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Former Olympian and World Cup gold medallist Jayanta Talukdar was being treated in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for low oxygen count a week after he was diagnosed with COVID-19.
Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu will spearhead the women's challenge in both the Commonwealth and Asian Games while London Olympics bronze winner Saina Nehwal did not expectedly feature in the squads.
Tarlochan Singh, Indian Member of Parliament and chairman of the media committee of India's Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee, was in Toronto to receive the Queen's Baton.
Shivani, who hails from Vijaywada created the first record on Sunday by firing 103 arrows from a distance of 10 metres in just 11 minutes and 19 seconds with a compounding bow and Indian arrows.
Gold medal-winning javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra was the undisputed star as the Indian track and field team returned from the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games to a warm reception in New Delhi.
Sports Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar was appointed chairman of the reconstituted Apex Committee for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
She is seeded as high as No 2 in a depleted field, but Indian tennis star Sania Mirza is not ready to take a medal for granted when the sport makes its debut at the Commonwealth Games on Monday in New Delhi.
'Big cricketers can win the World Cup but if a big player gets an opportunity to claim an Olympic medal they will definitely work towards'
Facts on the Commonwealth Games to be held in Australia's Gold Coast:
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's promise of completing all Commonwealth Games projects being implemented by her government by the extended deadline of August 31 is appearing to fall flat.
'The biggest question is why members of parliament and senior party functionaries of the BJP still supporting Suresh Kalamadi when they were opposing him for opposing the Congress Party'
Playing the character of Bheem in the blockbuster TV series Mahabharat made him a household name but much before that, Praveen Kumar Sobti was an athlete par excellence and remains India's first and only hammer throw medal winner at the Commonwealth Games.
Hit by delays and escalating cost of infrastructure, the 2010 Commonwealth Games received a massive monetary boost on Thursday with the central government allocating Rs 1620 crore as loan to the Organising Committee of the event.
The reigning U23 Asian champion Sujeet Kalkal slammed the IOA ad-hoc committee for granting direct entry to Bajrang Punia for the Asian Games.
The Congress on Thursday said the country will give a befitting reply to the tears of the wrestlers who sought justice from the BJP government.
Britain, Scotland, Wales, New Zealand, Canada and Australia are among the few countries whose support staff comprises at least two security advisors for their athletes' safety
The alloted hotel sites facing cancellation are at Anand Vihar, Mandavali, Vivek Vihar, Mayur Vihar and Alipur Road. DDA had auctioned 33 sites in the capital for construction of hotels keeping the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in mind.
Divya Kakran shrugged off a crushing quarter-final defeat to bag the bronze, ensuring that medals continued to come from the wrestling arena even as three other Indians crashed out early at the Asian Games.
Pakistan-based Sikh militants, supported by the Inter Services Intelligence, might carry out bomb blasts in New Delhi before the Commonwealth Games, the Punjab police has alerted. An advisory circulated recently among all senior officers in the state by the intelligence department of the Punjab police has pointed out that Sikh militant leaders based in Pakistan are under 'tremendous pressure' from the ISI to carry out sabotage activities in India before the Games.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram increased the sports allocation to Rs 162.01 crore for the next financial year.
Former India skipper Rajpal Singh has been named the captain of Wizcraft-owned franchise Delhi Wizards in the World Series Hockey (WSH), starting in Chandigarh on Wednesday.
The 2010 Commonwealth Games will adopt security methods similar to those used at last year's Beijing Olympics, its chief said on Wednesday, allaying fears the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team could scupper the event. Commonwealth Games Federation chairman Suresh Kalmadi said 'modern methods' which were also used in the Beijing Olympics last year will be adopted.
The sources said the CBI raids started early in the morning and are focussed on four companies, which had acted as the Indian arm for the same number of international firms. The contracts were bagged by consortium of foreign and Indian firms.
Delhi Police chief Y S Dadwal has personally taken charge of the deployment of over 1 lakh personnel drawn from the city police, Central Reserve Police Force, Rashtriya Rifles and other paramilitary forces to ensure that all loopholes are plugged. =
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To thwart possible corruption by its personnel during the upcoming Commonwealth Games, the Delhi police is planning to have special vigilance teams, which will keep a hawkish eye on its men during the sporting event.
Commonwealth Games bronze medallist gymnast Dipa Karmakar excelled with a total of five gold medals for Tripura but the Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) continued their domination in the overall standings on day six of competitions in the 35th National Games in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday.
DP Manu and Kishore Jena are the other two javelin throwers who will be in action on Friday.
Under pressure over the severe indictment by the Shunglu Committee, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday said its finding was "self contradictory" and criticised the panel for lack of understanding on the city government's role in conduct of the Commonwealth Games.
Nikhat was at her aggressive best as she landed a flurry of combination punches on her opponent.
DDFS is a joint venture among Delhi International Airport Ltd, Indian Duty Free Services and Dublin-based Aer Rianta International.
The Delhi government on Friday said Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has not been indicted by the Comptroller and Auditor General on corruption charges for dubious Commonwealth Games projects and the auditor has only pointed out certain "procedural wrongdoings".
India, on the other hand, finished runners-up twice in 2010 and 2014 editions.
To get 13% more than the suggested rate for selling flats to the authority.
Giving the city a world-class look and enhancing infrastructure ahead of the Commonwealth Games became the top priority of the Delhi government in 2010 while dwindling revenue and unprecedented rains posed as major challenges to it.
The Central Public Works Department, responsible for awarding these projects, which include construction of stadiums, a media centre and a hostel, among others, has failed to get contractors for these projects due to the government's inability to address their concerns over the unprecedented rise in prices of key raw materials.
Dismal ridership figures and eroding profitability could turn this showcase transit project into a white elephant.
Ace discus thrower Krishna Poonia is expected to join the Congress Party on Wednesday, at a rally in Rajasthan, where she is also likely to contest in the upcoming state Assembly elections, slated for December 1.
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