SPECIALS  »   Commonwealth Games: Is Delhi ready?

Truce between Fennell and Kalmadi Press Trust of India, Friday October 30, 2009, London The 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games organiser and its parent body CGF, who have been engaged in a bitter dispute over organisational matters, have decided to bury their differences and work together for the success of the Games. More»

Other Sports Dream come true moment for Bindra at QBR Press Trust of India, Thursday October 29, 2009, London Ace Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra's joy knew no bound after becoming the first baton-bearer of Thursday's Queen's baton relay for next year's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. More»

Other Sports Commonwealth Baton a blend of aesthetics and technology Press Trust of India, Thursday October 29, 2009, London The Queen's Baton for the 2010 Commonwealth Games is a delicate mix of aesthetics and technology with an in-built location tracking system and a camera capable of sending images to the Games website. More»

Queen's Baton Relay starts today NDTV Correspondent, Thursday October 29, 2009, London The 2010 Commonwealth Games begin their journey to New Delhi on Thursday as the Queen's Baton Relay kicks off in London later in the day. Eleven athletes from India will be part of the big show. Queen Elizabeth will hand over the Baton to President Pratibha Patil. While England will be represented by the legendary Lord Sebastian Coe, Katie Holmes, and Monty Panesar, India's bearers will be its three medallists from the Beijing Olympics, former cricket captain Kapil Dev and Sania Mirza among others. More»

2010 Games: Kalmadi's total surrender Barkha Dutt, Thursday October 22, 2009, New Delhi After a lot of tough talking, Suresh Kalmadi seems ready to make peace with the international organizers of the Commonwealth Games. In fact, Kalmadi, who is in charge of getting Delhi in shape for the Games, has dropped both the conditions he had earlier declared non-negotiable. More»

2010 Games: Sports minister as peace-broker Press Trust of India, Tuesday October 20, 2009, New Delhi Taking the first step towards brokering peace between the 2010 Organising Committee and the Commonwealth Games Federation, Sports Minister MS Gill on Tuesday met OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi to discuss the vexed issues that have hit the capital's preparation for the event. More»

Other Sports India rejects Big Brother committee NDTV Correspondent, Thursday October 15, 2009, New Delhi The Indian Olympic Association has rejected the Commonwealth Games Federation's plan to set up an independent monitoring panel to look into preparations for the 2010 games. More»

Prepartion for Games to be independently monitored: Fennel NDTV Correspondent, Monday October 12, 2009, New Delhi Preparation for the Commonwealth Games will be independently monitored. A high-level technical panel will review progress each month. Addressing a news conference on the preparedness of the Games, Commonwealth Games Federation chief Mike Fennel said that the new independent body will begin its work in January. More»

2010 Games: Lot of work ahead NDTV Correspondent, Thursday October 8, 2009, New Delhi If you want to know how behind we are in preparing for 2010 Commonwealth Games, here's an indicator, Scotland is hosting it in 2014 and they say they have done much, much more, than India has. More»

Games preparations: Delegates expected more? NDTV Correspondent, Thursday October 8, 2009, New Delhi Will Delhi pass the Games test this time? That's what many are asking as delegates from 71 member countries of the Commonwealth are inspecting the 2010 Games venues in Delhi on Thursday. But the delegates don't seem to be impressed with the preparations. "We expected India to do a lot more," says one delegate. More»