Commonwealth gol medal winner Poonia gets $20,000 challenge from world champion Dani Samuels. Dani from Australia didn;t participte in the commonwealth games due to the health and safety issues to which Poonia said that world champion missin the tour was more related to form than the other reasons.
Poonia's husband-cum-coach Vijendra Poonia said: "At the moment, Krishna and I don't want our training schedule to be disturbed. There is a lot of expectation from Krishna after she won the gold at the Delhi Games. But we are not backing away from the challenge."
Read full story at Yahoo News.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
Come again commonwealth games in 2014
Like the opening ceremony the closing ceremony of 2010 Delhi Commonwealth games were excellent. There were some exciting performances by Army men bands, students, singers. Australia topped by winning most number of medals whereas India and Canada were among the number 2 and 3 spot respectively.
Next commonwealth games will be held in 2014 at Glasgow, Scotland. Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and will host the event for 11 days from 24 July to 3 August 2014. Unlike games village in Delhi, Glasgow will have Athletes Village in Dalmarnock from where all the major venues are not more than 20 mins drive.
Below is the list of games for the 2014 commonwealth games:
* Aquatics
o Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming
o Diving pictogram.svg Diving
* Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics
* Badminton pictogram.svg Badminton
* Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing
* Cycling
o Cycling (road) pictogram.svg Road
o Cycling (track) pictogram.svg Track
o Cycling (mountain biking) pictogram.svg Mountain
* Gymnastics
o Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg Artistic
o Gymnastics (rhythmic) pictogram.svg Rhythmic
* Field hockey pictogram.svg Field hockey
* Judo pictogram.svg Judo
* Bowling pictogram.svg Lawn Bowls
* Netball pictogram.svg Netball
* Rugby union pictogram.svg Rugby sevens
* Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting (Small Bore Rifle, Full Bore Rifle, Pistol and Clay Target)
* Squash pictogram.svg Squash
* Table tennis pictogram.svg Table Tennis
* Triathlon pictogram.svg Triathlon
* Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting
* Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling
India willl also hold one more event next year and that event is ICC Cricket World cup 2011. You can catch live action od 2011 cricket world cup at http://icccricket.blogspot.com/search/label/cricket%20world%20cup%2020011
We will also keep you updated on the progress of next commonwealthgames like qualifying games, progress at Glasgow etc. Keep on visting blog later or you can subscribe to the RSS feeds for direct updates.
Next commonwealth games will be held in 2014 at Glasgow, Scotland. Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and will host the event for 11 days from 24 July to 3 August 2014. Unlike games village in Delhi, Glasgow will have Athletes Village in Dalmarnock from where all the major venues are not more than 20 mins drive.
Below is the list of games for the 2014 commonwealth games:
* Aquatics
o Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming
o Diving pictogram.svg Diving
* Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics
* Badminton pictogram.svg Badminton
* Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing
* Cycling
o Cycling (road) pictogram.svg Road
o Cycling (track) pictogram.svg Track
o Cycling (mountain biking) pictogram.svg Mountain
* Gymnastics
o Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg Artistic
o Gymnastics (rhythmic) pictogram.svg Rhythmic
* Field hockey pictogram.svg Field hockey
* Judo pictogram.svg Judo
* Bowling pictogram.svg Lawn Bowls
* Netball pictogram.svg Netball
* Rugby union pictogram.svg Rugby sevens
* Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting (Small Bore Rifle, Full Bore Rifle, Pistol and Clay Target)
* Squash pictogram.svg Squash
* Table tennis pictogram.svg Table Tennis
* Triathlon pictogram.svg Triathlon
* Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting
* Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling
India willl also hold one more event next year and that event is ICC Cricket World cup 2011. You can catch live action od 2011 cricket world cup at http://icccricket.blogspot.com/search/label/cricket%20world%20cup%2020011
We will also keep you updated on the progress of next commonwealthgames like qualifying games, progress at Glasgow etc. Keep on visting blog later or you can subscribe to the RSS feeds for direct updates.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Commonwealth game Medal tally
As of today 13-Oct-2010 Australia is in the lead position with 169 medals, England is at number two with 138 medal and host India is a the third position with 96 medals.
India might slip down from third position at the end of the games as i tihnk they will be able to somehow manage 100 medals. If this happens it will be the first time in history of commonwealth games that India won 100 or more medals.
Below is the points table:
Country Men Women Mixed Total G S B T G S B T G S B T G S B T AUS - Australia 34 24 23 81 37 24 24 85 1 2 3 72 50 47 169 ENG - England 22 35 20 77 14 21 21 56 1 4 5 37 56 45 138 IND - India 25 14 23 62 11 11 11 33 1 1 36 26 34 96 CAN - Canada 12 7 11 30 14 10 21 45 26 17 32 75 RSA - South Africa 7 9 9 25 5 2 1 8 12 11 10 33 NGR - Nigeria 4 3 6 13 6 7 7 20 10 10 13 33 KEN - Kenya 5 7 5 17 5 3 3 11 10 10 8 28 SCO - Scotland 5 6 4 15 3 3 3 9 1 1 2 9 10 7 26 SIN - Singapore 4 3 6 13 4 4 2 10 1 1 1 3 9 8 9 26 MAS - Malaysia 3 5 6 14 4 3 5 12 1 1 2 8 8 12 28 NZL - New Zealand 1 12 4 17 3 9 3 15 1 1 2 5 22 7 34 NIR - Northern Ireland 3 2 3 8 1 1 1 1 3 3 4 10 SAM - Samoa 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 4 WAL - Wales 2 1 4 7 5 6 11 2 6 10 18 JAM - Jamaica 1 3 4 1 1 1 3 2 4 1 7 CYP - Cyprus 2 1 2 5 2 2 2 3 2 7 PAK - Pakistan 2 1 2 5 2 1 2 5 UGA - Uganda 2 2 2 2 BAH - Bahamas 1 1 3 5 1 1 3 5 SRI - Sri Lanka 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 NRU - Nauru 1 1 2 1 1 2 BOT - Botswana 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 SVG - St. Vincent & The Grenadines 1 1 1 1 CAY - Cayman Islands 1 1 1 1 TRI - Trinidad and Tobago 2 2 4 2 2 4 2 6 CMR - Cameroon 1 2 3 1 2 3 2 4 6 GHA - Ghana 2 2 1 1 2 1 3 4 NAM - Namibia 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 PNG - Papua New Guinea 1 1 1 1 SEY - Seychelles 1 1 1 1 MRI - Mauritius 2 2 2 2 IOM - Isle of Man 2 2 2 2 TON - Tonga 2 2 2 2 BAN - Bangladesh 1 1 1 1 LCA - Saint Lucia 1 1 1 1 GUY - Guyana 1 1 1 1 Total: 139 141 148 428 111 111 116 338 6 6 7 19 256 258 271 785
India might slip down from third position at the end of the games as i tihnk they will be able to somehow manage 100 medals. If this happens it will be the first time in history of commonwealth games that India won 100 or more medals.
Below is the points table:
Country Men Women Mixed Total G S B T G S B T G S B T G S B T AUS - Australia 34 24 23 81 37 24 24 85 1 2 3 72 50 47 169 ENG - England 22 35 20 77 14 21 21 56 1 4 5 37 56 45 138 IND - India 25 14 23 62 11 11 11 33 1 1 36 26 34 96 CAN - Canada 12 7 11 30 14 10 21 45 26 17 32 75 RSA - South Africa 7 9 9 25 5 2 1 8 12 11 10 33 NGR - Nigeria 4 3 6 13 6 7 7 20 10 10 13 33 KEN - Kenya 5 7 5 17 5 3 3 11 10 10 8 28 SCO - Scotland 5 6 4 15 3 3 3 9 1 1 2 9 10 7 26 SIN - Singapore 4 3 6 13 4 4 2 10 1 1 1 3 9 8 9 26 MAS - Malaysia 3 5 6 14 4 3 5 12 1 1 2 8 8 12 28 NZL - New Zealand 1 12 4 17 3 9 3 15 1 1 2 5 22 7 34 NIR - Northern Ireland 3 2 3 8 1 1 1 1 3 3 4 10 SAM - Samoa 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 4 WAL - Wales 2 1 4 7 5 6 11 2 6 10 18 JAM - Jamaica 1 3 4 1 1 1 3 2 4 1 7 CYP - Cyprus 2 1 2 5 2 2 2 3 2 7 PAK - Pakistan 2 1 2 5 2 1 2 5 UGA - Uganda 2 2 2 2 BAH - Bahamas 1 1 3 5 1 1 3 5 SRI - Sri Lanka 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 NRU - Nauru 1 1 2 1 1 2 BOT - Botswana 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 SVG - St. Vincent & The Grenadines 1 1 1 1 CAY - Cayman Islands 1 1 1 1 TRI - Trinidad and Tobago 2 2 4 2 2 4 2 6 CMR - Cameroon 1 2 3 1 2 3 2 4 6 GHA - Ghana 2 2 1 1 2 1 3 4 NAM - Namibia 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 PNG - Papua New Guinea 1 1 1 1 SEY - Seychelles 1 1 1 1 MRI - Mauritius 2 2 2 2 IOM - Isle of Man 2 2 2 2 TON - Tonga 2 2 2 2 BAN - Bangladesh 1 1 1 1 LCA - Saint Lucia 1 1 1 1 GUY - Guyana 1 1 1 1 Total: 139 141 148 428 111 111 116 338 6 6 7 19 256 258 271 785
Sunday, October 3, 2010
commonwealth games opening ceremony
Few hours from now and many of us will be watching opening ceremony of the tournament that has been hot topic for last so many days. Reason for commonwealth games being in new were good and bad both but mostly they were due to time delays, hygeine condition, security issues etc. Now opening ceremony is also under the hammer of secirity issues and few team are threatning to boycott the opening ceremny. Though many team have agreed to turn up for the opening program for the commonwealth games, New Zealand still seems concerned about security issues.
A leading newspaper daily in India called Times of India has published overview of opening ceremony. Heres little about it:
TOI had a sneak preview on Tuesday evening of the show that will kick off the Games on October 3. The ground, similar to the size of Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, was bathed under floodlights, attracting the eye of curious jawans passing by as well as giant monsoon beetles.
The 10-minute sequence being rehearsed was "The Great Indian Journey" for which hundreds of youth ran into the ground holding rudimentary props that will represent a giant human train, and will metamorphose seamlessly into an elaborate bazaar scene.
The stage is 80feet by 40feet, encircled by a 30-feet area, where in the course of a 140-minute presentation, Indian culture, from its hoary past to the modern day, will be showcased. Over this stage will be the aerostat, a lighted canopy that is expected to make the opening ceremony a bewitching spectacle.
But to be honest, it is difficult to discern the entire scheme from a 10-minute preview minus the real props or dress. You can tell how effective it is only when the whole thing will come together with music, colour, laser and giant videos on the wide walls of the oval aerostat. Still, one thing is obvious: this is an elaborate affair, involving the hard work of thousands.
Bansi Kaul, formerly of NSD and the lead choreographer, is confident that all the sweat will pay off. His top assistants, Prapti Malhotra, Indu Anand and Poornima Pendse, fill in the details. "The rehearsals start at the crack of dawn, at 6am," says Poornima Pendse. "The first lot of performers, who fill up the ground in the morning, are students from Delhi. They train and then go off to school."
"There are designated practice hours and many of our girls from all other parts of India are staying here at the NCC barracks," says Prapti. A flash of lightning splits open the sky. She looks up: "We just hope the rains stay away."
The two-hour-twenty-minute extravaganza is expected to start at 7pm and continue till 9.20pm on October 3. It is divided into several segments, each specially crafted and choreographed. Most sequences, say the organizers, are between eight minutes and nine minutes - an attempt to keep the programme vibrant and showcase as much diversity and heritage as possible.
The Great Indian Journey, for instance, seeks to create a human train (a tribute to the main sponsor, Indian Railways?) that will give glimpses of ordinary Indian scenes as seen from a train window. Soon the train breaks up and vignettes of Indian life are created - the bazaar, the cycle shop, kite shop and vegetable market where the vegetable seller who, among other things, is talking on a mobile.
It appears orderly and chaotic, at the same time. "There is order behind every chaos in this country," says Bansi Kaul. "You can say that again in the context of the Games," quips one of his assistants.
Read more: Preview of Commonwealth Games opening ceremony held - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/commonwealth-games-2010/news/Preview-of-Commonwealth-Games-opening-ceremony-held/articleshow/6562806.cms#ixzz11EksfPY0
A leading newspaper daily in India called Times of India has published overview of opening ceremony. Heres little about it:
TOI had a sneak preview on Tuesday evening of the show that will kick off the Games on October 3. The ground, similar to the size of Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, was bathed under floodlights, attracting the eye of curious jawans passing by as well as giant monsoon beetles.
The 10-minute sequence being rehearsed was "The Great Indian Journey" for which hundreds of youth ran into the ground holding rudimentary props that will represent a giant human train, and will metamorphose seamlessly into an elaborate bazaar scene.
The stage is 80feet by 40feet, encircled by a 30-feet area, where in the course of a 140-minute presentation, Indian culture, from its hoary past to the modern day, will be showcased. Over this stage will be the aerostat, a lighted canopy that is expected to make the opening ceremony a bewitching spectacle.
But to be honest, it is difficult to discern the entire scheme from a 10-minute preview minus the real props or dress. You can tell how effective it is only when the whole thing will come together with music, colour, laser and giant videos on the wide walls of the oval aerostat. Still, one thing is obvious: this is an elaborate affair, involving the hard work of thousands.
Bansi Kaul, formerly of NSD and the lead choreographer, is confident that all the sweat will pay off. His top assistants, Prapti Malhotra, Indu Anand and Poornima Pendse, fill in the details. "The rehearsals start at the crack of dawn, at 6am," says Poornima Pendse. "The first lot of performers, who fill up the ground in the morning, are students from Delhi. They train and then go off to school."
"There are designated practice hours and many of our girls from all other parts of India are staying here at the NCC barracks," says Prapti. A flash of lightning splits open the sky. She looks up: "We just hope the rains stay away."
The two-hour-twenty-minute extravaganza is expected to start at 7pm and continue till 9.20pm on October 3. It is divided into several segments, each specially crafted and choreographed. Most sequences, say the organizers, are between eight minutes and nine minutes - an attempt to keep the programme vibrant and showcase as much diversity and heritage as possible.
The Great Indian Journey, for instance, seeks to create a human train (a tribute to the main sponsor, Indian Railways?) that will give glimpses of ordinary Indian scenes as seen from a train window. Soon the train breaks up and vignettes of Indian life are created - the bazaar, the cycle shop, kite shop and vegetable market where the vegetable seller who, among other things, is talking on a mobile.
It appears orderly and chaotic, at the same time. "There is order behind every chaos in this country," says Bansi Kaul. "You can say that again in the context of the Games," quips one of his assistants.
Read more: Preview of Commonwealth Games opening ceremony held - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/commonwealth-games-2010/news/Preview-of-Commonwealth-Games-opening-ceremony-held/articleshow/6562806.cms#ixzz11EksfPY0
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