The Indian team would traverse the distance of 200 kms by air to play their practice match against Jamaica.
The pace of preparations for this year's Commonwealth Games had him worried till a few days ago but CGF chief Mike Fennell has had a change of heart now and says everything in the Delhi event would be 'first class'.
A gunman took 180 passengers on board a plane hostage at a Jamaican airport late on Sunday evening, but released all its passengers unharmed later, according to a CNN report.However, five crew members of the Canadian plane were still being held as hostages, airline officials said.A spokeswoman for the airport told CNN that the hostage crisis took place while a CanJet flight was taking off from Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay to Halifax, Canada.
West Indian umpire Steve Bucknor, who has officiated in a record 126 Tests, will retire from international matches in March.
Reader Sanjay Sahoo sent us these pictures from Jamaica.
Munaf Patel claimed three wickets and Suresh Raina hit a fine 50 as India beat Jamaica by 116 runs.
The off-spinner twisted his ankle during practice in Montego Bay (Jamaica) on Monday.
India will be based at Trinidad & Tobago in the preliminary round of the 2007 World Cup.
The bid committee's members overwhelmingly preferred New Delhi over Hamilton, Canada.
As the sprinter runs his last race, we veer off the trodden tourist trail in Jamaica and revisit his hometown, Trelawny Parish.
Dustin Brown stole the show at Wimbledon with a sensational upset win over Rafael Nadal. Find out more about this German journeyman...
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar will sign the agreement on behalf of India on April 22 at a high-level signature ceremony convened by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon.
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar will sign the agreement on behalf of India.
While India is witnessing slowdown, many countries have not yet been able to come off the last decade's financial crisis.
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