the last day of the Games, October 14. more...
Amit Kumar Das New Delhi, Oct 12 (PTI) She used to hand out tips toSaina Nehwal until just four years ago and an emotionallyoverwhelmed Anna Rice could not stop the tears from flowingwhen she ended her career with a loss against the Indian aceat the Commonwealth Games here. 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...
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) India's Saina Nehwal produced a dominating performance while Parupalli Kashyap pulled off a stunning upset to advance to the women's and men's singles semifinals in the badminton event at the Commonwealth Games here Monday. more...
Boxer Vijender Singh (75kg) crashed out due to a couple of controversial warnings in his semifinals, prompting an angry Indian team to lodge a protest. more...
The euphoria of their 7-4 win over arch-rivals Pakistan has not sinked in yet, but India will have to put their celebrations on hold for the moment and re-group their forces before they take on an unbeaten England in the second semifinal of the men's hockey event at the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday. more...
The capacity crowd at the Delhi University ground cheered relentlessly but that did not prove sufficient as Indian ruggers went down without putting up a fight against Wales and South Africa respectively in the opening session of the Commonwealth Games Rugby Sevens event here on Monday. more...
England archer Alison Williamson had to settle for silver in the women's archery individual recurve on day seven of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. The 38-year-old was beaten 6-0 […] more...
Second gold for Pakistan, Inam wins CWG wrestling title:NEW DELHI: Muhammad Inam of Pakistan won his team's second Commonwealth Games wrestling title within an hour on […] more...
The Racism slur has become the latest controversy to hit the already-troubledCommonwealth Games with at least three such incidents since the mega-event got underway last Sunday.South African […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) India's M.A. Prajusha did not seem unduly perturbed at having narrowly missed the gold and was content with the silver in the women's long jump at the Commonwealth Games here Sunday. She said an Asian Games medal was her next goal. more...
So its only fair that my first post is dedicated to the momentous occasion that has been the Commonwealth Games (CWG) so far. This time last week we had […] more...
Grouped with Wales, South Africa and Tonga in the Commonwealth Games rugby sevens event, the Indian ruggers have little chance to go beyond the preliminary league stage. more...
Sabi Hussain New Delhi, Oct 10 (PTI) Grouped with Wales, South Africaand Tonga in the Commonwealth Games rugby sevens event, theIndian ruggers have little chance to go beyond the preliminaryleague stage but nonetheless would look to give their morefancied rivals a run for their money in front of home crowd. more...
Commonwealth Games officials said on Sunday a volunteer had been reported for ticket fraud and that they were still fixing the ticket system, halfway through an event where availability of tickets has been a major problem. 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...
Commonwealth Games organisers continued to wrestle with the riddle of why crowds were so sparse at venues when so many tickets had been sold, while health issues continued […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 9 (PTI) While shooting is bringing in themost medals for India during the ongoing Commonwealth Gameshere, athletes say the sport presently lagging behind cricketor hockey in terms of popularity has the potential to be acrowd puller. more...
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) India's Sania Mirza saved four match points but fell short in the decisive final set tie-breaker to lose a nail-biting women's singles tennis final more...
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) India take on traditional rivals Pakistan in a men's hockey match of the Commonwealth Games here Sunday and a sellout crowd is expected at the 12,000-seat Major Dhyan Chand Stadium. 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...
He became the first Indian to win a bronze and silver in different categories in gymnastics and Ashish Kumar today said he could have claimed a gold had the apparatus arrived on time for the Commonwealth Games. more...
The duo of Vijay Kumar and Harpreet Singh started the day on a high note for Indian shooters in the Commonwealth Games, winning the gold medal in men's 25m-centerfire pistol pairs event. more...
Shrugging off the disappointment of a 1-3 semifinal loss to England, Indian men's team spanked Nigeria 3-0 in third place play-off to clinch the bronze in the Commonwealth Games' table tennis competition today. more...
The duo of Vijay Kumar and Harpreet Singh started the day on high note for Indian shooters in the Commonwealth Games, winning the gold medal in men's 25m-centrefire pistol pairs event at the Karni Singh Shooting Range. more...
India’s first individual medal in 52 years in a running event at the Commonwealth Games was won today by a 25-year-old tribal woman who grew up running double the distance she covered in the 10,000-metre race — fetching water each time the river flowing through her village Savarpada, 90 km from Nashik in Maharashtra, dried up during summers. more...
India's first individual medal in 52 years in a running event at the Commonwealth Games was won today by a 25-year-old tribal woman who grew up running double the distance she covered in the 10,000-metre race fetching water each time the river flowing through her village Savarpada, 90 km from Nashik in Maharashtra, dried up during summers. more...
Former world champion Nathan Robertson, came to the defence of the beleaguered Commonwealth Games, dismissing all talk of it being poorly organised. more...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) India went down gallantly 1-3 to badminton powerhouse and top seeds Malaysia and settled for a silver in the mixed team event at the Commonwealth Games here Friday, Saina Nehwal winning the lone match. more...
Delhi Belly, false starts, moths and empty seats... Amongst other things of course. If the lead-up to the 2010 Commonwealth Games was farcical, the actual event isn't far off. With […] more...
The game of tennis is also a big favorite among the crowds at Commonwealth games Delhi 2010 where there were some 2000 people supporting Sania Mirza and the […] more...
Amanpreet Singh New Delhi, Oct 8 (PTI) Somdev Devvarman and Sania Mirzaensured India will grab at least two silver medals in tennisin the Commonwealth Games, after both of them progressed totheir respective singles finals, although in contrastingfashion. more...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (PTI) He was booed by the partisan crowdand felt a bit hard done by the judging in his loss to Indianboxer Jai Bhagwan in the Commonwealth Games pre-quarterfinalsbut Tanzania's Nasser Mafuru has no complaints because hethinks grumbling is against the sportsman spirit. more...
Playing in a mega-event like the Commonwealth Games is always fascinating. The journey so far has been satisfactory. The spirit in the team is high and everybody is looking forward to making a mark si more...
A month before the Commonwealth Games, Vladimir Chertkov, India's for- eign coach, had stated, “The sun is rising for Indian gymnastics“. He must have the gift of fore- sight. On Thursday, A more...
Poonam Mehra New Delhi, Oct 7 (PTI) There was no stopping the Indianboxers' victory march at the Commonwealth Games with Asiangold-medallist Suranjoy Singh (52kg) and Amandeep Singh (49kg)advancing to the quarterfinals, while defending champion AkhilKumar (56kg) booking a place in the last-16 stage in front ofa rapturous home crowd at the Talkatora Stadium here today. more...
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...
Impressed with the venues and all praise for the Indian boxers, International Boxing Association President Ching-Kuo Wu says he is having a gala time at the Commonwealth Games […] more...
The action is heating up at Delhi 2010 and our modern-day gladiators - the athletes - are in the spotlight. Here's what some stars had to say: BOXING “The facilities […] 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...
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...
Uganda's Moses Kipsiro edged a thrilling last-lap duel with Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge to take the 5,000 metres on Wednesday after Commonwealth Games organisers had won their own race against time to get the track ready. more...
Poonam Mehra New Delhi, Oct 6 (PTI) Impressed with the venues and allpraise for the Indian boxers, International Boxing AssociationPresident Ching-Kuo Wu says he is having a gala time at theCommonwealth Games here. more...
Egged on by a capacity crowd at the Talkatora Stadium, Jai dominated the proceedings to notch up an easy 11-1 triumph after getting a bye in the first round. more...
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Indian shooters are drawing huge crowds at the Karni Singh Range to watch stars Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra, World no.3 Gagan Narang, among others, find the bull's eye with incredible regularity. 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...
While addressing the voters of Dariapur ward, he also made a mention of the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter as well as the chaos before the Commonwealth Games began. more...
Rahman performs at commonwealth games Opening Ceremony 2010 CWG Delhi , IndiaAR Rahman hypnotized 60000 audiences at the ostentatious Commonwealth Games opening ceremony with his theme song performance of 'Jeeyo Utho Badho Jeeto'. The song which had received a lukewarm response earlier sounded quite peppy after it was tweaked. Rahman got lot loud cheers from the audienceThe music Maestro was welcomed by a loud cheering crowd when he stepped on stage on Sunday night to perform the Commonwealth theme song. Dressed casually in white bandhgala jacket, denim and white shoes, Rahman scorched the stage with his rendition. Rahman as promised delivered a powerful performance with his composition and dancing to the tunes of the theme was a spectacular set of dancers, who managed to make it even more colorful with their performances. Incidentally, the theme song had a grand finale as the rendition was brought to a close by a crisp and vibrant show put together by 7000 folk dancers across the country. After the performance of 'Jeeyo Utho Badho Jeeto', the Academy award winner then delivered his famous hit song 'Jai Ho', the song which got him the Oscars last year.From:IndiaolympicsViews:2926 0ratingsTime:03:30More inSports more...
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) As usual, India kept their supporters on tenterhooks before snatching a 3-2 win against Malaysia to provide a fitting finale for the day in the men's hockey competition at the Commonwealth Games here Tuesday. more...
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Australian wrestler Hassene Fkiri was disqualified for obscene gestures and unsporting behaviour during his gold-medal bout against India's Anil Kumar in the 96kg Greco-Roman style at the Commonwealth Games here Tuesday. more...
This is dedicated to a nation called India. Where “making mountain out of mole hill” is not just an idiom but a habit hard to forget, where predictability […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Leading lights of tennis doubles Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi capped a successful day for the Indians at the Commonwealth Games tennis competition entering the quarter-finals with a comfortable 6-3, 6-3 victory over Sri Lanka's Amresh Jayawickreme and Thangarajah Dineshkanthan Tuesday. more...
P Kashyap shone on debut while Saina Nehwal continued her rampaging run as India demolished a lowly Barbados 5-0 in the badminton mixed team event of the Commonwealth Games here today. more...
P Kashyap shone on debut while Saina Nehwal continued her rampaging run as India demolished a lowly Barbados 5-0 in the badminton mixed team event of the Commonwealth Games here today. 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...
The swimming and gymnastic competitions, which usually attract good crowd, drew lukewarm response from the Delhiites as most of the stands remained vacant. more...
Flag snatching fiasco at the Commonwealth Games 2010The 2010 Commonwealth Games ceremony kicked off in New Delhi amid flag-bearing chaos as the Pakistan contingent was involved in a tussle. A near-capacity 60000 crowd saw the country's Chef-de-mission Mohammad Ali Shah, President of the Sindh Olympic Association and also the Sindh sports minister, carry the Pakistan flag instead of gold medalist weightlifter Shujauddin Malik. With Shah adamant on carrying the flag, Pakistan athletes and the official were involved in a tussle after which it was Shah, who bore Pakistan's flag during the opening ceremony. More here: tribune.com.pkFrom:etribuneViews:20253 6ratingsTime:03:53More inNews & Politics more...
History repeats itself, we have followed the Greeks in all senses. During the Olympics which were to be held by them there were initial hiccups and made people […] 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...
As the Commonwealth Delhi Games 2010 kicked off amidst feverish support and patriotism, one of the loudest cheers from the sixty thousand strong crowd in the Jawahar Lal […] more...
Pakistani contingent was accorded a warm welcome by the cheering crowd when they marched into the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games held here on Sunday. more...
Horns, drums, children launch Commonwealth GamesAn enthusiastic crowd of 60,000 in Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, India, greets hundreds of performers at the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony.Source: […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 3 (PTI) A plethora of musical instrumentstonight enthralled a capacity crowd at the Jawaharlal Nehrustadium during the opening ceremony of the 19th CommonwealthGames, showcasing the rich cultural heritage of India. more...
With a hat-trick of podium finish in sight, Indian women's hockey team will seek to start their Commonwealth Games campaign on a winning note against an unknown Scotland in their first Pool A match here on Monday. more...
Squash has been a poor cousin of other racquet sports in the country but with the in-form trio of Saurav Ghosal, Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal making waves internationally, India has a good chance of winning its first Commonwealth Games medal in the sport at the 2010 edition. more...
Amanpreet Singh New Delhi, Oct 3 (PTI) They have always come up withsomething special when representing the country and theIndian tennis players are expected to continue the traditionwhen the sport makes its debut at the Commonwealth Gamesstarting tomorrow. more...
Ever since its introduction in the Commonwealth Games in 1998, squash has been one of the low-profile events for India but the jinx could be broken this time when the Indian players hit the Siri Fort squash court tomorrow. more...
I have been part of the Indian team at quite a few multi-dis- cipline events like the Olympics, Asian Games, Afro-Asian Games and South Asian Federation Games. Now, add the Commonwealth Games to the l more...
New Delhi, Oct 2 (PTI) Shooting and weightlifting havealways contributed in swelling India's medal tally at theCommonwealth Games and the players from the host nation wouldlook to better their record when they compete before the homecrowd in favourable conditions from Monday. more...
ickets for the opening ceremony are being sold by the organisers of the Commonwealth Games for as much as Rs 50,000 a pop. But when it comes to the welfare of the over 3000 artistes per- forming at th more...
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation(DMRC) is also gearing up for the upcoming Commonwealth Games and has increased manpower at stations to ensure smooth movement of commuters from October 3-14. more...
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has taken a host of measures to provide easy access and comfortable travelling to commuters during the Commonwealth Games. more...
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Life has turned full circle for Akhil Kumar. Four years ago in Melbourne, he was only the second Indian boxer to win gold in the Commonwealth Games, and many believe that his feat inspired India's string of recent success in the sport, including Vijender's Olympic bronze. 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...
India’s only Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra on Monday flew down from Pune to join the Indian shooting squad for the Commonwealth Games, but did not check into the Games Village despite completing all formalities. more...
It will be a different experience altogether for Indian gymnasts when they perform in front of the home crowd and perhaps the biggest ever challenge. more...
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The negative publicity of the Commonwealth Games has pained some of the top Indian athletes, who are now keeping their fingers crossed for the successful hosting of the Games beginning here Oct 3. more...
She could have sashayed on the ramp with designer clothes but Prachi Tehlan rejected all the modelling assignments that came her way and instead decided to run around on the wooden court wearing loose track pants while playing netball. more...
Indian wrestlers would look to make amends of the embarrassment they have brought to the nation by the dope flunk of six grapplers and win a rich haul of medals in the Commonwealth Games. more...
India`s two hockey teams -- men`sand women`s -- have fared contrastingly at the Commonwealth Games so far but they will go into Delhi edition with a commongoal -- to emerge as champions before the home crowd. 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...
There is little doubt that shooting is India's best bet for medals in the Delhi Commonwealth Games but coach Sunny Thomas has his fingers crossed.An […] more...
Marwah Studios Multimedia Team At Pune With QBR CWG PUNE: Organising Committee Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Chairman Mr. Suresh Kalmadi, MP, led the welcome of the Queen’s Baton 2010 […] more...
Diganta Biswas New Delhi, Sep 11 (PTI) Not many Indian players will goas defending champions at the upcoming Commonwealth Games butthe table tennis team has at least two, one as a team. more...
There is little doubt that shooting is India's best bet for medals in the Delhi Commonwealth Games but coach Sunny Thomas has his fingers crossed. more...
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) India is targeting to win over 75 medals and secure the third position in the medal rankings in the Commonwealth Games next month, Organising Committee secretary general Lalit Bhanot said Thursday. more...
Ace Indian shuttler and brand ambassador of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Saina Nehwal on Saturday evening regretted for describing preparations for the Commonwealth Games 2010 "not being up to the mark in comparison to the games held in Melobourne and Beijing on previous occasions." more...
Hyderabad, Sep 4 (IANS) India's badminton star Saina Nehwal retracted and regretted her stunning remarks that the country was not yet ready to host mega sporting events like the Commonwealth Games. more...
It needed just 2 medals, Sushil's bronze in Beijing Olympic and another one by Ramesh Kumar in the World Wrestling Championships 2009, Herning to perk up wrestling once again in India. Some out-of-the-skin performances by juniors, and of late, women wrestlers have only been adding to it. In a sport where decades can pass before something noteworthy comes up, such a successful streak has made Indian wrestlers an buoyant bunch. more...
Last year in October, when Dharamveer Singh made his debut with the national hockey team during the Canada tour, the youngster attributed his success to mentor Baljeet Singh Dadhwal. more...
World No. 39 India's Sharath Kamal clinched the men's singles CWG title in Melbourne four years ago, and he has what it takes to defend his title. more...
Wrestling has always been one of the main strenghts of the Indian contingent participating in the Commonwealth Games and the same holds true for the XIX Commonwealth Games […] more...
The increasing number of star pullouts may be taking the sheen off the Commonwealth Games but Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi is not too worried. 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...
Indian men have never been to the podium since hockey's entry to the Commonwealth Games and they will have to play out of their skins to break the jinx. more...
Patiala, Aug. 17 -- The Commonwealth Games will be weightlifter Soniya Chanu's first major multi-discipline event, and the lifter from Manipur is leaving no stone unturned to make the opportunity count in front of her home crowd. more...
New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- Oscar-winning music composer AR Rahman said negative publicity about the Commonwealth Games was hurting India's image overseas. more...
Rahman claim that the theme song which he prepared for the Commonwealth Games would be far more better than the hugely popular Shakira song “Waka Waka”,which got the entirely different mixture of Hindi and English. more...
The Commonwealth Games will be weightlifter Soniya Chanu's first major multi-discipline event, and the lifter from Manipur is leaving no stone unturned to make the opportunity count in front of her ho more...
Olympic bronze medalist and brand ambassador of the Delhi Commonwealth Games Vijender Singh felt support from a passionate home crowd will be a big boost for […] more...
Olympic bronze medalist and brand ambassa- dor of the Delhi Commonwealth Games Vijender Singh felt sup- port from a passionate home crowd will be a big boost for pugilists chasing glory in Delhi. T more...
Olympic bronze medallist boxer Vijender Singh said support from home crowd will be a big boost for pugilists chasing glory at the Commonwealth Games. more...
Sprint legend Milka Singh feels India has very little chance of winning an athletics medal at the Delhi Commonwealth Games due to the apathy of those at the helm of affairs. more...
The Queen's Baton Relay (QBR) for the 19th Commonwealth Games-2010 was accorded a rousing welcome with thousands of people waving at it standing on both sides of roads in the Capital City on Monday evening. more...
"Bring the focus back on the athletes." "It's not often that we get a chance to participate in front of our home crowd in such a major Games." "Punish the guilty though." more...
Bring the focus back on the athletes.“ “It's not often that we get a chance to participate in front of our home crowd in such a major Games.“ “Punish the guilty though.“ This is respo more...
Only the third Indian shot-putter to breach the 20m mark, Asian champion Om Prakash Singh is now aiming for a medal in the October Commonwealth Games after putting in a lot of hard work and praying for a little bit of luck. more...