Commonwealth Games India 2010

• DDA comes under attack for Games Village mess

  The Delhi Government on Monday appeared to blame the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for the mess surrounding the Commonwealth Games Village and the capital's developer also came under scathing attack at a meeting convened by the Cabinet Secretary on Sunday night.

• Air India offers special schemes, flights for CWG

  In a bid to cash-in on the extra traffic expected during the Commonwealth Games, state-run Air India has offered two special schemes to its passengers flying out of Delhi.

• I would go to Delhi CWG: New Zealand PM

  New Zealand's Olympic Committee might be undecided but the country's Prime Minister John Key on Friday said had he been an athlete he would have definitely gone to the Delhi Commonwealth Games despite the messy build-up to the event.

• Caster Semenya looks to bounce back at Delhi

  Caster Semenya, the women's 800m world champion battling back from a sex-test controversy, will be central to South Africa's medal hopes at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.

• NZ to decide on CWG participation in next 24 hours

  They have already delayed the departure to Delhi and it would be another 24 hours before New Zealand take a final call on whether to participate in the troubled Commonwealth Games or become the first country to pull out altogether.

• We were not shown living area, says New Zealand

  New Zealand chef de mission Dave Currie on Friday claimed that the Commonwealth Games organisers bluffed the Kiwi officials into believing that all was well at the athletes village by showing them a model tower during previous recce visits to Delhi.

• Controversy-hit CWG inspires cartoon exhibition

  The controversy-marred run up to the Delhi Commonwealth Games has inspired a noted cartoonist to display an exhibition to be inaugurated by Senior BJP leader L K Advani.

• Unhappy with CWG Village, Kiwis may stay in Singapore

  New Zealand on Thursday delayed the departure of its Commonwealth Games athletes because accommodation in New Delhi did not meet hygiene or safety standards, the country's Games chief said.

• Sheila Dikshit, Now in Charge of CWG Village

  A day after her government was directed by Union Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar to take charge of the Commonwealth Games village, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday took stock of maintenance and cleanliness facilities at the complex.

• UK varsity staff, students to be volunteers in CWG

  A group of 14 students, including three Indians, and the staff of a United Kingdom university will act as volunteers in the upcoming Commonwealth Games to be held in the capital from October 3.

• Ignored, Rathore lashes out at NRAI

  Athens Olympic silver medalist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Wednesday lashed out at the National Rifle Shooting Association of India (NRAI) for leaving him out of the Commonwealth Games squad on the basis of "unfair selection policy".

• List of top athletes opting out of Delhi Games

  Many top athletes have decided to skip next month's troubled Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, citing either fatigue, injury or security fears.

• Wales gives India deadline to fix facilities

  The Commonwealth Games team for Wales gave the organisers in New Delhi until late Wednesday to confirm that accommodation and venues are "fit for purpose", in the latest blow to the troubled event.

• OC yet to provide accreditation to majority of medical force

  With less than 11 days to go for the Commonwealth Games, the Organising Committee is yet to provide accreditation to majority of the specialised medical workforce to be deployed for the sporting extravaganza.

• Organisers to face tough questions as Fennell arrives

  The embattled organisers of the scandal-marred Commonwealth Games will have a lot of explaining to do to their international boss Michael Fennell when he arrives on Thursday on the opening of the much-criticised Athletes' Village.