Amantle Montsho ensured herself star status by winning Botswana’s first ever Commonwealth gold medal on Friday.
From a "toxic" pool to empty stadiums and faulty boxing scales, the first week of the New Delhi Commonwealth Games has served up daily blunders.
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Commonwealth Games chief Mike Fennell said he was happy to see competitors engaging in safe sex at the athletes village even if condoms caused problems with the plumbing.
Commonwealth Games organisers launched an investigation into the water quality at the event’s pool after reports that over 50 swimmers had fallen ill.
New Delhi’s chief minister Sheila Dikshit has dismissed criticism that the city is trying to hide its poverty during the Commonwealth Games
The 19th Commonwealth Games were declared open on Sunday in a spectacular opening ceremony that should help repair the damage to India’s image.
Delhi resembled a city under curfew on Sunday ahead of the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games.
With nearly 6 000 athletes in Delhi and hundreds more streaming in, the capital was putting the finishing touches to preparations for the Games.
SA’s Olympic committee has criticised Olympic long jump silver medallist Khotso Mokoena for what it called unacceptable behaviour.
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/ 29 September 2010
Thousands of tickets remained unsold for the Delhi Commonwealth Games Wednesday, just four days before they begin, with the troubled event also hit by another pullout from a star athlete.
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/ 29 September 2010
The vuvuzelas that became the droning soundtrack to the Soccer World Cup in SA are to make a comeback at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.
Caster Semenya, the women’s 800m world champion, has withdrawn from the Commonwealth Games because of a back injury.
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/ 29 September 2010
The shambolic run-up to the Commonwealth Games has dashed India’s hopes of showcasing itself as a dynamic emerging superpower.
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/ 28 September 2010
Delhi authorities are to deploy a contingent of langurs — a large type of monkey — at Commonwealth Games venues to help chase away smaller simians.
India promised to clean up the athletes’ housing for the Games by Wednesday as authorities scrambled to fix a big hurdle facing the beleaguered event.
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/ 27 September 2010
South Africa’s strategy heading into the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi is simple: dominate swimming and athletics.
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/ 27 September 2010
Two more Australian athletes withdrew and a SA competitor reportedly found a snake in his room as complaints continued to dog the Commonwealth Games.
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/ 26 September 2010
After the threat of several nations boycotting the Games receded, many team officials seem determined to adopt an upbeat approach.
With teams on their way to New Delhi, the Games chief said Saturday that India’s last-minute push to clean and finish facilities was paying dividends.
The Commonwealth Games Federation chief said on Saturday there was still work to be done amid concerns about security.
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/ 24 September 2010
Sascoc has expressed concerns about the staging of the Commonwealth Games ahead of the SA team’s departure on Sunday for New Delhi.
The Commonwealth Games should never have been awarded to India, Australia’s Olympic chief said on Friday as more top athletes pulled out.
The Commonwealth Games Federation has signalled that Delhi is succeeding in fixing problems that have brought the event to the brink of disaster.
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/ 23 September 2010
The Delhi Games faced dire warnings on Thursday of a mass pull-out by teams as organisers worked frantically to save the event from disaster.
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/ 22 September 2010
The SA team will compete at the crisis-hit Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India next month, officials from the nation’s Olympic governing body said.
India struggled to keep its Commonwealth Games on track Wednesday, with England warning the event was on a "knife edge".
Severe storms and floods sweeping Asia this week have killed dozens of people and displaced hundreds of thousands.
Top athletes are snubbing the Commonwealth Games as safety fears and complaints of filthy accommodation have left the event in crisis.
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/ 22 September 2010
Australia backed the Commonwealth Games on Wednesday but appeared a lone voice as pressure mounted on India to clean up the athletes village.
The Delhi Commonwealth Games were plunged into crisis after the athletes’ village was described as "uninhabitable" and a footbridge collapsed.
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/ 20 September 2010
The embattled chief organiser of the Delhi Commonwealth Games said on Monday that the event would be safe.