Media And Cwg

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  "Well Done, Amazing Achievement": David Warner Congratulates PV Sindhu On Winning Elusive Commonwealth Games Gold

  Australia batter David Warner took to social media and congratulated Sindhu on winning her first CWG gold medal

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  CWG 2018: Group Of Indians Claiming To Be Journalists Covering Games Arrested, Say Reports

  The group was detained as 'imposters' and one man has been charged with people smuggling and falsifying documents.

• Top 5 tweets on Suresh Kalmadi's bail

  Mr Kalmadi and his alleged involvement in the Commonwealth Games scam have been quite a favourite as far as social media pot shots go. Hence, not surprisingly, Twitter is full of digs at Mr Kalmadi and his bail. Here is our selection of Top 5 tweets.

• CAG report: Delhi Government's defence

  The Delhi government has come out in defence of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. State Education Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely, speaking to the media, said Ms Dikshit's name was not directly mentioned anywhere in the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the Commonwealth Games that was presented in the parliament on Friday. He said that t...

• CWG critics failed to judge new India: Nasheed

  Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, who witnessed opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games, on Monday hailed the arrangements for the sporting event and dismissed the criticism that preceded it as creation of "old and established" media which failed to judge "new" India.

• World media dazzled by CWG opening ceremony

  Newspapers in two major Commonwealth countries, Australia and Great Britain, used terms like 'An ancient land opens its heart to the world', 'India opens doors to the world at opening ceremony' and 'India sweeps aside Games shame' to describe the two-hour cultural extravaganza that unfolded at the Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium last night.

• Tumultuous buildup to CWG will put pressure on athletes: Jwala

  India's top doubles player Jwala Gutta is saddened by the negative publicity surrounding the Commonwealth Games and feels this will put additional pressure on the athletes to deliver during the October 3-14 Delhi event.

• CWG mess: Kalmadi passes buck to agencies

  Often the butt of criticism, Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi, when grilled by the international media on Saturday, was defensive and combative. And though he took moral responsibility for the mess ahead of the event, he passed the buck to other agencies and said the venues should have been handed over to him earlier.

• AITA denies players threatening CWG pullout for non-payment

  The All India Tennis Association on Thursday dismissed media reports that the star quartet of Mahesh Bhupathi, Leander Paes, Somdev Devvarman and Rohan Bopanna has threatened to pull out of the Commonwealth Games due to non-clearance of Davis Cup dues and lack of financial assistance for preparations.

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  AITA denies players threatening CWG pullout for non-payment

  The All India Tennis Association on Thursday dismissed media reports that the star quartet of Mahesh Bhupathi, Leander Paes, Somdev Devvarman and Rohan Bopanna

• CWG stadiums have no fault: Gill

  Sports Minister M S Gill on Wednesday rubbished media reports that claimed that some of the Commonwealth Games venues were incomplete and faulty.

• LeT may target upcoming 2010 Games: Report

  India fears that Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba, blamed for the Mumbai carnage, may attempt to strike during the October Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and has voiced its concerns to the US, according to a media report.

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  England won't pull out of CWG: Kalmadi

  Suresh Kalmadi dismissed media reports that England are set to withdraw from the Games fearing terror strikes and said athletes worldwide need not worry about their security during the mega event.

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  England won't pull out of CWG: Kalmadi

  Suresh Kalmadi dismissed media reports that England are set to withdraw from the Games fearing terror strikes and said athletes worldwide need not worry about t