10 months ago
'Azlan Shah win a small step in right direction'
New Delhi, April 13 - The Azlan Shah Cup victory is a small step in the right direction and the real test is how well can India perform at the New Delhi 2010 World Cup and the subsequent Commonwealth Games. That's how the hockey selectors and former players see the triumph at Ipoh where India won the Cup after an interval of 13 years.
Former captain and now a selector Zafar Iqbal said India won ...
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1 year ago
CWYG will give us our future sporting stars: Maxwell
London, Oct 13 - Britain's sports minister Stewart Maxwell said the coming Commonwealth Youth Games - in Pune will be a 'pathway to success' for Scotland's sporting stars of the future.
'The Commonwealth Youth Games will give our sporting stars of the future a pathway to success in Delhi 2010, London 2012 and Glasgow 2014, Maxwell said before leaving for Pune.
Maxwell will be attending the CWYG ...
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1 year ago
CWYG will give us our future sporting stars: Maxwell
London, Oct 13 - Britain's sports minister Stewart Maxwell said the coming Commonwealth Youth Games - in Pune will be a 'pathway to success' for Scotland's sporting stars of the future.
'The Commonwealth Youth Games will give our sporting stars of the future a pathway to success in Delhi 2010, London 2012 and Glasgow 2014, Maxwell said before leaving for Pune.
Maxwell will be attending the CWYG ...
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1 year ago
Why 53-nation Commonwealth will see 71 teams at Pune Games
London, Oct 10 - Britain's Sports Minister Stewart Maxwell spoke up for his native Scotland Friday, saying the coming Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune will be a 'pathway to success' for Scotland's sporting stars of the future.
'The Commonwealth Youth Games will give our sporting stars of the future a pathway to success in Delhi 2010 -, London 2012 - and Glasgow 2014 -, Maxwell said before leavin ...
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1 year ago
Anti-doping tests for first time in Pune Youth Games
Pune, March 10 - For the first time in the history of Commonwealth Youth Games -, the athletes will be subjected to anti-doping tests. The third CYG are scheduled to be held in Pune later this year.
According to Dr Munish C. Batish, director of doping control of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Delhi 2010, this 'outreach program' is more towards educating the young athletes.
'World A ...
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New Delhi
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2 years ago
Delhi wakes up to discuss 2010 Games preparations
New Delhi, July 6 - With a little over three years left for hosting the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games, the organisers held the first meaningful meeting here Friday to give the preparations a definitive course.All the agencies involved with the organisation of the event, including the Delhi government, administration and police, gathered to discuss the preparations, which are currently going on at ...
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London
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2 years ago
Under Blair, India-Britain ties touched a new high
London, June 27 - Quite a few in Britain are happy to see Tony Blair ride into the political sunset after resigning as prime minister but, by various accounts, his decade in office saw India-Britain relations reach a new high since India's independence in 1947.When Blair assumed office on that sunny May Day in 1997, a tepid chill had set in between India and Britain relations - then prime minister ...
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Doha
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3 years ago
Kalmadi formally bids Asiad 2014 for India
Doha, Dec 2 - The Chairman of the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Suresh Kalmadi presented an update on New Delhi's bid to host the 2014 Asian Games to the Olympic Council of Asia - here Saturday.'Our bid is clean, friendly, experienced and heavily supported,' said Kalmadi, who stressed Indian hospitality in particular, adding: 'We want visitors to arrive in Delhi and India as a ...
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3 years ago
Asian Games to be telecast in Europe
With rest of the world showing an increasing interest in Asia, Doha is hoping to cash in on it by positioning itself as a business destination for the future.The first step will come next month when the Asian Games are broadcast live on Eurosport. There will be 120 hours of live coverage including the opening ceremony and will reach more than 100 million homes in 59 countries. While Eurosport will ...
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