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‘Our athletes are well-prepared for the Games’ – Rediff

2 weeks ago
Rediff'Our athletes are well-prepared for the Games'Rediff… the Mittal Champions Trust was set up in 2005 by billionaire businessman Laxmi Narain Mittal and his son-in-law Amit Bhatia to produce world-class Indian athletes, with the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and the 2012 London Games in mind.Mittal Rescues Indian Olympic Effort From 'Disgrace'Bloombergall 3 news [...]  more...

Poonia to take part in Diamond League events

2 months ago
In a major boost to her preparations for the London Olympics, Commonwealth Games gold medallist discus thrower Krishna Poonia has been invited to take part in two Diamond League events -- IAAF`s highest level competition -- in United States in June.  more...


Images: India’s dying sports tradition, Kushti – Firstpost

4 months ago
FirstpostImages: India's dying sports tradition, KushtiFirstpostCoaches say this is to gain access to the top international competitions like the Commonwealth Games or the upcoming Olympic Games. Here are pictures of wrestlers as they practise in the mud at a traditional Akhaara in Kolhapur, about 400km south of …Mud wrestling losing out as Indian athletes eye [...]  more...

CWG athletes yet to receive award money

2 years ago
Ajay Maken announced in the Lok Sabha that the award money for the medal winners at the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games has been disbursed but shockingly some of the top Indian athletes are still waiting for the money.  more...

Small-town talent give Indian athletics a high in 2010

2 years ago
New stars emerged on the horizon as Indian track and field athletes brought unprecedented success to the country with impressive performances in the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games in a record-breaking 2010.  more...

Gill reassures athletics fraternity

2 years ago
Delighted at the encourag- ing performance of the Indian athletes in the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games, sports minister M.S. Gill Friday promised the ath- letes to continue with same support  more...

Gowda bites the dust as Indian athletes draw blank

2 years ago
Guangzhou, Nov 24 (PTI) Commonwealth Games silvermedallist Vikas Gowda bit the dust after a below-parperformance saw him finish fourth in discus throw as Indianathletes drew blank on the fourth day of the track and fieldcompetitions in the Asian Games, here today.  more...

Poonia, Prameela win bronze as Indian athletes fail to sparkle

2 years ago
S S Ramaswamy Guangzhou, Nov 23 (PTI) Commonwealth Games gold-medallistKrishna Poonia settled for a bronze in women's discus throwdespite performing better in Asian Games here and G Prameelafinished third in heptathlon as Indian athletes failed tosparkle on the third day of track and field competition today.  more...

Asian Games: Indian athletes aim to build on CWG show

2 years ago
S S Ramaswamy Guangzhou, Nov 20 (PTI) After the unexpectedly strongdisplay in the Commonwealth Games, in which they garnered 12medals, Indian track and field exponents would aim to provethat it was no flash-in-the-pan effort when they open theircampaign in the Asian Games athletics events starting heretomorrow.  more...

PREVIEW - Buoyant India eye big medal haul at Asian Games

2 years ago
India are hoping to follow their impressive performance at the Commonwealth Games with another big medal haul at the Asian Games in Guangzhou but tougher competition awaits them in China.  more...

CWG medallists focus on "tough" Asian Games challenge

2 years ago
New Delhi, Nov 1 (PTI) Winning medals at the DelhiCommonwealth Games is history for the Indian athletes and theyare now focussing on putting their best foot forward in theupcoming Asian Games in Guangzhou to be held from November 12.  more...

India may find going tough at Asian Games!

2 years ago
After a historic second place at the New Delhi Commonwealth Games, Indian athletes may find it tough to replicate the success at the next big multi-discipline event - the Nov 12-27 Asian Games at Guangzhou, China.  more...

Former Indian athletes launch signature campaign to clean CWG row

2 years ago
New Delhi, Oct 30 (ANI): Miffed by corruption, security issues and chronic mismanagement by sports administration in the Commonwealth Games 2010, former Indian athletes on Friday launched 'Clean Sports India' signature campaign in New Delhi.  more...

London Olympics ahead, funds to keep flowing for athletes!

2 years ago
Following the overwhelming success of Indian athletes at the Commonwealth Games, the sports ministry wants to continue pumping in more money and strategising for their sustained progress till the 2012 London Olympics.  more...

Sports News

2 years ago
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Following the overwhelming success of Indian athletes at the Commonwealth Games, the sports ministry wants to continue pumping in more money and strategising […]  more...

Fazny Zavahir: Commonwealth Games 2010: The other side of it

2 years ago
Bangalore: The Commonwealth Games 2010 are over finally and nobody has or should have any doubt about India's successful hosting of the mega event. Yes, there are dark […]  more...

Fazny Zavahir: Corruption charges in C'Wealth Games have tainted India's image

2 years ago
Joining the list of critics of the scam-tainted Commonwealth Games, yoga guru Baba Ramdev today said allegations of corruption had tarnished the image of the country. On the one […]  more...

Fazny Zavahir: Delhi Commonwealth Games 2010: A mixed Depiction of stellar Performances and Controversies

2 years ago
Delhi Commonwealth Games 2010: A mixed Depiction of stellar Performances and Controversies As the Delhi commonwealth games event ended, the foreign athletes, officials, spectators and media correspondents set back […]  more...

Fazny Zavahir: Why Brand India should not forgive or forget

2 years ago
The glory can obscure the ignominy that dogged the Commonwealth Games, but learn we must from our mistakes.. K. Murali Kumar Brand India, but at what cost? (Above) […]  more...

Abhinav Bindra expects good show from Indian shooters in Asian Games

2 years ago
The 10-metre air rifle pairs event gold medallist in the Commonwealth Games assured the Indian shooters will give a stiff challenge to the seasoned pros during the Guangzhou Games.  more...

Why the Games came to India

2 years ago
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...

Fazny Zavahir: Cash Awards for Commonwealth Games Medal Winners

2 years ago
There is some rush to felicitate and offer cash awards to Indian athletes who have won medals at the Delhi Commonwealth Games and did the country proud. Various state […]  more...

Kalmadi meets Jaipal Reddy ahead of GoM meeting

2 years ago
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi Sunday met Urban Development Minister S. Jaipal Reddy a day before the first meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) on the Games after they have concluded.  more...

India should not have hosted Games, says Aiyar

2 years ago
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) Congress MP and former sports minister Mani Shankar Aiyar, the most vocal critic of the Commonwealth Games, still insists that India should not have hosted the mega sporting event.  more...

Tendulkar congratulates Indian athletes for CWG success

2 years ago
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...

CWG Village gets ready to bid farewell to athletes

2 years ago
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...

Media's rah-rah cheerleaders

2 years ago
So the Delhi Commonwealth Games are finally over. The consensus is that despite all the glitches before and during the games, it finally all came together. The opening […]  more...

Fazny Zavahir | Suresh Kalmadi booed at CWG closing ceremony

2 years ago
New Delhi, Oct 15: The international athletes and Commonwealth Games Federation may have enjoyed their stay in Delhi, but Indians have not yet forgiven Suresh Kalmadi for the […]  more...

Commonwealth Closing Ceremony

2 years ago
India has proved that it can do the best by hosting the best ever Commonwealth Games. Indian atheletes also gave be best ever performance winning 38 Gold medals […]  more...

Commonwealth Games come to successful end in Delhi

2 years ago
The 19th Commonwealth Games have ended in Delhi with Australia topping the medals table, winning 74 gold medals. India edged ahead of England to the second place on Thursday […]  more...

Commonwealth the show of strength : Shooting and wrestling

2 years ago
When this commonwealth was about to become many doubted whether it will even begin or get scrapped. I must confess that I was one of them. Mr kalmadi’s […]  more...

SAHARA HAILS WINNERS AT THE GAMES

2 years ago
I: The Sahara India group on Wednesday applaud- ed the performance of Indian athletes at the Commonwealth Games, saying this would set the tone for future sporting events. The group, which is deeply i  more...

Medals rain for India on day 10 of CWG

2 years ago
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...

The Commonwealth Games needs its Tempest in a Turban

2 years ago
An Indian athlete in Wales was first to register in me a youthful awareness of the Commonwealth Games. Of course, it still cloaked itself in the grand imperial garb of Empire Games 52 years ago when only the sixth meet of the quadrennial series was held in the midsummer of 1958 at the old Arms Park in Cardiff.  more...

Quartet symphony at Commonwealth Games

2 years ago
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...

Indian athletes set JNS track ablaze, win 5 medals today

2 years ago
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...

Fazny Zavahir | Commonwealth Organizers confirm second doping case involving Nigerian athlete at Comm Games

2 years ago
A second Nigerian runner at the Commonwealth Games has failed a doping test for the same banned substance. Commonwealth Games Federation President Mike Fennell said Tuesday that Samuel Okon, […]  more...

Small town heroes fulfil big dreams at Commonwealth Games

2 years ago
Indian athletes from villages and lesser known cities have done wonders. DNA asks them their secret.  more...

CWG: India surpasses Melbourne medal haul

2 years ago
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...

COMMONWEALTH GAMES: Indians hope to bury Games glitches in sporting glory

2 years ago
Indians are hoping a record showing by their athletes at theCommonwealth Gameswill help to erase some of the negative publicity surrounding the event. The Games were supposed to enhance […]  more...

India hope to bury Games glitches in sporting glory

2 years ago
India are hoping a record showing by their athletes at the Commonwealth Games will help to erase some of the negative publicity surrounding the event.  more...

CWG Delhi 2010: Gagan Narang and Imran Hasan Khan bag two more gold along with a world record

2 years ago
The stars are shining bright and luminous for the Indian athletes contingent at Delhi commonwealth games 2010 where they have strongly maintained their hold on the second.............. Read more:http://www.commonwealthdelhi.com/?p=502  more...

Lift, Wrestle, Shoot... just get Gold!

2 years ago
In Delhi, at the Commonwealth Games 2010, India shines with 11 Gold Medals. Having bagged Silver and Bronze as well, Indian athletes are displaying a sterling performance, much […]  more...

India looks towards shooters, lifters for more medals

2 years ago
India, who broke open the gold medal chest with a haul of five yellow metals on Tuesday, once again would look up to their star-packed shooting squad and lifters to boost their medals tally in the Commonwealth Games on Wednesday.  more...

Great Show Malaysia's Amirul at 19th Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi,India

2 years ago
Yesterday,Ramli saw personally on TV the stiff competition of the weightlifting competition involving Malaysia's very own athletes ie.Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim for the men and Zaira Zakaria for the […]  more...

Poor attendence on opening day of Commonwealth Games

2 years ago
The swimming and gymnastic competitions, which usually attract good crowd, drew lukewarm response from the Delhiites as most of the stands remained vacant.  more...

Games schedule of Indians for October 4

2 years ago
New Delhi, Oct 3 (PTI) Following is the schedule ofIndian athletes for October 4 in the Commonwealth Games.  more...

Our tryst with Commonwealth Games

2 years ago
Finally, the D-day has arrived. Commonwealth games are here with us, after all those controversies, scams, pull-outs, television debates and what have you. Be that as it may, we, […]  more...

P T Usha Upset at Not Being Invited to Games Opening Ceremony

2 years ago
A day before the Commonwealth Games begin in Delhi, sprint queen P.T. Usha is upset at the organisers having failed to invite to the opening ceremony many Indian […]  more...

Events will never be drug-free: WADA

2 years ago
World Anti Doping Agency chief admitted some athletes at the Commonwealth Games could cheat and get away with it, but said it was becoming harder.  more...

Some Indian athletes yet to get training kit

2 years ago
What's an athlet without his kit and apparel? Just two day before curtains go up on the Commonwealth Games, sportspersons are grappling with the problem of oversize, undersize and, in some cases, abso  more...

Top Indian sports persons check into Village

2 years ago
Beijing Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra and bronze medallist Vijender are among 464 Indian athletes who have checked into the Commonwealth Games Village, chef-de-mission Bhubneshwar Kalita said here Thursday.  more...

Athletes can participate in CWG after suspension lifted: WADA

2 years ago
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Tuesday clarified that the athletes who had tested positive for methylhexnamine can participate in the Commonwealth Games as the provisional suspension has been lifted following the shifting of the drug from the non-specified to the specified category.  more...

In which Team India at Commonwealth Games

2 years ago
There has been enough written, enough read, enough said and more than enough shown about the Commonwealth Games to held in Delhi, October 2010. They have thrown out […]  more...

SA delegation finds snake in CWG Village room

2 years ago
Just when things seemed to be getting on track, the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games  has plunged into a new crisis on Sunday. A snake was found in a room allotted to South African athletes, who are yet to check in, High Commissioner Harris Mbulelo Mejeke told reporters.  more...

Hope I won't have to meet Aisam Qureshi before final: Rohan Bopanna

2 years ago
Rohan Bopanna tells DNA that events like Commonwealth Games can make tennis more popular in the country.  more...

Vijender Singh and company arrive at C'Wealth Games village

2 years ago
Indian athletes continued to trickle in at the Commonwealth Games Village with the 10-member boxing team led by Olympic bronze medallist Vijender Singh checking in at its residential block for the event.  more...

Indian athletes move into Games Village

2 years ago
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The first batch of Indian athletes Thursday checked into the Commonwealth Games Village which has come in for severe criticism after many nations said the conditions were 'filthy and unliveable.'  more...

Injuries, form behind foreign athletes' pull-out: P.T Usha

2 years ago
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Former sprint queen P.T. Usha feels it is indifferent form and injuries and not the recent controversies that have resulted in the pullout of some top foreign athletes from the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games.  more...

CWG teams ready to come to India

2 years ago
With the opening of the CWG only days away, several of the teams, including Wales and Scotland that had earlier shown reluctance to take part in the Commonwealth Games, have now said they intend to travel to India.  more...

CWG teams ready to come to India

2 years ago
With the opening of the CWG only days away, several of the teams, including Wales and Scotland that had earlier shown reluctance to take part in the Commonwealth Games, have now said they intend to travel to India.  more...

CWG mess saddens Indian athletes

2 years ago
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...

CWG 2010

2 years ago
Bagging out the next big event to happen in (insert name of) your town is, in my experience, a fairly common thing to do. When the Olympics were […]  more...

CWG: Indian athletes get WADA lifeline

2 years ago
In a surprising turnabout, WADA held out hope to the 12 Indian sportspersons who tested positive for the drug 'methylhexaneamine' in the past few weeks.  more...

CWG: Indian athletes get WADA lifeline

2 years ago
In a surprising turnabout, WADA held out hope to the 12 Indian sportspersons who tested positive for the drug 'methylhexaneamine' in the past few weeks.  more...

Commonwealth Games 2010 theme song

2 years ago
Commonwealth Games 2010 theme songDubai Indians supporting the cause to Indian athletes for Commonwealth Games 2010 at Delhi, India..From:dubaiindiansViews:209 0ratingsTime:04:20More inMusic  more...

22 days are enough for C'wealth Games preparations, says Suresh Kalmadi

2 years ago
Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi tells DNA that all the infrastructure will be in place before the opening day of the showpiece event.  more...

Indian athletes aim for best-ever haul in CWG!

2 years ago
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...

Indian athletes aim for best-ever haul in Commonwealth Games

2 years ago
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...

'Go India, Go for gold' campaign launched

2 years ago
With 29 days to go for the Commonwealth Games, the organising committee on Saturday launched a campaign to spread awareness about the mega event and muster support for the Indian sportspersons. Under the campaign titled -- 'Go India! Go for Gold' the OC in collaboration with HT Media and Muthoot Pappachan group will collect about one lakh hand imprints from citizens as a gesture of 'high five' in support of the Indian teams.  more...

Randhir Singh hits back SAI, Sports Ministry

2 years ago
Randhir Singh hits back SAI, Sports MinistryIndian Olympic Association secretary general Randhir Singh hit back at the Sports Authority and the Sports Ministry saying they are motivated to pull him down. At the same time, he admitted that the Indian athletes have lost out on the home advantage for CWG 2010. Nilanjan Datta caught up with him -- It's a NewsX exclusive.From:newsxliveViews:15 0ratingsTime:03:10More inSports  more...

India yet to get a medal in 8 of 17 CWG disciplines!

2 years ago
Indian athletes have traditionally done well in the medal standings of the Commonwealth Games but of the 17 sporting disciplines in the event, there are eight in which this edition`s host country is yet to open its account.  more...

NADA for quick trial of dope-tainted athletes

2 years ago
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) Friday said it will request the anti-doping disciplinary panel to expedite the trial of Indian athletes, who have tested positive in the run-up to the Commonwealth Games, once the outcome of their 'B' samples are known by Saturday evening.  more...

CWG medal prospect Saurav, another athlete caught for doping!

2 years ago
Commonwealth Games medal prospect shot putter Saurabh Vij and Akash Antil flunked dope tests conducted by the National Anti-doping Agency last month, Athletics Federation of India said.  more...

The Queen's Baton Relay arrives in Mysore

2 years ago
The Queen's Baton Relay for the Commonwealth Games arrived in Mysore from Kekkanahalli Check Post, Charamarajanagar on the Tamil Nadu/Karnataka border on Wednesday evening.  more...

Athletics federation announces 92-member squad for CWG

2 years ago
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) Tuesday announced a 92-member squad for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games.  more...

36 Indian shooters will be targetting 120 CWG medals

2 years ago
After winning 27 medals at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, this time 36 Indian shooters will be eyeing the 120 medals at stake in different shooting events at the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games.  more...

36 Indian shooters will be targetting 120 CWG medals

2 years ago
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) After winning 27 medals at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, this time 36 Indian shooters will be eyeing the 120 medals at stake in different shooting events at the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games.  more...

Top athletes evade dope test for CWG

2 years ago
Four top Indian athletes are suspected to have been allowed to be in contention for the Commonwealth Games despite missing out-of-competition dope tests conducted by National anti-Doping Agency.  more...

Games, lies and videotape

2 years ago
'Delhi is fully prepared for the Commonwealth Games': The state government will leave no stone unturned to sell you this line. Never mind broken roads and flooded stadia — the proof before your eyes — Delhi is ready because CM Sheila Dikshit's on tape giving Games preparedness both thumbs  more...

Lessons from the games

2 years ago
Never in all the years I have known him have I ever agreed with Mani Shankar Aiyar about anything. So it is with some nervousness I admit that on the Commonwealth Games I agree with him one thousand per cent. Who was the lunatic who bid for them in the first place? He needs to be identified and horsewhipped in public for putting India in such a disgraceful situation. If it was Suresh Kalmadi, then horsewhipping is not punishment enough because having landed the Games he should at least have known that he should do nothing that would expose India’s corrupt and incompetent underside to an international audience.  more...

OC CWG Delhi 2010 unveils medals for the Games

2 years ago
Organising Committee Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi today unveiled the victory medals for XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi. Delhi 2010 medals combine sporting excellence with fine craftsmanship.  more...

A mere Rs60 a day for vital supplements for India's elite athletes

2 years ago
Thousands of crores are being spent on the 2010 Commonwealth Games, but organisers are struggling to provide Indian athletes with even Rs 200 worth of essential dietary supplements each day. HT has learnt that athletes are getting supplements worth barely Rs 60 per day, less than one-sixth  more...

Kalmadi unveils CWG medals, hopes windfall for Indians!

2 years ago
Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi on Friday unveiled the victory medallions for the Commonwealth Games.  more...

ht EXCLUSIVE - A mere R60 a day for vital supplements for India's elite athletes

2 years ago
: Thousands of crores are being spent on the 2010 Commonwealth Games, but organisers are struggling to pro- vide Indian athletes with even R 200 worth of essential dietary supplements each day. HT has  more...

 
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