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New Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games Village to serve as COVID-19 vaccination facility

  • New Delhi 2010

The Athletes' Village used at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi is set to be turned into a COVID-19 vaccination facility.

recorded more than 10.3 million cases of COVID-19 - the second highest total in the world behind the United

States - and at least 149,000 deaths from the virus.India's approval of a locally-produced vaccine has


Australian Open quarantine plan faces legal challenge

  • Tennis

A plan to quarantine Australian Open players at the Westin Melbourne is reportedly facing a legal challenge by apartment owners who live in the complex.

 Serbia's Novak Djokovic and Sofia Kenin of the United States won the men's and women's titles respectively


Defending champion Bolshunov eyes hat-trick as FIS Tour de Ski resumes in Italy

  • Cross-Country

Russia’s Alexander Bolshunov will be looking to continue his fine form when the International Ski Federation (FIS) Tour de Ski resumes in the Italian resort of Toblach tomorrow.

of the Tour de Ski standings ©Getty ImagesIn the women’s event, overall leader Rosie Brennan of the United

States will be aiming to return to winning ways after narrowly missing out on gold yesterday.Brennan


Italy and China agree to support each other in hosting 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympic Games

  • Milan Cortina 2026

China and Italy have agreed to support each other in hosting the Beijing 2022 and Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games.

 Politicians from Britain, Australia and the United States have called for a boycott due to the

Muslims.Preparations for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games are in the early stages ©Getty ImagesThe United



Michael Pavitt: Seven areas of interest for 2021

  • Inside the Blogs

It was pointed out by our editor Duncan Mackay that yesterday marked the anniversary that I joined insidethegames back in 2015, alongside my colleague Liam Morgan.

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee's decision not to punish athletes for protests feels

footballer turned pundit Karen Carney being forced to delete her Twitter account after a tweet by Leeds United



Cabinet papers outline Australian Government's security concerns prior to Sydney 2000

  • Olympics

Australian cabinet papers have revealed security concerns heading into the Sydney 2000 Olympics largely centred on the possibility of a team being taken hostage at the Games.

security threats.Documents reveal the Australian Government sent a team of security experts to the United

States to meet with its National Security Council.A series of exercises were held in May 2020, named

Palestinian group Black September.The Games came a year prior to the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United

States in 2001.Australian Security Intelligence Organisation director general Dennis Richardson also

uncovered by New Zealand earlier that year.The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation had deemed the United


Paralympian Stockwell among appointments to Congressional panel overseeing USOPC reform

  • PASO

director Rob Mullens have been selected to serve on a Congressional commission which will examine the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Movement.

candidates, I am confident these four individuals will provide valuable insight and expertise to ensure the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee lives up to the high standards expected of it."

The United States should always lead the world by example, and athletics is no exception."

month reported as one of the members appointed to the panel.Bellingham, a former chief executive of the United

States Olympic Committee, was selected by Republican Doug Lamborn.Lamborn has reportedly also selected


Australian Open quad wheelchair field expanded to eight players

  • Wheelchair Tennis

Organisers of the Australian Open have doubled the quad wheelchair field for this year's tournament, with eight of the world's top nine players set to compete.

competitor having bettered him in the 2020 US Open final to win his first Grand Slam singles title.The United

States' world number four David Wagner, Koji Sugeno of Japan, 18-year-old Dutchman Niels Vink, Australia's


Finland stage dramatic comeback to reach IIHF World Junior Championship semi-finals

  • Ice Hockey

Finland came from two goals down to defeat Sweden in the quarter-finals of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Junior Championship in Edmonton in Canada.

Finnish win was a reverse of the bronze-medal game from the 2020 tournament, which Sweden won 3-2.The United

States is set to face Finland for a place in the final after winning 5-2 in the late last quarter-final