Commonwealth Games - India

Commonwealth Games - India 2010

Delhi, India 2010 - Commonwealth Games

The 2010 Commonwealth Games are scheduled to be held in Delhi, India between 3 October and 14 October 2010. With a population of over 15 million, Delhi is one of the largest cities in the world. This will be the largest multi-sports event conducted to date in Delhi and India generally, which has previously hosted the Asian-games in 1951 and 1982. The opening ceremony is scheduled to take place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi.

This is the first time the Commonwealth Games will be held in India, which will be the third developing country to host the event (after Jamaica in 1966 and Malaysia in 1998). This is the second time the event has been held in Asia(after 1998).

In January 2005, the Commonwealth Games Federationvice-president Randhir Singh expressed concern that Delhi was behind schedule in forming an organising committee. On 18 January 2008, however, the Commonwealth Games Federation expressedits approval of Delhi's progress.

In addition to the Commonwealth Games, the city of Pune, Indiawill be hosting the 3rd Commonwealth Youth Games between October 12 and 18, 2008. The Youth Games will offer nine sports: athletics, badminton, boxing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, tennis, weightlifting and wrestling.

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Commonwealth_Games