53 Commonwealth nations, but 71 teams at Delhi Games
Posted by admin365 on Sep 02, 2010 | Leave a Comment
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Did you know there are 53 Commonwealth countries but 71 teams are participating in the 19th Commonwealth Games here? This is among the many interesting facts on the sporting jamboree that will take place Oct 3-14.
The reason why there are 71 teams is that it is games associations that participate, and some nations have more than one Commonwealth Games Association (CGA).
For example, the four...
Indian badminton team for CWG announced
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New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) A 10-member Indian badminton team for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games was announced here Thursday.
Saina Nehwal would be spearheading India’s campaign in women’s singles while World No. 17 Chetan Anand, who won bronze in Melbourne Games, will be the highest ranked Indian in men’s singles.
World No. 3 Saina, who has been in a good form this season with three titles to her...
30 days to Games, Delhi races against time for spectacular show
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New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) The clock is ticking fast and furious to the 19th Commonwealth Games here Oct 3-14. As Delhi works away at a feverish pitch in the last lap, the missed deadlines, corruption allegations, debris and resulting disease have put a question mark on the whopping Rs.16,000 crore ($ 3.2 billion) expenditure on developing and modernising the Indian capital.
The authorities are still promising a spectacular...
Factfile on Commonwealth countries
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New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Here is a factfile on Commonwealth countries ahead of the 19th Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi Oct 3-14. These nations were once part of the British empire.
No. of Commonwealth Countries: 53
No. of Commonwealth Games Associations participating as separate teams: 71
Continent and region-wise break-up of the countries and their populations (*Former Commonwealth nations or territories...
Troubles behind, India promises ‘best ever’ Commonwealth Games
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New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Sceptics wrote it off as an organisational disaster and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had to make a personal intervention, but the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games that will bring together 71 countries and participating teams to the Indian capital is on its way to being the ‘best ever’, promise the organisers.
Even so, with India hoping that the Games, the biggest sporting event in this...
IOC beat Tata Sports Club
Posted by admin365 on Sep 01, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Chennai, Sep 1 (IANS) Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) virtually booked a semifinal spot from their three-team group with a six-wicket win over Tata Sports Club in the Airtel-Raj Singh Dungarpur Trophy corporate cricket tournament here Wednesday.
IOC had little difficulty in overhauling the Tata score of 280 for three in 50 overs that was built around an unbeaten 110 (130b, 2×6,4×4) by Ishant Jaggi and his 187-run...
Visa glitches for India’s full bore shooting team
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New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) India’s full bore shooters, who have been practising with borrowed rifles, suffered a serious set-back Tuesday after their selection-cum-practice tour to England for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games was delayed due to visa problems.
The seven member team, including coach C.S. Dhillon, was supposed to leave for London Tuesday but the trip was delayed by a week after the British High Commission...
Junior world champion Noria replaces Rathore in CWG shooting squad
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New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Junior World Champion Asher Noria replaced Athens Olympic silver medallist double trap shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore in the 36-member shooting squad for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games that was announced here Tuesday by the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI).
Rathore, who lashed out at the ‘vindictive attitude’ of the NRAI, skipped the last day of the trials at the Karni...
Queen’s Baton Relay reaches Karnataka
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Bangalore, Sep 1 (IANS) The Queen’s Baton Relay for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi reached Karnataka from Tamil Nadu Wednesday.
Hundreds of sports enthusiasts welcomed the baton at Kekkanahalli checkpost in Chamarajanagar district bordering Tamil Nadu, about 200 km from here.
Karnataka Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Goolihatti Shekhar received the baton from Tamil Nadu officials.
The baton...
Queen’s Baton Relay reaches Karnataka
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Bangalore, Sep 1 (IANS) The Queen’s Baton Relay for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi reached Karnataka from Tamil Nadu Wednesday.
Hundreds of sports enthusiasts welcomed the baton at Kekkanahalli checkpost in Chamarajanagar district bordering Tamil Nadu, about 200 km from here.
Karnataka Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Goolihatti Shekhar received the baton from Tamil Nadu officials.
The baton...
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