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This story is no different from a particular guy a year ago when Times of India Delhi Edition displayed a stolen picture for Commonwealth games promotional ads. But […] more...
The sports ministry decided to form a four-member committee comprising sportspersons, to utilise all stadia built during the Commonwealth Games for the preparation of national teams. more...
The 2010 Asian Games that is currently being held in GZ is one of the world's biggest sporting event. It is much bigger in scale than the Commonwealth games. […] more...
Being the wannnabe sports journalist that I am, I was thrilled to find that a sports feature-ish article I wrote, made it to the back of the newspaper. Thus […] 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 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...
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) A group of 200 specially-abled children, including the visually challenged, took the audience by surprise with a wonderful performance at the pre-show of the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony in Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Thursday. 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...
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...
Eleven issues of the “Village News” have been published since the Commonwealth Games began Oct. 3 and the last issue will come out on Friday, the morning after the […] 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...
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) A long 52-year wait came to an end as India's national anthem was once again played in the Commonwealth Games athletics arena with woman discus thrower Krishna Poonia winning the gold. The hosts made a clean sweep of medals in the event - their first such feat in any sport at the Games. more...
"Exaggerated" and "unfair"... That is how many foreign journalists covering the Commonwealth Games (CWG) describe the bad press the event has been receiving abroad, with some even saying it reflects a "pre-set negative mindset". more...
The system has been malfunctioning from the first day of competitions and problems increased on October 5 when the GIS crashed and the journalists at the Main Press Centre of the Games could not get any information related to the sporting events. more...
New Delhi, Oct 5 (PTI) Journalists at the Main PressCentre of the Commonwealth Games could not get any informationrelated to the sporting event today as the Games InformationSystem (GIS) crashed in the afternoon. 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...
The next time because of the dedicated Commonwealth Games lanes, don't curse the peo- ple in those buses. They too have had a harrowing time travelling. The inaugural day of CWG saw a breakdown in more...
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) 'We have more important issues than Commonwealth Games but now it is a matter of national pride,' so said Marxist Sitaram Yechury as he entered the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium for the opening of the Commonwealth Games. more...
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) The excitement was palpable but there was chaos and confusion too at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium on the opening day of the Commonwealth Games Sunday with hapless spectators and confused mediapersons asking around for directions and volunteers proving to be of little help. 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...
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) The draw for badminton singles and doubles in the Commonwealth Games was done here Saturday, but strangely it was not released. more...
The troubled Commonwealth Games start in Delhi tomorrow. Delhi's Chief of Police has assured journalists that the games will pass off peacefully - that the security measures in place […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) He has got the looks and, of course, the punches. Vijender Singh, who hit the headlines winning a bronze medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, has a huge fan-following at the Commonwealth Games Village and, obviously, he is not complaining. more...
[gallery] via Bob McKerrow - Wayfarer by Bob McKerrow on 10/1/10 I simply love watching Olympic and Commonwealth Games and so many good memories flood back of huddled […] more...
Their talks in New York might not have materialised, but External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has invited his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi to visit India to witness the Commonwealth Games. 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...
Well, everyone is talking about the commonwealth games, for better or for worse. I think most of the people including the best of investigative journalists have missed the […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) The state-of-the-art Main Press Centre for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games here has come in for praise from foreign correspondents, though tardy pace of service and lack of media background material pose problems. more...
Citizen-Journalist E.R. RAMACHANDRAN is pleased to present the Commonwealth Games quiz. Please fill in and send us your entries before the due date mentioned below. If you miss the […] 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...
"Come as a friend and go back as a family," is the message that Commonwealth Games organising committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi today sent out to athletes and officials of the 71 Commonwealth countries. more...
CWG Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi faced tough questioning from journalists but he accepted moral responsibility for the mess ahead of the event. more...
Toronto, Sep 25 (IANS) Lashing out at nations, particularly Australia, New Zealand, Canada and England, for criticizing India for its handling of the Commonwealth Games, Commerce Industry Minister Anand Sharma Friday warned that they may have a price to pay in terms of business opportunities in the emerging economy. more...
Entering the Main Press Centre for the Commonwealth Games was a breath of fresh air. The site will be the nerve-centre and second home for over 2000 print, online and broadcast journalists who are expected to cover the event. Walking into the centre on a warm Friday afternoon, a rarity these days, more...
Entering the Main Press Centre for the Commonwealth Games was a breath of fresh air. The site will be the nerve-centre and second home for over 2000 print, online and broadcast journalists who are exp more...
I have been watching with growing fascination the debacle taking place in Delhi as the deadline looms for the start of the Commonwealth Games. When I was there I […] 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...
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...
India, within the limitations of its financial resources, workforce skills, pressing competing demands and probable corruption, has done the best it can to organize the XIXth Commonwealth Games in Delhi, feels a senior journalist. more...
Sydney, Sept.23 (ANI): India, within the limitations of its financial resources, workforce skills, pressing competing demands and probable corruption, has done the best it can to organize the XIXth Commonwealth Games in Delhi, feels a senior journalist. more...
A journalist from a leading newspaper says, "CWG has become a Delhi game rather than India game because if you look at the local newspapers in Delhi, almost all of them have a CWG section." more...
Twenty-nine Sheffield Hallam journalism students flew out to India in mid-September to work as volunteers in the news media centre at the New Delhi Commonwealth Games.It is the […] more...
A portion of false ceiling in the Commonwealth Games weightlifting venue in Delhi caved in on Wednesday, a day after 27 workers were injured when a footbridge collapsed near the same sports complex. more...
An Aus 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 theevent venues. 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...
'It is minor. It is only a false ceiling coming down, or parts of it. It will be corrected now,' cabinet secretary KM Chandrasekhar, who oversees Games preparations, told CNN-IBN television. 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...
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...
Ajit Pal Singh, who led India to gold in the 1975 Hockey World Cup, said the current team would break the jinx of not winning a medal at the Commonwealth Games.Speaking at the release of the book, more...
Commonwealth Games organising committee chairman, Suresh Kalmadi today asserted that all the 71 countries are participating in the Games. Dismissing reports about any country withdrawing from the Games […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) England's Chef de mission Craig Hunter's comments on the Games Village will be music to the ears of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi and his team. more...
Despite Germany being a non-participating nation in the Commonwealth Games, its media is showing interest in the sporting extravaganza marred by allegations of corruption, prompting Indian Embassy her more...
Despite Germany being anon-participating nation in the CWG, its mediais showing interest in the sporting extravaganza marred byallegations of corruption. more...
In a letter to the Organising Committee, director of information and publicity Keshav Chandra requested it to allow 379 journalists, who were given accreditations by the Delhi government, to cover the mega sporting event. more...
Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi, who has been facing allegations of financial mismanagement in the run-up to the Delhi event, said he was "concerned" about his image as a sport administrator. 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...
Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi today promised that the CWG here will be as successful as the Melbourne edition despite the spate of corruption allegations that rocked its build-up. more...
The Commonwealth Games Media andPublicity Committee Chairman Tarlochan Singh on Wednesday asked theSports Authority of India to stop shunting away journalistsfrom the selection trials of the event at its various centres. more...
: Bhaichung Bhutia became the first active Indian sportsperson to say New Delhi's hosting the Commonwealth Games wasn't a good idea. But now that it is upon us, everyone should support it, he said. more...