Kalmadi not eligible for Indian Olympic Association polls

Suresh Kalmadi, V.K. Verma and Lalit Bhanot all cannot contest the umcoming IOA elections. The Indian Olympic Association polls are scheduled on 25^th November and present President Kalmari has expressed his desire to contest again.  Apart from not being eligible for the election these three may also be suspended from the current roles. 

Kalmadi and others are already is facing corruption charges and even has served few months in Jail ans preventive measures.  Now it’d be interesting to see who will contest the election. For sure we’ll have a new IOA president, corrupt or not cannot be guaranteed. 

Other news about Commonwealth games:

• Venues for 2014 Glasgw commonwealth games has been made accessible to general public.
• Women’s Boxing Event included to the first time in Commonwealth games
• Hampden Park may be closed for one year in lieu of 2014 Glasgow preparations
• Mascot for Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games called "Clyde" revealed

Commonwealth Games 2014 in the News

Its still quite a lot time left for commonwealth games to start making it large in media. Around 6-8 moths before the event we will start hearing news about Glasgow commonwealth games all over media (print, tv, radio and online etc.). So far there isn't much hype in the media about Glasgow commonwealth games but last year common wealth games are still in the highlight due to large amount of corruption done in the hosting country India at that time. Main criminal in that case is Mr Suresh Kalmadi. I'll not take you off topic by talking about a cause i.e a worry for almost al countries in the world.

Let me quickly summarize you about what's going on in the news for commonwealth games:

1. Sarah Kelly the teenage international runner from Great Britain has recovered from the injury and is expected to make a comeback in the commonwealth games to be held in Glasgow. According to her coach Liz McColgan she is fully fit and training hard for the comeback.
2. Its rumored that the security costs for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games may cross the budget approved by the Scottish Parliament. Scotish government has already once increased the security budget from £373m to £524m, but the new budget suggest that this may need to be increase further.
3. Atos which is one of the leading international IT company has been named one of the sponsor of the Commonwealth Games 2014. Information about the same can be found at Atos website as well.
4. This is not a news but an update or reminder for you that games will be held in July and August 2014