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Coast needs games state can't affordHerald SunALMOST $3 million per athlete – that's how much the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games will cost Queensland taxpayers. Whether they are a Swaziland swimmer or a Tuvaluan triathlete, they will cost Queenslanders an average of $2.93 million each for the …Cost-benefit analysis of 2018 Commonwealth GamesABC Online (blog)2018 [...] more...
Black Mark for Can-DoCourier MailDUMPED: Former swimmer Mark Stockwell has been axed as chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee. Picture: Tim Marsden Source: The Sunday Mail (Qld) THE Ear delivers the week's best sports gossip, including why Mark Stockwell got the boot … more...
Sydney Morning HeraldNewman tight-lipped over dropping Games chairman StockwellABC LocalPremier Campbell Newman will not say why the chairman of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games committee, Mark Stockwell, has been sacked. Mr Stockwell, a former Olympic and Commonwealth Games swimmer, led the bid to secure the 2018 Games.Minister to explain Stockwell Games axingABC OnlineGold Coast Games [...] more...
Telegraph.co.ukLondon 2012 Watch: Thorpedo's dream of Olympic return sinksDaily MailBy Neil Wilson Ian Thorpe, Australia's greatest-ever swimmer, is out of this year's Olympic Games but he could still be coming to Britain for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The five-time Olympic champion's bid to come back from five years in …Thorpe has no regretsSports [...] more...
24 Hours VancouverKeeping her head above waterToronto Sun(CARMINE MARINELLI/ QMI Agency) About a week after returning home from the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, Vancouver swimmer Annamay Pierse woke up feeling as though she had been run over by a truck. That was about a year-and-a-half ago.Pierse keeping her head above waterLondon Free Pressall [...] more...
NADA reveals list of drugs with MHATimes of India(AFP Photo) NEW DELHI: India's preparation in the lead-up to the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games had received a major jolt with no less than 12 athletes, which included swimmers, weightlifters and wrestlers, testing positive for Methylhexaneamine (MHA).and more » more...
Commonwealth Games 2010: Rebecca Adlington catches gold fever in India poolThe only ailment swimmer picked up in New Delhi was London 2012 bug.Read mo... Read story more...
Stuff.co.nzMedal haul spurs Olympic goalStuff.co.nzChristchurch's Sophia Batchelor has returned home from a successful Youth Commonwealth Games in the Isle of Man, with a bundle of medals and an eye to the future. A 12-week break from top-level competition will give the 16-year-old Aquagym swimmer a …Canty swimmers return with medal haulThe Pressall 3 news articles » more...
Commonwealth Games 2010: Rebecca Adlington catches gold fever in India poolThe only ailment swimmer picked up in New Delhi was London 2012 bug.Read mo... Read story more...
Para swimmer Prasanta Karmakar, who created history at the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games last year, said he feels cheated as the West Bengal government failed to fulfil its promise to give him a job. more...
A civil court judge has ordered swimmer Nick D'Arcy to pay at least 180,000 Australian dollars ($190,000) in damages to former Commonwealth Games champion Simon Cowley, who was injured in a bar room fight in 2008. more...
Hereford Swimmer Patrick Blake setting his sights on Commonwealth Games in GlasgowHereford TimesThe 18-year-old has set his sights on representing England at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014. Patrick, from Burghill, is the City of Hereford Swimming Club's sole competitor at British National level. Hereford's head coach, Alex Dallimore, …and more » more...
BBC News Jersey picks its team for the Commonwealth Youth GamesBBC NewsSeven of Jersey's best young sportsmen and women have been chosen to represent the island at the upcoming Commonwealth Youth Games. Five swimmers and two athletes will represent the island in the Isle of Man in September. …Cast iron Will is a regular pick for [...] more...
3News NZ Swimmers will have eye on the OlympicsStuff.co.nzCOACH: Wellington's Commonwealth Games medallist Gareth Kean will have his coach Gary Hurring on board at a major meet for the first time at the world championships in Shanghai. Leaving behind the turmoil surrounding their national governing body, …NZ swim team eyes World Championships3News NZall 6 news articles » more...
Michael Jamieson sets sights on Glasgow 2014 'fairytale'TheSportsCampus.comWith just over three years until the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games begin, Scottish swimmer Michael Jamieson has spoken about his excitement for a home Commonwealth Games, in a blog for the Glasgow 2014 website. Fresh from his double-gold medal …and more » more...
Solid day for SMAC at Commonwealth GamesStaunton News LeaderShenandoah Marlins Aquatic Club swimmer Tate Snyder followed up a super first day at the Coventry Commonwealth Games swim meet with an equally superior effort Saturday. The 10-year-old won the boys' 9-10 division 50-meter breaststroke with a time of …Games' 2nd day comes to a close; SMAC [...] more...
THE secret to losing weight is eating grapes, says Australian swimmer Geoff Huegill. The multiple Olympic and Commonwealth Games medallist made an amazing comeback to his sport at the […] more...
By Jes Lothman -- During October, the Commonwealth Games were played in New Delhi, India. These games similar in spirit to the Olympics but competing teams, like South […] more...
Also known as the Commonwealth Games, which were held in New Delhi this October. But when did disaster come to be a synonym for the Indian government? From incredible […] more...
Being the wannnabe sports journalist that I am, I was thrilled to find that a sports feature-ish article I wrote, made it to the back of the newspaper. Thus […] more...
Canadian gripes against the Delhi Commonwealth Games don`t seem to be over yet even though the sports extravaganza ended more than a fortnight ago. more...
Canadian gripes against the Delhi Commonwealth Games don't seem to be over yet even though the sports extravaganza ended more than a fortnight ago. more...
Toronto, Oct 30 (IANS) Canadian gripes against the Delhi Commonwealth Games don't seem to be over yet even though the sports extravaganza ended more than a fortnight ago. more...
Kolkata, Oct 28 (PTI) Para swimmer Prasanta Karmakar hasbeen showered with the long-due awards and accolades by hishome state Kolkata following his stupendous success at theCommonwealth Games but the athlete still feels snubbed by thestate authorities. more...
TWO-time Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington has backed Grimsby's Kate Haywood to repeat her Commonwealth Games heroics at the London 2012 Olympics. Haywood revealed she will now wave goodbye to […] more...
SG posing with Commonwealth Games 2010 logo, originally uploaded by ComSec. It has been nearly a week since Delhi's hosting of the Commonwealth Games 2010 has concluded. It […] more...
BEFORE the Commonwealth Games began, the international media and the India press threw the spotlight on the shortcomings in New Delhi. Various international teams played to that tune, but […] more...
Wellington, Oct 16 (IANS) New Zealand swimmer Daniel Bell, sent home from the Commonwealth Games for having beer, has been defended by his father as a focused young man, a media report said Saturday. more...
Melbourne, Oct 16 (PTI) She went to Delhi in anonymitybut five medals at the Commonwealth Games have made swimmerAlicia Coutts a household name in Australia now. more...
You will probably all have watched the swimming events during the recent Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Midlothian Swimming Club was represented at the Games by Sean Fraser, who many […] more...
Kolkata, Oct 13 (PTI) The West Bengal Government wouldfelicitate the 10 Commonwealth Games medallists from the stateand award them with Rs 5 lakh for Gold, Rs 3 lakh for Silverand Rs 2 lakh for Bronze, Sports Minister Kanti Ganguly saidhere today. more...
England is struggling to overhaul India for second place on the Commonwealth Games medal tally as leaders Australia claim superiority across most sports including the pool. more...
British Swimming has promised the Home Nations' competitors who succumbed to Delhi belly last week that it will have their "interests at heart" when it reviews performance-related pay. more...
The Racism slur has become the latest controversy to hit the already-troubledCommonwealth Games with at least three such incidents since the mega-event got underway last Sunday.South African […] more...
It has been learnt that Bhanot has been stripped off his decision making powers by OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi on the insistence of Games boss Mike Fennell. more...
Amidst allegations of contaminated water in swimming pools of Commonwealth Games venues,games Federation President Mike Fennell has rubbished all such reports and said that the swimming events were perfectly successful. more...
Being the host of the Youth Olympic Games 2010, Singaporeans should have known better than to be late to register for their finals in the Commonwealth Games […] more...
Bags of unused tickets had to be carted off to the dump on Friday, while organisers owned up to a major communications blunder as theCommonwealth Games remained beset […] more...
Leisel Jones etched herself on to the list of Australian swimming greats with her 10th Commonwealth Games gold medal on Saturday to become the joint most successful athlete in the 80 years of the multi-sport event. more...
Reports of upset stomachs at the Commonwealth Games village in the Indian capital show that even highly protected athletes are not immune to the infamous "Delhi belly." Organisers […] more...
South African swimmer Roland Schoeman had yesterday condemned crowd antics describing them like "monkeys", while an English official used an expletive against Indian archery head coach Limba Ram in two different incidents. more...
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) The Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Saturday issued an advisory to presenters and volunteers at venues to check unruly crowds in the stands after a South African swimmer accused Indian spectators of behaving like 'monkeys'. more...
Delhi rocked by 'monkey' racism claimsBy Fazny ZavahirNEW DELHI — Delhi's troubled Commonwealth Games was plunged into a racism storm on Saturday after South African swimmer Roland Schoeman […] more...
Bags of unused tickets had to be carted off to the dump on Friday, while organisers owned up to a major communications blunder as the Commonwealth Games remained beset by problems at the halfway stage. more...
C'Wealth Games organising committee secretary general Lalit Bhanot was today left embarrassed at the daily press briefing here after misinterpreting a question on reports of a South African swimmer calling Indian spectators "monkeys". more...
A rash of Delhi belly cases has laid low as many as 50 international swimmers, here to compete at the Commonwealth Games. The unusually large number of complaints has […] more...
The old and new of Australian swimming were at their brilliant best on Friday as Leisel Jones won yet another Commonwealth Games gold and 15-year-old Yolane Kukla claimed her […] more...
Australian teenager Yolane Kukla made history on Friday when she became the youngest person to win a Commonwealth Games swim- ming gold since 2000. The teenager - aged just 15 and nine days - won gold more...
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has promised an immediate investigation into the water quality at the Delhi Games swimming venue following reports of swimmers falling sick. (For Slideshow: Commonwealth Games […] more...
Bags of unused tickets had to be carted off to the dump on Friday, while organisers owned up to a major communications blunder as the Commonwealth Games remained beset by problems at the halfway stage. more...
Australia's 4x100m freestyle team of, from left, Alicia Coutts, Felicity Galvez, Emily Seebohm and Marieke Guehrer celebrate their win at the Commonwealth Games in India. Quite a good results […] more...
Former world champion Nathan Robertson, came to the defence of the beleaguered Commonwealth Games, dismissing all talk of it being poorly organised. more...
Commonwealth Games 2010: What's going wrong in Delhi today?Empty stands, blocked lavatories, collapsing scoreboards, vomiting swimmers and striking officials – it's been a shocking few days for Commonwealth […] more...
The 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi opened on Sunday night. ITV Wales Dean Thomas is following the Welsh team out there – you can catch up on the latest […] more...
Commonwealth Games Federation chief Michael Fennell today expressed disappointment at the "major communication blunder" which led to modification of results in the controversial women's 100m final last night. more...
New Delhi: Amid reports that the Commonwealth Games swimming pool in Delhi may be contaminated, the organisers were today left red-faced with the 'Big Two' […] more...
New Delhi: Amid reports that the Commonwealth Games swimming pool in Delhi may be contaminated, the organisers were today left red-faced with the 'Big Two' Michael […] more...
RANDALL IS TWICE THE BRIDESMAID JENNA RANDALL is now twice the bridesmaid at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi - but England's synchronised swimmer couldn't be happier. Read more on […] more...
After a pompous start and four days of good show, the Delhi Games suddenly plunges into crisis. A horde of swimmers has fallen sick and the pool water is being blamed for it. more...
Up to 15 Commonwealth Games swimmers on the England and Australian teams have a stomach virus potentially caused by the quality of water at the aquatics centre in […] more...
: Two Australian swimmers pulled out of com- petition and South Africa topped Thursday's honours, winning two out of five gold on offer. Australia, England and Canada won a gold apiece. Ernest Stoe more...
Halsall was visibly unwell when receiving her 100m freestyle bronze Commonwealth Games officials are to investigate whether the quality of the water in the practice pool is […] more...
Chaos ruled again at the troubled Delhi Commonwealth Games on Thursday when Australian Sally Pearson was disqualified for a false start three hours after crossing the line first in the women's 100 metres. more...
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Commonwealth Games organisers launched an investigation into the water quality at the troubled event's pool on Thursday after reports that over 50 swimmers had […] more...
Commonwealth Games Federation President Michael Fennell on Thursday said that an immediate investigation would be launched into the water quality at the Delhi Games swimming venue following reports of swimmers falling sick. more...
Amidst NDTV reports that the Commonwealth Games swimming pool in Delhi may be contaminated, the organisers were today left red-faced with the 'Big Two' Michael Fennell and Suresh […] more...
Amidst NDTV reports that the Commonwealth Games swimming pool in Delhi may be contaminated, the organisers were today left red-faced with the 'Big Two' Michael Fennell and Suresh […] 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...
Holy friggin Ganges Batman. Seems the source of Delhi Belly sweeping athletes at the Commonwealth Games in India is coming from the pool! More than 50 swimmers are […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 7 (ANI): Confusion surrounds whether food at the Commonwealth Games village or contaminated water in the swimming pool is the reason behind a host of athletes reporting sick. more...
Melbourne, Oct 7 (IANS) Over a dozen Australian swimmers have fallen sick, and two of them have pulled out of their events Thursday. An official said the illness 'seems quite isolated to the swim team at the moment'. more...
Uganda's Moses Kipsiro took the first athletics gold of the Commonwealth Games after workers triumphed in their own desperate race to repair the track and get the infield ready at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. more...
Swimmer Fran Halsall ignored a dose of 'Delhi Belly' to win a shock women's 50 metre butterfly gold and kick-start England's Commonwealth Games Ashes battle with rivals Australia on Tuesday. more...
Jason Dunford of Kenya has upstaged the Commonwealth Games record holder in the men's 50-meter butterfly to qualify fastest for the semifinals at the Commonwealth Games. more...
The organising committee of the 19th Commonwealth Games fell short of excuses in addressing the problems dogging the event on the opening day as they committed to sort out the issues by tomorrow. more...
Athletes at the Commonwealth Games are battling a plague of Delhi bugs as much as opponents with organisers forced to blanket venues with a pungent insecticide after an influx of insects. more...
New Delhi, Oct 4 (PTI) Australians dominated the poolwith three gold today but two of their swimmers -- RobertHurley and Ryan Napoleon -- had suffered stomach upset afterhaving food at the Commonwealth Games village. more...
Our Hero Ross Davenport Swims Tomorrow In Delhi!!. Ross has been a great role model for all the swimmers here in Derby and comes back to support us […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 4 (PTI) Swimmer Virdhawal Khade rued theabsence of proper infrastructure in the country after theIndian team of Khade, Aaron D'Souza, Arjun Jayaprakash andAnshul Kothari finished a lowly sixth in the the 4x400mfreestyle relay at the Commonwealth Games here today. more...
Australia swimmers look to better their 2006 performance where they had won 53 medals including 19 gold; England aim to put up a stiff resistance. more...
New Delhi, Oct 3 (ANI): Australia's swimming head coach Leigh Nugent is confident of maintaining dominance of his team in the Delhi Commonwealth Games by overcoming the strong challenge posed by the English team. more...
ELHI: Swimming head coach Leigh Nugent is confident his team can repel the strong challenge of the English and maintain Australia's dominance in Commonwealth Games competition. England's swimmers have […] more...
What's an athlet without his kit and apparel? Just two day before curtains go up on the Commonwealth Games, sportspersons are grappling with the problem of oversize, undersize and, in some cases, abso more...
Sporting powerhouses Australia and England will have their second batch of athletes and officials checking in among the 1150 members who are set to land here on Wednesday for the October 3 to 14 Commonwealth Games. 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...
Apart from Saurabh Vij, the shot putter, no other ath- lete -- six wrestlers and two swimmers -- will be able to par- ticipate at the Commonwealth Games even though the World Anti-Doping Agency has al more...
The Australian swimming team was assured of fool-proof security during the Delhi Commonwealth Games at a briefing held in Kuala Lumpur Monday. But some of them might still […] more...
Melbourne, Sep 27 (ANI): Australian swimmer Ryan Napoleon is not concerned about security threats, and, is only worried about competing in the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games after spending thousands of dollars this month on a Court of Arbitration appeal against a three-month doping ban. more...
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Unfazed by the controversies surrounding the Commonwealth Games, champion swimmers Ashley Callus of Australia and England's Jenna Randall have said they will definitely travel to New Delhi and the problems there have not had a negative impact on them. more...
While everyone makes a last ditch scramble to save India's face and salvage the Games, things continue to fall apart. 1) Today, it was gold medalist boxer Akhil […] more...
Tapan Mohanta Kolkata, Sep 26 (PTI) India's biggest hope in swimming,Virdhawal Khade feels the counrty will deliver a goodCommonwealth Games despite the controversy-marred build-up tothe event. more...
London, Sept 26 (ANI): Olympic stars have reportedly backed British athletes' decision to go to India for the Commonwealth Games despite concerns over the poor facilities. 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...
Registering over 3000 votes as of writing, a poll on the site of UK newspaper The Guardian had nearly 58% of peo- ple saying the Games should be cancelled. The key word in internation- al media see more...
Bagging out the next big event to happen in (insert name of) your town is, in my experience, a fairly common thing to do. When the Olympics were […] more...
ollowing a successful run at the Pan Pacific Championships in California, Swimming Canada announced a 27-member strong squad for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games. World record holder Annamay Pierse more...
: Australian cyclist Richie Porte Thursday was forced to pullout from the Commonwealth Games as his Saxo Bank team denied him clearance to compete in the Oct 3-14 Games in New Delhi. Porte joins co more...
Australian swimmer Ryan Napoleon has been freed to take part in the Commonwealth Games after sport`s top tribunal ruled that a three-month suspension for use of a banned substance should be back-dated. more...
Australian swimmer Ryan Napoleon has been freed to take part in the Commonwealth Games after sport's top tribunal ruled that a three-month suspension for use of a banned substance should be back-dated more...
Australian swimmer Ryan Napoleon has been freed to take part in the Commonwealth Games after sport's top tribunal ruled that a three-month suspension for use of a banned substance should be back-dated. more...
It is a discipline which has never 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 ab 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...
Sports Minister MS Gill assured that all the venues for next month`s Commonwealth Games would be ready soon to welcome the sportspersons from 71 countries and territories. more...
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) The Swimming Federation of India (SFI) is going to make a case for leniency for Richa Mishra and Jyotsna Pansari, the two swimmers of the Commonwealth Games squad who tested positive for the banned stimulant methylhexanamine, considering their clean past record. more...
The 'B' samples of four athletes, including two Commonwealth Games-bound swimmers and a shot putter, on Wednesday returned positive for banned substance piling on the embarrassment to the country less than a month ahead of the Games here. more...
New Delhi, Sep 8 (PTI) The 'B' samples of four athletes,including two Commonwealth Games-bound swimmers and a shotputter, today returned positive for banned substance piling onthe embarrassment to the country less than a month ahead ofthe Games here. 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...
Australian swimmers have been given permission to abandon the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi if they are worried about their safety, a report said. more...
Melbourne, Sep 6 (PTI) Australian swimmers have beengiven permission to abandon the Commonwealth Games in NewDelhi if they are worried about their safety, a report said. more...
India’s sports chiefs said on Monday they were shocked at the growing number of dope offenders ahead of next month’s Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. Four wrestlers, a shot-putter […] more...
In what appears to be further bad news for Delhi's preparations for the Commonwealth Games, the MeT Department has said that heavy rains are likely to continue in […] more...
: Guess what is common between Britain's Prince Charles, Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed and Prince Albert of Monaco? They are set to be among a handful of for- eign leaders who will be grac- ing t more...
Just days after six wrestlers and two throwers tested positive for methylhexaneamine, three Indian swimmers, including two who were part of the national squad for next months Commonwealth Games, have failed the dope test. more...
The 21-year-old, a backstroke specialist, was on his way to the swimming pool for a morning practice session when he was intercepted by four unidentified men who attacked him with logs and sharp objects. more...
Chennai, Sep 5 (PTI) Commonwealth Games medal prospect,young Tamil Nadu swimmer M B Balakrishnan was today severelyinjured when some unidentified persons attacked him here. more...
Richa Mishra, along with fellow Commonwealth teammate Jyotsana Pansare and Amar Muralitharan, tested positive for methylhexaneamine, a stimulant banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency this year. more...
Embarrassment piled on India ahead of the next month's Commonwealth Games with three swimmers, two of them part of the country's team for the mega sporting event, flunking dope tests today. more...
The Swimming Federation of India today told the Bombay High Court that that selections of the Indian team for synchronized swimming are only for forthcoming Commonwealth Games and not for the Asian games. more...
Australia`s triple Olympic champion Leisel Jones said Friday she has no security or health concerns about competing at next month`s New Delhi Commonwealth Games. more...
: A day after HT reported on para-athlete Prasanta Karmakar's preparations for the Commonwealth Games, a Bangalore-based IT firm came forward to provide monetary assistance to three athletes ncluding more...
A national-level swimmer has moved the Bombay High Court after her name did not figure in the Indian squad. According to Mumbai-based Anoushka Merchant, the Swimming Federation of India had said th more...
Ace swimmer Rehan Poncha and top boxer Dinesh Kumar today said getting the coveted Arjuna Award just a month before the Commonwealth Games has boosted their confidence for a good show at the mega event. more...
Ace swimmer Rehan Poncha and top boxer Dinesh Kumar on Sunday said getting the coveted Arjuna Award just a month before the Commonwealth Games has boosted their confidence for a good show at the mega event. more...
Apart from weightlifters and wrestlers, swimmers, cyclists, and martial arts players would also go through the dope test before the Commonwealth Games. more...
Olympic champion Leisel Jones and former world champion Geoff Huegill will lead a 52-strong Australian swimming contingent, including 31 debutants, in the Delhi Commonwealth Games this October. more...
David Davies, David Roberts and Jazz Carlin are among the 16 swimmers named today in what has been described as Wales’ strongest ever swim squad to be sent […] more...
Lahore, Aug.27 (ANI): The Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has decided to conduct another dope test on wrestlers and weightlifters, who would be participating in the nineteenth Commonwealth Games scheduled to be held in New Delhi from October 3 to 14. more...
Olympic champion Leisel Jones and former world champion Geoff Huegill will lead a 52-strong Australian swimming contingent, including 31 debutants, in the Delhi Commonwealth Games this October. more...
Australian swimmer Ryan Napoleon hasbeen banned from competition for three months and will missOctober`s New Delhi Commonwealth Games, Swimming Australia(SA) said on Thursday. more...
Australian swimmer Ryan Napoleon has been banned from participating in the Delhi Commonwealth Games after testing positive for the substance Formoterol. more...
Sydney, Aug 26 (IANS) Australian swimmer Ryan Napoleon was banned from taking part in the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games Thursday after he failed a dope test. more...
Sydney, Aug 27 (ANI): Australian swimmer Ryan Napoleon has been banned from participating in the Delhi Commonwealth Games after testing positive for the banned substance Formoterol. more...
Australian swimmer Ryan Napoleon is set to miss the Delhi Games fol- lowing a three-month dop- ing ban even though FINA accepted that his failed test was not his fault. more...
Top swimmers would be looking to seal their place in the Commonwealth Games squad while vying for the top honours in the 64th Senior National Aquatic Championship. more...
Concerned about security in the Delhi Commonwealth Games, British swimmer Fran Halsall has asked her parents not to accompany her to India during the October 3-14 mega-event. more...
Four time world chess champion Vishwanathan Anand will be among the few sportpersons who will welcome the Queen`s Baton Relay for the XIX Commonwealth Games when it reaches Chennai on Friday. more...
Dawn Fraser has called on athletes to boycott the event but the Australian Commonwealth Games Association rejected her apprehensions insisting that the Indian capital would be safe and secure. more...
Australia's triple Olympic gold medallist Stephanie Rice will have shoulder surgery and miss the Commonwealth Games, the emotional swimmer said. more...
The former Australia swimmer Dawn Fraser has called for her country to boy- cott the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, citing fears of a tragedy similar to that which unfolded at the 1972 Olympic Games in more...
Four time world chess champion Vishwanathan Anand will be among the few sportpersons who will welcome the Queen's Baton Relay for the XIX Commonwealth Games when it reaches Chennai on Friday. Besides more...
Melbourne, Aug 19 (PTI) Australia's Olympic championswimmer Stephanie Rice will battle through the pain of ashoulder injury to compete in the Delhi Commonwealth Gamesthis October. more...
Olympic silver medalist cyclist Ross Edgar and star swimmer Hannah Miley were named in the 191-member Scotland squad, including 83 women athletes, for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Scotland athl more...
Glasgow (Scotland), Aug 18 (PTI) Olympic silver medallistcyclist Ross Edgar and star swimmer Hannah Miley were todaynamed in the 191-member strong Scotland squad, including 83women athletes, for the October 3-14 Commonwealth Games inDelhi. more...
Jaipur, Aug 18 (PTI) Absence of a foreign coach and lackof facilities at the newly-built swimming complex have leftSwimming Federation of India (SFI) worried about India's medalprospects in the sport at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. more...
Australian triple Olympic gold medallist swimmer Stephanie Rice has said skipping the Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi never entered her mind, even though she is considering […] more...
Commonwealth Games organizing committee chairperson Suresh Kalmadi on Saturday steered clear from taking responsibility for the mess unraveled by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) in its findings on infrastructure and construction projects. ‘‘The OC will not take over any stadium on August 1 if it is not complete,’’ he said. more...
In a freak accident, a diver was injured Tuesday at the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Swimming Complex during the National Federation Cup, a test event for the Commonwealth Games. more...