By Tom Degun in New Delhi September 30 – Athletes at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony will march into Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium ahead of the display before sitting down to enjoy the entire spectacle for the first time ever.

Kate Walsh, captain of the England women’s hockey team, added: "The opening ceremony will be a

By Tom Degun in New Delhi September 28 - Kumari Selja, the Indian Tourism Minister, has blamed disastrously poor ticket sales for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games on negative media coverage surrounding the event.

blue-ribbon Commonwealth Games events, such as athletics, are now set to feature vast empty stands, although hockey

Men’s and Women’s ice hockey - At the Magness Arena at Denver University, capacity 8,000

seat Denver Olympic Oval, near the Denver University campus and the home of the DU Pioneers WCHA ice hockey

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year September 26 - Milkha Singh, India's best-known athlete, has claimed that officials should stop being dictated to by foreign competitors over conditions in the Athletes Village that has been built for the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.

night in the accommodation to determine whether conditions were suitable for the 48 athletes from the hockey

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year September 26 - New Zealand are leading the criticism as the recriminations begin from the problems affecting Delhi's preparations for the Commonwealth Games but in the process have upset the country's former Olympics chief Mike Hooper (pictured left).

team for a week to look at each site," said Maister, who won an Olympic gold as part of New Zealand's hockey

By Tom Degun September 25 - All 71 countries eligible to compete plan to compete at the Commonwealth Games but there remain concerns over the amount of work that still needs to be done in New Delhi, Mike Fennell admitted today.

Members of England’s men’s hockey and lawn bowls teams arrived in Delhi yesterday but are

In the south zone, hockey and synchronised swimming facilities have been completed, along with a 13,000

By Tom Degun September 24 - Major worries earlier this week that the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games may not go ahead due to the appalling condition of the Athlete' Village appear to have subsided as Scotland and New Zealand, who both delayed the arrival of their athletes in India, announced that they will compete in the event.

Members of England’s men’s hockey and lawn bowls teams arrived in Delhi today, where they

By Tom Degun September 23 - Commonwealth Games England and its 17 member sports tonight "unanimously" agreed that they will go to New Delhi for the Commonwealth Games.

The first England team athletes, including he hockey teams, flew out to Delhi tonight.

By Tom Degun September 22 – The current turmoil in New Delhi will not tarnish the "Commonwealth Brand", it has been claimed by Al Hamilton (pictured right), the founder of the Commonwealth Games Sports Awards.

Outstanding Young Achiever - a prize for athletes under 18-years-old - while the England’s men’s hockey

By Mike Rowbottom in London September 22 - England’s participation in the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in New Delhi was provisionally confirmed tonight, although high level assurances are still being sought that the venues will be clean, complete and safe for competitors.

Hunter continues to prepare for the arrival of the first 22 athletes from lawn bowls and men’s hockey

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year September 20 - Sochi 2014 has signed a new $40 million (£26 million) deal with insurance company OSAO Ingosstrakh, who have become a Tier Two sponsor of the Olympics and Paralympics, extending a partnership with the Games that stretches back to the last time Russia hosted the event 30 years ago.

a three-time Olympic gold medallist and ten timeworld champion, who is now President of the Russian Hockey

For the Russian Hockey Federation it is particularly exciting given the firm’s longstanding commitment

to Russian sport and its sponsorship of the Russian ice hockey team.

"In partnership with Ingosstrakh the Russian Ice Hockey Federation are supporting veterans and encouraging

youth development in hockey in general and, therefore, the health of the nation.

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year September 20 - New Delhi will be safe during the Commonwealth Games, which is due to open next month, Indian officials have promised after fresh security fears were sparked by a gun attack.

" Ric Charlesworth, the coach of Australia men's hockey team, who used to live in Delhi, admitted

is a big place," said Charlesworth, formerly a technical coach of the Indian men's and women's hockey

"We had all of this before the World Cup [hockey tournament in Delhi] when there was all sorts of

September 17 - There have been major changes at the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) led by the election as President of former Sports Minister Sani Ndanusa (pictured), a graduate of Loughborough University.

Ndanusa's election spearheaded a raft of changes at the NOC, including Nigeria's former hockey

By Tom Degun September 14 - Ann Cody (pictured), a Governing Board Member of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), revealed that she is honoured to be chosen as the Paralympics representative on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission that will assess the three cities bidding to host the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

of Sweden and includes newly-elected IOC members Angela Ruggiero of America, a four-time Olympic ice hockey

the IOC Athletes Commission representative, and Barry Maister of New Zealand, who won a gold medal in hockey