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March 5 - Confidence in India's ability to be able to stage a secure and trouble-free Commonwealth Games later this year is growing among the countries due to take part in the event, it has been claimed.
March 2 - Glasgow City Council have claimed tonight that planning for the 2014 Commonwealth Games will not be affected by the shock resignation as Leader of Steven Purcell (pictured).
February 28 - Australia's Olympic triple gold medallist Stephanie Rice (pictured) may miss the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi later this year because she claims she fears for her safety.
By Duncan Mackay
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February 25 - This year's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi has suffered another setback after Australia's discus world champion Dani Samuels (pictured) said she is prepared to skip the event over security fears.
February 24 - The Talkatora Indoor Stadium, which is due to host boxing during the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, has been officially opened as the Indian capital begins to accelerate its preparations for the biggest event to be staged there for nearly 30 years.
February 12 - India will be safe for England's athletes to compete in, a senior officer from the Metropolitan Police said today after visiting New Delhi.
By Tom Degun in London
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February 11 - German-based sports giant Adidas have been announced as England's official clothing partner for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games which comes as a welcome boost the team following the large amount negative publicity regarding security issues in the Indian capital.
February 6 - Authorities in New Delhi plan to use the hockey World Cup, which opens in the Indian capital on February 28, as a dress rehearsal for the Commonwealth Games there later this year.
January 27 - The cost of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow is out of control because inflation and pensions have been left out of its budget, MPs in Scotland have been told today.
January 25 - New Delhi is set to open another of its Commonwealth Games venues next week when the shooting range is due to become officially operational.
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January 25 - Doubts over a multi-million pound contract for Satellite Information Services' (SIS) Live to produce and broadcast this year's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi have been ended after the British company reached an agreement with India's public broadcaster Doordarshan.
January 24 - The revamped Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, the first venue for this year's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi to be completed, has been officially opened by India's Sports Minister M.S. Gill (pictured).
January 22 - The Metropolitan Police have claimed after a fact-finding visit to India that England's team, which is expected to include double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington (pictured), will not face any terrorist threat when they compete in the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi later this year.
By Duncan Mackay
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January 20 - A United Nations independent human rights expert today blamed the Commonwealth Games for the increasing number of homeless people dying in New Delhi due to a cold wave.
January 14 - The Princess Royal today opened Glasgow's Scotstoun Stadium, which is due to host squash and table tennis during the 2014 Commonwealth Games, following an £18 million revamp.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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