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Zee NewsMaken distributes cash awards to 158 sportspersonsTimes of India… events such as Olympic Games, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, World Championships (in the disciplines of Olympic Games, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games), Asian Championships, Commonwealth Championships (both for men and women) in senior, …Sports ministry gave cash awards over Rs. 2 cr to 158 sportspersonAll [...] more...
In a major boost to her preparations for the London Olympics, Commonwealth Games gold medallist discus thrower Krishna Poonia has been invited to take part in two Diamond League events -- IAAF`s highest level competition -- in United States in June. more...
Babita gets relief as panel orders fresh trialsDaily News & AnalysisBy Chander Shekhar Luthra | Place: New Delhi | Agency: DNA Commonwealth Games silver medallist Babita Kumari has scored a big victory over Wrestling Federation of India when a five-member panel, constituted by the sports ministry, ordered fresh trials … 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...
Having served as the IOA secretary general for 24 years, Randhir Singh who announced on Tuesday that he wont be contesting the elections next year tells DNA that India should let the dust settle down before bidding for the Olympics more...
Government should consider setting up sports academies at stadiums built for the Commonwealth Games, according to IOA's Acting President Vijay Kumar Malhotra who today said better utilisation of the e more...
Even as the Sports Authority of India grapples with severe financial constraints due to Commonwealth Games overspending, the sports ministry is liberally allocating funds for the Panchayat Yuva Krida more...
: Call it faulty planning or lack of foresight, the Sports Authority of India (SAI), an arm of the sports ministry, is finding it difficult to carry forward the legacy of the Commonwealth Games, held more...
The Sports Complex at the sprawling Commonwealth Games Village in East Delhi will be thrown open to the public under the pay-and-play scheme by the end of November even as the 1,168 flats there wait for a completion certificate and new owners. more...
Malhotra in a letter to the sports ministry expressed concern at the stadiums not being used after the games, which took place almost a year back. more...
Sources said that the OC, whose term is slated to end this month, will also be moving into a new office inside Major Dhyan Chand Stadium near Delhi more...
Mullappally Ramachandran said an Integrated Security System (ISS) was installed for the security of Games at an estimated cost of Rs 345.70 crore. more...
Sensing scam, Mani Shanker Aiyar wanted sports ministry out of CWG OC fundingDaily News & AnalysisPlace: New Delhi | Agency: PTI Not happy with the attitude of sacked Commonwealth Games OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi, the then sports minister Mani Shanker Aiyar had sought to relieve his ministry from channelling funds for the sporting extravaganza. …and [...] more...
The major reason for India's superb performance in shooting at last year's Commonwealth Games was the uninterrupted two-year coaching camp. But preparations for the London Games have left a lot to be more...
MSN India Overlooked for Arjuna, Commonwealth Games gold-winner returns medalDaily News & AnalysisDisappointed at being overlooked for the Arjuna Award, weightlifter Renubala Chanu Monday returned her 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medal to the sports ministry saying she will quit the sport if her achievements are not recognised in future. …Manipuris rejoice athletes' Arjuna gloryTimes of IndiaRenubala [...] more...
Weightlifter Renubala Chanu Monday returned her 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medal to the sports ministry saying she will quit the sport if her achievements are not recognised in future. more...
Weightlifter Renubala Chanu Monday returned her 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medal to the sports ministry saying she will quit the sport if her achievements are not recognised in future. more...
Thyagaraj Stadium the Most Sought After Venue for Major EventsDaijiworld.comNew Delhi, Jul 24 (IANS): Once the sports ministry has decided against misuse and disuse of the various stadia built for the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG), Thyagaraj Stadium Complex is the most sought after by the national sports federations. …and more » more...
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Once the sports ministry has decided against misuse and disuse of the various stadia built for the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG), Thyagaraj Stadium Complex is the most sought after by the national sports federations. more...
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: Now that the B Sample of Ashwini Akkunji & Co has also turned out positive, from an Indian perspective, the Commonwealth Games (CWG) of 2010 […] more...
Justice Mukul Mudgal, who was appointed by the sports ministry to probe into the athletics doping fiasco, Saturday said that jailed Commonwealth Games organising Committee officials Suresh Kalmadi and more...
NDTV.com Kalmadi, Bhanot may be questionedHindustan TimesJustice Mukul Mudgal, who was appointed by the sports ministry to probe into the athletics doping fiasco, Saturday said that jailed Commonwealth Games organising Committee officials Suresh Kalmadi and Lalit Bhanot may be questioned in connection with …Kalmadi, Bhanot may be questioned on dope fiasco: MudgalTimes of IndiaCWG scam: Kalmadi [...] 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...
NEW DELHI: After targeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, former Sports Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar has now dragged Home Minister P Chidambaram's name for failure to check the Commonwealth […] more...
CWG: PMO asks Sports Ministry to provide details on Aiyar's lettersThe HinduIn response to a question at the interface with the editors Dr. Singh had said that bulk of expenditure on the Commonwealth Games was incurred before 2009 elections and there was nothing the government could do about it. The Prime Minister had said Mr. [...] more...
All India Football Federation (AIFF) announced in May that the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the venue which was used for 2010 Commonwealth Games opening and closing ceremonies, would host India's home match on July 28. more...
Discus thrower Krishna Poonia, who won a historic gold in the Commonwealth Games last year, has been recommended for Rajiv Khel Ratna, the countrys highest sports award. more...
Hindu Business Line Law ministry asks sport ministry to withhold CWG paymentsTimes of IndiaForeign companies who had worked during the Commonwealth Games, too, will have to bide their time for the remaining payments as the law ministry has told the sports ministry to withhold all disbursements related to the Games till the corruption cases …Commonwealth Games: [...] more...
NDTV.com C'Wealth Games scam: Organisation committee blames Suresh Kalmadi in reply to …Daily News & AnalysisPlace: New Delhi | Agency: PTI The Commonwealth Games Organisation Committee (OC) has sent its point-wise replies to the sports ministry on the Shunglu committee findings seeking to put the blame on jailed former OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi and other …CWG [...] more...
The CWG OC has sent it`s replies to the Sports Ministry on the Shunglu Committee findings blaming the jailed former OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi. more...
C'Wealth Games scam: Swiss firm's role under the scannerDaily News & AnalysisAfter the prime minister's office suggested to the sports ministry to carry out a CBI or Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe into the irregularities in the contracts awarded by the Commonwealth Games (CWG) …Fresh CBI FIR on CWG consultant appointmentDeccan Chronicleall 2 news articles » more...
Taking a serious view of Shunglu committee findings, the Prime Minister`s Office has suggested to Sports Minisrty a probe by CBI and Enforcement Directorate. more...
Government has sought the response of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee within a week on alleged irregularities in executing several contracts which were pointed out in the high level Shunglu Committee report. more...
Reports claimed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh`s representative on the Organising Committee, Jarnail Singh, knew and approved of the time scoring deal, which has led to the arrest of Suresh Kalmadi. more...
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) CEO Jarnail Singh, appointed by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), is now being accused of approving a contract with a Swiss firm for the timing, scoring and result (TSR) system that led to the arrest of former OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi. more...
Congress MP Suresh Kalmadi allegedly received kickbacks for awarding Commonwealth Games contracts through a Hyderabad-based construction company, CBI sources told DNA. more...
Is the arrest of former Commonwealth Games Organising Secretary Suresh Kalmadi enough to purge the government of the CWG scam taint?The Shunglu committee, appointed to probe the irregularities […] 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...
After spending huge amounts on the conduct of Commonwealth Games last year, the sports ministry is facing a financial crunch for the development of sports in the country. Recently, the Sports Autho more...
The Central Vigilance Commission is looking into at least 40 CWG-related construction and procurement works carried out by different government agencies for alleged financial irregularities. more...
The term of the International Division of the Sports Ministry, which was formed in view of the Commonwealth Games, has been extended till December 31. more...
Casting a wider net, the CBI today conducted searches at the premises of certain OC officials here in connection with the multi-crore CWG overlays scam. more...
With the 2012 London Olympics just 15 months away, the sports ministry decided to form a four-member committee to utilise all stadia built during the CWG for the preparation of national teams. more...
In what could be music to sportspersons ears, the union sports ministry on Saturday cleared that their stadiums would only be used for sport events and nothing else. more...
The sports ministry decided to form a four-member committee comprising sportspersons, to utilise all stadia built during the Commonwealth Games for the preparation of national teams. more...
Keeping London Olympics on mind, sports ministry decided to form a committee to utilise all stadia built during CWG for the preparation of national teams. more...
India's sports ministry on Monday removed the top two organisers of last year's tainted Commonwealth Games in New Delhi to enable an "unhindered" police probe into alleged corruption. […] more...
Sacked top OC officials Lalit Bhanot and Suresh Kalmadi, who termed his removal as "illegal and uncalled for", refused to follow the formalities of handing over charge to newly-appointed Commonwealth Games Organising Committee CEO Jarnail Singh who said he has taken over on his own. 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...
The former full-back said the country just cannot afford "third-rate shows" like the Commonwealth Games on which thousands of crores were spent. more...
Reuters posts this news which is now being disseminated by many newspapers: Delhi Commonwealth Games chief Suresh Kalmadi and another top official were sacked by the Indian Sports Ministry […] more...
His tenure as the newly appointed sports minis- ter is not going to be a cake- walk. On Thursday, Ajay Maken got a firsthand taste of the chal- lenges in his way as he formal- ly took charge of the Mi more...
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) The sports ministry has a 'very important role' to play in handling disputes related to the Commonwealth Games (CWG), India's new Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Ajay Maken said here Thursday. more...
The CVC has gathered more than 5,000 documents including contract, payment and third party inspection report details from various civic and construction agencies in connection with alleged corruption in the conduct of CWG. more...
It has sought information whether relatives and acquaintances of certain influential people were given preferences by changing eligibility criteria to pave way for them into the Games OC. more...
The country's top pistol shoot- er, Samresh Jung, is among those frustrated. It is unfortu- nate indoor facilities for rifle and pistol disciplines at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Ranges are yet to be more...
Commonwealth Games organising committee secretary general Lalit Bhanot and his colleague RK Sacheti were among three persons questioned on Tuesday by the CBI. more...
Some of the crucial documents which could throw light on Commonwealth Games deals have gone missing with the probe agencies fearing that they could have been destroyed or hidden. more...
Sources said that the key files, which contain important information on tendering, budgetary allocation and contract details, are missing from the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee office. more...
New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) Encouraged by India's best-ever medal haul in the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games, the sports ministry is ready with an ambitious blueprint for the 2012 London Olympics and has identified 15 athletes capable of winning an unprecedented 10 medals. more...
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) Bolstered by India's best ever performance in the Delhi Commonwealth Games, Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) is looking for two foreign coaches to prepare the paddlers for tougher events like the Olympics. more...
Sports and Youth Affairs Minister M S Gill said his department was making available all files for scrutiny by the CVC which is probing alleged irregularities related to Commonwealth Games and has maintained transparency. more...
New Delhi, Nov 26 (PTI) Sports and Youth AffairsMinister M S Gill today said his department was makingavailable all files for scrutiny by the CVC which is probingalleged irregularities related to Commonwealth Games and hasmaintained transparency. more...
Had Hockey India Saini's post-Commonwealth Games report, the women's hockey team could have fared better at the Asian Games. After the Delhi Games, Saini, in her report to the sports min- istry and 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...
Bhagalpur silks ‘win’ CWG ‘golds’ BJ Mirror Correspondent Bihar ‘grabbed’ ‘gold medals’ at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games, 2010 at New Delhi, albeit with a difference. The century-old traditional Bhagalpur […] more...
The total revenue collection of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee is expected to come down to Rs 600 crore only against an expenditure of about Rs 1,820 crore. more...
Following the overwhelming success of Indian athletes at the Commonwealth Games, the sports ministry wants to continue pumping in more money and strategising for their sustained progress till the 2012 London Olympics. more...
: The appointment of a female coach for the women's hockey team during the Commonwealth Games has- n't gone down well with Hockey India (HI), or so it seems. Just two assignments old, Pritam Siwach more...
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Following the overwhelming success of Indian athletes at the Commonwealth Games, the sports ministry wants to continue pumping in more money and strategising […] more...
Colombo, Oct 24 (DPA) Sri Lankan boxer Manju Wanniarachchi has failed a doping test at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi where he won a gold medal earlier this month, a sports ministry official said Sunday. more...
New Delhi, Oct 21 (PTI) Amid allegations of deficienciesin the Commonwealth Games Village, a Parliamentary Committeewill visit the site on November 3 for assessment of the workdone there and present its report to Lok Sabha during theupcoming session. more...
NEW DELHI: The Central Vigilance Commission is scrutinising 22 more Commonwealth Games-related construction and procurement done by different government agencies for alleged financial irregularities . CVC has also found […] more...
The Central Vigilance Commission, involved in probing alleged corruption in various Commonwealth Games-related projects, has found discrepancies in tenders and alleged misappropriation amounting to about Rs. 8,000 crore. Official […] more...
Ashwini Shrivastava New Delhi, Oct 19 (PTI) The Central Vigilance Commission,involved in probing alleged corruption in various CommonwealthGames-related projects, has found discrepancies in tenders andalleged misappropriation amounting to about Rs 8,000 crore. more...
New Delhi, Oct 18 (PTI) BJP today demanded setting up of aJoint Parliamentary Committee to probe into reports ofcorruption in Commonwealth Games projects. more...
New Delhi, Oct 15 (PTI) A day after the CommonwealthGames got over, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) hasresumed its assessment of various projects related to the megasporting event which were mired in allegations of corruption. more...
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Commonwealth Games gold medallist archer Deepika Kumari says she is too young to decide on how to spend the cash awards of Rs.30 lakh and would rather give the money to her parents. more...
New Delhi, Oct 10 (PTI) Somdev Devvarman did not let thenation down by giving India its first and only gold medal inthe tennis event of the Commonwealth Games and chose themoment to send out the message to authorities that athletesget support and respect in the country. more...
Government auditor CAG will restart audit of expenses incurred for hosting controversy-marred Commonwealth Games on October 15 -- a day after the closing ceremony -- and would submit report within three months. 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...
Problems for athletes, officials and technical delegates at the Commonwealth Games seem unending. After things at the Games Village were more or less sorted out, a new issue has cropped up. With dr 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...
Controversy and Indian women's hockey seem to go hand-in-hand.With just three days to go for the Commonwealth Games, Rupa Saini, the team manager, has come down hard on head coach, Sandeep Somesh, more...
Colombo, Sep 29 (PTI) Sri Lankan chef-de-mission for theCommonwealth Games has expressed satisfaction with thefacilities and security at the athletes' Village in Delhi. more...
I: The para-swimmers for the Commonwealth Games have been left severely handi- capped. Reason? The coach in-charge of the training camp, VK Dabas, surfaced at the Games Village on Tuesday even as the 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...
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...
After their win against Brazil in the Davis Cup yesterday, India’s once-upon-a-time famed doubles combination – Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi have confirmed that they will be playing […] 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...
The 19th edition of the Commonwealth Games may have been marred by controversies and delays but that doesn't seem to have dampened the Indian government's spirit for medals as its wishlist stands at nearly 120 medals. 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...
The payment row that threatened to derail India's tennis campaign in the upcoming Commonwealth Games was resolved today with the government approving Rs1 crore for five elite players. more...
As we inch closer and closer to the CWG 2010 Main Event, interesting stories and incidents surrounding the sporting extravaganza never fail to amuse us. Take for instance, this […] more...
Following allegations of corruption against the Suresh Kalmadi-headed organising committee, the railway ministry wanted to know how its grant would be used. more...
With the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee being mired in corruption allegations, the Railways has decided against giving it sponsorship worth Rs 100 crore and instead allocate it to the Sports Ministry. more...
The Sports Ministry on Tuesday doubled the cash awards for gold medal winners to Rs 20 lakhs for the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games to encourage sportspersons to come up with an improved performan more...
The Sports Ministry doubled the cash awards for gold medal winners to Rs 20 lakhs for the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games to encouragesportspersons to come up with an improved performance in theupcoming mega-events. 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...
THERE IS growing concern in Boxing circles in Pakistan as it is being seen that the Interior Ministry is delaying the issuance of No-Objection Certificate (NoC) to the […] more...
THERE IS growing concern in Boxing circles in Pakistan as it is being seen that the Interior Ministry is delaying the issuance of No-Objection Certificate (NoC) to the […] more...
The B-samples of six Indian wrestlers, charged with doping, have also tested positive and they now face the anti-doping disciplinary panel for a hearing. 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...
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...
New Delhi, Sep 2 (PTI) Olympic bronze medallist wrestlerSushil Kumar today said it's not time to create controversiesand people should be "happy and excited" about theCommonwealth Games, scheduled for October 3-14. more...
On a day when the Indian shooting team was announced for the Commonwealth Games, it emerged that none of the marksmen who underwent tri- als at Pune and Delhi for the quadrennial games were test- ed f more...
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Bizarre as it may appear, but the Indian cyclists for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games will be lucky if they can ride their competitive bikes before the Games get under way. more...
At the Tour de Delhi on Sunday, the test event for the Commonwealth Games road cycling, Indian's foreign coach Graham Seers came out strongly against the selection procedures for the Indian team. more...
The relentless digging is all that Delhi has to show in the name of the Commonwealth Games. Everything else is hidden - shrouded in mystery and intrigue. more...
Organizers of the Tour de Delhi on Friday announced the international participants for what is set to be the Capital’s first International Cycling Union (UCI)- sanctioned road cycling event. It will also be a test event for the Commonwealth Games road race that is to be held on the same circuit. 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...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s promise to act against anyone indulging in corruption in the Commonwealth Games preparations may have settled the dust for a while but people believe the issue has certainly tainted the country’s image internationally. In a survey by AZ Research, a Bengaluru-based more...
After weeks of uncertainty, decks were finally cleared for Indian weightlifters' participation in the Commonwealth Games with the games Organising Committee releasing Rs 1.75 crore to the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF). more...
Till Tuesday, the sports ministry had been sleeping on a proposal from the Cycling Federation of India (CFI) to import 88 cycles for the Commonwealth Games. more...
Despite the Sports Ministry's directive to the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) on Tuesday, to lend an interest-free loan to the Indian Weightlifting Federation, its chairman Suresh Kalmad more...
Sports Ministry directed Commonwealth Games Organising Committee to immediately release Rs 1.75 crore interest-free loan to the Indian Weightlifting Federation so it can pay the doping fine. more...
The Sports Ministry today directed the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee to immediately release Rs 1.75 crore interest-free loan to the Indian Weightlifting Federation so that it can pay the doping fine of $ 3,75,000 to the international parent body before the August 31 deadline. 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...
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The sports ministry Monday asked All India Tennis Association (AITA) to submit more documents for the reimbursement of the long-pending bills of the top tennis players, who last week threatened to skip Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games over their dues. more...
The payment row which prompted top tennis players to issue a Commonwealth Games boycott threat is expected to take another fortnight to resolve. more...
India’s top tennis players, who had threatened to boycott the Commonwealth Games because of non-payment of dues, Saturday pledged to represent the country in the mega event after being given a categorical assurance that the vexed issues would be resolved soon. more...
India`s revolting tennis players said they will represent the country in the upcoming Davis Cup tie and Commonwealth Games after being given an assurance by the Sports Ministry. more...
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) A trickily-worded clarification by top Indian tennis stars over their threatened boycott of the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games has led to different interpretations. more...
New Delhi, Aug 21 (PTI) Ending the stalemate over apayment dispute, India's revolting tennis players today saidthey will represent the country in the upcoming Davis Cup tieand Commonwealth Games after being given an assurance by theSports Ministry. 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...
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Top Indian tennis players Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi, Somdev Devvarman and Rohan Bopanna have threatened to pull out of the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games over the non-payment of their dues. The sports ministry has held the All India Tennis Association (AITA) responsible for not submitting the requisite documents for reimbursement. more...
The probables for the Commonwealth Games (CWG) have already come to Pune to attend the camp, but nobody in the camp knows that who will select the team. 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...
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...
As crores continue to splash around in the Commonwealth Games - this way or that - it has now come to light that several players of the national shooting squad that participated in the recently-concluded World Shooting Championship paid for the Munich trip from their own pockets. more...
Congress may have defended the government’s preparations for the Commonwealth Games but concerns about financial impropriety are far from allayed. more...
New Delhi, Aug 13 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Ramesh Bidhuri and R. P. Singh filed a police complaint on Friday alleging corruption in organising the Commonwealth Games. more...
The crores of taxpayers' money that has been spent on the Commonwealth Games 2010 will be put to good use after the mega sporting event. According to senior officials in the Delhi government, two of the stadia renovated for the Delhi Games will be turned into "sports schools''. Education ministerArvinder Singh Lovely said, "Both Chhattrasal and Thyagaraj stadium will be used for coaching the young talent in the city. This is to ensure that the venues are put to good use, specially after we have spent crores upgrading them.'' more...
Common Wealth of Corruption Over the last few decades, a number of countries have leveraged the hosting of sporting events like Olympics, Soccer World Cup, Commonwealth Games for economic […] more...
To save man-hours in responding to such extra large number of RTI petitions, Union Sports Ministry and Organising Committee for Commonwealth Games 2010 should make a smart beginning […] more...
To save man-hours in responding to such extra large number of RTI petitions, Union Sports Ministry and Organising Committee for Commonwealth Games 2010 should make a smart beginning […] more...
The Commonwealth Games Federation has written a letter to FIH seeking advice on the Indian Hockey team`s participation in the Commonwealth Games. 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...
The Commonwealth Games Federation has written a letter to FIH seeking advice on the Indian hockey team's participation in the Commonwealth Games. more...
THE Commonwealth Games organising committee has fired one of its top officials as it investigates alleged irregularities in funding for an event in London. more...
The Commonwealth Games organising committee has fired one of its top officials as it investigates alleged irregularities in funding for an event in London, local media reported on Monday. more...
Acting on the persistent plea of sports ministry, CWG OC terminated the services of its tainted Joint DG TS Darbari in the wake of corruption scandal that has rocked the event. more...
Official sources said Darbari, a close aide of OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi, has been asked to explain certain financial transactions undertaken during the QBR last year. more...
Following threats by the state-owned sponsors to withhold further disbursal of funds towards the sponsorship of the Commonwealth Games 2010, the Games organizing committee (OC) is making all out efforts to woo the existing sponsors besides seeking the government's help to get new ones for this mega more...
ndian squash players are not getting the daily allowances sanctioned by the sports ministry in January 2008 as part of their training for the Commonwealth Games, the players say. The core probables of more...
Since the first edition of the Commonwealth Games in 1930, the world has witnessed 19 such events. But never before has any edition of the games attracted as […] more...
Suresh Kalmadi's claim of innocence is largely based on the fact that the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) has had a budget of only Rs 1,600 crore, while the bulk of the expenditure on the Games was made by agencies of the Central and Delhi government agencies such as MCD, DDA, PWD, CPWD, NDMC and RITES. more...
Thousands of crores are being spent on the 2010 Commonwealth Games, but organisers are struggling to provide Indian athletes with even Rs 200 worth of essential dietary supplements each day. HT has learnt that athletes are getting supplements worth barely Rs 60 per day, less than one-sixth more...
The govt has said it was willing to ask the CBI to look into charges of irregularities by state agencies involved in Commonwealth Games projects and accused the […] more...
: Thousands of crores are being spent on the 2010 Commonwealth Games, but organisers are struggling to pro- vide Indian athletes with even R 200 worth of essential dietary supplements each day. HT has more...
If the news of top foreign athletes pulling out of the Commonwealth Games was not enough, here is more bad news.Two of India's top sportsper- sons -- rifle shooter Gagan Narang and pistol shooter more...
The Organising Committee (OC) of the Commonwealth Games today suspended two top officials and terminated its contract with the Australian sports marketing company Sports Marketing and Management (SMAM), which has failed to bring in sponsors for the Games. more...
Three years ago, the Union Cabinet sanctioned an amount of Rs 21 crore to help prepare India's tennis challenge in the Commonwealth Games. Out of this amount, India's leading Grand Slam winner Lean more...
Under fire for alleged irregularities by officials of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, its chairman Suresh Kalmadi is learnt to have told the government that he would shortly be terminating the contract of OC Joint Director General T S Darbari. 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...
Rocked by allegations of wide-scale corruption, the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) will hold an emergency meeting of its Executive Board in New Delhi on Thursday amid indications that a clean-up process could be started. The three-member panel set up to inquire into allegations of corruption against the of the CWG OC will also submit its report on Thursday. Flashback: 1982 ASIAD no different more...
Yet another embarrassment seems headed the organising committee’s (OC) way. As per international norms, athletes are expected to start coming to Delhi from the middle of September, and they will presumably expect that the training venues are ready when they arrive. more...
There is considerable unease in Congress over the government’s failure to intervene despite piling up of evidences pointing to lack of preparations and transparency in organising the Commonwealth Games. more...
Under fire for alleged irregularities by officials of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, its chairman Suresh Kalmadi is learnt to have told the government.... more...
The government has urged Commonwealth Games organisers to sack two officials at the centre of corruption allegations in another blow to the troubled event two months before the opening ceremony. more...
Indian sportspersons want to win a medal at home in the Commonwealth Games and in chasing their dream, some of them are cutting corners and taking recourse to illegal means. As the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee is busy meeting deadlines and answering allegations of corruption and more...
Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi`s cup of woes is brimming over with the Sports Ministry now putting him under pressure by asking him to sack two of his close aides in the Organising Committee. more...
ndian sportspersons want to win a medal at home in the Commonwealth Games and in chasing their dream, some of them are cutting cor- ners and taking recourse to ille- gal means. As the Commonwealth more...
The dire buildup to the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi has deteriorated further, with the organizing committee urged to fire two senior officials amid a brewing corruption scandal just two months before the opening ceremony. more...
The Indian High Commission in London has been left trawling through a vast cluster of emails after its junior clerk Raju Sebastian said he had “no recollection” of having recommended a British firm that received nearly a quarter of a million pounds from the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee more...
New Delhi, July 18(ANI): Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister M. S. Gill on Sunday inaugurated the ‘remodelled and reconstructed’ Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Swimming Pool Complex, one of the venues for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, at the Delhi University campus.The function was held in the presence of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi, several sports persons and senior Sports Ministry officials.“This is an outstanding complex and a remarkable engineering marvel. It is equipped with all the modern facilities even better than the Melbourne Games,” Gill said.The complex, which was constructed in 1982 to hold the Asian Games, has been upgraded and renovated with state of art facilities to meet the international standards required for hosting world-class aquatic events.With a total seating capacity of 5000 spectators, the complex now has the largest cohestrand supported, breathable and elliptical shaped aluminum roof.It is the largest covered aquatic stadium in the country having Olympic-sized racing and diving pools with a six lanes warm up pool.The 12-day sporting extravaganza will be India’s biggest sporting event since the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi. (ANI more...