New Delhi 2010

Host city IndiaNew Delhi
Date Oct 3 - 14, 2010
Local time 00:30 (UTC+5:30)
Currency Indian rupee (INR)

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Commonwealth Games

Fact of the day

Show jumper Takeichi Nishi on his horse Uranus won Japan's only Olympic equestrian gold medal at Los Angeles in 1932. Nishi would later die in 1945 as an officer stationed in the defence of the island of Iwo Jima, and as such is a main character in Clint Eastwood's film, Letters from Iwo Jima. 

New Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games News

Infostrada Sports slams latest payment claims from Delhi 2010 Organising Committee

By Tom Degun

delhi 2010_commonwealth_games_closing_ceremony_05-10-11October 5 - Infostrada Sports has hit back at the latest claims from the Delhi 2010 Organising Committee who have asked the Dutch company for a return payment of around £850,000 ($1.3 million/€985,100) for what they describe as "incomplete services" and "breach of agreement" for work carried at the Commonwealth Games.
   

Delhi 2010 cost 16 times more than budgeted, auditors report

By Duncan Mackay

Delhi_2010_Commonwealth_Games_audit_held_upAugust 6 - India's preparations for last year's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi have been condemned as being deeply flawed, riddled with favouritism and cost 16 times more than the original esimate, a newly published report has concluded.
   

Indian Prime Minister not to blame for Kalmadi appointment claims Sports Minister

By Duncan Mackay

Suresh_Kalmadi_with_Manmohan_Singh_Closing_Ceremony_Delhi_2010August 2 - India's Sports Minister Ajay Maken has tried to defend the country's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh from criticism over the fact that Suresh Kalmadi was allowed to continue to oversee the preparations for last year's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi despite warnings that he should be removed.
   

McGoldrick finally receives Commonwealth Games gold medal after long wait

By Tom Degun

Sean_McGoldrick_with_Commonwealth_Games_gold_medal_2June 8 - Welsh boxer Sean McGoldrick has revealed that it was an amazing feeling to finally get his hands on the gold medal in the bantamweight division from the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games.
   

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