Commonwealth Games 2010

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Commonwealth Games is a sporting event that takes place after every 4 years. The participating countries are all Commonwealth Countries who were erstwhile British colonies. The games to be hosted by Delhi are 19th on the line with the first commonwealth games taking place in 1930 in Hamilton (Canada) as British Empire Games. The new Avatar of the game took shape in 1974.

The 12 Day sporting extravaganza, biggest in Delhi since 1982 Asiad Games, kickstarts on 3rd October 2010 at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.8500 athletes from 85 Commonwealth nations would fight it out for top honours for 17 sporting events.

The official Mascot of the game is “Shera”, the Royal Bengal Tiger while the official Logo of 2010 Commonwealth Games is an upward spiraling wheel inspired by the Ashok Chakra. The motto of the game is "Come out and Play".

New Delhi is gearing up at a tremendous speed to ready its infrastructure, transport, communication facilities well in time to host the second biggest sporting event in the sporting history after Olympics.

Venues of Commonwealth Games

There are 10 venues across Delhi where the sporting events of xixth commonwealth games are to be held. Plans are afoot to cover all these venues with network of roads and metro.

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium is located opposite Lodhi comlplex and in close vicinity to the C.G.O. Complex. The Stadium would host Athletics, Lawn Bowls and Weightlifting events.

Hotels near Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Thyagaraj Sports Complex: The Thyagaraj Sports complex near East Kidwai Nagar ,will be one of the venues for Commonwealth Games. It will host the Netball event. The complex will be 1 km from the proposed underground INA metro station, as a part of the Central Secretariat-Qutub Minar line.

Hotels near Thyagaraj Sports Complex

Indira Gandhi Sports Complex: Indira Gandhi Sports Complex located at IP Estate on the banks of river Yamuna off Ring Road will host cycling, archery, wrestling and gymnastics. The large complex is 1.5 km from the operational Indraprastha metro station.

Hotels near Indira Gandhi Sports Complex

Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium: Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium is the venue for field hockey events. The stadium is located near India Gate.

Hotels near Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium

RK Khanna Tennis Complex: RK Khanna Tennis Complex is located in Africa Avenue, Safdarjung Enclave near the Hyatt Regency Hotel. The stadium which hosted various Davis Cup Tournaments in the past will host the lawn tennis events of the games.

Hotels near RK Khanna Tennis Complex

Talkatora Indoor Stadium: Talkatora Indoor Stadium is located near Central Secretariat and will hold the Boxing events.

Hotels near Talkatora Indoor Stadium

Dr. S.P. Mukherjee Swimming Stadium: Dr. S.P. Mukherjee Swimming Stadium is also located in the Talkatora complex. It will host the swimming and diving competitions.

Hotels near Dr. S.P. Mukherjee Swimming Stadium

Siri Fort Sports Complex: Siri Fort Sports Complex is located on the August Kranti Marg, Khelgaon just behind Siri Fort Auditorium. This multipurpose stadium in south Delhi will host Badminton and Squash events.

Hotels near Siri Fort Sports Complex

Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range: Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range named after the ace shooter will host the shooting and full bore events it is located at Surajkund Road, Tughlaqabad.

Hotels near Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range

Yamuna Sports Complex: The only competition venue across the YamunaRiver the Yamuna Sports Complex is located near Vivek Vihar and Anand Vihar ISBT in east Delhi. The complex would hold Table Tennis and Archery prelims.

Hotels near Yamuna Sports Complex

Commonwealth Games 2010 Schedules

The following table gives a calendar of the events slated to be held at different venues across Delhi.

Event Venue Dates

Opg.Ceremony JLN Stadium 3rd October

Archery India Gate/Yamuna Sports Complex 4-10 October

Athletics JLN Stadium/India Gate/Marathon course 6-14 October

Aquatics Dr. SPM Swimming Complex 4-13 October

Badminton Siri Fort Complex 4-14 October

Boxing Talkatora Indoor Stadium 5-11, 13 October

Cycling IG Sports Complex/India Gate/Noida Highway Express Rd 4-13 October

Gymastics IG Sports Complex 4-14 October

Hockey Maj. Dhyan Chand National Stadium 4-14 October

Lawn Bowls JLN Sports Complex 4-13 October

Netball Thyagaraj Sports Complex 4-14 October

Rugby 7s Delhi University 11-12 October

Shooting Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range/CRPF Campus, Kadarpur 5-13 October

Squash Siri Fort Complex 4-13 October

Tennis RK Khanna Tennis Stadium 4-10 October

Table Tennis Yamuna Sports Complex 4-14 October

Weightlifting JLN Sports Complex 4-12 October 2010

Wrestling IG Sports Complex 5-10 October 2010

Closing Cer. JLN Stadium 14 October 2010

Sporting Disciplines

The 19th edition of Commonwealth Games in 2010 Delhi will feature 17 sporting events. They are the following

Aquatics: Consisting of Swimming, Diving, Synchronised Diving and Synchronised Swimming

Archery: Consisting of Recurve and Compound,

Athletics: Consisting of Track, Throws, Jumps, Combined and Road.

Badminton: Consisting of Singles and Doubles matches for men and women, Mixed Doubles and Team Mixed

Boxing: Boxing events in 11 weight categories from Light flyweight to Super heavyweight.

Cycling: Cycling event will feature 12 track and 2 road events

Gymnastics: Gymnastics will feature 14 events

Hockey: Team competitions

Lawn Bowls: Lawn Bowls will feature 6 events

Netball: Team event only for women

Rugby-7s: Team event only for men

Shooting: Shooting would involve Clay Target, Pistol and Small Bore Rifle and Full Bore

Squash: Consisting of three events

Table Tennis: TT will feature seven events

Tennis: Consisting of 3 events

Weightlifting: Weightlifting will have 8 weight categories for Men and 7 weight categories for women

Wrestling: Will feature 14 events in freestyle and Greco Roman.

Information Courtesy: Commonwealth Games organizing committee

Commonwealth Games Village

Delhi Development Authority (DDA)is developing the most ambitious project, a state-of-the-art games village to accommodate approximately 8500 participating athletes and attending officials of Commonwealth games 2010. The games village is spread over an area of 63.5 hectares on the east bank of Yamuna River off National Highway 24 and near AkshardhamTemple and Noida Mode. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 100 crore. New flyovers and roads are being constructed for a speedy and smooth transfer of athletes and officials to various sporting venues. Though there were some initial hiccups regarding the venue as it is located on the ecologically sensitive River Bank but timely intervention by Supreme Court has meant a speedy construction of this project which is estimated to be ready by January 2010.