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‘Athletics can’t improve unless we have coaches on contract’ – Times of India

2 months ago
'Athletics can't improve unless we have coaches on contract'Times of IndiaSprinter Milkha Singh is popu-larly known as 'the Flying Sikh', a title he won along with many medals in international athletics, winning India its first gold at the 1958 Commonwealth Games. He missed a bronze at the 1960 Olympics 400-metre event by …Indian suppliers to [...]  more...

Krishna Poonia recommended for Rajiv Khel Ratna

12 months ago
Discus thrower Krishna Poonia, who won a historic gold in the Commonwealth Games last year, has been recommended for Rajiv Khel Ratna, the country’s highest sports award.  more...


After CWG gold, Poonia gets $20,000 challenge from world champ

2 years ago
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...

$20,000 challenge for CWG champ Poonia!

2 years ago
Krishna Poonia, who became the first athlete from the country to capture a CWG gold medal in track and field since Milkha Singh`s feat in 1958, at the recently concluded mega sporting event, has another challenge on her hands.  more...

Does the CWG success really make India a global sporting power...well, probably

2 years ago
The 19th Commonwealth Games are being held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010 and this is the first time the Commonwealth Games have been held […]  more...

After CWG gold, Poonia gets $20,000 challenge from world champ

2 years ago
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...

India’s Commonwealth Games. 2 brief Reports by CNN-IBN

2 years ago
Following the successful conclusion of the Commonwealth Games, India’s CNN-IBN Live has two interesting articles in today’s online edition. The first article gives the details of India’s phenomenal progress […]  more...

Commonwealth Games gold medalist Poonia calls on Dr. C.P. Joshi

2 years ago
New Delhi, Oct 13 (ANI): Krishna Poonia, who scripted history to lift the women's discuss throw gold in athletics event since Milkha Singh won the 440 yards race in 1958, called on Union Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Dr. C.P. Joshi at Krishi Bhawan here today.  more...

Indian women create history, win 4x400 relay gold

2 years ago
India won their second athletics gold at the Delhi Games with the women's relay team's stellar show in the 4x400 race at the JN Stadium here. Manjeet Kaur, Sini […]  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...

Medal burst in games last lap

2 years ago
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...

CWG athletics: India bag second gold in best Games show

2 years ago
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) India capped their memorable track and field outing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games with the women's 4x400 metres relay team bagging the gold. Adding to the one that discuss thrower Krishna Poonia won Monday, this is the first time that India have won two golds at a single edition of the games.  more...

Antil lashes out at Milkha after the Indian sweep

2 years ago
ndian discus thro trio had just created history b sweeping the three medals a the Commonwealth Games a the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Monday. But soon after India's 52-yea wait for another gold me  more...

Discus results will inspire us to perform better at Guangzhou: Harwant

2 years ago
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) The medal sweep in women's discus at the Commonwealth Games athletics event Monday has made the Indians hopeful of a good performance in next month's Asian Games at Guangzhou.  more...

CWG Day 8: All three medals to Indian women in discus throw

2 years ago
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Pooniya leads clean sweep of discus medals, Vijender shocked

2 years ago
New Delhi, Oct 11 (PTI) The much-hyped Indian boxingsquad, led by Olympic medal winner Vijender Singh, floppedbut the unheralded athletics contingent exceeded expectationswhen Krishna Pooniya led an unprecedented clean sweep of allthe women's discus medals in the Commonwealth Games today.  more...

Harminder Singh wins bronze in men's 20km walk event

2 years ago
Harminder became the first Indian to win a medal in walk race competition in Commonwealth Games.  more...

Young woman from Nashik brings home first individual track medal in 52 years

2 years ago
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...

Sports and Nation Building

2 years ago
That I am writing about sports at the time when the Commonwealth Games are on in New Delhi is just a coincidence. Alright, obliquely the CWG have been […]  more...

Commonwealth Games grows in stature as years go by

2 years ago
India have participated in 14 of the 18 editions, the first time being in London, 1934 when it was known as the British Empire Games.  more...

CommonWealth Games 2010 Delhi, Official Music Video in 720pHD [25 Sept 2010 release]

2 years ago
CommonWealth Games 2010 Delhi, Official Music Video in 720pHD [25 Sept 2010 release]First on net.. Exclusive.. Status : Audio Release Date : Aug 28, 2010 Music Video release date : Sep 24, 2010 Credits : Composed and performed by AR Rahman Lyrics by Mehboob Video featuring Milkha Singh, Saina Nehwal, Samresh Jung Directed by : Bharath Bala Produced by Bharatbala ProductionsFrom:aswinparvathyViews:1377 3ratingsTime:02:21More inSports  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...

'Foreign athletes making lots of fuss'

2 years ago
Legendary Milkha Singh lashed out at the foreign athletes for making too much noise about the living conditions at the Commonwealth Games village.  more...

At Last Games Song Video Brings Some Happiness to Public

2 years ago
Amid all the gloom and doom, here’s a piece of good news the OC has finally got the video of Delhi Games 2010 theme song by A R Rahman out. The video, which didn’t get an official launch in the midst of the controversies surrounding the Commonwealth Games Village, showcases a much peppier version of the theme song, Swagatham.  more...

Commonwealth Games theme song tweaked, to be peppier like Chak De'

2 years ago
The original version of the song 'India bula liya' got a lukewarm response from the audience and was openly criticised by CWG Organising Committee's executive board member VK Malhotra and other leaders.  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...

Making Sport of India

2 years ago
Corruption is the unacknowledged mistress of the Indian politician. Something we live with stoically, though with latent unease, like the ghost in the attic. Then why suddenly all this ballyhoo about bribes, doctored e-mails, manipulated tenders and multi-crore deals concerning the Commonwealth Games?  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...

Army should have handled CWG: Milkha

2 years ago
With scams marring the build up to CWG, sprint legend Milkha Singh said it would have been better for country had Army handled all preparations for event.  more...

 
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