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Organising Committee Commonwealth 2010 Delhi Chairman Mr Suresh Kalmadi, MP, has said that this would come into effect immediately. “It gives me much pleasure to nominate Lalit as the official spokesperson of the Organising Committee,” he said. “With just 274 days left for the start of the Games, we are on the home stretch of our preparations to host a successful event in October. Lalit’s nomination will help us keep the stakeholders and the sporting people of India abreast of the latest developments within the Organising Committee,” Mr Kalmadi said. Dr Bhanot said he looked forward to the additional responsibility. “I am aware of that being named the officials spokesperson increases my responsibilities. I can assure you that, like in other areas of work that I handle, I will deliver my 100 per cent,” he said. |
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
OC Chairman names Lalit Bhanot as official spokesperson
NEW DELHI: Organising Committee Commonwealth 2010 Delhi Secretary General Dr. Lalit K. Bhanot has been named its official spokesperson. 
2010 Commonwealth Games
The vibrant city of New Delhi, home to 14 million people, will host the Commonwealth Games in 2010. This will be the first time India has hosted the Games and only the second time the event has been held in Asia (Kuala Lumpur in 1998 was the first).
Delhi is the capital city of India and is rich in culture and history. It stands on the western end of the Gangetic Plain and is bordered by the states of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. There are two main districts of the city, Old Delhi the capital of Muslim India between the mid 17th and late 19th centuries with its historic sites, mosques and monuments and New Delhi, the imperial city created by the British Raj with its imposing government buildings and tree lined avenues.
The dates for the Games are 3 - 14 October 2010, inclusive of the Opening and Clo
The Delhi Games Village is to be constructed as a low rise medium development on a 40 acre site in the heart of the capital with a possible capacity for 8,500 athletes and officials. Existing and new stadia will be used to house the following sports:
Archery, Aquatics, Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Cycling, Gymnastics, Hockey, Lawn Bowls, Netball, Rugby 7s, Shooting, Squash, Table Tennis, Tennis, Weightlifting and Wrestling.
In addition, 15 events will be contested across 4 Para-Sports, for elite athletes with a disability, on the inclusive Sports Programme:
Athletics, Swimming, Powerlifting and Table Tennis.
Delhi won the right to host the 2010 Games by defeating the Canadian city of Hamilton by 46 votes to 22 at the CGF General Assembly held in Montego Bay in November 2003.
The Indian city of Pune hosted the 3rd Commonwealth Youth Games from 12 - 18 October 2008 and saw the following nine sports on the programme; Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Shooting, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis, Weightlifting and Wrestling.
To get the latest on preparations for the Games please click the following link www.cwgdelhi2010.org for the official Games website for Delhi 2010 as well as clicking on the links below to read the Delhi and Hamilton Bid documents and CGF Bid Evaluation Report.
Delhi - India:
Click here to view the entire Indian Bid Document
(47MB - requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
or visit the Indian Olympic Association's website.
2010 Evaluation Report:
Click here to view the entire Report of the Commonwealth Games Evaluation Commission for the 2010 Commonwealth Games
(0.6MB - requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Hamilton - Canada :
Click here to view the entire Canadian Bid Book
(14MB - requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Friday, July 17, 2009
2010 Olympic games eyes vaccinations against H1N1
By Allan Dowd
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Organizers of next year's Winter Olympics in Vancouver are hoping to get thousands of volunteers and staff vaccinated against the H1N1 flu virus, a medical official said on Wednesday.
Organizers were already stockpiling antivirals and vaccine for next year's expected seasonal flu in Canada and are now talking with Canadian and international health authorities about how to respond to the global swine flu pandemic.
"We'll be doing a campaign trying to encourage all of our volunteers as well as our staff ... to get as many as possible vaccinated," said Dr. Jack Taunton, chief medical officer of the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC).
The 2010 Games to be held in the west coast city in February will draw athletes, officials and visitors from around the world.
They will also involve 25,000 volunteers and 5,000 VANOC staff. Vaccinations cannot be mandated in Canada, so Taunton said that, based on past medical experience, it is unlikely all of the volunteers and staff would agree to do it.
Vaccination of athletes is the responsibility of each country's national Olympic committees but Taunton said VANOC will be advising those committees about which flu viruses they should be protecting against.
VANOC highlighted the concern about the potential impact of the H1N1 flu on the Games with the announcement on Wednesday that its latest sponsor was ALDA Pharmaceuticals Corp, which produces hand sanitizers.
Medical officials say hand washing is a critical component in efforts to stop the flu's spread.
"This is a product for the times we are in," VANOC chief executive John Furlong told reporters.
The World Health Organization this week recommended healthcare workers should get priority access to H1N1 vaccinations to ensure health systems keep functioning as the swine flu pandemic spreads.
WHO also recommended priority for pregnant women, children and people with underlying diseases.
"We know there are other priorities and that we have to fit within that," Taunton said. "We're not going to be stepping up to the front of the line."
Taunton said VANOC also recognized that development of a potential vaccine for the H1N1 flu has gone slower than some health officials had hoped.
"If it was produced at the same rate as seasonal flu (vaccine), we would be fine," he said.
Tiger targets Turnberry turnaround
Turnberry, Scotland, July 17: Tiger Woods, a heavy favourite to win this week's British Open, has plenty of ground to make up in Friday's second round after opening with a one-over-par 71.
The American world number one, in pursuit of his 15th major title, failed to take advantage of ideal scoring conditions on Thursday, ending the first round seven strokes behind leader Miguel Angel Jimenez of Spain.
"I made a few mistakes," three-times champion Woods told reporters after carding four bogeys and three birdies on a calm, sun-splashed day on the Ayrshire coast.
"Hopefully I can play a little better, clean it up and put myself headed in the right direction." Woods, who fought a fade during the opening round, started out with an over-par score for the 27th time in majors.
On three of those occasions, however, he has gone on to win, at the 2005 U.S. Masters, the 2007 U.S. PGA Championship and last year's U.S. Open at Torrey Pines.
Source: Malayalamanorama
Saturday, July 11, 2009
2 Indians in semifinals of Russian boxing event
In the 48 kg category, Amandeep defeated Russian V. Ginnachmaev 11-2 in the quarter finals and entered the medal round Wednesday.
Manpreet (91 kg) knocked out Abdullaev Rustam to make it to the last four.
In other events, Jasveer Singh (81 kg) defeated Iskanderov Khatiz of Azerbaijan 8-2 to advance to the second round.
Jai Singh Patil (69 kg) and Kuldeep Singh (75 kg), however, lost their first round bouts.
Patil lost to Ambartzumyn Edurd of Armenia 2-8 while Kuldeep went down to Russian Yron Nikolia 9-12 in a close fight.
Source: Malayalamanorama
Eighth stage of Tour de France gets under way
Andorra la Vella (Andorra), July 11: The eighth stage of the 2009 Tour de France got underway Saturday in the city of Andorra la Vella, in Andorra, with Italian Tour novice Rinaldo Nocentini wearing the race leader's yellow jersey.
The 176.5km course to Saint-Girons in France takes the 176 riders left in the race over three mountains, two of them rated category 1 in difficulty, and is ideal for a long breakaway by riders with little hope of winning the Tour but eager to grab a stage victory.
The 31-year-old Nocentini became the first Italian since 2000 to lead the Tour when he joined a successful breakaway in Friday's seventh stage, the first in the mountains, and former leader Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland faded badly on the 10.4km climb to the finish line.
He also benefitted from the strategy of the Astana team of seven-time Tour champ Lance Armstrong and 2007 winner Alberto Contador, which was based on not taking the yellow jersey so early in the three-week race.
"We were hoping that there would be a breakaway that could succeed with a rider who could take the yellow jersey," Astana team manager Johan Bruyneel said after Friday's stage.
After beating Armstrong and the other Tour title contenders, such as Australian Cadel Evans and 2008 winner Carlos Sastre, by 21 seconds to the finish line on Friday, Contador has confirmed his status as odds-on favourite to win this year's Tour.
He now stands second, 6 seconds behind Nocentini, with Armstrong in third place, another 2 seconds adrift.
Contador was also happy that he failed to take the race lead.
"It's very good that I didn't take the yellow jersey," he said Friday. "We will all be more relaxed in the next few days. Because in the Tour de France, if you are the leader, it is always difficult to control (the race) and it is still a long way to Paris."
The Tour ends July 26 in the French capital.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Yuki sails into ITF tournament second round
Yuki, who won the first of the two successive ITF tournaments last week, battled for just little over an over to set up a second round meeting with Israeli qualifier Tal Eros. Eros advanced to the second round when his opponent, N. Prashanth conceded the match at 1-6, 7-6(5), 2-1 .
Kapoor, who entered the main draw as a lucky loser after the withdrawal of American Nicholas Edlefsen, showed promise but lacked consistency to pose any threat to the junior Australian open champion, with whom he practices often.
His errors only made it easy for Yuki, who broke him in the fifth and the seventh game of the match to go up a set. Yuki then ran through the second set.
Last week's finalist and sixth seed Rohan Gajjar too advanced to the second round when qualifier Nikunj Siwach retired due to giddiness, trailing 3-6, 1-2.
Top seed Kento Takeuchi of Japan staved off a second set fightback from Navdeep Singh to win 6-3, 7-6 (0). In the second round, he plays Vivek Shokeen who dispatched Vijayant Malik 6-2, 6-3.
Takeuchi had beaten Shokeen in straight sets in the first round last week.
In the other first round singles matches, second seed Vishu Vardhan had it easy against Rohan Gide, winning 6-3, 6 2. He next meets Ashutosh Singh, who sent qualifier Ankit Sachdeva packing 6-1, 6-1.
Seventh-seeded Ranjeeth Virali Murugesan rallied to beat P.C. Vignesh 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 while fifth seed Divij Sharan defeated Briton Maniel Bains 6-4, 6-1 for a second round face-off with Mithun Murli, who beat wildcard Kaza Vinayak Sharma 6-4, 6-2.
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Source:Mathrubhumi