Commonwealth Games India
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009“Come Out and Play” is the motto adopted for Commonwealth Games India 2010. Earlier, it was after a tough competition with other countries as contenders (toughest Hamilton, Canada) that India, the cricket crazy country, was awarded holding of Commonwealth Games 2010. Delhi, India, had had the experience of hosting the first big International sports event Asian Games way back in 1982. Even prior to that New Delhi had hosted the inaugural Asian Games further back in 1951.
Games and Events: In the sphere of holding international sports events India was not considered a novice, and the recent sporting events include International Athletic Circuit Meet 2000, Asian Athletic Grand Prix 2002 Asian Athletic Grand Prix 2003. India also hosted the 7th SAF Games in 1995, 6th Indira Gandhi International Gold Cup 1997 for Women hockey, 4th Women’s Asia Cup in Hockey, 1999, and various Table Tennis tournaments like 15th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship, 13th Asia Cup Table Tennis Tournament, and 14th Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament. The Test-Series in favourite yet struggling game of Hockey include India-Australia 1996, India-Poland & India-Germany in 1997, India-Pakistan 1998, India-Germany & in 2001.
One of the most important sporting events now slated in India is the 2010 Commonwealth Games scheduled to be held in New Delhi in 2010. It is a matter of pride for India that the Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010 will be staged in India for the first time and in Asia for the second time. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, was the first country in Asia where the Commonwealth Games were held in 1998.
Commonwealth Games India Info
As per the schedules announced, the Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi opening ceremony will be held at Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium on 3rd October 2010, while the Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010 closing ceremony is scheduled to be held on 14th October 2010. Besides daily score of medal won, the final medal tally of the Commonwealth Games and events Delhi 2010 India results will be compiled and declared on the last day of the premier event. The duration of the premier event will be 11 days. Athletes from various commonwealth countries will be competing in the sports including Commonwealth Games Aquatics Athletics Boxing Hockey Netball Shooting Table Tennis Weightlifting Archery Badminton Cycling Gymnastics Lawn Bowls Rugby 7s Squash Tennis Wrestling.
Commonwealth Games Venues
The games are to be held over the following venues:
- Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
- IG Sports Complex and India Gate/ Red Fort
- SPM Swimming Pool Complex
- Talkatora Indoor Stadium
- IG Indoor Stadium
- Tyagaraj Sports Complex
- Maj. Dhyan Chand National Stadium
- Dr. Karni Shooting Range
- Delhi University
- Siri Fort Sports Complex
- RK Tennis Complex
- Yamuna Sports Complex
In days of yore, as per the old scriptures as also anecdotes, the Indian traditional schools (Gurukul), sport was an essential part of studies. There was high level of competence in sporting events like chariot-racing, archery, horsemanship, military tactics, wrestling, weight-lifting, hammer throwing, swimming and hunting; there is a fascinating link between Greece and India in all these which stretches back to 975 B.C. There is a mix of Indian sportsmen having achieved higher level of competence in games like CHESS (Manuel Aaron, P. Harikrishna, Vishwanathan Anand, Dibyendu Barua, Koneru Humpy (female), Krishnan Sasikiran, Parimarjan Negi -youngest Indian), BADMINTON (Prakash Padukone, Pullela Gopichand, Aparna Popat, Chetan Anand, Saina), TENNIS (Ramanathan Krishnan, Vijay Amrithraj, Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi, Sania Mirza), HOCKEY (The Golden Era of hockey in India was the period from 1928 - 1956 when India won 6 consecutive gold medals in the Olympics. Now??? Enthusiasm continues while winning big events continues to be elusive!!), KABADDI (won gold medal in all the four successive Asian Games since 1990), CRICKET (is a religion now after India achieved its first ‘World Cup’ victory in international cricket in 1983, and there are too many icons to be packed in a limited space here!!), SHOOTING (Beijing Olympic Gold Medalist Abhinav Bindra, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Jaspal Rana, Anjali Vedpathank Bhagwat, amongst others; India ranked first in shooting during the 2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne Australia with a total of 27 medals in gold, silver, and bronze.), ATHLETICS (The illustrious past performers having a crack mostly in Asian games include GS Radhawa, PT Usha, Ashwini Nachappa, KM Beenamol, Anju Bobby George), BOXING (Md. Ali Qamar, Akhila Kumar, Vijender Kumar).
Looking back is always an eye opener. The Indian sportsmen often complain that not enough competitive events are held at local district level in various states. Instead, stadiums are either allowed to rot due to lack of maintenance or are more often used for officially sponsored “non-sporting events” events like cultural and musical evenings, and private weddings.
Free Accommodation Booking
All athletes and officials coming to India to participate in Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010 in all sports will be provided free accommodation at the world class Games Village. The traditional Indian hospitality and modern amenities at the Games Village exceeding CGF requirements will definitely make a heady mix in higher standards of comfort & excellence never seen before by participating teams. The provision of free lodging extends to 2 free rooms in a luxury hotel for accommodating CGA officials. All the rooms will be provided in the name of the CGA to be utilized by them or their authorized representatives, and can be retained for the full duration of the Games. Provision for extra Officials is done at Games Village under the CGF (Commonwealth Games Federation) norms and guidelines, to be informed in advance and US$50 per person per day payable extra. The charges are very reasonable considering the much needed convenience and togetherness of the athletes and officials at same place. The 2010 Commonwealth Games Delhi India officials claim the Games Village to be state-of-the-art where services and facilities will have a unique “athlete-comfort” orientation and approach. Buy your 2010 Commonwealth Games Delhi tickets from India authorized agencies.
Eco System
A sporting event to the magnitude of Commonwealth Games 2010 is obviously likely to spill over to disturbing or creating imbalance in the eco system as hundreds of trees need to be cut to make way for holding the Games and housing the international athletes and officials. But any responsible government will ensure to make-up for the loss. Individuals and NGO’s keeping a watch should rather come forward offering qualified constructive suggestions and also extending hand in taking part in minimizing and compensating temporary loss. For example, the concerns raised at the construction of the Games Village complex on the floodplains of river Yamuna.
India Travel Tourism
Tourism travel in India you find a fascinating and interesting mix of several things from various countries put into one, and yet India stands out with its unique diversity of culture, history and heritage. Delhi being the hub of Commonwealth Games 2010 in your leisure trip to India, you can travel to enjoy Budget India Tour to any part for India holidays after having watched the sporting events of your special interest. India adventure tour trekking water sports snow skiing wildlife safaris; India beach tour to golden Goa Kerala Mumbai; India heritage tour – any heritage is the pride of world and India is full of heritage sites throughout it length and breadth, including Taj Mahal, forts & places in Rajasthan, Ajanta & Ellora, Konark Sun Temple, etc.; India culture holidays – besides Delhi, you can also choose to take a leisure visit to Jaipur, Jodhpur, Goa, Cochin, Trivandrum, Bangalore, Mysore, Pondicherry, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Shimla, Darjeeling, Leh-Ladakh, etc.; India spiritual pilgrimage tour takes you to the trip of Amritsar, Varanasi, Haridwar, Mathura, Vrindavan, Tirupati, Rameshwaram, Kanyakumari, etc.; Same day trips can also be easily made to Indian destinations nearby using cheap car rentals in Delhi India; Cheap health care in India offers you to have any medical condition resolved under medical tourism, dental tourism or therapeutic Ayurveda tourism.
India Hotel Accommodation / Commonwealth Games Hotels in India
Cheap hotels in Delhi India are available in all types of categories of Indian bed & breakfast accommodations, budget India hotels, deluxe hotels India, luxury India hotels, India boutique hotels, Serviced Apartments India, chain-group of hotels India, basic hotels, government approved hotels, and room bookings should be done using India Cheap Hotels website much prior to the dates of your travel to watch Commonwealth Games India 2010 in New Delhi. Due to their proximity to 2010 Commonwealth Games Delhi, hotels in Noida and hotels in Gurgaon can also be considered for stay. Continuously added/updated, book India rooms at government approved and recognized B&B Accommodation and India Games Hotels in India for cheaper stay.