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Kent OnlineKent athletes get selected for Aviva 2012 Trials ahead of Olympic GamesKent OnlineCommonwealth Games Gold medallist Lisa Dobriskey, from Romney Marsh, is on the list for the 1500m heats on June 23 while Dartford Harriers AC heptathlete Grace Clements is on the list for the 100m Hurdles on June 24, where she will line-up [...] more...
stv.tv'Real risk' of security cost increases at 2014 Commonwealth Gamesstv.tvBy Mike Farrell Concerns have been raised over a "real risk" security costs for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games will increase. According to public spending watchdog Audit Scotland, the Games are generally on track, but "there are risks to …Warning over Games security costsThe Press Association'Risks' [...] more...
Warning over Games security costsic LiverpoolSecurity costs for the Commonwealth Games may be "insufficient" with a "real risk" they will rise, according to Scotland's public spending watchdog. Audit Scotland's second progress report for Glasgow 2014 found the Games are generally on track, … more...
Air Jordan 4 SURFERS PARADISE, Australia (AP)—The vote to determine who will host the 2018 Commonwealth Games will come down to a decision between fact and prediction. To boost its […] more...
Report weighs up bid for Commonwealth GamesABC OnlineThe Commonwealth Games Federation Evaluation Commission has issued its report on the Gold Coast and Hambantota bids for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, citing the Australian bid as 'low risk'. MARK COLVIN: The Commonwealth Games Federation has released … more...
The West AustralianReport boosts Gold Coast Games bidNinemsnThe Sri Lankan city taking on the Gold Coast for the 2018 Commonwealth Games presents a medium to high risk with substantial development needed, official Games evaluators say. The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has released its review of both …Gold Coast having edge over H'tota?Daily MirrorQld Premier to [...] more...
Sports Features Communications Crime rate won't put Games bid at risk: authorityABC OnlineThe Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) says concerns about a spate of violent crimes on Queensland's Gold Coast are not likely to jeopardise the region's chances of hosting the 2018 games. CGF chief executive officer Mike Hooper and …Gold Coast crime not a factor in [...] more...
21 Dec, 2010, 07.37PM IST,PTI'We were asked to kill jailed CWG officials', say undertrials Read more on »tihar jail|organising committee|cwg|commonwealth games NEW DELHI: A Delhi Court today took serious note […] more...
After the whole Delhi CWG fiasco, it seems the Indians are intent on prolonging the reminders of their incompetence. With the hopes of bidding for the Olympics firmly […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 25 : India today reiterated that effective measures had been taken to ensure safety and security of all during the upcoming Commonwealth Games and expressed […] more...
Rajesh Rai & Rajkumar Leishemba Away from the spotlight most of the time, Khadi items and tribal products are finding their moment in the Sun, thanks to the ongoing Commonwealth Games.New […] more...
So I’ve been looking for something to write about over the last few days and thought about the Commonwealth Games that’s going on right now over in Delhi. […] more...
Saumojyoti S Choudhury New Delhi, Oct 7 (PTI) Australia proved too hot for Indiato handle as the world champions spanked the home team 5-2 ina Pool A match and inched a step closer towards the semifinalsof the men's hockey event in the Commonwealth Games heretoday. more...
The Commonwealth Games Federation has promised an immediate investigation into the water quality at the Delhi Games swimming venue following reports of swimmers falling sick. CGF President Michael Fennell […] more...
Yesterday, New Delhi staged a spectacular and successful opening of the XIX Commonwealth Games. The lead-up to the Games has been an interesting exercise of risk management, realpolitik, […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 3 (ANI): Scotland, the Isle of Man and Canada have threatened to boycott the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony because they claim organisers have not told them enough about the event. more...
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) India's woman tennis star Sania Mirza will skip the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games here Sunday to keep herself fresh for the mixed doubles first round tie the next day. more...
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="146" caption="Shera, the mascot for the CWG"][/caption] Though much of the hype has died down, about two weeks ago the Commonwealth Games (CWG), set to start […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 2(ANI): England's chef de mission Craig Hunter reckons that India would be a real force to be reckoned with during the Delhi Commonwealth Games. more...
Unlike other post offices in the city, the one at the Commonwealth Games Village is doing brisk business. At the centre of attraction for foreign athletes is the set of Shera postage stamps, selling like hot cakes. The postal department opened a post office in the International Zone of the GamesVillage Sep 16 to provide a vend for speed post, registered post, ordinary mail and other services. It also houses a philately section where people can buy stamps. more...
With this years Commonwealth Games obviously in crisis as reported in this Telegraph article, and three of England's top Athletes pulling out of the England Team. Two Welsh Cyclists pulling out of the […] more...
Natasha Chaku Melblourne, Sept 29 (PTI) Australian government todayissued fresh warnings to its citizens travelling to India toexercise "high degree of caution" due to "high risk ofterrorist attack" during the Commonwealth Games and in view ofpossible tensions following the Ayodhya issue verdict. more...
Canberra, Sept 29 (ANI): After a fresh alert was issued saying there is a "high risk of a terrorist attack" at the Delhi Commonwealth Games, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said that the advice is based on "factual assessment" and is not meant to criticise the Indian government or its people. more...
Canberra, Sept 29 (ANI): The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs has released a fresh alert saying there is a "high risk of terrorist attack" at the Delhi Common Wealth Games, which are scheduled to start from October 3. more...
England tennis player Richard Bloomfield is the latest to join the growing list of players pulling out of the crisis-hit Commonwealth Games after failing to recover from a back injury. more...
International Tennis Federation (ITF) delegate Tom Boyle Monday described as "world class" the Commonwealth Games venue R.K. Khanna Tennis Stadium. more...
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) International Tennis Federation (ITF) delegate Tom Boyle Monday described as 'world class' the Commonwealth Games venue R.K. Khanna Tennis Stadium. more...
Fearing a dengue epidemic and worried about hygiene in Games village, Britain's number one female tennis player Elena Baltacha today pulled out of the crisis-hit Commonwealth Games. more...
The Federal Opposition says the Government should be telling Australian athletes whether or not it is safe to travel to the Commonwealth Games in India. more...
The 19th Commonwealth Games look set to begin as planned, but only after Delhi, and India gets the message that so far it has not been good enough. more...
Two days after Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s statement that there was a “high risk of terrorism” in New Delhi, India on Saturday said it was in close touch with Australia and other countries participating in the Commonwealth Games on the steps being taken and that it was “incumbent on all” to join hands to tackle this scourge of terrorism. more...
Sydney, Sep 25(ANI): Australian athletes at the Delhi Commonwealth Games present a top-tier target for a range of terrorist groups, security experts have said. more...
By Michelle Owen Despite fears over safety and health risks, Team Wales have left the country for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Their first stop will be a holding camp […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) With just eight days to go for the Commonwealth Games, Uganda Friday expressed its concern about safety and disappointment at the 'slow progress' in the completion of the Games venues and Village. more...
Is it really worth hosting major sporting events? LONDON (Sept 23, 2010): India's Commonwealth Games debacle shows the risk of such high-profile sporting events — there are limited benefits […] more...
Olympic cycling champion Geraint Thomas and three other riders opted out of the Commonwealth Games on Thursday, hours after Wales had given athletes the all-clear to fly to New Delhi. more...
Chandigarh, Sep 23 (PTI) At a time when internationalathletes are worried about their security in India during theCommonwealth Games, the visiting Australian cricket team todaygave thumbs up to the security arrangements for their touragainst the hosts. more...
Gillard told reporters that Australian athletes should decide for themselves whether or not to attend the Games, but she pointed out the longstanding travel warnings. more...
International sporting events, by rights, ought to be a buoyant occasion for all involved. Not so for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. Seven years since 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...
: Even as the various government agencies and Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) burn midnight oil to salvage the situation at the Games Village, scathing criticism from partic- ipating coun more...
In my previous post, I said the athletics event at the Commonwealth Games would be hampered by top athletes' absence, some from injury, some from more […] more...
Australian Sports Minister Mark Arbib today said more athletes are likely to pull out of the scandal-hit Commonwealth Games in India but his country is committed to take part in next month's multi-sporting event. more...
Australian sports minister Mark Arbib today said more athletes are likely to pull out of the scandal-hit Commonwealth Games in India but his country is committed to take part in next month's multi-sporting event. more...
London, Sep 22 (IANS) The Commonwealth Games, to be held in New Delhi from Oct 3, has suffered another blow after three of England's high profile athletes - Phillips Idowu, Christine Ohuruogu and Lisa Dobriskey - withdrew citing security and injury concerns. more...
There was more embarrassment on Wednesday as three top English athletes, including world triple jump champion Phillips Idowu, pulled out of the Commonwealth Games scheduled to start on October 3. Besides Idowu, the other two athletes to pull out are Christine Ohuruogu and Lisa Dobriskey. more...
A trio of top British athletes, including injured Olympic 400 metres champion Christine Ohuruogu, pulled out of the troubled Commonwealth Games in India on Tuesday. more...
Australia's government backed India on Wednesday amid concerns about New Delhi's ability to stage a successful Commonwealth Games next month, saying it was confident preparations for the event would be finished on time. more...
: It seems that there is no end to top athletes pulling out of the Commonwealth Games. Australia's world champion discus thrower Dani Samuels, three English athletes, the world triple jump champion more...
London, Sep 22 (PTI) There was more embarrassmenttoday as three top English athletes, including world triplejump champion Phillips Idowu, pulled out of the CommonwealthGames scheduled to start on October 3. 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...
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...
No country has expressed securityfear and informed the organisers about pulling out of nextmonth`s Commonwealth Games after Sunday`s firing incident thatinjured two foreign nationals. 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...
Melbourne, Sep 20 (PTI) A rattled Australia today warnedthat there is a "high risk of terrorism" in Delhi during theCommonwealth Games, while New Zealand also expressed concernsabout security arrangements for the event after a shootingincident in the Indian capital left two foreigners injured. more...
Travel bulletin from Australia's foreign department said there was a 'high risk' of an extremist attack during the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. more...
: Australia's Delhibound Commonwealth Games contingent has been warned that there is an 80 per cent risk of terror attacks in the Indian capital but the country remained committed to partic- ipating i more...
Melbourne, Sep 19 (PTI) Australia's Delhi-boundCommonwealth Games contingent has been warned that there is an80 per cent risk of terror attacks in the Indian capital butthe country remained committed to participating in the event. more...
E: Ryan Napoleon has been re-instated in the Australian swimming team for the Commonwealth Games after sport's top tribunal back- dated his three-month ban for a doping offence. Governing body FINA more...
Oz track and field athletes are having a second thought about participating in next month`s CWG after receiving an e-mail from the national federation, warning them of "a high risk of terrorist attack" on the mega-event in Delhi. more...
Melbourne, Sep 11 (IANS) Despite assurances from the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC), some of the Australian athletes are closely monitoring the security situation in Delhi and are even contemplating to pull out from the Oct 3-14 Games. more...
As a measure of heightened security, the government has decided to shut down Delhis airspace during the opening and closing ceremonies of the Commonwealth Games. more...
The head of the Commonwealth Games Federation says he can vouch for the security at sporting venues in New Delhi, but not for the rest of the city. more...
After the Indian hockey squad for the Commonwealth Games was leaked on Saturday, the official team announcement was made on Monday, reiterating the new one-keeper tactic. more...
In a matter of days, hundreds of thousands of visitors from more than 85 Commonwealth countries will flood India's capital city for the Games. Yet with just 36 […] more...
Security experts have warned potential traffic snarls will pose the biggest security risk when thousands of athletes gather in New Delhi for the Commonwealth Games. more...
Scared of losing bid to Hamilton, Delhi had promised to make the CWG Village a university hostel after the event but scrapped the plan, a new book has claimed. more...
India's gymnastics coach says CWG probables were at risk had they participated at the Federation CupThe ongoing Gymnastics Federation Cup at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in the capital is supposed to be the Commonwealth Games' last test event of sorts though the organisers shy away from calling it so but there is barely anything being put to test. more...
The core group gymnasts, who were here for the selection trials for the Commonwealth Games, left for Pune late on Monday night a dejected lot after their three- day training camp (from August 20-22) w more...
England's best athletes have flocked to its colours for the Commonwealth Games, ignoring terror threats and the example of double world champion Jessica Ennis. more...
Double European gold medallist Mo Farah along with defending champions Phillips Idowu, Lisa Dobriskey and Christine Ohuruogu highlight a 100-strong England athletics team for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. more...
London, Aug 23 (PTI) Double European gold medallist MoFarah along with defending champions Phillips Idowu, LisaDobriskey and Christine Ohuruogu highlight a 100-strongEngland athletics team for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. more...
She has not been at the biggies for six long years but Nirupama Vaidyanathan, 33, has just walked into the Indian tennis team for the Commonwealth Games. more...
England`s star middle distance runner Lisa Dobriskey says she is keen to defend her 1500m Commonwealth Games gold in Delhi but an injury-hit season has left her in two minds. more...
London, Aug 16 (ANI): The Kent middle-distance runner Lisa Dobriskey reportedly would decide today whether to defend her 1500-metre title at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in October this year. more...
London, Aug 16 (PTI) England's star middle distancerunner Lisa Dobriskey says she is keen to defend her 1500mCommonwealth Games gold in Delhi but an injury-hit season hasleft her in two minds. more...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday stepped in to rescue the Commonwealth Games by putting the Suresh Kalmadi-led Organizing Committee under the supervision of an Empowered Committee and authorizing a GoM to speed up decisions for the mega event. more...
Athletes should not be apprehensive about security at the Commonwealth Games in October despite concerns raised by Australia, the head of the games organising federation said on Friday. more...