New Delhi, Sep 3 – The Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC) said Friday it has put in place an effective and robust programme in place to ensure that the Games are free from dope violations with 1,500 doping control tests, the largest in the Games history.
The programme, put up with the support of the Commonwealth

New Delhi, Sep 3 – The National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) Friday said it will request the anti-doping disciplinary panel to expedite the trial of Indian athletes, who have tested positive in the run-up to the Commonwealth Games, once the outcome of their ‘B’ samples are known by Saturday evening.
NADA director-general Rahul Bhatnagar also said

New Delhi, Sep 3 – The Cycle Federation of India (CFI) Friday announced a 27-member squad for the Commonwealth Games even as the cyclists are yet to receive their cycles for the Oct 3-14 event.
The Manipuri duo of Bikram Singh and Rameshwari Devi will respectively lead the Indian men’s and women’s challenge. Maniton Singh was

New Delhi, Sep 3 – Sachin Tendulkar, in a startling disclosure, said Thursday that in his 21 years of international career no bookie has ever approached an Indian cricketer. Tendulkar’s statement comes as a big surprise as his second captain Mohammad Azharuddin was banned for life for match-fixing in 2000.
‘No, in my 21 years of

New Delhi, Sep 3 – In a light blue terrycot half-sleeve shirt, silk rank braid on his shoulders and collar tags of an Indian Air Force (IAF) group captain – that is Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, the cricketing wonder of India, in his new innings and uniform.
Tendulkar may have achieved many cricketing heights in the last

New Delhi, Sep 3 – The sale of Commonwealth Games merchandise may have begun late, but it has been selling like hot cakes within a day of its launch, with vuvuzelas being the most sought after in an eclectic mix.
An initial range of 25 items has been introduced in the run-up to the Oct 3-14

New Delhi, Sep 3 – Information will be merely a touchscreen away for over 100,000 visitors who are expected to visit the capital during the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games.
Forty tourist info-cafes — comprising a touchscreen, a quick bite-cum-coffee corner and a souvenir counter — are to be set up across prime market locations in the