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Sri Lankan officials think their bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games may have been doomed because of the deeply flawed games held last year in neighboring India. more...
The bidding for 2018 Commonwealth Games has ended, and the winning bid goes to Gold Coast, Australia. Congratulation to the city for successfully obtained the hosting right for […] more...
Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House in Sydney. – Reuters file picSYDNEY, Nov 12 ― Australia‘s Gold Coast has been chosen to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games, […] more...
Sri Lanka has expressed confidence of winning the Games bid with just days to go before the host city is selected by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF). more...
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa made a strong pitch for port city Hambantota to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games, for which Australia`s Gold Coast is also in the fray. more...
By Dilrook KannangaraAustralian Greens have called for a boycott of the Commonwealth summit in Colombo, independent investigations into alleged war excesses by Sri Lanka and to suspend Sri […] more...
Medals At Commonwealth Youth Games Boost Hambantota 2018 BidGamesBids.comHambantota 2018 Organising Committee Co-Chair Ajith Nivard Cabraal said Tuesday that the performance of Sri Lanka's rising stars at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games this past week will benefit the country's bid for the Commonwealth Games in 2018. … more...
Ceylon Daily NewsGold Coast has edge over Hambantota in 2018 CWG bidiNewsOneColombo, Sep 10 (IANS) Australia's Gold Coast appears to have an edge over Sri Lanka's Hambantota in playing host to the 2018 Commonwealth Games, according to a report released by the bid evaluation committee. Both Gold Coast and Hambantota have …Report weighs up bid [...] 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...
Michael Fennell will retire from his role as president of the Commonwealth Games Federation and is set to be replaced by Malaysia''s Prince Tunku Imran. more...
Nice video: http://www.youtube.com/embed/ Video description Yendi Phillips (born September 8, 1985) is the winner of the Miss Jamaica World 2007 beauty pageant, […] more...
A walk through Hambantota's bid for 2018 Commonwealth GamesSunday Times.lkBeginning with an overview of the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, the proposed venue for the 2018 Commonwealth Games opening and closing ceremonies, Chief Exective for Hambantota's bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Nalin Attygalle, …Hambantota 2018 is "looking forward" to hosting Commonwealth Games claims chairmanInsidethegames.bizSri [...] more...
Sports Features Communications Oceania delegates supportive of Gold Coast bidRadio AustraliaOrganisers of the Australian bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast say they're humbly confident a crucial vote from Pacific delegates will swing their way. The only other contender is the Sri Lankan city of Hambantota. …Gold Coast "ticks all the boxes" for [...] more...
Sports Features Communications Hambantota aims to ride 'new era' momentum to Commonwealth Games in 2018Sports Features CommunicationsLONDON: After South Africa and Rio de Janeiro and PyeongChang, the next step along world sport's pathfinder into uncharted territory could be Hambantota, Sri Lanka, for the Commonwealth Games in 2018. The FIFA World Cup went to the African continent [...] more...
Brisbane Times Hosting Commonwealth Games, a worthy investmentSunday ObserverThe Southern city of Hambantota is making a strong bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games. An international team of evaluators from the Commonwealth Games Federation toured Sri Lanka last week to gather first-hand information on the initial …Warning on Games venueSydney Morning HeraldFormer track rivals Kip Keino [...] more...
Colombo, July 7 (IANS) Sri Lanka will relocate over 200 wild elephants to develop a new airport and massive games city in the south of the country in a bid to host the Commonwealth Games, Xinhua reported Thursday. more...
Hambantota (Sri Lanka), July 5 (IANS/CMC) Hambantota has boosted its chances of hosting the 2018 Commonwealth Games, following a visit of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Evaluation Commission here last week. more...
Moneycontrol.com Commonwealth Games officials impressed by Hambantota bidLanka NewspapersThe members of the Evaluation Commission of the Commonwealth Games expressed that they were impressed by Sri Lanka s initial preparations and plans to host the games 21st edition after a four-day evaluation visit, which concluded yesterday. …Hambantota impresses Commonwealth Games CommitteeThe Official Government News Portal of Sri [...] more...
Commonwealth Games officials say they are impressed by the bid from the Sri Lankan port town of Hambantota to host the multi-sport event in 2018. more...
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Hambantota's bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games won plaudits on Thursday from an evaluation commission visiting the Sri Lankan coastal city. more...
The Hindu Hambantota 2018: the most compact design concept the games have ever seenSports Features CommunicationsTAMPA/HAMBANTOTA, Jun 28: Today the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Evaluation Commission is visiting the second of two 2018 candidate cities, Hambantota, Sri Lanka. The commission spent four days at the competitor, the Gold Coast, last week. …Hambantota can deliver great 2018 [...] more...
The Hindu Commonwealth Games Federation evaluates Sri LankaPeople’s Daily OnlineThe Commonwealth Games Federation began evaluating Sri Lanka's bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the southern city of Hambantota on Monday. Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth Games Federation Mike Hooper told reporters in Colombo that …Technical committee assesses 2018 CWG bidThe HinduH' tota development [...] more...
Sports Features Communications Sri Lankans support commonwealth games bid: pollLanka Business OnlineJune 26, 2011 (LBO) – A bid for the 2018 commonwealth games by Sri Lanka's Hambantota city has received 63 percent backing in a nationwide poll, while the people in the immediate area had backed it 86 percent, a statement said. The survey was conducted [...] more...
Eurosport.com ASIA EC starts reviewing candidate cities for Commonwealth GamesDaily MirrorThe Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Executive Board has appointed an Evaluation Commission (EC) to assess the candidatures of the two Candidate Cities – Gold Coast, Australia and Hambantota, Sri Lanka. The EC comprises of technically sound …Commission 'pleased' with Gold Coast Games bidABC OnlineHambantota 2018 Awaits [...] more...
AsiaOne Australia's Gold Coast Commonwealth bid "sound": inspectorsReuters CanadaSYDNEY (Reuters) – The bid by Australia's Gold Coast to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games was described as "sound" Thursday after a visit by the evaluation commission. The subtropical beachside region of Queensland is going up against the Sri Lankan …Marathon success good for GamesGold Coast Bulletin NewsCommonwealth [...] more...
Commonwealth Games Evaluation Commission arrive to inspect Gold Coast 2018Insidethegames.bizJune 18 – The two-horse race between the Gold Coast in Australia and Hambantota in Sri Lanka to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games has entered its most critical phase to date as the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) …Coast Games bid enters crucial phaseGold Coast Bulletin Newsall [...] more...
Games-Hambantota hosting means post-war investmentYahoo! Eurosport UKWinning the right to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games will grant war-hit Sri Lanka an opportunity to change the world's perception of it whilst attracting investments for a sustainable growth momentum, the bid team's head said on Thursday. …and more » more...
WA today Sri Lanka confident of hosting 2018 Com GamesBusinessWeekSri Lanka is drawing inspiration from Malaysia's successful Commonwealth Games in believing it can beat sole rival Australia in the 2018 bid race. Hambantota is up against Australian favorite Gold Coast, and Sri Lanka Sports …Lanka ready to hold Commonwealth Games – CB Governor CabraalCeylon Daily NewsHambantota [...] more...
SuperSport.com Lanka ready to hold Commonwealth Games – CB Governor CabraalCeylon Daily NewsCommonwealth Games 2018 Organizing Committee Chairman and Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal yesterday expressed his fullest confidence that Sri Lanka will be ready to host the second biggest sporting event in the world – the Commonwealth Games …Sri Lanka confident of hosting 2018 [...] more...
Plan to Host 2018 Commonwealth Games OpposedInter Press ServiceCOLOMBO, Jun 3, 2011 (IPS) – Sri Lanka plans to host the Commonwealth Games seven years from now and spend two billion dollars, in what politicians and economists slam as another extravagant adventure aimed at boosting President …and more » more...
South Africa intends to bid as host for the 2022 Commonwealth games after dropping plans to bid for the 2020 Olympics.South Africa will bid to host the 2022 […] more...
Sunday Times.lk Sri Lanka's Commonwealth Games bid: Infrastructure to cost Rs. 265 billionSunday Times.lkWhile the most recent document pertaining to Sri Lanka's bid to host the Commonwealth Games in 2018 in Hambantota envisages a lavish yet sustainable spectacle, kicking off with an opening event on Wednesday, May 16, 2018, …and more » more...
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/110529/BusinessTimes/bt26.html Sri Lanka's Commonwealth Games bid: Infrastructure to cost Rs. 265 billionBy Jagdish Hathiramani While the most recent document pertaining to Sri Lanka's bid to host the Commonwealth Games in […] more...
Times LIVE Tainted Games champ retiresSuperSport.comA Sri Lankan boxer, Manju Wanniarachchi, who was stripped of his Commonwealth Games gold medal after failing a drugs test, has retired from the sport. Wanniarachchi, 31, will not exercise his right to appeal against the ruling that disqualified him …Exclusive: Welsh boxer set to receive Commonwealth Games gold medal after [...] more...
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Commonwealth Games weightlifting gold medallist Chinthana Vidanage has been provisionally suspended following a positive drug test at the Asian championships, local media reported. more...
Hambantota Commonwealth Games bid book by Navyblue submittedThe DrumThe bid book for the Commonwealth Games bid by Hambantota in Sri Lanka was submitted last week, having been designed by Edinburgh and London design outfit, Navyblue. Sports agency PMP Legacy approached the agency to take design duties for the …and more » more...
Reuters India Sri Lanka, Australia bid for 2018 Commonwealth GamesThe HinduAP Australia touted its successful track record while Sri Lanka called for an opportunity to transform the nation after decades of civil war when they lodged formal bids on Wednesday to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Australia has hosted the games …Australia, Sri Lanka bid to [...] more...
Australia is touting its track record and modern facilities while Sri Lanka promises a transformation of its infrastructure after decades of civil war. more...
Australia's Gold Coast and Sri Lanka's Hambantota would submit their official bids to host the 2018 CWG during the CGF executive board meeting in Kuala Lumpur. more...
DAWN.com Sri Lankan boxer loses Commonwealth gold medal over failed drug testSifySri Lankan boxer Manju Wanniarachchi has lost his 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games gold medal after he failed a drugs test. Wanniarachchi's gold medal was his country's first in boxing in 72 years and he was hailed as a national hero when he returned home …Boxing: [...] more...
Sunday Leader Sri Lanka To Lodge Its Bid For Commonwealth Games On May 11Sunday LeaderBy Hishan Welmilla The formal lodgment of bids by the candidate cities, for the 2018 Commonwealth Games will take place on 11th May 2011 in Malaysia. A special statement issued by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) stated that “The Commonwealth …Sri Lanka's [...] more...
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse was a special guest of the Indian Government at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi last year. Now he is set to watch the […] more...
Published in Sri Lanka Guardian-- Can be accessed at--http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/10/war-criminal-concluding-cwg-is-best-it.html[First published by the Asian Human Rights Commission.] Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka was the guest of honour at the […] more...
Colombo, Nov 14 (PTI) The 'B' sample of Sri Lankan boxerManju Wanniarachchi who won gold at the Commonwealth Games inNew Delhi last month has returned positive for a bannedsteroid, the island's boxing federation said today. more...
A Sri Lankan boxer who won gold the bantamweight division in New Delhi has been confirmed as the fifth athlete to fail a doping test during the Oct. […] more...
Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) on Monday confirmed that Sri Lankan boxer Manju Wanniarachchi, who won gold in bantamweight category, test- ed positive for a banned sub- stance during the CWG here more...
Commonwealth Games Federationon Monday confirmed that Sri Lankan boxer Manju Wanniarachchi, whowon gold in bantamweight category, tested positive for abanned substance during the CWG here. more...
Sri Lankan bantamweight boxer Manju Wanniarachchi has tested positive for the banned steroid nandrolone and is set to lose his nation`s first Commonwealth Games gold medal in seven decades. more...
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Sri Lankan boxer Manju Wanniarachchi, who won gold in the 56 kg category at the Commonwealth Games, was Monday confirmed as the fifth athlete to fail drug test during the Oct 3-14 Games. more...
Sri Lankan bantamweight boxer Manju Wanniarachchi has tested positive for the banned steroid nandrolone and is set to lose his nation's first Commonwealth Games gold medal in seven decades. more...
• Champion Manju Wanniarachchi tests positive for nandrolone• Wales' McGoldrick lost to Sri Lankan on countback in Delhi Manju Wanniarachchi of Sri Lanka kisses his gold medal as he […] 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...
Sri Lanka's only gold medallist at the Delhi Commonwealth Games, boxer Manju Wanniarachchi, has tested positive for a banned steroid, a report said on Sunday. more...
Preparations for Asian Games 2010 are underway in the Flower CityWith the memories of the 19th Commonwealth Games held in Delhi fading away, the Asian athletes are grooming […] more...
I: A day after the Commonwealth Games ended here as spectacularly as it began, the international media hailed India and the host city for organising one of the world's best sporting events. From Ca more...
With the successful completion of the Delhi Commonwealth Games, a collective sigh of relief might well have risen over Raisina Hill. The stuttering prelude to the games, marked by a frantic pace to meet deadlines, had kept a fretful government on edge. more...
New Delhi:If there was dramatic display of martial arts and foot-tapping patriotic music from military bands, then there was also spontaneous bonhomie and cheer from thousands of athletes […] more...
As the curtains fell on the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India yesterday, Nigeria could have been the next destination fo the competiton, but the Games will […] more...
Singh hosted lunch for Rajapaksa, who was here to attend the closing ceremony of Commonwealth Games, during which informal discussions on various bilateral issues were held. more...
New Delhi, Oct 15 (ANI): It was a triumphant evening for India when it completed the holding of the XIX Commonwealth Games in Delhi, putting at rest a thousand doubts by staging one of the most colourful galas to bring down the curtain on the eleven-day event. more...
President Mahinda Rajapaksa with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Indian Vice President M Hamid Ansari and Britain s Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex at the Commonwealth Games closing […] more...
A dazzling laser show and a musical extravaganza tonight marked the grand finale of the Commonwealth Games, the biggest sporting event hosted by India which crowned itself with sporting glory by winning an unprecedented 101 medals. more...
It was a joy to watch athletes from multiple countries go around the stadium full of smiles, some carrying "Thank you India" placards in appreciation of the warmth […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Making his first visit to India after crushing the Tamil Tigers, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Thursday enjoyed every moment of the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony where he was the guest of honour. more...
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) If there was dramatic display of martial arts and foot-tapping patriotic music from military bands, then there was also spontaneous bonhomie and cheer from thousands of athletes and volunteers who had their final moment of glory in the 19th Commonwealth Games at the closing ceremony here Thursday. more...
Delhi virtually shut down on Thursday ahead of the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, with government offices, banks and major markets closed for the day. The Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived here Thursday afternoon to attend the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games as the guest of honour. more...
NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka clinched its first boxing gold medal at the Commonwealth Games since 1938 through veteran Manju Wanniarachchi and thanked India for contributing to its historic […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 13 (PTI) The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadiumand Connaught Place in the national capital will tomorrow turninto a security fortress ahead of the Commonwealth Gamesclosing ceremony and marathon race. more...
As Indian shooters Heena Sindhu and Anuraj Singh got India its 31st gold medal, it became the highest ever medal haul for Indians in Commonwealth Games. In fact, […] more...
NEW DELHI: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa will be the chief guest at the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games Oct 14, according to official sources.Prime Minister Manmohan […] more...
Manju Wanniarachchi won the semi finals a short while ago and through to the Boxing - Bantam Weight (56kg) Mens Finals Gold Medal, Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games. He guaranteed Sri […] more...
Australia becomes 2018 Commonwealth Games frontrunnerSydney: Australia's Gold Coast is almost certain to host the Commonwealth Games in 2018 after Sri Lanka failed to make a pitch to […] more...
Young shuttlers P Kashyap and Aditi Mutatkar breezed through their respective matches as India continued their rampaging run in the individual event of the Commonwealth Games' badminton tournament on Sunday. more...
Kuala Lumpur was the first Asian city to host the Commonwealth Games in 1998, which was the only time cricket was included in the list of disciplines.Gold Coast (Australia) and Hambantota (Sri Lan more...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (PTI) Cycling, marathon and closingceremony of the Commonwealth Games will be telecast live fromair as the government today allowed to fly helicopters overthe road events and the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. more...
[gallery link="file" columns="4"] Silver for Chinthana Vidanage Chinthana Vidanage of Sri Lanka won the Silver Medal in 69kg weightlifting event at the Delhi Commonwealth games. The only other medal, a bronze, […] more...
Tapan Mohanta New Delhi, October 6 (PTI) Notwithstanding an erraticperformance by the World Cup champions recurve team, theIndian archers made the semi-finals in all the four teamevents of the Commonwealth Games at Yamuna Sports Complex heretoday. more...
New Delhi, Oct 6 (PTI) India's K Ravi Kumar created a newCommonwealth Games record with a total lift of 321kgs as hegrabbed gold in the 69-kg category in the weightliftingcompetition here today. more...
New Delhi, Oct 6 (ANI): India's ace tennis star Sania Mirza entered the women's singles quarter finals of the of the XIXth Commonwealth Games today with a comfortable 6-0, 6-2 win over Brittany Teei from the Cook Islands. more...
New Delhi, Oct 6 (ANI): Indian tennis star Somdev Devvarman entered the men's singles quarterfinals with a thumping 6-0 6-1 win over unseeded Sri Lankan Amresh Jayawickreme in the second round of the tennis competition of the XIXth Commonwealth Games today. more...
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) India's Somdev Devvaraman stormed into the men's singles quarter-finals with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Sri Lankan Amresh Jayawickreme in the tennis competition at the Commonwealth Games here Wednesday. more...
Somdev Devvarman breezed into the men's singles quarterfinals with a thumping win over Sri Lankan Amresh Jayawickreme at the Commonwealth Games. more...
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Leading lights of tennis doubles Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi capped a successful day for the Indians at the Commonwealth Games tennis competition entering the quarter-finals with a comfortable 6-3, 6-3 victory over Sri Lanka's Amresh Jayawickreme and Thangarajah Dineshkanthan Tuesday. more...
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) India's experienced pair of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi moved into the men's doubles quarterfinals of the Commonwealth Games tennis with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Sri Lanka's Thangarajah Dineshkanthan and Amresh Jayawickreme here Tuesday. more...
The first half of Monday at the Yamuna Sports Complex was rather smooth for India's women table tennis team. They began their cam- paign at the Commonwealth Games with a convincing 3-0 win against Sri more...
Premier Anna Bligh is currently in Delhi lobbying to bring the 2018 Commonwealth Games to the Gold Coast. The ABC (Bligh pitches Gold Coast bid to Games federation) […] 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...
: New Zealand were committed to competing at next month's Delhi Commonwealth Games but would have no hes- itation pulling out if any secu- rity concerns were raised, team management said on Monday. more...
New Zealand were committed to competing at next month's Delhi Commonwealth Games but would have no hesitation pulling out if any security concerns were raised, team management said on Monday. more...
New Zealand were committed to competing at next month's Delhi Commonwealth Games but would have no hesitation pulling out if any security concerns were raised, team management said on Monday. more...
New Zealand were committed to competing at CWG but would have no hesitation pulling out if any security concerns were raised, team management said. more...
New Zealand were committed to competing at CWG but would have no hesitation pulling out if any security concerns were raised, team management said. more...
Delhi police commissioner YS Dadwal is expected to give a presentation on the deployment of security personnel, traffic management and contingency plan for emergency. more...
Dambulla (Sri Lanka), Aug 15 (PTI) Controversy andcorruption-plagued they might be but Indian cricket captainMahendra Singh Dhoni today hoped that the Delhi CommonwealthGames in October will earn "goodwill" for the country. 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...
Security heads of 31 participating nations, including Pakistan, will take stock on Thursday of the security in Commonwealth Games village and venues where a four-layer protection will be provided during the fortnight-long mega sporting event here in October. more...
Security is the prime concern ahead of next year's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi due to the tense situation in the region, organisers said on Wednesday. more...
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Taking note of terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan, Delhi Police Commissioner Y.S. Dadwal Tuesday said his force would provide full security to Commonwealth Games scheduled in the national capital. more...