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India’s Commonwealth Games : no superpower effort
Krishnan Guru-Murthy blogs on why the screw ups surrounding the Commonwealth Games in Delhi feel so predictable
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Beleaguered Commonwealth Games organisers in India face more collapsing infrastructure and threatened pullouts. Alex Thomson argues the Games might “quite possibly, not happen at all”.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy blogs on why the screw ups surrounding the Commonwealth Games in Delhi feel so predictable
With less than a fortnight to go before the Commonwealth Games open in Delhi, organisers face protests over the state of accommodation as a bridge collapses and three English athletes pull out.
Is there a sense in Glasgow that – not just the Games – but the Commonwealth itself is a bit underwhelming? Sports Correspondent, Keme Nzerem, takes the political temperature there.
With Ebola ravaging their nation, 26 of the Commonwealth Games boxing squad from Sierra Leone are begging the UK government to let them stay. They tell Jonathan Miller about their plight.
The Commonwealth Games have long highlighted Paralympic sport. And everyone at the event shares not just a love of sport, but also a cultural heritage.
As Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond makes his first appearance on the Commonwealth Games stage, the challenge in the coming days may be to keep the attention of the world on the sport.
“What gives them the right to embarrass Scotland?” Campaigners tell Channel 4 News that plans to blow up Glasgow’s iconic Red Road Flats during the Commonwealth Games are a “disgrace”.
“Scotland would be in a respectable 11th place in the world medal rankings. And if you allow for population size, it’s even more of an achievement.”
Amid the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, there are serious questions about the Commonwealth, one of the Queen’s most beloved associations, writes Danny Sriskandarajah of the Royal Commonwealth Society.
As the Commonwealth Games action begins in Delhi, India faces a hail of criticism over the chaotic build-up, with one charity telling Channel 4 News “India’s poorest children are being left behind”.
As the England team begins arriving in Delhi the president of the Australian Olympic Committee says India should never have been awarded the Commonwealth Games.
Alex Thomson looks at the escalating problems facing the organisers of next month’s Commonwealth Games in Delhi – and finds that this time the risks are not being over-stated.
Organisers of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham promise that tonight’s opening ceremony will be on a par with the spectacular event that launched the London 2012 Olympics games.
The joy of 13-year-old Erraid Davies as she collected her Commonwealth Games swimming bronze medal is the kind of thing that will send parents and children to their nearest pool.