Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games remain drug free after 500 doping tests

By Alex Crawford

By Tom Degun in New Delhi

October 9 - The Commonwealth Games have received a minor boost with the news that all 500 competitors tested for doping have received the all-clear.

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Khan guaranteed medal after victory over Welshman Selby

By Tom Degun in New Delhi

October 9 - Pakistan fighter Haroon Khan, younger brother of WBA Light Welterweight World Champion Amir, has guaranteed himself at least a bronze medal after he beat Welsh star Andrew Selby in a tight contest in the Flyweight (52kg) category.

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Ticket sales pass 900,000 claims defiant Bhanot

By Tom Degun in New Delhi

October 8 - Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Secretary General Lalit Bhanot has dismissed ticketing and empty seat problems - claiming that 900,000 of a possible 1.7 million tickets have now been sold.

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Fennell anger over “communication blunder” following medal farce

By Tom Degun in New Delhi

October 8 – Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President Michael Fennell appears to be becoming increasingly annoyed with the persistent problems emerging at the competition.

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Stir as wheelchair tennis queen poses naked for magazine

By Tom Degun
October 8 – Dutch wheelchair tennis star Esther Vergeer has caused a stir by posing naked on the front cover of ESPN The Magazine’s second annual Body Issue, which comes out later this week.

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Adlington picks up second Games gold medal

By Tom Degun in New Delhi

October 8 - Rebecca Adlington, the golden girl of the England swimming team, claimed her second Commonwealth Games title in as many days as she powered to victory in the women's 400m freestyle race.

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Practice pool "not the cause" of Delhi belly outbreak

By Tom Degun in New Delhi

October 7 – Tests conducted on water quality in the practice pool at the Commonwealth Games have shown there is no problem with its quality.

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Batting legend Richards calls for cricket at Commonwealth Games and Olympics

By Tom Degun in New Delhi

October 7 - Former West Indies cricket hero Sir Viv Richards has called for cricket to be introduced at both the Commonwealth Games and the Olympics.

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Adlington storms to her first Commonwealth gold in 800m freestyle

By Tom Degun in New Delhi
October 7 - Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington (pictured) claimed the first Commonwealth gold medal of her career as she stormed to victory in the women’s 800 metres freestyle final here today.

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Urgent test of water quality as Delhi belly strikes swimmers

By Tom Degun in New Delhi

October 7 - Water quality at the practice pool here at the Comonwealth Games is to be tested with the "greatest urgency" after a number of the world's leading swimmers fell ill with stomach upsets.

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"All systems not go" as Games results facility fails again

By Mike Rowbottom in New Delhi

October 6- Assurances that the athletics programme would be "all systems go" after 24 hours of desperate work to transform the Nehru Stadium proved correct here.

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"All systems go" for track and field, promises Fennell

By Tom Degun in New Delhi

October 6 - Urgent repairs to the Commonwealth Games stadium have been completed in time for the launch of the track and field events later today, according to Mike Fennell.

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Lack of Games spectators will be sorted "by tomorrow" says Kalmadi

By Mike Rowbottom in New Delhi

October 5 - Suresh Kalmadi, chairman of the much-criticised organising committee of Delhi 2010, today insisted the embarrassing absence of spectators at many of the Commonwealth Games venues would be sorted out “by tomorrow”.

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England and Scotland both claim first gold medals at Commonwealth Games

By Duncan Mackay

By Tom Degun in New Delhi

October 5 - Fran Halsall claimed what was a surprise victory in the women’s 50 metres butterfly at the Dr. S. P. Mukherjee Aquatics Complex to collect England’s first gold medal of the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

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Chaotic scenes as Bindra and Narang fire India to first gold of Games

By Tom Degun in New Delhi

October 5 - Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang sparked havoc at the shooting range today as they won the 10m air rifle pairs to secure the host nation’s first gold medal of the Commonwealth Games.

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