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The AgeBritish wrestler suspended after positive testReuters IndiaThe 2010 Commonwealth Games 66kg gold medallist faces a likely two-year ban if a 'B' test confirms the initial positive result. The British Olympic Association, which this week lost a battle to impose lifetime Olympic bans on drugs cheats little more …London 2012 Olympics: Team GB wrestler Myroslav [...] more...
Deepika, who has already qualified for London Olympics, is the current junior world champion and a gold medallist at the Delhi Commonwealth Games. more...
In the past year or two, mostly since the end of the nightmare that the Commonwealth Games and the run up to it was, the word ‘outrage’ has […] more...
IOA still on Suresh Kalmadi's mindTimes of India… Monday made his intentions clear that he wanted to contest elections for the post of president of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) due in October despite being sidelined in IOA's affairs after being made an accused in the Commonwealth Games scam.SC issues notice on Kalmadi plea against HC [...] more...
Suresh Kalmadi: The EnforcerDaily News & AnalysisFollowing his arrest in April last year on charges of corruption in the Commonwealth Games, there was a demand for sacking Kalmadi as the president of Indian Olympic Association (IOA). But the IOA executive body made no such move and now the Executive …and more » more...
India TodayHC to Kalmadi: Quit as IOA chief or face court musicTimes of IndiaNEW DELHI: In yet another setback to sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (COGOC) chief Suresh Kalmadi, who is facing a trial in CWG related scam, Delhi High court on Wednesday warned him to either quit as Indian Olympic Association (IOA) …HC asks [...] more...
India TodayNo IOA action against Suresh Kalmadi despite IOC censureIndia TodayKalmadi is embroiled in a legal battle over his role in the conduct of the Delhi Commonwealth Games. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Friday threw its weight behind Suresh Kalmadi and decided that it will not take any action against its …IOA decides not [...] more...
More Than The GamesGlasgow face five rivals for right to stage 2018 Youth OlympicsMore Than The GamesThe British Olympic Association decided to press ahead with a bid from the Scottish city, which will host the 2014 Commonwealth Games, last month. But they face a strong field from Europe and South America, including Poznan in Poland, [...] more...
Daily MailIndian Olympic body to clarify stand on Suresh KalmadiTimes of India(TOI Photo) NEW DELHI: The Indian Olympic Association plans to respond to the International Olympic Committee later this week explaining the status of its president Suresh Kalmadi, the disgraced head of the 2010 Commonwealth Games organizing committee.Indian Olympic Association to clarify stand on KalmadiFirstpostall [...] more...
After successfully hosting the World Cup and the Commonwealth Games in 2010 and now the 2012 London Olympics qualifiers, everyone is looking at India with a lot of expectations. more...
Daily MailGlasgow bids to host 2018 Youth Olympic Games four years after Commonwealth GamesDaily MailThe British Olympic Association have confirmed they will formally submit Glasgow, which is hosting the 2014 Commonwealth Games, as their candidate city. Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, is also bidding and the South American city has signed up …Glasgow bids [...] more...
IBNLive.comIOC seeks action-taken report against KalmadiIBNLive.comNow, the International Olympics Committee (IOC) has written to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Acting President VK Malhotra asking what action he is contemplating against Suresh Kalmadi, who is accused in the Commonwealth Games scam.and more » more...
India`s Olympic body faces possible IOC sanctions over its continuing links with the disgraced head of the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Suresh Kalmadi was released on bail last week, after spending nine months in prison following his arrest over alleged corruption connected to the over-budget event in New Delhi. more...
International Olympics Committee (IOC) has passed an interim suspension order against sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi and two others, media reported on Sunday. more...
Clean Sports India (CSI), a movement for corruption-free sports in India, today demanded that Commonwealth Games scam accused Suresh Kalmadi should not be allowed to return as the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president following his release from jail on bail. more...
Just hours after getting bail, former CWG OC president Suresh Kalmadi, who allegedly siphoned off a chunk of taxpayers’ money in the mega-event, was offered the post of Indian Olympic Association’s president. more...
Zee NewsIOA laments poor upkeep of stadiaThe HinduThe Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has lamented the poor conditions of the stadia built at huge cost for the Commonwealth Games. IOA acting President Prof. VK Malhotra, in a statement released on Tuesday, criticised the government for keeping the …IOA's president wants CWG venues opened to sportspersonsDaily News [...] more...
Zee NewsIOA laments poor upkeep of stadiaThe HinduThe Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has lamented the poor conditions of the stadia built at huge cost for the Commonwealth Games. IOA acting President Prof. VK Malhotra, in a statement released on Tuesday, criticised the government for keeping the …IOA's president wants CWG venues opened to sportspersonsDaily News [...] more...
Sports Minister Ajay Maken once again strongly pitched for it, saying the Commonwealth Games scam would not have taken place had the legislation been passed earlier. more...
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The doping scandal involving eight athletes has put India in a spot of bother as it comes within a year of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) having paid a huge fine to get an international suspension lifted from the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF) for participation in the Commonwealth Games. more...
New Delhi, July 4 (PTI) The Congress-led UPA government had ratified the structure of the CWG Organising Committee despite its own Sports Minister having reservations about it, documents have revealed.In May 2005, the then Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh had forwarded a list of "eminent persons", who would form part of the OC, to the then Sports Minister Sunil Dutt, saying that he "approves the names in the list". The list was sent to him by Suresh Kalmadi for approval. ... more...
The bitter dispute over proposed reforms of Indian sports administration in the wake of the shambolic build-up to the Commonwealth Games is showing no signs of abating despite threats that the country of 1.1 billion could be excluded from the Olympics. more...
New Delhi, May 24 (PTI) Indian Olympic Association (IOA) interim president V K Malhotra on Tuesday said there is still no reason to impeach jailed President Suresh Kalmadi, who is facing trial on charges of corruption.In its first executive committee meeting after the arrest of Kalmadi last month by India''s premier investigative agency, CBI, Malhotra said the IOA would follow the constitution in taking any step against the former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman. ... more...
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has adopted a wait and watch policy in regard to its jailed president Suresh Kalmadi, taking the stand that he has not been arrested for his role as president of the apex body of Indian sports but as the chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee. more...
The Hindu It isn'ta gameGulf TodayIt was a dramatic fall from the echelons of power for Kalmadi, who was also the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president and the man trusted with the holding of the prestigious Commonwealth Games. The main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was …IOA executive board to meet on May 24Times of IndiaIndian [...] more...
The HinduIndia's old boys system cannot do business as usual anymoreThe NationalSuresh Kalmadi, the Commonwealth Games chief organiser, second from the left, who was arrested on Monday by India's Central Bureau of Investigation, arriving for a ... more...
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Senior vice-president Vijay Kumar Malhotra will officiate as president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) in the absence of Suresh Kalmadi, who is now in police custody for investigations into award of contract to a Swiss firm for timekeeping and scoring equipment for the Commonwealth Games. more...
The government is likely to push for a new president to head the Indian Olympic Association following the arrest of incumbent Suresh Kalmadi in connection with the Commonwealth Games scam. more...
The government is likely to push for a new president to head the Indian Olympic Association following the arrest of incumbent Suresh Kalmadi today in connection with the Commonwealth Games scam. more...
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Sports Minister Ajay Maken Monday directed the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to select a new president after the CBI arrested Suresh Kalmadi, former chairman of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, for alleged irregularities in the contracts awarded for the 2010 mega event. more...
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Sports Minister Ajay Maken said Monday that he would direct the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to select a new president to replace the tainted Suresh Kalmadi, former chairman of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, at the earliest. more...
New Delhi, Apr 25 (PTI) Sports Minister Ajay Maken today said the Indian Olympic Association would be asked to elect a new president in case incumbent Suresh Kalmadi is arrested by the CBI and threatened intervention by the Ministry if the IOA fails to act.The former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman, Kalmadi, is likely to be arrested by the CBI today in relation to irregularities in the conduct of the event last year and in the Queen''s Baton Relay (QBR) held in London in 2009. ... more...
In further embarrassment to Suresh Kalmadi, the Shunglu panel has slammed him for setting up a "sham" Commonwealth Games Organising Committee with much lesser accountability and transparency. more...
Commonwealth Games silver medallist Lajja Gauswami will be the flag bearer for Gujarat in the forthcoming 34th National Games in Jharkhand from February 12. more...
Embattled Suresh Kalmadi hit back at the Sports Minister, terming his sacking from the chairmanship of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee as "illegal and uncalled for." more...
A defiant Suresh Kalmadi refused to comment on his removal as Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee but made it clear that he will not step down from his other post of Indian Olympic Association President. more...
Kalmadi said the ongoing investigations into alleged irregularities in the conduct of the Commonwealth Games did not have any bearing on his role as the IOA president. more...
The searches come in the backdrop of a multi-agency probe into alleged corruption in the run-up to the recently concluded Commonwealth Games in Delhi. more...
By Leon Ferguson The 22nd November, 2003 marked a day in history. Assembled in Montego Bay, Jamaica, 46 members if the Commonwealth Games Federation voted in favour of the […] more...
As the 600-plus Indian contingent shifts base to Guangzhou (China) for the Asian Games, starting November 12, a candid Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president, Suresh Kalmadi, spoke to the Hindusta more...
The sports ministry has turned down the Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) proposal to bid for the 2019 Asian Games. It has held the IOA responsible for forcing their […] more...
The sports ministry has turned down the Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) proposal to bid for the 2019 Asian Games. It has held the IOA responsible for forcing their hands, saying the National Olympi more...
Ace shooter Gagan Narang, who won four gold medals at last month`s Commonwealth Games, will be India`s flag-bearer at the opening ceremony of the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China on November 12. more...
Ace shooter Gagan Narang, who won four gold medals at last month's Commonwealth Games, will be India's flag-bearer at the opening ceremony of the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China on November 12.It was announced by Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi here on Tuesday. more...
Call it overly ambitious given how the Commonwealth Games is under the scanner but the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) whose president is also Suresh Kalmadi is ringing alarm bells. more...
Two high-profile events in the Indian capital were held within 10 days of the uninspiring closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games. The first was Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's […] more...
It’s been a week since the curtain came down on the first Commonwealth Games ever to be hosted by India. The impressive performance of our sportsmen and women […] 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...
Lahore, Oct 19 (ANI): Former Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) Secretary General Muhammad Latif Butt has praised India for successfully organising the Commonwealth Games that concluded in New Delhi last week. more...
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi has said he is ready to provide all support to the committee set up by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to probe complaints of irregularities in the Games preparations. more...
Islamabad, Oct 15 (IANS) The controversy over carrying the Pakistani flag that marred the march-past of the country's contingent at the inaugural ceremony of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi has not died down even after the squad's return home. more...
Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi today thanked Delhiites and "unseen" people for their contribution in making various events successful during the grand sporting event and said "excellent" results will help spread the message of Olympics in New Delhi. "The citizens of more...
New Delhi, Oct 10 (PTI) Commonwealth Games OrganisingCommittee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi today thanked Delhiites and"unseen" people for their contribution in making variousevents successful during the grand sporting event and said"excellent" results will help spread the message of Olympicshere. more...
Islamabad, Oct 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has accepted the unconditional apology tendered by chief of the Pakistani contingent at the Commonwealth Games over his decision to carry the national flag instead of giving it to a weightlifter at the inaugural ceremony. more...
Delhi can host the Olympics -- the greatest international sporting event, says Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, deriving confidence from hosting of the Commonwealth Games and seeking to put behind the controversies surrounding it. more...
Berhampur (Orissa), Oct 6 (PTI) People of Berhampurcelebrated today as K Ravi Kumar of the southern Orissa townwon the gold medal in weightlifting in Commonwealth Games. more...
Finally, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) is disbursing dearness allowance of $35 per day to all the play- ers who are representing India at the Commonwealth Games here. It has been learnt that more...
Chandigarh, Oct 5 (PTI) Haryana Chief Minister BhupinderSingh Hooda today congratulated Haryana wrestlers RavinderSingh, Sanjay Kumar and Anil Kumar for winning the first threeGolds of wrestling in the Commonwealth Games in Delhi today. more...
It's alarming as well as surprising in terms of secu- rity arrangements made for the Commonwealth Games. Delhi police, on Monday, revoked around 1700 accreditations of volunteers, work force and paid 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...
The Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010 Opening ceremony just got over and I caught bits and pieces in between. From what I saw, the spectacle was on par with […] more...
After reaching two doubles finals at the US Open, Aisamul Haq Qureshi is under pressure at home to win a tennis medal for Pakistan in a below-strength field […] more...
The good thing is the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) is issuing accreditation cards to the country's eminent sportspersons that will allow them to watch the opening and closing ceremonie 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. 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...
By Amlan Chakraborty for Reuters India has received support from an unlikely source as it races to finish preparations for the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi which start are […] more...
Islamabad, Sept 28 (PTI) A 58-members team from Pakistanwill leave for New Delhi on Wednesday to take part in theCommonwealth Games and PSB Director General Syed Amir HamzaGillani hoped the athletes will better their performance inthe October 3-14 mega-event. more...
If River Yamuna doesn’t over run Delhi and the rain Gods to whom our ex Sports Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar praying to answers or not the 19th Common […] more...
India's sportsmen hope to strike it rich at their own Commonwealth Games even though delays in building venues have deprived them of any home advantage. more...
The Malaysian and Botswanian teams today joined the ranks of those complaining against the state of affairs in the Commonwealth Games Village, while the South African envoy cried "a threat to the lives of athletes" after a snake was found in one of the rooms allotted to the country's sportspersons. more...
Chandigarh, Sep 26 (PTI) Queen's Baton Relay of theCommonwealth Games was accorded a warm welcome today by thepeople of Haryana as it reached Chautala village in Sirsadistrict after entering from Rajasthan. 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...
Karachi, Sep 25 (PTI) Ahmed Mukarram, a senior Pakistanipolice official, today left for Delhi to take stock of thesecurity arrangements there for the Commonwealth Games to beheld from October 3-14. more...
There is total chaos in the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee. With the Games Village being the focal point of top OC officials, all other pressing operational works have taken a backseat. Such is the confusion and lack of coordination that even the media is finding it difficult to get simple more...
I: There is total chaos in the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee. With the Games Village being the focal point of top OC officials, all other pressing operational works have taken a backseat. more...
Confusions spread among 75 members of Pakistani contingent to participate in the 19th Commonwealth Games (CWG) next month in India after the world media and sports boards had […] more...
A senior Pakistani police officialwill visit New Delhi from September 26 to inspect the securityand other arrangements for the country`s contingent in theCommonwealth Games scheduled from October 3-14. more...
On a day when the various agencies threw a secu- rity blanket around the Karni Singh Shooting Ranges, there was nothing but hardships for the shotgun shooters and coach- es, with even the Italian shot more...
Karachi, Sep 21 (PTI) A senior Pakistani police officialwill visit New Delhi from September 26 to inspect the securityand other arrangements for the country's contingent in theCommonwealth Games scheduled from October 3-14. more...
Only three sportspersons have been selected from Madhya Pradesh for the Indian squad which will represent the country in next month's 19th Commonwealth Games to be played in New Delhi. more...
Only three sportspersons have been selected from Madhya Pradesh for the Indian squad which will represent the country in next month's 19th Commonwealth Games to be played in New Delhi. more...
England's Chef de mission Craig Hunter today said the arrangements at the Delhi Games Village is much better as compared to the Beijing Olympics. “The Commonwealth Games Village here is better than more...
MUMBAI: The Queen’s Baton 2010 Delhi arrived with Marwah Studios Multimedia Team in the commercial capital of the country Mumbai amid cultural extravaganza and a grand welcome by […] more...
: The imported bikes of the Indian cyclists for the Commonwealth Games finally arrived here on Sunday after an year's wait, but are still lying at the Delhi airport awaiting clearances. The cyclist more...
In a first, the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) has declared the Delhi Commonwealth Games 2010 as a competition for achieving `Minimum Qualification Score (MQS)' for the 2012 London Oly more...
Mumbai, Sep 8 (PTI) Commonwealth Games OrganisingCommittee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi, who has been battlingvarious charges of corruption in the lead-up to next month'smega-event, would be on his home turf of Pune tomorrow toreceive the Queen's Baton when it reaches the city. more...
Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Vice-Chairman, Randhir Singh, on Tuesday dismissed the claims of dope-tainted athletes that they were not aware of the banned substances and said that those gui more...
Indian Olympic Association vice-president Vijay Kumar Malhotra said the idea to let the spectators use vuvuzela during the Commonwealth Games will "disturb" athletes and prove "counterproductive". more...
Executive board member Vijay Kumar Malhotra said the horns, the flat drone of which became soccer World Cup's soundtrack in South Africa this year, have no place in India. more...
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The growing list of dope offenders among Indian sportspersons ahead of the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games is a 'serious' matter and a high-level probe should be initiated by the sports ministry, Indian Olympic Association vice-president V.K. Malhotra said here Tuesday. more...
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...
Lalit Bhanot, the Secretary General of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC), has said that doping incidents will not affect India''s performance in the upcoming mega-event, after four […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 4 (ANI): Lalit Bhanot, the Secretary General of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC), has said that doping incidents will not affect India's performance in the upcoming mega-event, after four Indian wrestlers were ruled out of the 2010 Games, failing to pass the doping test. 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...
A R Rahman`s Commonwealth Gamestheme song has failed to impress the CWG OrganisingCommittee`s Executive Board member V K Malhotra, who feels thecomposition has "fallen short of expectations". more...
http://sports.rediff.com/report/2010/aug/02/malhotra-blasts-delhi-government-for-cwg-corruption.htm Indian Olympic Association vice-President and BJP leader VK Malhotra on Monday lambasted the Delhi government for the corruption and inordinate delays that have marred the build-up to the […] more...
Oscar winning music composer A R Rahman launched the theme song of the Commonwealth Games with a rendering of "Oh yaaro, yeh India bula liya" at a glittering ceremony. more...
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday permitted the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and Hockey India (HI) to select and field the men's and women's hockey teams for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games. more...
The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and Hockey India (HI) to field the men's and women's teams in the October Commonwealth Games. more...
The Supreme Court allowed the Indian Olympic Association and Hockey India to field the men's and women's teams in the October Commonwealth Games. more...
The Queen's Baton for the Commonwealth Games, which journeyed through 70 Commonwealth countries and several States and Union Territories of India, will enter Karnataka from Tamil Nadu at 12.30 p.m. on September 1 and will be received by the President of the Karnataka Olympic Association K. Govindaraj at Chikkanahalli, a border village in Chamarajanagar district. 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...
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The sports ministry and the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC) seems to be in a deadlock over the issue of bailing out the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF) by paying off their outstanding fine worth $375,000 to the international federation. more...
Islamabad, Aug 23(ANI): Seven Pakistani track and field athletes, including a javelin thrower scheduled to take part in the Delhi Commonwealth Games, have been suspended for two years after being tested positive for using banned substances. more...
So how did Suresh Kalmadi become the chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Commonwealth Games 2010? And how did he end up becoming the face of the Games? more...
: Barely 10 days before the deadline for India to pay a hefty $3,75,000 doping fine, Sports Ministry on Friday asked the Commonwealth Games organisers and India Olympic Association (IOA) to impress up more...
The Lt governor of Andaman and Nicobar Island Lt Gen (Retd) Bhopinder Singh started it by running some distance carrying the Queen's Baton and then handing it over to the chief secretary, Vivek Rae. more...
Suresh Kalmadi said that he was innocent in the alleged fraud in the bid documents that enabled him to be the complete in charge of the Commonwealth Games 2010. more...
The Queens Baton for the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) reached the temple town, the last tour in Andhra Pradesh, today evening to a rousing reception. more...
New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- There is a groundswell of"opposition" to the Commonwealth Games' selection trials for the cycling team, with several state associations expressing reservations over the process. more...
There is a groundswell of “opposition“ to the Commonwealth Games' selection trials for the cycling team, with several state asso- ciations expressing reserva- tions over the process. The general-se more...
In view of the controversy about the forthcoming Commonwealth Games (CWG) in the country, a former Olympian has strongly favoured that the Games theme song should be alike the popular song `Mile sur mera tumhara` of late 1980s. more...
New Delhi, Aug 18 (PTI) Already caught in corruptionscandals, the Commonwealth Games faced another controversywith reports today claiming that original bid documents of theDelhi event were allegedly tampered with to help SureshKalmadi become chairman of the Organising Committee (OC). more...
The multi-lingual unity song composed by Ashok Patki and lyricist Piyush Pandey was developed by Lok Seva Sanchar Parishad and promoted by Doordarshan in 1988 more...
New Delhi, Aug 17 (PTI) Against the backdrop of a spateof controversies surrounding the Delhi Commonwealth Games, theGames Federation president Michael Fennell arrived heretonight on a two-day visit. more...
Commonwealth Games Federation president Mike Fennell starts a two-day inspection visit Wednesday amid admissions from organizers that venues still don't have safety certificates, and simmering corruption allegations that are overshadowing the New Delhi Games. more...
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) With the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) refusing it financial help, the Weightlifting Federation of India (WFI) is now pinning its hopes on the sports ministry to pay the fine imposed by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), and enable its participation in the Commonwealth Games at home. more...
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) With the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) refusing financial help, the Weightlifting Federation of India (WFI) is now pinning its hopes on the sports ministry to pay the fine imposed by the international body, FILA, and enable its participation in the Commonwealth Games at home. more...
Much has been talked about during the past year about bulging revenues, and the Organising Committee (OC) officials continue to claim that they have exceeded targets and expectations as far as television rights for the Commonwealth Games are concerned. more...
The Lok Sabha debate on the alleged corruption and delays in the construction of venues for the Commonwealth Games saw some unusual trends that seem to have escaped the media's attention. more...
Cornered by one controversy after another, the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) was dealt another blow on Friday after Games merchandising company Premier Brands pulled out. “We have decided to withdraw as the project has got delayed too much,” said Suresh Kumar, chairman of Premium Brands, leading sports merchandising firm in India. “I will never come forward for any event organised by the Indian Olympic Association,” he said. more...
Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi, who is also the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president, finds himself in the dock yet again after an inspection report of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India (CAG) revealed that an avoidable expenditure of Rs.4.11 crore was incurred by the OC for renovation of the IOA Bhawan here. more...
The inspection report of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India (CAG) has criticised the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) for causing excess financial liability, to the tune of Rs.1.44 crore, through the renting of office space at the IOA Bhawan, owned by the Suresh Kalmadi-run Indian Olympic Association (IOA). Mr. Kalmadi is also the Commonwealth Games OC Chairman. more...
The baton would be received by the representatives of Andhra Pradesh Olympic Association at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here on August 14. more...
The All India Tennis Association will announce the team for the October Commonwealth Games and next month's Davis Cup tie against Brazil after a meeting of its selection committee here on August 13. more...
Sports and Youth Affairs Minister M S Gill today complained of the lack of power in the hand of his Ministry in organising the Commonwealth Games, but still sought to assure the nation that all work relating to the Games would be finished next month. more...
Enough has been said in press and media about the Commonwealth Games to be held in Delhi between 3rd to 14th October 2010. About 8000 athletes from 72 […] more...
The Queens Baton Relay (QBR), one of the greatest traditions of the Commonwealth Games, reaches the Orissa at Jamsola Gate on Sunday and scheduled to depart from here on August 11 . more...
In a fresh controversy involving Indian Olympic Association President and Chairman of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CWG OC) Suresh Kalmadi, India's national broadcaster- Prasar Bharti - has rebutted the claim that it has committed free commercial time for the games. more...
With a series of scam allegations rocking the build-up to Commonwealth Games, former India hockey captain Ashok Kumar on Fridaysaid the country was not prepared to host such a big event. more...
Rajdeep Sardesai blogs for IBNLive: When a society is steeped in corruption, it would be unrealistic to expect that a 40,000 crore rupee event will be above it all, […] more...
The Suresh Kalmadi-led Organising Committee, which has been forced to cleanse the Commonwealth Games stables, on Thursday suspended joint director TS Darbari, former deputy director-general Sanjay Mahendroo, and head of the accounting department M Jeychandran. The executive board also terminated the contract of Melbourne-based Sports Marketing and Management (SMAM) for “non-performance”. more...
The Queen's Baton Relay for the upcoming Commonwealth Games was given royal reception after it reached the Jharkhand border from West Bengal in Maithon on Wednesday aftrenoon. more...
However, the sports minister rejected demand from nominated member Mani Shankar Aiyar for a high-level committee on the lines of the one set up in the country for the 1982 Asian Games. more...
With controversy deepening over alleged corruption in Commonwealth Games projects, Congress virtually backtracked from its remarks giving a clean chit to two Union Ministers and the Delhi Chief Minister and distancing itself from IOA chief Suresh Kalmadi. more...
An Indian Olympic Association (IOA) panel, which is probing charges of alleged financial irregularities and extravagant spending in the organisation of the Commonwealth Games, may ask Joint Director of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CWG OC) TS Darbari to quit. more...
An embarrassed Congress distanced itself from Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi, even as allegations of massive corruption — and even diversion of funds — rocked Parliament on Tuesday. more...
While no one can deny that Mani Shankar Aiyar has a tendency to shoot his mouth off, the second part of his controversial statement on the Commonwealth Games (CWG) is relevant for future decisions. “Basically, I will be very unhappy if the Games are successful because they will start bringing Asian Games, Olympic Games and all these.” more...
Delinking itself from Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi, the Congress Tuesday said the party MP was not working in the organising body as its representative. more...
However, the party gave a clean chit to Union ministers S Jaipal Reddy, MS Gill and Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit on the Commonwealth Games corruption issue. more...
The email furnished yesterday by Suresh Kalmadi to defend his controversial hiring of a British firm for a Commonwealth Games-related event may have been doctored, highly placed government sources said today. more...
Roads and pavements still dug up, roofs of newly built stadia leaking and a top investigating agency looking into the complaints of poor quality of material used in construction of roads, flyovers and buildings. Exactly two months to the Commonwealth Games, the situation does not look too bright more...
The Indian High Commission here refused to join issue with Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi over the controversy involving a London-based firm hired for the baton relay ceremony. more...
The Queen’s Baton relay of commonwealth games will enter India via Wagah border on Friday. A function is organised on the India-Pakistan wagah border where President of Pakistan Olympic Association will Handover the baton to President of Indian Olympic Association Suresh Kalmadi. A huge event is organised for this special occasion and preparations for games [...] more...
The Delhi Government will provide 10,000 school guides for the inaugural ceremony of the Commonwealth Games come October, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit announced on Friday at the inauguration of the wrestling training venue for the Games at Ludlow Castle Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya near Kashmere Gate here. more...
SURESH KALMADI, the chief of New Delhi Commonwealth Games 2010 moved to combat the criticism caused by the delay in construction of the Commonwealth Games venues and cost overruns, by promising to complete all projects by the December 2009. While speaking to the media, Kalmadi said, “I’m confident that all New Delhi venues will be ready by the end of December.” He further added, “I assure you venues will be ready. They’ll be then put through test events and all problems sorted out six months before the Commonwealth Games are to take place.” The 2010 Commonwealth Games will be held in Delhi from between October 3-14, 2010. While speaking, Kalmadi was found very exciting. “These games will showcase India to the world,” he added. His enthusiasm was so high that he promised to overtake 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth. After the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) had expressed its anguish over the delay of work on Games infrastructure three months ago, Kalmadi admitted that the delay was caused primarily due to the escalating price of construction materials like steel and cement. But he also assured that the condition was successfully handled. Kalmadi is also the president of the Indian Olympic Association. After Kuala Lumpur organised the Commonwealth Games in 1998, New Delhi is the second Asian city to host the Games. It would be the second major sports event in India after the 1982 Asian Games. Mohinder Singh Gill, the Sports Minister of India also confirmed that the construction work would be closely monitored to meet the proposed deadline. He said, “While there is a lot to be done, I’m sure we’ll be ready in time. We’ll be ready, just like an Indian marriage where things look chaotic but eventually things happen smoothly.” Kalmadi said the Queen’s Baton relay would start from London in the first week of November and travel to 71 Commonwealth nations and territories before arriving in New Delhi. He also declared that Queen Elizabeth II would present the baton to an Indian athlete at Buckingham Place, from where the relay would go to all Commonwealth countries and territories. The baton would visit every state in India too. more...
New Delhi, May 11 (ANI): A Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) security delegation arrived here on Monday to inspect all the facilities and the stadiums before the games to be held in 2010. more...
The Commonwealth Games 2010 Opening Ceremony will be held on 3rd October at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. This opening ceremony will include many events as follows. more...