Commonwelath Games

Even after winning three World Cup medals in nine days in June this year besides the recent Commonwelath Games 2014 gold, Jitu Rai remains an anonymous figure in Lucknow and has got little due in the last 8 years of his stay in the city.

Ashish Kumar was looking good for the Commonwelath Games bronze after his first attempt with a Vault 1 score of 14.333. However, the 23-year-old ran and jumped on Vault 2 but fell flat for which he earned no points.

Amid all the controversy about the Commonwealth Games held in India in 2010, the aerostat soared high, a spectacle that earned rave international reviews.

Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit on Tuesday launched a battery-operated rickshaw, "E-rick", sponsored by cellular services provider Vodafone Essar, to promote eco-friendly transportation in the city ahead of the Commonwealth Games.

World record holders will get a week's free stay in Himachal Pradesh if they visit during the Commonwealth Games in October, an official said.

The Commonwealth Games Federation has written a letter to FIH seeking advice on the Indian Hockey team's participation in the Commonwealth Games.

The build up to the Commonwealth Games might be marred in controversies but former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday said all the problems would be sorted out once the event starts on October 3.

India's field hockey teams on Tuesday faced the prospect of missing their own Commonwealth Games over a deadlock on who ran the sport in the country.

Sprint legend Milka Singh feels India has very little chance of winning an athletics medal at the Delhi Commonwealth Games due to the apathy of those at the helm of affairs.

The Indian wrestling team for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games was announced on Monday.

The Commonwealth Games 2010 merchandise launch, which was scheduled on Monday, has been postponed yet again.

Two years after she was unceremoniously dumped out of the Beijing Olympics for flunking a dope test, top Indian woman lifter Monica Devi on Sunday said she wants to silence her critics by winning a Gold medal in the Commonwealth Games.

With the allegations of corruption making headlines each day, there is a cloud over the Commonwealth Games. While Games authorities promise it will be the best games ever, the President of Commonwealth Federation Mike Fennell sounds a worried man.

Canada's 200m breaststroke world record holder Annamay Pierse and coach Pierre Lafontaine feel the timing of the Delhi Commonwealth Games is off-season for swimming and adapting to the conditions would be the key to winning a medal at the October 3 to 14 event.

The Sports Authority of India handed over five of the nine stadia which it was preparing for the October 3-14 Commonwealth Games to the Organising Committee on Friday.

Even after winning three World Cup medals in nine days in June this year besides the recent Commonwelath Games 2014 gold, Jitu Rai remains an anonymous figure in Lucknow and has got little due in the last 8 years of his stay in the city.

Ashish Kumar was looking good for the Commonwelath Games bronze after his first attempt with a Vault 1 score of 14.333. However, the 23-year-old ran and jumped on Vault 2 but fell flat for which he earned no points.

Amid all the controversy about the Commonwealth Games held in India in 2010, the aerostat soared high, a spectacle that earned rave international reviews.

Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit on Tuesday launched a battery-operated rickshaw, "E-rick", sponsored by cellular services provider Vodafone Essar, to promote eco-friendly transportation in the city ahead of the Commonwealth Games.

World record holders will get a week's free stay in Himachal Pradesh if they visit during the Commonwealth Games in October, an official said.

The Commonwealth Games Federation has written a letter to FIH seeking advice on the Indian Hockey team's participation in the Commonwealth Games.

The build up to the Commonwealth Games might be marred in controversies but former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday said all the problems would be sorted out once the event starts on October 3.

India's field hockey teams on Tuesday faced the prospect of missing their own Commonwealth Games over a deadlock on who ran the sport in the country.

Sprint legend Milka Singh feels India has very little chance of winning an athletics medal at the Delhi Commonwealth Games due to the apathy of those at the helm of affairs.

The Indian wrestling team for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games was announced on Monday.

The Commonwealth Games 2010 merchandise launch, which was scheduled on Monday, has been postponed yet again.

Two years after she was unceremoniously dumped out of the Beijing Olympics for flunking a dope test, top Indian woman lifter Monica Devi on Sunday said she wants to silence her critics by winning a Gold medal in the Commonwealth Games.

With the allegations of corruption making headlines each day, there is a cloud over the Commonwealth Games. While Games authorities promise it will be the best games ever, the President of Commonwealth Federation Mike Fennell sounds a worried man.

Canada's 200m breaststroke world record holder Annamay Pierse and coach Pierre Lafontaine feel the timing of the Delhi Commonwealth Games is off-season for swimming and adapting to the conditions would be the key to winning a medal at the October 3 to 14 event.

The Sports Authority of India handed over five of the nine stadia which it was preparing for the October 3-14 Commonwealth Games to the Organising Committee on Friday.