We've lost Commonwealth Games home advantage: Malhotra [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 7, Hits: 170]
Thanks to the inordinate delays in readying the stadiums for next year's Commonwealth Games...
New Delhi | India
Updated On: 11/5/2009
Tags: Commonwealth Games, Senior Vice President Of Indian Olympic Association, Vijay Kumar Malhotra, Delhi Government, Bjp Leader, Hamper Construction Work, Acts Of Omission And Commission, Archery Association Of India, Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Nehru Stadium, Politician-cum-sports Administrator, Sports Minister M S Gill, Sports Authority Of India, Comptroller And Auditor General
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Holding of major events before Commonwealth Games annoys Gill [Vote Average: 2, Total Votes: 10, Hits: 325]
Sports Minister MS Gill, on Saturday, lashed out at national Federations for overburdening the government by hosting mega events...
New Delhi | India
Updated On: 8/30/2009
Tags: Sports Minister MS Gill, National Federations, Mega events, Hockey World Cup, Shooting World Cup, Commonwealth Games, Four-nation hockey tournament, Major Dhyanchand birthday, National Sports Day, World events, Stadiums, National Stadium, Commonwealth championship, Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range, Wrestling Federation of India, Commonwealth Wrestling event, Jalandhar, Asian Games and Olympic-bound athletes, International tournaments, Indian Weightlifting Federation, Training camp for lifters, Sports Authority of India
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Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) defies swine flu threat to hold Commonwealth Games camp in Pune [Vote Average: 2, Total Votes: 20, Hits: 984]
The federation decided to hold the 27-day special camp in Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex at Balewadi on the outskirts of Pune...
Pune | India
Updated On: 8/28/2009
Tags: Swine flu threat, Table Tennis Federation of India, Commonwealth Games, Training camp in Pune, Special camp, Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex at Balewadi, Epi-center of H1N1 viral pandemic, Sports Authority of India, 2010 Delhi Games, TTFI technical committee chairman Dhanraj Choudhary, Prakash Tulpule, Secretary of Maharashtra Table Tennis Association, Cinema hall, Stadium complex, National Rifle Association of India, Special coaching programme in North Korea, Olympian paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal, Germany
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Insurance still not in place for Commonwealth Games trainees [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 15, Hits: 248]
Insurance cover for athletes is still being discussed in the upper echelons of the Sports Authority of India.
New Delhi | India
Updated On: 8/11/2009
Tags: Insurance Cover for Athletes, Central Government, Commonwealth Games 2010, Sports Authority of India, Baljit Singh, Sports ministry, Government agency, Insurance agencies, Medical insurance, State government, Sportsperson, Coaches, Support staff in core group, CWG steering committee, New Delhi
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Commonwealth Games village to be ready by March 2010: Ministry [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 44, Hits: 906]
Legal tangles might have caused some delay but more than half of the construction work at the 2010 Commonwealth Games village in New Delhi...
New Delhi | India
Updated On: 8/7/2009
Tags: Commonwealth Games village New Delhi, Construction work, Commonwealth Games 2010, Sports Ministry, Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports, Pratik Prakashbapu Patil, Lok Sabha, CWG Organizing Committee, Lt Governor and Chief Minister, Delhi, Co-ordination Committee, Yamuna river, Delhi High Court, Supreme Court, Sports Authority of India, Delhi Development Authority, Government of NCT of Delhi, University of Delhi, Competition Venues, Planning Commission, NDMC and MCD, SAI centers, Sports training facilities
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No shuttlecocks! India cancel National Camp [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 2382, Hits: 3691]
Bird flu in China were hindering imports...

Updated On: 2/7/2008
Tags: Sports Authority Of India, Badminton Association Of India, Olympics, Ratan Watal, China, Bird Flu, Ho Chi Minh City News, Japan, Pakistan, Thomas Cup, Vietnam
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