Common Wealth Games 2010

Prepared By:zankhana . G. somani chhavi. R. Mandowara Shraddha. Thakkar Dhara . Patel Umang . Pandit

Introduction
Host city Motto New Delhi, India Come out and play

Nations participating Athletes participating Events Opening ceremony Closing ceremony Officially opened by

Main Stadium Website

71 Commonwealth Teams 6081 260 events in 17 disciplines 3 October 14 October Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Pratibha Patil, President of India Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium cwgdelhi2010.org

HISTORY
With a rich and long history, Commonwealth Games provide participating countries a perfect platform to showcase their talent on the world stage. Delhi promises to add to the rich legacy that the Commonwealth Games have built over the last 80 years. The Commonwealth Games bring together a congregation of nations that were once under the Queen's dominion.

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It is the second largest sports festival in the world after the Olympics.

The first ever Commonwealth Games were held in 1930 at Hamilton, Canada and were known as the 'British Empire Games'.
In the inaugural CWG, 11 countries and 400 athletes locked horns in 59 events. The Commonwealth games are often referred as the 'Friendly Games' with the original idea being to increase the goodwill towards and understanding within the British Empire.

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There has been no looking back ever since and the games have been held every four years (except for 1942 and 1946 due to World War II). The title 'British Empire Games' which was used from 1930 to 1950, was changed to 'British Empire and Commonwealth Games' in 1954.

In 1970 and 1974 it was further changed to 'British Commonwealth Games' .

Finally, it was the 1978 Games in Edmonton that saw this unique, world class, multi-sports event change its name to Commonwealth Games.

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The Games were a single competition sport from 1930 to 1994. Team sports like Cricket, Hockey and Netball were first introduced only in the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Games.

Features
A cwg are the first time held in India and second time held
Asia. after 1998 in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia) Participation by 71 teams. Around 2000 staff and 18000 volunteers. 20 cities being developed as tourist destination. Massive security arrangement. 2 million foreign tourist and 3.5 million domestic tourist to arrive in Delhi. in

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The games village in New Delhi is spread over an area of 63.5 hectares. Created at a cost of USD 230.7 million. Equipped with modern amenities and facilities.

CWG S Medals

Rank

Nation

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

1
2 3

Australia
India England

64
31 28

41
25 49

39
28 36

144
84 113

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Canada South Africa

Nigeria
Kenya Malaysia Scotland Singapore

23 12 8 8 7 6 6

15 11 7 6 8 8 5

29 9 11 7 8 7 6

67 32 26 21 23 21 17

Total

207

208

225

640

Only the top ten nations by medal rank are shown in this medal table

LOGO OF CWG

Description of CWGs logo

Description This is a logo for 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Portion used

The entire logo is used to convey the meaning intended and avoid tarnishing or misrepresenting the intended image. Low resolution? The logo is of a size and resolution sufficient to maintain the quality intended by the company or organization, without being unnecessarily high resolution. Purpose of use The image is used to identify the organization 2010 Commonwealth Games, a subject of public interest. Replaceable? Because it is a logo there is almost certainly no free equivalent.

SHERA THE MASCOT OF GAMES

About Mascot
The official mascot for 2010 cwg is shera, an anthropomorphised tiger. His name came from sher a hindi word meaning tiger ( Hindi Bagh means tiger. However sher is colloquially used for both lion and tiger)..

Meaning of Mascot
A person , animal or object believed to bring good luck, especially one kept as the symbol organization such as a sport-team.

DESCRIPTION ABOUT MASCOT

Majesty : - A royal power. Power :- The right or authority to do something.

Charisma :- Attractive , charm that can inspire enthusiasm in other people.

Intelligence :- The ability to gain and apply knowledge and skills. Grace :- Attractive qualities or behaviour.

Competition schedule
Event Venue Event dates

Opening Ceremony
Closing Ceremony Aquatics

JN Stadium
JN Stadium Dr SPM Swimming Complex Yamuna Sports Complex JN Stadium

03 October 2010
14 October 2010 10-13 October 2010 4-9 October 2010 6-7 October 2010 4-10 October 2010 14 October 2010

Archery Athletics

Badminton

Siri Fort Sports Complex

4-14 October 2010

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Boxing Cycling Hockey Lawn Bowls Netball Rugby Sevens Talkatora Indoor Stadium IG Sports Complex Maj. Dhyan Chand National Stadium JN Sports Complex JN Sports Complex Delhi University 5-11, 13 October 2010 10 October 2010 4-14 October 2010 4-13 October 2010 4-13 October 2010 11-12 October 2010

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Shooting Squash Table Tennis Tennis Weightlifting Wrestling Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range Siri Fort Sports Complex Yamuna Sports Complex RK Khanna Tennis Stadium JN Sports Complex IG Sports Complex 6-13 October 2010 4-13 October 2010 4-14 October 2010 4-10 October 2010 4-12 October 2010 5-10 October 2010

The main venue of the Games, the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

Types of games

Archery

Aquatics

Athletics

badminton

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HOCKEY

gymnastics

CYCLING

boxing

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Lawn Bowls

Net Ball

Rugby Sevens

Shooting

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Squash

Tennis

Table Tennis

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Current Issues
The Commonwealth Games The Common Woes Games .
The Commonwealth Games 2010 finally took off in New Delhi, on October 3 after rebounding from the brink of disaster a couple of weeks ago when several (Western) teams threatened to pull out and several individual athletes actually did so due to concerns about unhygienic conditions in the Games Village, the dengue fever epidemic raging in the Indian capital due to incessant rains and consequent floods, the ever-present terrorism threat that hovers permanently over the Indian sub-continent and other assorted issues.

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BIDDING FOR THE GAMES

Indian officials offered a last-minute bribe of USD 100,000 to each of the 72 members of the Commonwealth Games Federation totally amounting to USD 7.2 million (Rs 32.4 crores) to win the vote to host the Games over rival bidder . In addition the Indian officials dangled other unprecedented sweetners like travel grants for athletes and officials totally amounting to USD 10.5 million, luxury accommodation for CWG officials in New Delhi, chauffer driven luxury cars and a free trip to see the Taj Mahal. The total expenditures on the Indian bid reportedly came to around Rs 89 crore.

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COLOSSAL ESCALATION OF STAGING COSTS The estimates for staging the Games has rocketed sky high several times over since the bid was won. According to various reports, from the original estimate of USD 1.3 billion, the Games will now cost USD 15 billion, reportedly seven times more expensive than the Melbourne CWG in 2006! "...when 46% of India's children and 55% of women are malnourished, does spending billions of dollars on a 12-day sports event build national pride or is it a matter of national shame?"

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GROSS DISTORTION OF NATIONAL PRIORITIES Although it was the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government that bid for the Games in 2003 when it was in power to showcase its India Shining story, the bid had the backing of the Congress which is now ruling at the Centre. The Congress more so has given the Games organizers a blank cheque to splurge as they please to hold a world class Games and portray Delhi as a world class city. For a country where nearly 40 per cent of the population lives below the poverty line, where farmers suicides have blighted the countryside for years, where facilities for education, public health, public transport, housing, sanitation, power and water supply and sport are poor, spending thousands of crores on a 12-day international sporting jamboree is an unwarranted extravagance.

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EXPLOITATION OF LABOUR AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

Around 100 workers have reportedly died from work-related accidents at various Games sites and an equal number from diseases due to substandard living conditions. Only a couple of weeks ago, 27 workers were injured in the bridge collapse outside the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, which will host the opening and closing ceremonies and the athletics events.
Marginalized sections of society have had to bear the brunt of Delhis beautification drive as slums have been demolished without proper rehabilitation of its denizens, homeless people and thousands of beggars have been rounded up and deported, hawkers and street vendors have been forced to stop plying their trade on the pavements

Transport Further information: Transport in Delhi

Road Transport, Delhi

Some relevant questions regarding the future of Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games, which are organized after every four years are considered among the largest sports events in the world. However, for participating into the games, a country must have to be one from 71 commonwealth member nations, which at some point of time had been a part of the British Empire. An expert said that the Games would very much remain relevant to their true aim of bringing harmony among the Commonwealth member nations until the athletes would keep on joining them with true enthusiasm.

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An important factor regarding Commonwealth Games is the monetary benefits awarded to t he players. The biggest advantage of the Commonwealth Games is that they provide chances to the athletes in more obscure sports to compete on the international stage. The expert said that they must disregard the size of the opening and ending ceremonies, instead focus on the event and the necessary preparations, which ensure the quality play from the athletes.

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