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Aussies arrive in Delhi for CWG
The first batch of Australian athletes for the Commonwealth Games arrived early on Monday morning hoping to remain unaffected by the troubled build-up to the event.
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September 27, 2010 4:46
CWG Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi says most athletes are happy with the Games Village and all problems have been sorted out. He also says the village, which he claims is 80% complete, is better than any other in the world.
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September 27, 2010 1:26
With just a week to go for the Commonwealth Games, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit has told NDTV that the flats at the Athletes Village would be ready soon and that the situation was improving by the hour. She, however, refused to commit to a deadline.
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September 27, 2010 1:30
South African High Commissioner Harris Mbulelo Mejeke, who created a sensation by claiming that a snake was found inside his country's residential block at the CWG Village, did a quick flip-flop a few hours later and said that facilities had improved and that he was impressed by the great work being put in to get the complex ready.
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September 27, 2010 0:08
The English team, which had checked into hotels last week complaining of filthy conditions at the Games Village, has now started moving into the complex. A statement said support staff would be the first occupants "to ensure that conditions continue to be on track" for the athletes.
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September 27, 2010 0:58
Pakistan High Commissioner Shahid Malik told the media in New Delhi that Pakistan has no special concerns regarding the Games and is hopeful that its athletes would be looked after well.
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September 27, 2010 0:22
Gary Lunn, Canada's sports minister, has called up his Indian counterpart MS Gill and said his country is not worried at all by international media reports on CWG, Delhi. He said Canada too had seen such problems before the Vancouver Games and was confident they would be overcome.
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September 23, 2010 27:35
Commonwealth Games Federation CEO Mike Hooper has been a busy man of late, giving many tv interviews. His latest was to Television New Zealand slamming preparations at the Games Village. In an interview to NDTV last week, he had lashed out at Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi.
