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The Commonwealth Games (CWG) in 2010 is poised to be the largest multi-sport event
ever to be held in India. It is a matter of great honour and pride that Delhi has been
nominated as the host city. Starting from October 2010, history will be created as Delhi
will join an elite set of world
Cities that have hosted an international multi sport event of this scale. The Delhi
Commonwealth Games, to be held between 3rd and 14th October 2010 is a significant
step to change the past and encourage sports in the country. The Games will not only
encourage sports in the country, but they will also leave a legacy of new and upgraded
sports facilities, a pool of highly trained sports managers & technical officials as well as
building capacities to host other major world class sporting events.

The Commonwealth is an association of independent sovereign states spread over

every continent and ocean. From Africa to Asia, the Pacific shores to the
Caribbean, the Commonwealth’s 2 billion people make up 30% of the world’s
population and are of many faiths, races and traditions. The Commonwealth Games
Federation (CGF), the organization responsible for the Commonwealth Games, states in
its mission, that the Commonwealth Games is held to promote a unique, friendly world
class Games and to develop sport for the benefit of the people, the nations and the
territories of the Commonwealth and thereby strengthen Commonwealth. Held for the
first time in 1930 in Hamilton, Canada where 11 countries were present and 400 athletes
to took part in 6 sports and 59 events. Since the Hamilton Games, the Games have been
conducted every four years (except for 1942 and 1946 due to World War II) and the
event has seen many changes, not least in its name. From 1930 to 1950 the Games
were known as the British Empire Games, from 1954 until 1966 the British Empire and
Commonwealth Games and from 1970 to 1974 they took on the title of British
Commonwealth Games. It was the 1978 Games in Edmonton that saw this unique, world
class, multi-sports event change its name to the Commonwealth Games.

What is the Commonwealth

Games?
Previously referred to as the ‘Friendly Games’only single competition sports had been on
the program from 1930 up to and including the 1994 Games in Victoria. The 1998 Games
in Kuala Lumpur saw the introduction of team sports with nations taking part in cricket (50
over game), hockey (men and women), netball (women) and rugby 7's (men). In
Manchester in 2002 hockey, netball and rugby 7's graced the program again and at the
2006 Games in Melbourne basketball accompanied hockey, netball and rugby 7's on the
program. In Delhi in 2010 hockey, netball and rugby 7’s will again be feature. As the
popularity of the Commonwealth Games increased, in the year 2000 the CGF took on the
added responsibility of the Commonwealth Youth Games, open to athletes 18 years of
age and under. The Youth Games provide an excellent opportunity for aspiring young
athletes from the Commonwealth with a taste of what the Commonwealth Games has in
store for them in the future

1930 Hamilton, Canada - First

2006 Melbourne, Australia – Last
Every 4 years, the 71 nations of the Commonwealth gather to enjoy the friendship,
entertainment and
sporting performances that make the Commonwealth Games the most tangible mortar
that binds together
this unique family of nations.

Venues & Sports – Where the

action will take place
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Maj. Dhyan Chand National, Stadium,
Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, complex, Yamuna Sports Complex,
R K Khanna Tennis Complex, Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range,
Tyagaraj Sports Complex, Talkatora Indoor Stadium, Siri Fort Sports Complex, , Delhi
University, , SPM Swimming Pool Complex

Funtional Areas – Accommodation, Accreditation, Broadcast, Catering, CGA

Relations, Cleaning & Waste Management, Ceremonies, Doping Control,
Coordination & Government Relations, Finance & Accounts, Games Village
Development & Operations, Image & Look, Legal and others
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The Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010, will not only change the future of games in India
it will also create a lasting legacy.The Delhi 2010 Games Legacy will encompass more
than just the Games facilities, but also improvements in community facilities, which will
be turned over to communities or sports bodies after the Games. These legacies will be
the gifts of the Commonwealth Games to the community of Delhi at large. An
international event of the stature of the Commonwealth Games results in a number of
significant economic, social and other benefits for the host nation & the host city.
Opportunity to showcase India, regeneration and improvement of its civic infrastructure
and public amenities, allocation of budgets from the Government, direct and indirect job
creation, intense exposure through media resulting in a boost to tourism, improvement in
the environment profile of the city to name a few. These were all part of the underlying
objectives of successfully bidding for the Commonwealth Games 2010, a legacy that will
benefit sport in India and the people of the region for many generations to come. The
Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games will bring people together on a grand scale for a not-
to-bemissed event celebrating the spirit of sport and culture in one of the world’s great
cities.