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Big guns ready for shootout

Shooting may have made its debut at the Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, way back in 1966 but India failed to deliver in this sport for long. Things changed for the better during the 2002 Game

City fans keep faith in CWG

With the countdown for the Commonwealth Games (CWG) underway, the image of India in the last few weeks has taken a pounding but city fans still pray for success of the mega-event.

First, there were c

Dilshan name in fixing row

London/Colombo, Sept. 10: The match-fixing scandal that has cast its shadow over the Pakistan cricket team moved to Sri Lanka on Friday with reports that their top batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan and fas

CWG works delay arrival of athletes

New Delhi, Sept. 10: The athletes and delegates will not begin arriving in Delhi from September 15, as was expected earlier.

Thanks to the delays in finishing works of various Games venues, practice

103 players tested positive this year: Sports Ministry

Admitting that the menace of doping was rampant in the country, the sports ministry on Saturday disclosed that 103 Indian sports-persons, including juniors have flunked dope test in the last eight mon

Government responsible for Games mess: V.K. Malhotra

General Association of National Sports Federations chief V.K. Malhotra on Friday criticised sports minister M.S.

Delay in getting new cycles helping Indian riders: coaches

The delay in procuring new cycles could turn out to be a blessing in disguise for Indian riders as their coaches feel training on old cycles has worked to their advantage ahead of next month’s Commonw

Dengue can't stop CWG: Oz High Commissioner

The dengue outbreak in Delhi notwithstanding, Australia's high commissioner to India Peter Varghese has said that his country would be sending its biggest ever contingent to the Commonwealth Games nex

PM to review CWG preparations on Sept. 10

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will review the preparations for the Commonwealth Games, which are less than a month away, on September 10 at a high-level meeting.

Kalmadi downplays dengue fears in Delhi Games

Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi on Thursday downplayed the health risk posed by the outbreak of dengue in Delhi just a few weeks before the event, saying it would not a

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