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Ed Zemrau, who helped bring Commonwealth and Universiade games to Edmonton …Global EdmontonIn 1972 he served as the Chef de Mission for Canada at the World Winter Universiade, held in Lake Placid, NY He was also a member of the bid committee that brought the Commonwealth Games to Edmonton in 1978. Just prior to the [...] more...
Canada Olympics president sees crucial role for VictoriaVictoria Times Colonist"And in addition to training athletes, Victoria also has a tradition of hosting events such as the Commonwealth Games, FIFA U20 World Cup and Scotties and Ford world championships in curling." Brian Price, the rowing coxswain for the goldmedallist 2008 …and more » more...
NADA reveals list of drugs with MHATimes of India(AFP Photo) NEW DELHI: India's preparation in the lead-up to the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games had received a major jolt with no less than 12 athletes, which included swimmers, weightlifters and wrestlers, testing positive for Methylhexaneamine (MHA).and more » more...
Independence poll good for GamesHerald ScotlandTHE independence referendum will fuel international interest in the Glasgow 2014 Games, a leading overseas Commonwealth official claims. Scott Stevenson, the director of sport at Canada's Commonwealth Games Association, said there was intense Canadian …GAMES BONANZA FOR CITY BUSINESS £181m COMMONWEALTH GAMES GIVE GLASGOW FIRMS …Glasgow Evening Timesall 4 news [...] more...
Sportsnet.caCanadian divers book tickets for London OlympicsCP24, CanadaCanada's Alexandre Despatie, from Montreal, holds up his three gold medals for diving Tuesday, October 12, 2010 at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz) LONDON — Canada's Alexandre Despatie and Reuben Ross …Canadian divers qualify for LondonLondon Free PressCanada's Despatie desperate to [...] more...
India TodayHockey: Canada hoping to spoil India's partyIndia TodayThe North American side is all geared up for the challenge for which it has been preparing since the Delhi Commonwealth Games in 2010. Ranked four places below the Indian men's team at 14th, Canada have their goals set although their coach believes …Canada keen to make [...] more...
Zee NewsCanada, France pose threats for IndiaThe HinduCanada, which featured in the Beijing Olympics, had shown its keenness to make the London Games. “Since the Commonwealth Games, we have been preparing for this. We are at the peak of a four-year cycle. This is the most important part of the Olympics …Canada keen to make [...] more...
Edmonton looking to be Canadian candidate for 2022 Commonwealth GamesInsidethegames.bizBy Tom Degun February 9 – Edmonton have revealed that they are looking to be put forward as the Canadian candidate for the 2022 Commonwealth Games after Brian MacPherson, the chief executive of Commonwealth Games Canada, revealed exclusively to …and more » more...
Insidethegames.bizTime to bring back Games, mayor saysEdmonton JournalMayor Stephen Mandel enthusiastically backed plans Tuesday to explore an Edmonton bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. "I think 1978 (the last Edmonton Games) was a watershed moment for the city, and 2022, almost 45 years later, it would be a nice …Canada making a pitch for 2022 [...] more...
Insidethegames.bizMayor supports plans to explore bid for Commonwealth GamesEdmonton JournalEDMONTON – Mayor Stephen Mandel enthusiastically backed plans Tuesday to explore an Edmonton bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. “I think 1978 (the last Edmonton Games) was a watershed moment for the city, and 2022, almost 45 years later, …Canada making a pitch for 2022 Commonwealth [...] more...
Insidethegames.bizExclusive: Canada planning to bid for 2022 Commonwealth GamesInsidethegames.bizBy Tom Degun February 5 – Canada is planning to launch a bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games and has already been approached by a number of cities interested in being the candidate, it has been revealed by Brian MacPherson, the chief executive of … more...
Triple Medalist Caroline Morin-Houde named Canadian Flag Bearer for Youth …TheSportsCampus.com"It's been an absolutely amazing competition," said Morin-Houde, who one day hopes to represent Canada at the senior Commonwealth Games and the Olympics. "My goals prior to the Games had been to qualify for the finals in the 100m and 200m, …and more » more...
Island Sports News Rugby Canada turns to Island againVictoria Times ColonistBy Cleve Dheensaw, Times Colonist July 25, 2011 The immediate aim is the rugby sevens competition at the Youth Commonwealth Games on the Isle of Man in September. The long-term goal is the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, when many of these youth players will …Canadian U18 [...] more...
Ican very well understand the feeling of desperation in the wake of the spate of positive dope tests; some of them leading athletes who have won medals at the Asian and Commonwealth Games. Some thi more...
Brian MacPherson named Commonwealth Games Canada CEOTheSportsCampus.comDr. Andrew Pipe, President of Commonwealth Games Canada (CGC), today announced that Brian MacPherson is the organization's new Chief Executive Officer. "Brian is a proven leader with an abundance of highly relevant experience," stated Dr. Pipe. … more...
esk@hindustantimes.com After lying low for few days , Mandeep Kaur, the 4x400m Asian and Commonwealth Games (CWG) gold medallist, has alleged that it was the coach's fault. Mandeep, who tested posi more...
I: Just a day after two gold medal-winners from the Asian and Commonwealth Games were suspended, five more athletes returned positive for a banned substance on Thursday. All five have been provisional more...
Asian and NEW DELHI: Asian and Commonwealth Games gold medallist quartermiler Mandeep Kaur and last year's Asian All-Star 400m hurdles gold medallist Jauna Murmu have been suspended for testing positi 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...
Armstrong determined to win Canada's first world shot put medalVancouver SunCanada's Dylan Armstrong competes in the final round of men's shot put during the Commonwealth Games. CALGARY — Dylan Armstrong wants to boldly go where no Canadian shot putter has gone before — the …Canada's shot put man is aiming for goldHamilton Spectatorall 12 news [...] 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...
Delhi Commonwealth Games bronze-medallist in boxing Dilbag Singh of Haryana is among the 13 top players who tested positive for performanceenhancing drugs during the Jharkhand National Games in Februa more...
Four athletes training for the Commonwealth Games have mysteriously disappeared from the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports, in Patiala, where they were training for the event. The […] 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...
Walker Rani Yadav, who tested positive for nandrolone during CWG, was not among the athletes who got the all-clear from NADA in the run-up to the Delhi bash. more...
Canadian gripes against the Delhi Commonwealth Games don`t seem to be over yet even though the sports extravaganza ended more than a fortnight ago. more...
India recently brought an end to what according to me is a spectacular sporting event. The scale of the event is so huge that i never thought that […] more...
The second largest sports festival in the world, after Olympics, Commonwealth Games has been an initiative to spread bonhomie and increase goodwill amongst the member nations. They are […] 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...
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...
The games ended today with Canada capturing 75 medals of which 26 were gold. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfktTjS5yLg&feature=related] In terms of our overall medal count our objectives have been more or less met,” […] more...
Canada Synchronised swimming duet-Commonwealth games 2010This is the Canadian duet from the Synchronised swimming final at the Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi, they recieved a Gold medal for the performace.From:cewescottViews:281 1ratingsTime:03:59More inSports 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...
New Delhi, Oct 15 (PTI) With a tally of 75 medals, Canadawere hoping for a top-three finish in the Commonwealth Gamesthe country's officials said all their calculations were wenthaywire due to India's unexpected effort of 101 medals. 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...
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...
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...
The 2010 Commonwealth Games is the 19th Commonwealth Games, and the ninth to be held under that name. The Games are being held in Delhi, India, from 3 […] more...
"It was unfortunate that we lost the gold by a whisker. They did well till the half way mark, but later found it difficult to cope up with the wind," said national coach Sunny Thomas. more...
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) India's Saina Nehwal moved into the semifinals of the women's singles badminton event of the Commonwealth Games with a 21-7, 21-10 victory over Canada's Anna Rice here Monday. 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...
// India won a bronze in the men’s Table Tennis at the Yamuna Sports Complex. India beat the Nigerian team 3-0.In wrestling too India kept dominating the discipline at various levels. Narsingh Pancham Yadav made it to the finals of the men’s Freestyle 74 kg wrestling. He got the better of Canada’s Evan MacDonald.Meanwhile, Yogeshwar [...] more...
Alex Pang of Canada could not have asked for a more difficult match in the second round of the men's singles competition at the Commonwealth Games in New […] more...
Christine Girard (CAN) completed her Commonwealth Games medal set with Gold in the Women's 69kg at the Jawaharlal Nehru Sports Complex today. Girard, 25, won Bronze at the Manchester […] 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) Trinidad and Tobago ended their Pool B campaign on a losing note Saturday, going down 0-2 to Canada for their fourth consecutive defeat in the men's hockey competition at the Commonwealth Games. more...
// It is a race for the second spot in the Commonwealth Games 2010. India is marching ahead with gold medals everyday and England is following suit and so is Canada. It was yet another golden day for the host nation. Gold medals came India’s way through the superlative performances of archers, shooters and wrestlers.As [...] more...
Leading Commonwealth countries explain their positions following the latest setbacks in preparations for next month's Games in India. ENGLAND "We asked the Commonwealth Games federation to ensure that all of the […] more...
Canada's Kyle Pettey today set a new world record in men's Para-sport Shot Put F32/34/52 event with a throw of 11.44m to win Gold on the second day […] more...
Congratulations to Canada’s Women Compound Team who won Silver today at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India. The women’s compound team consists of Camille BOUFFARD-DEMER of Quebec, Doris […] 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...
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) India blanked Canada 3-0 to move into the semi-final of the badminton mixed doubles event at the Commonwealth Games here Thursday. more...
MIROSLAV Dykun has claimed England's first wrestling Commonwealth Games gold medal for 24 years with a superb victory at Delhi 2010.Ukrainian-born Dykun pinned Canada's Jack Bond to the […] 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...
The commonwealth games have just started in Delhi and they attract a lot of attention from sport lovers worldwide. But what are the Commonwealth games? Let´s start with the […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 4 (PTI) Gearing up to serve 20 lakh mealsin 12 days, transporting French fries from Canada and freshlettuce from Nainital and marshalling a troop of 1,200 people-- for Samar Qureshi, the last 40 days have been a "challengeof a lifetime". 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(ANI): Canada's hockey captain Ken Pereira, a player of Indian origin who will be team Canada's flag bearer at the Delhi Commonwealth Games' opening ceremony, has admitted that he is a bit amused by his identity crisis in India. more...
The fortnight of intense labour to ensure the Commonwealth Games would take place has left Canada’s chef de mission feeling like she has completed the event already. more...
Canada protests conditions ahead of Commonwealth opening ceremoniesPublished On Sat Oct 02 2010 Canada's flag bearer for the last Commonwealth Games, Alexandra Orlando (left), hands over the […] more...
Mascot Shera does not seem to worry yet... India does not take part to the Football World Cup, and is not really much involved in Winter Olympics. Indeed, India’s […] more...
Indians can take heart in the fact that a number of countries in the past had also faced similar criticism while hosting such mega sporting events. more...
The nineteenth Commonwealth Games are set to begin on October 3, 2010 in Delhi, India. This multi-sport event that brings together athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations (former […] more...
With the Commonwealth games getting under way this weekend, it will come as a huge relief to the people of Delhi and in particular the event organisers. Come […] more...
India's weaknesses in staging multi-discipline sports events stood exposed during the crisis-hit run-up to the Commonwealth Games but Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi has still not lost hope of bringing the Olympics to the country. Kalmadi, who was speaking at the Global Sports Summit "Turf 2010" organised by FICCI, said organising good a Commonwealth Games would help the country organise the Olympics also. more...
A strong contingent of around 1250 athletes and officials is arriving in Delhi today to participate in the Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi, thereby taking the total number of participants past 5500. more...
Sydney, Sep 30 (ANI): The chaotic build-up to the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games has forced changes to the testing program, according to the Games' anti-doping chief. more...
A paramilitary personnel relieves himself on a designer wall outside Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main venue for the Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi. (AP) Here is my top 10 […] more...
The spate of withdrawals from the Delhi Commonwealth Games continued with Canadian diver Meaghan Benfeito and badminton player Alvin Lau becoming the latest to opt out of the event citing contrasting reasons. more...
Sporting powerhouses Australia and England will have their second batch of athletes and officials checking in among the 1150 members who are set to land here on Wednesday for the October 3 to 14 Commonwealth Games. 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...
Toronto, Sep 29 (PTI) The spate of withdrawals from theDelhi Commonwealth Games continued with Canadian diver MeaghanBenfeito and badminton player Alvin Lau becoming the latest toopt out of the event citing contrasting reasons. more...
Apart from Saurabh Vij, the shot putter, no other ath- lete -- six wrestlers and two swimmers -- will be able to par- ticipate at the Commonwealth Games even though the World Anti-Doping Agency has al more...
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...
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...
Experienced defender Zeeshan Ashraf has passed a fitness test and will lead Pakistan in the Commonwealth Games hockey tournament in Delhi next month. more...
New Delhi, Sep 28 (PTI) Tipped to win a gold medal in theCommonwealth Games, top Indian woman weightlifter Soniya Chanutoday said a good show in the mega event here will be aconfidence booster for the Asian Games in China. 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...
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...
Canada sports minister Gary Lunn today said they will not get influenced by the negative publicity around the Commonwealth Games and vowed to support the crisis-hit 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...
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...
A vital part of training before a mega event like the Commonwealth Games is accli- matising to the local conditions.A variety of factors ranging from weather to food and adjusting to the time diff more...
The Commonwealth Game head Michael Fennel has told reporters that all 71 empires will compete in the contest in Delhi. He has however repeated the fact that the […] 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...
Amanpreet Singh New Delhi, Sep 24 (PTI) The game of tennis has "enoughdepth" to negate the absence of star players when the sportmakes its debut at the Commonwealth Games, feels India's starplayer Sania Mirza. 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...
It isn't badminton's red-hot rivalry, but in the context of the Commonwealth Games, India vs England can make for a skittish bout at New Delhi when the mega-event begins. more...
Two archers -- Kevin Tataryn and Dietmar Trillus - - have become the first Canadian athletes to pull out of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, citing health and safety concerns. Manitoba's Tataryn an 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...
Officials from a host of countries have complained of poor levels of cleanliness and hygiene at the village, pointing to blocked toilets, electrical problems, and piles of debris. New […] more...
Wellington, Sep 23 (PTI) In an unusual move, the NewZealand contingent for the Commonwealth Games might baseitself in Singapore till the athletes village, which wasdubbed as "filthy and uninhabitable", is made fully ready forthe teams to move in. 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...
Canada Wednesday told some of its athletes to delay their journey to New Delhi for the Commonwealth Games beginning Oct 3, saying a decision will be taken once it is confident their sportspersons are ’safe and healthy’. more...
India shifted the balance in its favour in the second round of voting with a promise that it would provide US$100,000 to each participating country, along with air […] more...
The Canadian Commonwealth contingent has deferred its arrival to India. Also, two Canadian archers have pulled out of the Commonwealth Games on health, security grounds. more...
The Canadian Commonwealth contingent has deferred its arrival to India. Also, two Canadian archers have pulled out of the Commonwealth Games on health, security grounds. 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...
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...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) New Zealand officials say they'll delay the departure of athletes for the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi by at least two days because of the "tremendously disappointing" state of the athletes' village. more...
Canada will delay sending athletes to New Deli for the Commonwealth Games because of concerns about health and safety conditions within the athletes village, Commonwealth Games Canada (CGC) said on Wednesday. more...
The Commonwealth Games, scheduled to start soon in New Delhi, are a mess. Facilities are incomplete, infrastructure is unsafe and tourists have been shot at. The National Post's […] 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...
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...
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...
Leading Commonwealth countries explained their positions on Tuesday following the latest setbacks in preparations for next month's Games in India. more...
Despite scathing criticism from the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) as well as visiting delegates from New Zealand, Canada, Scotland and Ireland, the organising committee (OC) thinks there's nothing to be embarrassed about. more...
Amid all the gloom about chaotic preparations for the Commonwealth Games, there was at least one silver lining: the widespread applause for the ‘‘world class’’ Games Village at its soft launch on September 16. Unfortunately, the Organizing Committee has run into a rude reality check even on this front. more...
New Delhi, Sep 21 (PTI) Commonwealth Games Federationpresident Michael Fennell has expressed concerns over theGames Village preparation, saying that the condition of theresidential zone there has "shocked" many contingents. 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...
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...
I will be leaving for Delhi, India in 2 days to assume my post as Ombudsman for Team Canada at the XIX Commonwealth Games. Though I have worked […] more...
NEW DELHI: Amid all the gloom about chaotic preparations for the Commonwealth Games, there was at least one silver lining: the widespread applause for the "world class" Games Village at its soft launch on September 16. Unfortunately, the Organising Committee has run into a rude reality check even on this front. more...
New Zealand, Canada, Scotland and Ireland have objected strongly to the condition of accommodation given to them in the Commonwealth Games Village. more...
New Delhi, Sept.20 (ANI): Commonwealth Games Canada and Field Hockey Canada are proud to announce that men's field hockey captain, Ken Pereira, has been named Team Canada Flag Bearer for the XIXth Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India. more...
CBC has announced their 2010 Commonwealth Games schedule. Coverage this year is better than ever for those who get Bold because Bold will provide 5+ hours of live […] 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...
Ottawa, Sep 17 (PTI) Women's 200m breaststroke worldrecord holder Annamay Pierse will lead a 27-member strongCanadian swimming squad for the October 3-14 CommonwealthGames in India. more...
Ottawa, Sep 17 (IANS) Asian orgin players form the core of the eight-member Canadian table-tennis team that will take part in the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. more...
Ottawa, Sep 17 (IANS) Six-time Olympian and triple Commonwealth Games medallist Susan Nattrass will lead Canada's shooting squad for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games. more...
Table Tennis Canada and Commonwealth Games Canada has named the team for the XIXth Commonwealth Games to be held in Delhi from October 3-14. Olympians Pradeeban Peter-Paul and […] more...
New Delhi, Sept.16 (ANI): Gymnastics Canada Gymnastique and Commonwealth Games Canada (CGC) recently confirmed the gymnastics athletes and coaches named to Team Canada for the XIXth Commonwealth Games in Delhi, this October. more...
New Delhi, Sept.16 (ANI): Table Tennis Canada and Commonwealth Games Canada has named the team for the XIXth Commonwealth Games to be held in Delhi from October 3-14. more...
n the event of several athletes testing positive for banned substances weeks before the Commonwealth Games, the National Anti- Doping Agency is leaving no stone unturned to educate the athletes. Th 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...
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...
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...
Recently, 18 players, including Commonwealth Games squad members, had failed the dope test with 12 of them testing positive for the same substance -- Methylhexanamine. 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...
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Up against some top guns of world hockey, the Indian men's hockey team faces a tough challenge as, under home conditions, they look for their first medal in the sport in the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games here. more...
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) The Swimming Federation of India (SFI) is going to make a case for leniency for Richa Mishra and Jyotsna Pansari, the two swimmers of the Commonwealth Games squad who tested positive for the banned stimulant methylhexanamine, considering their clean past record. 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...
The six dope tainted wrestlers who last week had caused a major embarrassment to the country less than a month ahead of the Commonwealth Games also failed their 'B' sample tests conducted by NADA. 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...
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="196" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] Four-time Canadian men's champion Shahier Razik and three-time women's champion Alana Miller will lead Canada's squash team for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.Since […] more...
Just days after six wrestlers and two throwers tested positive for methylhexaneamine, three Indian swimmers, including two who were part of the national squad for next month's Commonwealth Games, have failed the dope test. more...
Just days after six wrestlers and two throwers tested positive for methylhexaneamine, three Indian swimmers, including two who were part of the national squad for next months Commonwealth Games, have failed the dope test. more...
Six tainted wrestlers and two athletes who tested positive for banned substance will be given a chance to get their B sample tested on Saturday. Keeping the Commonwealth Games in mind, the National An more...
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...
Dealing a body blow to Indian medal hopes at the CWG, six wrestlers, including Arjuna awardee Rajiv Tomar, and shot-putter Sourav Vij tested positive for methylhexaneamine. more...
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Two athletes and four wrestlers have tested positive in random testing conducted by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) during the trials in Patiala in the run-up to the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games and provisionally suspended by their respective federations. 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 Commonwealth Games, to be held here from October 3-14, will offer the highest number of gold medals ever for para-sports featuring athletes with physical disabilities. more...
New Delhi, Sep 1 (PTI) The Commonwealth Games, to be heldhere from October 3-14, will offer the highest number of goldmedals ever for para-sports featuring athletes with physicaldisabilities. 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...
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...
England is ready with her women hockey team for the CWG. Here it should be noted that England has won bronze medal in 2006 in Melbourne. England has won silver medals in commonwealth games in year 1998 and 2002. England’s 16 members women hockey team hoping for the better performance as compared with past however [...] 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...
Less than two months before the opening ceremonies for the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, turmoil reigns as venues are untested or still under construction and top officials have been turfed by the organizing committee in a corruption scandal. more...
Canada`s 200m breaststroke world record holder Annamay Pierse and coach Pierre Lafontaine feel the timing of the Delhi Commonwealth Games is off-season for swimming. more...
Many top Canadian athletes have opted out of the Commonwealth Games as Canada announced a 40-mem- ber team for the Delhi mega event from Oct 6 to 12. While many top athletes have decided to skip th more...
Athletics Canada announced a team of 40 athletes today which will compete at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India. Athletics competition at the Commonwealth Games starts October […] 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...
Delhi Commonwealth games 2010 ; see you in Delhi [ official video ]The 2010 Commonwealth Games are the nineteenth edition of the Common wealth Games, and the ninth to be held under that name. The Games are scheduled to be held in New Delhi, India between 3 October and 14 October 2010. The games will be the largest multi-sport event conducted to date in New Delhi and India generally, which has previously hosted the Asian Games in 1951 and 1982. The opening ceremony is scheduled to take place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. It will also be the first time the Commonwealth Games will be held in India and the second time the event has been held in Asia (after 1998 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia). In addition to the Commonwealth Games, the city of Pune, India hosted the 3rd Common wealth Youth Games between October 12 and 18, 2008. The Youth Games offered nine sports: athletics, badminton, boxing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, tennis, weightlifting and wrestling. The Commonwealth Games is a multinational, multi-sport event. Held every four years, it involves the elite athletes of the Commonwealth of Nations. Attendance at the Common wealth Games is typically around 5000 athletes. The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) is the organisation that is responsible for the direction and control of the Common wealth Games. The first such event, then known as the British Empire Games, was held in 1930 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The name changed to British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954, to British Common wealth Games in 1970 and <b>...</b>From:utubekhiladiViews:8408 0ratingsTime: more...