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Sports minister Ajay Maken has accused former minister Mani Shanker Aiyar of playing an “irreparable obstructionist role“ in the Commonwealth Games projects resulting in cost escalation. These comm more...
Ajay Maken has accused former minister Mani Shanker Aiyar of playing an "irreparable obstructionist role" in the CWG projects resulting in cost escalation. more...
The Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune were expected to be a learning experience for the staging of 2010 Delhi Games. But for CAG, the OC lost the opportunity to learn and test its preparedness for Delhi 2010. more...
THE facilities for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in 2014 will be in place two years before the event gets under way, chief executive John Scott has insisted. more...
India has surpassed hopes andexpectations with the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony andshould aim for hosting the Olympics, Australian SportsMinister Mark Arbib on Tuesday said. more...
India has surpassed hopes and expectations with the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony and should aim for hosting the Olympics, Australian Sports Minister Mark Arbib said on Tuesday. more...
India has surpassed hopes and expectations with the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony and should aim for hosting the Olympics, Australian sports minister Mark Arbib today said. more...
Spectacular show kicks off 12 days of athletic competition after weeks of bad publicity over country's preparedness. The 19th Commonwealth Games have kicked off in India's capital amid […] more...
The home minister inspected the Village to take stock of the preparedness and security arrangements made for over 6,000 national and international athletes. more...
Group of ministers on Commonwealth Games today expressed "high degree" of satisfaction over the preparation for the mega sporting event which will open on Sunday with a 45-minute cultural show. more...
New Delhi, Sep 27 (PTI) Union Home Secretary G K Pillaitoday held a meeting to review the preparedness of securityagencies for the Commonwealth Games. more...
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday took exception to Commonwealth Games CEO Mike Hooper's reported comments on the Capital's population, saying it was "very unkind and undiplomatic". more...
Commonwealth Games Federation boss Mike Fennell today backed his colleague Mike Hooper, saying he neither blamed the Indian government for Delhi's under-preparedness nor made any disparaging comments about Indians. more...
Mike Fennell backed Mike Hooper, saying he neither blamed the Indian govt for Delhi's under-preparedness nor made any disparaging comments about Indians. 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...
New Delhi, Sep 26 (PTI) A "complete review" of thesecurity preparedness for the Commonwealth Games was held herethis evening by Union Home Secretary G K Pillai who expressedsatisfaction at the arrangements made for the sporting event. more...
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai Sunday met senior Delhi Police officers to review the security preparedness for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games. 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...
TNN, Sep 25, 2010, 12.15am IST NEW DELHI: Two days ago, in an online poll run by TOI, 97% of respondents said they strongly believed that the […] more...
TNN, Sep 25, 2010, 12.15am IST NEW DELHI: Two days ago, in an online poll run by TOI, 97% of respondents said they strongly believed that the […] more...
The Commonwealth Games scheduled for next week in Delhi has been marred by many controversies, typical of a Bollywood movie but unfamiliar to the 'squeaky' clean environment of […] more...
With India’s preparedness for Commonwealth Games coming under intense international scrutiny and the organisers trying to finish work after long-past deadlines, Congress is worried over the image deficit it may cause the party and the government. more...
Gill, who had come with a file, sought permission at the fag end of the meeting to give a presentation on the preparations for the mega sporting event that will take place here from October 3 to 14, sources said. more...
'Concerns regarding safety, security and site preparedness are tarnishing the country's global image... India's reputation as a tourist and investment destination could be damaged,' said Moody's Analytics. more...
Wellington, Sep 24 (PTI) They have already delayed thedeparture to Delhi and it would be another 24 hours before NewZealand take a final call on whether to participate in thetroubled Commonwealth Games or become the first country topull out altogether. more...
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Amid concerns of hygiene and safety expressed by participating nations, Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi said Thursday that he has not received any letter of withdrawal from any member country and also declared that all the 71 chefs de missions are now happy. more...
London, Sep 23 (IANS) From raising issues of child labour to pointing to the 'agonisingly inefficient infrastructure', the British media Thursday launched a scathing attack on the poor […] more...
London, Sep 23 (IANS) From raising issues of child labour to pointing to the 'agonisingly inefficient infrastructure', the British media Thursday launched a scathing attack on the poor preparedness for the Commonwealth Games (CWG) that will begin in New Delhi Oct 3. more...
27 people were injured by the footbridge that collapsed on Tuesday in India. 5 of the hurt people are in critical condition. The bridge was built for the […] more...
Here is a Morning Report interview with Michael Hooper from October 2009. At that time Hooper was in a spat over Games preparedness with Mr Kalmadi, head of […] more...
Enlarge Photo Labourers pull a hand cart loaded with bricks and sacks of sand in front of... A cancellation of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi could be disastrous […] more...
A cancellation of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi could be disastrous for the future of the event and for India's world standing, according to New Zealand Prime Minister John Key. more...
Now everybody and their neighbour has an opinion about the Delhi CWG. I am not going to add anything more. I'd just repeat what has already […] more...
'The government is unable to convince us about both the level of preparedness and the security...this is a SOS situation,' BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said. more...
New Delhi, Sep 21 (ANI): Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chief executive, Mike Hooper, on Tuesday expressing disappointment over the ill preparedness of the 2010 Games Village termed it as 'filthy'. more...
A meeting, which took stock of the progress of various unfinished projects, also deliberated on the shortcomings pointed out by Commonwealth Games Federation president Michael Fennell. more...
New Delhi, India (CNN) -- A pedestrian bridge under construction for next month's Commonwealth Games here collapsed Tuesday, adding to concerns raised about India's preparedness for the international […] more...
New Zealand chef de mission for the Delhi Commonwealth Games, Dave Currie, today said the event may be called off if the concerns regarding the Games Village are not addressed at the earliest. more...
Athletes' accommodation at next month's Commonwealth Games in Delhi is not yet up to scratch, the New Zealand team says, but security is acceptable so far. more...
Guangzhou (China): While the 2010 Commonwealth Games to be hosted in New Delhi continues to be faced by problems related to preparedness, construction, traffic management, player movement and security, the official English-language journal of the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games has launched its inaugural issue 60 days before the opening of the Games. 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...
After several extended deadlines and last minute rush, venues for the upcoming Commonwealth games in New Delhi look good to host the biggest-ever sporting extravaganza in India. 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...
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit the Commonwealth Games village Tuesday to see for himself that everything is in order. more...
Delhi Police is likely to take over all Commonwealth Games venues on Tuesday and start plugging security loopholes, if any, to ensure an incident-free event which high on terror radar. Though there is no specific threat to Games but a general one, security establishment is leaving no stones unturned for the mega event which would showcase country's ability to hold such events. more...
Though there is no specific threat to the Games but a general one, security establishment is leaving no stones unturned for the mega event which would showcase country's ability to hold such events. more...
Ace badminton player Saina Nehwal, who is one of India's five brand ambassador for the 2010 Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi next month, has apologised for her criticism of Games preparedness. more...
World No.3 women's singles badminton star Saina Nehwal, one of the ambassadors of the Commonwealth Games, raised concerns about the lack of preparedness, including the incomplete stadiums, with less than a month to go for the event. more...
Hyderabad, Sep 4 (IANS) India's badminton star Saina Nehwal retracted and regretted her stunning remarks that the country was not yet ready to host mega sporting events like the Commonwealth Games. more...
Voicing his concern over the allegations of corruption in the preparations for the Commonwealth Games 2010, Mike Fennell, President of the Commonwealth Games Federation, in New Delhi on Thursday, called for a thorough probe as per the law of the land. more...
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) president Mike Fennell Thursday expressed concern over the mounting charges of corruption against the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC) but was fairly happy with the venues and the Games Village after his two-day whirlwind tour to inspect the national capital's preparedness for the Oct 3-14 Games. more...
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) president Mike Fennell Thursday met Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit and Urban Development Minister S. Jaipal Reddy to discuss the progress of the Games projects. more...
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) president Mike Fennell will begin a two-day visit here Wednesday to monitor the city's preparedness for the Oct 3-14 Games. more...
Melbourne, Aug 15 (PTI) Australian Commonwealth GamesAssociation chief executive Perry Crosswhite, who was a strongcritic of India's preparedness for the CWG for a long timebefore changing stance, says he suspects constant criticism ofthe Games' organisers a part of a concerted campaign to stopor relocate the event from Delhi. more...
Notwithstanding the controversies surrounding him, Suresh Kalmadi is unlikely to be stripped of his responsibilities of conducting the October Commonwealth Games. more...
New Delhi, Aug 14 (ANI): Following controversies over preparedness for the Commonwealth Games, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday called a meeting with concerned ministers to take account of the preparations for the mega event to be held here in October. more...
According to television reports, the government has appointed a monitoring panel headed by sports minister MS Gill, which the CWG organising committee will have to report to. more...
The meeting will be attended by sports ministers MS Gill, urban development minister Jaipal Reddy, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit and others involved. more...
There is a lot of hue and cry about preparedness of Delhi to host XIX Commonwealth Games from Oct.3 to 14, 2010. Less than 2 months are left […] more...
There is a lot of hue and cry about preparedness of Delhi to host XIX Commonwealth Games from Oct.3 to 14, 2010. Less than 2 months are left […] more...
New Delhi, Aug 10 (PTI) "Aath saal sey kaam kar rahe hain,abhi rishtey todna chah rahe ho (For eight years work has beendone, do you want to break the relations right now)." Drawing analogy to a wedding, this was the refrain ofSports Minister M S Gill in the Lok Sabha today when he wasresponding to questions on preparedness for the CommonwealthGames (CWG) and contention by some sections that India shouldnot have hosted the event in the first place. more...
Commonwealth Games Federation CEO Mike Hooper slammed Suresh Kalmadi for the shoddy construction at the various venues of the upcoming CW Games. more...
Security heads from 31 participating nations will review security arrangements for the Commonwealth Games on Thursday, taking stock of the four-layered cover that will be thrown around key venues during the mega sporting event. more...