Commonwealth Games

Exclusive: Commonwealth Games will create new stars claims Fennell

By Duncan Mackay

By Tom Degun in New Delhi

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September 29 - The Commonwealth Games here will not miss the big names like Usain Bolt and Jessica Ennis because it will create new stars, who will emerge during the 11 days of competition, it has been claimed.

Group "backing talent" in partnership deal with Commonwealth Games England

September 29 - One of the world’s leading educational groups is backing "young talent" by signing a partnership deal with Commonwealth Games England.

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Games criticism has severely harmed ticket sales, claims Indian Tourism Minister

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.

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Commonwealth Games media chief sacked after accreditation row

By Tom Degun in New Delhi

September 28 – Manish Kumar, head of press operations for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games, has been sacked following a series of rows regarding the distribution of media accreditation passes.

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Prince Charles will open Commonwealth Games Clarence House claim

By Duncan Mackay

By Tom Degun in New Delhi

September 27 - Prince Charles will open the Commonwealth Games here next Sunday (October 3), Clarence House has declared, putting an end to speculation that India's President Pratibha Patil would carry out the role in the absence of the Queen.

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Athletes' Village "will be ready" despite snake-in-room terror

By Tom Degun in New Delhi

September 27 – Organisers of the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games have promised the much-derided Athletes’ Village will be fully clean and operational by Wednesday - despite a deadly snake being found in the room of a terrified South African athlete.

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China could swing 2018 Commonwealth Games for Hambantota warns Gold Coast Mayor

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

September 26 - Gold Coast's bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games could be aided by the problems which have overshadowed New Delhi's preparations, the city's Mayor Ron Clarke (pictured) has claimed, but he also warned Sri Lankan rivals Hambantota should not be written off because they may have the backing of China.

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If you don't like Village move, advises India's greatest athlete

By Duncan Mackay

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.

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Commonwealth Games chief executive under fire from his own country over Delhi fiasco

By Duncan Mackay

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).

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Everyone coming but work still to be done warns Fennell

By Duncan Mackay

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.

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Commonwealth Games boycott threats recede as Scotland and New Zealand commit to Delhi

By Duncan Mackay

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.

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New Delhi should not have been awarded Games says John Coates

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

September 24 - New Delhi should not have been awarded the Commonwealth Games, International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board member John Coates claimed today.

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England "unanimously" agree to compete in Delhi

By Duncan Mackay

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.

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Exclusive: Delhi disaster will not damage "Commonwealth Brand" it is claimed

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.

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Wales going to Delhi but top British cyclist pulls out

By Duncan Mackay

By Tom Degun

September 23 - Wales have revealed that they are set to compete at the Commonwealth Games after the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) received assurances from the Delhi Organising Committee that all the venues and the Village is fit for purpose but Team Sky’s Isle of Man cyclist Peter Kennaugh has withdrawn from the event.

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