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German media shows interest in Delhi Commonwealth Games

Despite Germany being a non-participating nation in the CWG, its media is showing interest in the ...

Semenya bursts back to form in Milan

World 800 metres champion Caster Semenya boosted her preparations for next month`s Commonwealth Game...

Two more star athletes pull out from Delhi CWG

David Rudisha and Mohammed Farah became the latest to withdraw from the CWG.

Two top Indian cyclists fall victim to dengue

The Indian cycling contingent for Commonwealth Games suffered another blow after two top cyclists, S...

Lapierre still undecided on Delhi CWG

Australian Fabrice Lapierre`s flip-flop on his participation in Delhi Games continues.

Pistorius aims to qualify as able-bodied athlete for Delhi CWG

"The fastest man on no legs", triple paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius is aiming to qualify ...

Medal hopes in athletics very dim: Milkha Singh

Sprint legend Milka Singh feels India has very little chance of winning an athletics medal at the De...

Aussie sports administrators back SMAM

Australian consultancy firm SMAM, whose contract was terminated by the Delhi Commonwealth Games or...

Arjuna awardee wrestler wonders why Delhi is hosting CWG

Arjuna award winning wrestler Sokhender Tomar today came out against Commonwealth Games in the capit...

India not prepared to hold CWG: Ashok Kumar

With a series of scam allegations rocking the build-up to Commonwealth Games, former India hockey ca...

Kalmadi unveils CWG medals, hopes windfall for Indians

Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi on Friday unveiled the victory medallions for the Commo...

Delhi Games timing is off-season for swimming: Canada coach

Canada’s 200m breaststroke world record holder Annamay Pierse and coach Pierre Lafontaine feel the t...

All deals related to CWG should be made public: Gill

Sports Minister M S Gill promised to take “prompt and appropriate” against corruption cases in the C...

Pak Olympian to appeal against doping ban

A PakistanI Olympian, Sadaf Siddiqui, has decided to challenge a two-year ban imposed on her for fai...

Only 22 Namibian athletes eligible for Delhi C`wealth Games

With less than three months left before the kick-off of the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, Namib...

CWG media comm takes stock of media centre preparedness

The Delhi Commonwealth Games media committee met at the OC headquarters and took a stock of the prog...

CWG Opening ceremony row resolved in GoM meeting

The row over timing of the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony was resolved on Saturday with the G...

Queen’s Baton Relay to arrive in Kerala on August 26

The Queen’s Baton Relay (QBR) will arrive in Kerala on August 26 as part of the 19th edition of Comm...

Ghosal turns selective before Delhi CWG

With eyes firmly set on Commonwealth Games, India’s ace squash player Saurav Ghosal has decided to c...

Delhi Police finalises ‘crises management plan’ for CWG

The Delhi Police has made each major games venue the responsibility of a senior official to ensure q...

BBC to broadcast Delhi Commonwealth Games

The British Broadcasting Corporation today announced that it would show the 2010 Commonwealth Games ...

Sports ministry reviews preparedness of shooting venue

The Sports Ministry on Thursday reviewed the preparedness of shooting range at CRPF campus in Kaderp...

Aamir Khan, Javed Akhtar for CWG

Bollywood star Aamir Khan and lyricist Javed Akhtar will be among a host of celebrities promoting th...

CGF confident of safe and successful Delhi Games: Hooper

CGF CEO Mike Hooper assured the concerned foreign athletes by saying the security planning for the C...

Spl bus fleet, Metro station-stadia shuttle service during CWG

A special DTC bus fleet, shuttle services from Metro stations to stadia and free travel in public ...

Tennis Australia cites stolen CWG security plan for pull-out

Tennis Australia claimed that security plans for October’s Commonwealth Games in New Delhi were stol...

Bolt set to skip Delhi Games, says agent

The Delhi Commonwealth Games doesn`t feature in Usain Bolt`s list of priorities and the fastest man...

Hewitt unlikely for Delhi Commonwealth Games

Even though Australia pledged to send its largest ever contingent for 2010 Commonwealth Games, forme...

Decision about participation in CWG next year: Bolt

Undecided about his participation in the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, Olympic and world champion s...

Team Eng allay fears of mass exodus after athletes pull out

Swimming star Rebecca Adlington has confirmed her participation in 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games but...

GoM takes stock of CWG progress, discusses ceremonies

A day after CGF President Michael Fennell’s criticism over delay in construction of venues, the Grou...

Archers sweat it out to compete in the CWG

Indian archers are undergoing extensive training at the Tata Archery Centre in Jamshedpur to compete...

I am not sidelined, I won`t quit: Suresh Kalmadi

Commonwealth Games Organising Commitee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi insists that he was not being sideli...

Queen’s Baton travels to 2012 London Olympic sites

The Queen’s Baton on Saturday passed through different venues of 2012 London Olympics Games in Newha...

Delhi Games preparation not to miss deadline: Kalmadi

Brushing aside concerns that 2010 Commonwealth Games preparation may miss deadline, Organising Commi...

Govt doubles C`wealth Games budget to Rs 1,620cr

The government raised the budget for the 2010 Commonwealth Games by Rs 853 crores on Thursday.

OC has the full support of PM, Fennell: Kalmadi

Orgainsing Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi claimed they had the full backing of CGF President Mich...

CGF, Delhi Games organiser agree to resolve differences

The 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games organiser and its parent body CGF, who have been engaged in a bit...

`Commonwealth Games Express` to tour the country from Nov

The Railways will run a special train from November to raise awareness at the grassroots level abo...

PM takes stock of Commonwealth projects; asks for fine tuning

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today directed the Sports Ministry to fine-tune coordination among var...

Dikshit meets PM on Commonwealth Games

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and briefed him about ...

New Delhi urged to face up to ‘enormous’ Games challenges

The head of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) believes there are “enormous” challenges facing ...

Australia plans to send largest contingent for Delhi CWG

Australia plans to send its largest ever contingent for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi despite...

Delhiites need to change for CWG: PC

Chidambaram said that people of Delhi should undergo behavioural change before 2010 Commonwealth Gam...

CWG’10 experience gathering opportunity: Rugby captain

India Rugby captain Nasser Hussain is not eyeing any medal in the 2010 Commonwealth Games, but insis...

All Commonwealth Games projects on course: Jaipal Reddy

Seeking to allay apprehensions about organising the Commonwealth Games, Urban Development Minister S...

Sodhi trying to peak at right time for mega events

Double trap shooter Ronjan Singh Sodhi, who had missed the wild card for 2008 Beijing Olympics, s...

Delhi Commonwealth Games to be best ever: Kalmadi

The 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi will be "best ever" with the prime minister rolling out a massi...

CWG Village to be ready by March 2010: Sports Ministry

Legal tangles might have caused some delay but more than half of the construction work at the Comm...

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