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Hurdles Kept Disabled Away From CWG Spectacle
India | Oct 17, 2010, 11:07 AM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 17 : Organisers of the just-concluded Commonwealth Games may boast of holding a world-class sporting extravaganza, but the disabled and activists working in this area have said that the event was far
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CWG Contractor Paid Twice For Same Job: CAG Probe
India | Oct 17, 2010, 09:07 AM ISTNEW DELHI: V K Shunglu, former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) who heads the investigation into the Commonwealth "scam", will have to hit the ground running, with evidence pouring in of irregularities in expenditure of
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Ready For Probe Into CWG, Says Kalmadi
India | Oct 16, 2010, 08:51 PM ISTNew Delhi: Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi on Saturday said he is ready to provide all kind of support to the Prime Minister-appointed high-level committee formed to look into allegations of corruption related
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11 CWG Medallists From UP to Get Bonanza
Other Sports | Oct 15, 2010, 11:32 PM ISTLucknow, Oct 15: Eleven athletes from Uttar Pradesh who won medals in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games in Delhi will get a bonanza from the state government. Chief Minister Mayawati announced here today that Rs
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Games Over, PM Orders Probe Into CWG
India | Oct 15, 2010, 10:03 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 15: With the Commonwealth Games over and demands for probe for mounting, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tonight appointed a high-level committee headed by a former CAG to go into allegations of corruption
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Third Nigerian Fails Dope Test In CWG
Other Sports | Oct 15, 2010, 07:55 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 15: Doping continued to dog the Commonwealth Games as Nigerian runner Folashade Abugan was today stripped off her women's 400m and 4x400m relay silver medals in the just-concluded event after testing positive
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Aus Athlete Sent Home For Late Night Partying
Other Sports | Oct 15, 2010, 03:51 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 15 (PTI) An Australian athlete was sent home for disciplinary reasons amidst allegations that some of their sportspersons indulged in hooliganism and damaged property at the Commonwealth Games Village after their cricket
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From One To 101 Medals For India In 76 Years Of CWG
India | Oct 14, 2010, 10:04 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 14: It all started with a sole bronze in 1934 in the second edition of the Commonwealth Games and now India has finally breached the 100-mark in the medals tally of the
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India Create Games History By Finishing Second In Medals Tally
Other Sports | Oct 14, 2010, 08:21 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 14: The country's competitors came out with flying colours and helped India finish a historic second in the final pecking order with more than 100 medals as the Commonwealth Games, that had
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Spectacular Ceremony Draws Curtain On 2010 Commonwealth Games
India | Oct 14, 2010, 09:30 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 14: A dazzling laser show and a musical extravaganza tonight marked the grand finale of the Commonwealth Games, the biggest sporting event hosted by India which crowned itself with sporting glory by
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Hockey Final Timing Backfired For India, Say Coaches
India | Oct 14, 2010, 05:00 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 14: India coach Jose Brasa made no bones about the fact that it wasn't exactly a wise decision to have an 11:30 am start for the final against Australia. In fact what
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Shuttlers Pitchfork India To Second Spot In Games
Other Sports | Oct 14, 2010, 04:38 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 14: Women shuttlers led by singles title-favourite Saina Nehwal provided India with a golden double to pilot the country to a historic second-place finish in the Commonwealth Games that ended here today.
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Jwala-Ashwini Win Gold For India In Badminton
India | Oct 14, 2010, 12:53 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 14: Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa battled past Singaporean duo of Sari Shanti Mulia and Yao Lei in straight-games to become India's first women's doubles pair to win a gold medal in
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Boxers, Paddlers Keep India In Hunt For Second Spot
India | Oct 13, 2010, 10:02 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 13: Indian boxers redeemed some reputation by winning all three gold medals they fought for while a fourth gold came the hosts' way in men's table tennis doubles on the penultimate day
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Get Ready For The Best Of Pop, Sufi And Bollywood Music
India | Oct 13, 2010, 02:18 PM ISTRehearsals for the Games' grand finale are already on at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. The closing ceremony on Thursday night will be dominated by pop, sufi and Bollywood music, reports Times of India. Pop, sufi
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We Were Under Pressure To Win Gold: Ashwini
India | Oct 13, 2010, 08:46 AM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 12 : After giving the country a gold in women's 4x400m relay, team member Ashwini Akkunji today said they were under pressure to finish first in the Commonwealth Games in front of
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Tejaswini, Kumari Bag Bronze In 50m Rifle Prone
Other Sports | Oct 11, 2010, 05:20 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 11: Women rifle shooters Tejaswini Sawant and Meena Kumari grabbed the bronze in the women's 50 metres rifle prone event after logging one point less than the gold and silver medalists in
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Impressive Five-Gold Haul Helps India Regain No. 2 Spot
Other Sports | Oct 10, 2010, 11:19 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 10: Winning 15 medals in sports ranging from archery to athletics, which included five yellow metals, Commonwealth Games hosts India produced yet another scintillating display to get back to the second spot
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Somdev Wins First Tennis Gold For India
Other Sports | Oct 10, 2010, 10:26 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 10: Somdev Devvarman ensured that tennis contributes in India's swelling gold medal tally as he grabbed the much-awaited yellow metal, pipping Australia's Greg Jones 6-4, 6-2 in the men's singles final of
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India Outclass Pakistan 7-4 To Book Semifinal Berth
Other Sports | Oct 10, 2010, 10:17 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 10: Star drag-flicker Sandeep Singh and Shivendra Singh scored a double each as India thrashed Pakistan 7-4 in a must-win Pool A match to storm into the semifinals of the men's hockey