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BigPond SportDavis joins GreenEDGEThe AustralianDavis, the winner of the Commonwealth Games road race gold medal in Delhi, India last year, will be riding for the Gerry Ryan-backed GreenEDGE team next year and has set the London Olympic Games as one of his major targets. Davis joins a growing band …GreenEDGE sign DavisSky News AustraliaNew cycling [...] more...
Proposed sports bill divides opinion in IndiaUSA TodayNEW DELHI — The bitter dispute over proposed reforms of Indian sports administration in the wake of the shambolic buildup to the Commonwealth Games is showing no signs of abating despite threats that the country …and more » more...
The bitter dispute over proposed reforms of Indian sports administration in the wake of the shambolic buildup 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...
: A week after Badminton Association of India president VK Verma was arrest- ed for alleged irregularities dur- ing organising of the Commonwealth Games, the first signs of revolt in the sports gov- e more...
India`s experience hosting theCommonwealth Games provided valuable lessons for New Zealandin the lead-up to next year`s Rugby World Cup, the tournamentchief said on Thursday. more...
Riding high on two goals by 20-year-old Dharamvir Singh, the Indian men finally showed signs of life in their oth- erwise average performance in the Commonwealth Games thus far. An emphatic 4-0 win ag more...
Much has been talked about CWG venues, athletes village, corruption from grass roots, health and hygiene, security threat etc. etc. in last 3 odd months. Some of the […] more...
Common Wealth Games 2010 opening ceremony (CWG 2010):The Little Facts: About 1200 moving lights, 25 stacks of speakers and about 2700 shots of fireworks spread across the roof of the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium combined with a stage weighing 500 tonnes to create a spectacular opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games here today. The gigantic main stage, inspired by the ''mandala'', a sanskrit word for the geometric designs symbolic of the universe in Hinduism and Buddhism, which is one of the largest built for an opening and closing ceremony. The stage was built within seven days by about 500 workers. Weighing an approximately 500 tonnes. The stage is large enough to hold 500 people under it. The opening ceremony would have never been that spectacular had it not been for the lighting arrangements. 1200 moving lights, 120 space cannons and 16 follow spots weighing approximately 75 tonnes was what it took to enchant the about 60000 spectators. The 25 stacks of speakers produced 500000 Watts of sound. If one was impressed by the fireworks, it was because of the 2700 shots spread over 88 locations on the roof of the stadium. The crowd had erupted in joy as the firecrackers went up in air heralding the beginning of the Games. The entire system was supported by over 50 km of power cables that were used to provide constant power for the opening ceremony.From:MrsumanraoViews:2739 1ratingsTime:10:24More in more...
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) When you have the country's rich cultural heritage and beauty being highlighted, can the beautiful sari be left behind? Leading the 71 contingents participating in the Commonwealth Games, at its opening ceremony here Sunday, were 71 Indian women each of whom had draped the sari in a different style. more...
MILLIONS of people who had no intention of watching the Commonwealth Games are now eager to tune in just to see if the stadium collapses. Organisers had […] more...
'We expect sunny skies,' an optimistic Prithviraj Chauhan, minister of state for earth sciences said while announcing a new weather-mapping system that will be used by the met department. more...
With less than a fortnight left for the final dress rehearsal for the Commonwealth Games on September 30, the costumes for the 5,000-odd participants are still not ready. more...
Commonwealth Games NEW DELHI: With incessant rains showing no signs of relenting, the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee tried to put up a brave face […] more...
The signboards which were supposed to help tourists find their way in Lutyens’ Delhi have already been damaged with the Commonwealth Games still more than a month away. more...
Mangal Singh Champia, India's lone male archer at the Beijing Olympics, failed to qualify for the men's recurve team for the Commonwealth Games (CWG). This is for the first time since 2007 that Cha more...