A look at the biggest-name athletes who will miss the October 3-14 Games for reasons ranging from injury to security.
Australia have confirmed they will bid to host their fifth Commonwealth Games in 2018, the Australian Commonwealth Games Association (ACGA) said on Wednesday.
Adding to Manipur's joy, L Nilam Devi secured the bronze medal, ensuring two podium finishes for the state.
India began their Women's Pro League campaign with a thrilling 3-2 victory over England at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium.
Glasgow and Nigeria's Abuja were the only candidates left to host the 20th edition of the quadrennial event.
'Paris 2024 was the first time that both the men's and women's team qualified for the team championships.' 'The women's team made it to the quarter-finals, just one short of the medal round, and the men's team also did well.' 'The mixed doubles is another event where India is doing very well.' 'So these three events are events where there is a possibility of us winning medals at the Olympics.'
Former Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap has strongly supported Pullela Gopichand's recent comments about the challenges faced by middle-class families pursuing sports careers.
Images from Day 3 of the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.
Former Commonwealth Games gold medalist boxer Manoj Kumar has announced his retirement from the sport to pursue a coaching career.
Hockey has featured in each CWG since making its debut in 1998, but according to reports here, the Glasgow Games organisers want to drop it from the schedule along with net ball and road racing to ensure a trimmed programme that would be easy on the budget.
India's medal prospects took a hit with the exclusion of hockey, shooting, cricket, badminton and wrestling from the 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
'The vulnerability of the Delhi Metro, with over 125 kms of tracks and 107 stations, 17 of them underground, comes from its easy access, enclosed and restricted space and massive movement of people on any given day.'
India's top women's singles shuttler, PV Sindhu, suffered a disappointing first-round exit at the All England Open 2025, bowing out to South Korea's Kim Ga Eun in a hard-fought three-game match 21-19, 13-21, 13-21.
Images from Day 11 of the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.
Images from Day 9 of the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.
Images from Day 7 of the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.
Images from Day 4 of the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.
Images from Day 1 of the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.
'A disastrous failure of the Games would not be just a failure of an incompetent India. It would be the failure of an emerging India and the damaging of its image as a democratic nation worthy of emulation.'
Nita Ambani, IOC member and Reliance Foundation Chairperson, celebrated cricket's return to the Olympics at the 2028 Los Angeles Games.
The opening ceremony will be held on April 4.
Australia's Gold Coast has been chosen to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games, the event's governing body said in St Kitts and Nevis on Friday. The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) opted for Gold Coast by a 43-27 margin over its only rival, the Sri Lankan city of Hambantota.
'They want to keep the pot boiling all the time.' 'The BJP wants to set a political narrative that the Gandhis are doing wrong things.'
Nataraj and Desinghu are tipped to become the best male and female athletes of the Games.
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He was India's first-choice hockey goalkeeper before a freak eye injury jeopardised his career, but a determined Baljit Singh is in no mood to give up and is eyeing next year's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi to stage his comeback in the national team.
Lawn bowls, netball and rugby sevens are three of the five obligatory sports that Delhi will have to include in the 2010 Games.
Around ten days back the Commonwealth Games Village was described as 'filthy' and 'uninhabitable'. Now, it seems every athlete is falling in love with the place.
It was meant to be emerging India's showcase event for the world -- the coming out party the Olympics had been for Beijing. But preparations for next month's Commonwealth Games are down to the wire and the event risks descending into farce.
Athletes should not be apprehensive about security at the Commonwealth Games in October despite concerns raised by Australia, the head of the Games organising federation said on Friday.
Amidst fireworks and dazzling lights, the Prince of Wales and India's President Pratibha Patil declared the Commonwealth Games open. A capacity crowd at the J N stadium welcomed the participating nations.
Australia's Ashleigh Gardner replaced compatriot Beth Mooney as Gujarat Giants' captain for WPL 2025.
Triple Olympic gold medallist Stephanie Rice has pulled out of this year's Commonwealth Games to have shoulder surgery in the hope of being fit enough to compete at the 2012 London Games.
Things are heating up at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast as the rush for medals gets more intense on an action-packed Day 4 on Sunday.
The 2010 Commonwealth Games tickets will be finally available in retail outlets across Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) from Wednesday.
Moved by the overwhelming support of his fans, Indian ace shooter Gagan Narang said he has got back his motivation and would participate in the October 3-14 Commonwealth Games.
Karnataka to face Services in men's doubles tennis final
With the aim of speeding up the 2010 Commonwealth Games projects, the Indian Government on Thursday approved about Rs 828 crores funding for Delhi Development Authority (DDA). The DDA has been entrusted with the development of Games Village, competition venues for badminton, squash, table tennis and archery.
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