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CANBERRA: Australia has not upgraded its travel advisory on India ahead of October's Commonwealth Games, but has warned tourists to avoid some of the city's shopping areas and markets. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade updated its travelers' website on Thursday to give information about the newwarnings issued by the United States and Canada a day earlier.

The warnings come as thousands of athletes and tourists prepare to travel to New Delhi for the games and only days after bomb blasts rocked Bangalore ahead of the Indian Premier League semifinals.

Two blasts outside Chinnaswamy Stadium, where the Bangalore Royal Challengers and the Mumbai Indians played Saturday, injured 14 people.

The new Australian warning highlights the dangers posed by crowded areas which foreigners are known to frequent, including six of the city's shopping areas and markets.

``According to these warnings, specific and credible information suggests that markets ... could be targeted by terrorists in the coming days or weeks,'' the department's website states.

``We strongly advise Australians to minimize their presence in market areas of New Delhi.''

Chandni Chowk, Connaught Place, Greater Kailash, Karol Bagh, Mehrauli and Sarojini Nagar are all believed to be possible targets for terrorist attack in the Indian capital, the website says.

Australia, however, has not upgraded the overall level of advice on India, continuing to urge travelers to exercise a high degree of caution while in the country.

On Tuesday, an organizing committee official said security plans around the games will be ``foolproof'' and potential threats had already been identified and thwarted.

T.S. Darbari, joint director general of the organizing committee of the Commonwealth Games, rejected suggestions competitors' family members and supporters will be at risk outside protection perimeters which will surround games venues.

``Delhi is very, very safe (and) secure, not only for the sports people who are coming but also for their families and for the tourists,'' Darbari said.

He said security precautions for the Oct. 3-14 games were unprecedented.

``I know what the plan is that is being formulated, I can't share the details, but let me tell you it is foolproof,'' he was quoted as saying in Sydney.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.co

Filed away in the folders of missed opportunities for the Canadian Football League has to be the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, B.C. and the still-to-be-determined 2018 games.

The Commonwealth Games are the second biggest international games after the Olympics. Canada last hosted them in 1994 in Victoria.

They are far less expensive to host than the Olympics and are used by Commonwealth athletes as stepping stones on the way to future Olympic glory.

The CFL has been the beneficiary of these games, once before. The Edmonton Eskimos still play in Commonwealth Stadium, the largest stadium in the CFL, which was built to host the 1978 games.

The other noteworthy gain for the league through international sports events will occur this year with the upcoming Touchdown Atlantic game in Moncton, New Brunswick.

Moncton used 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics to get government money to build a stadium, which will be expanded to a small CFL size. Perhaps this may lead to a permanent Moncton CFL franchise.

In 1994, the Commonwealth Games came to Victoria B.C. The organizers admirally held expenses to a minimum, but nobody
seemed to have any long term visions.

In particular, Centennial Stadium of the University of Victoria was only temporarily expanded to 30,000 seats, more than enough for a CFL franchise, but nobody thought of any long term use for the enlarged facility, nor believed in Victoria as a viable CFL franchise.

There would be no "Touchdown Pacific" game. After the games were over, the stadium reverted back to 5,000 seats with no lasting benefit to the CFL.

Equally unfortunate is the upcoming bid for the 2018 games, which will be decided next year at Basseterrre, St. Kitts, on November 11.

There are only two confirmed entries, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, and Hambantota, Sri Lanka, a city devastated by the 2004, Indian Ocean Tsunami.

The deadline for submitting bids passed on March 31 and Canada failed to submit a bid.

A successful bid by a non-CFL Canadian city might have led to more "Touchdown Atlantic" games and possibly more CFL franchises.

Southern Ontario grabbed the 2015 Pan American Games, which might possibly lead to a new, larger stadium for the Hamilton Tiger Cats.

The troubled Ottawa situation which might have tied its return to the CFL (and an entry into professional soccer) with a successful Commonwealth Games bid and would have been a good choice.

Halifax and Saskatoon, which might have used the games to get government money to build stadiums to match their rivals in Moncton and Regina, also saw the window of opportunity pass by.

Most disappointingly, Quebec, stuck with both an inadequate stadium and arena, obsessed with getting the Nordiques back in the NHL, and who successfully hosted last year's CIS Vanier Cup, made no attempt.

Tying a new sports arena and stadium together in a multi-complex package built for a successful international sports bid may have won it the federal and provincial government money it was seeking.

But the possibility of benefiting long term from the Commonwealth Games still remains.

Any non-CFL city with football ambitions should remember to set plans in store for bidding for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
 Source : http://bleacherreport.com

The double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington and world champions Liam Tancock and Gemma Spofforth have been selected to represent England at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in October. The trio are among a 29-strong team who will travel to India for the Games, which take place from 3 to 14 October.

A notable absentee is the Olympic and world medallist Joanne Jackson, whose health problems have decimated her season. The 23-year-old's training has been severely affected by asthma brought on by flu and a chest infection.

As a result of having to breathe so much harder, Jackson's ribs have been popping out during training and, at the recent British Championships in Sheffield, which served as the first Commonwealth trials as well as selection for the European Championships in Budapest in August, the Loughborough swimmer was unable to speak after the 200m freestyle final, in which she came third.

Jackson withdrew from the 800m and did not take her place in the 400m final, won by Adlington. By virtue of her efforts over four lengths, Jackson booked a relay spot on the 4x200m freestyle squad for Budapest and she has two more chances to qualify for Delhi.

Other notable names in the Commonwealth Games squad include the world 100m freestyle silver medallist Fran Halsall, double world backstroke finalist Lizzie Simmonds, who has been on excellent form this year, Keri-Anne Payne, the world open water champion who will focus on the pool, and Achieng Ajulu-Bushell, who has been selected for England for the first time after deciding to switch sporting nationality from Kenya. Up-and-coming swimmers Aimee Wilmott and Rebecca Turner will also travel to Delhi.

Tancock heads the men's team as he looks to claim the 50m and 100m backstroke double after taking silver and gold four years ago. Simon Burnett and Ross Davenport, who each won double gold in Melbourne, will also travel. James Goddard, 200m backstroke champion eight years ago in Manchester, will be joined by highly rated prospects Roberto Pavoni, Robert Bale and Adam Brown, who all won in Sheffield recently.

A further 13 swimmers can earn selection at the European Championships and the ASA National Championships in Sunderland, both to be held in August.

Craig Hunter, chef de mission of the England team in Delhi, said: "I'd like to welcome our first group of swimmers to the England team for Delhi and wish them the very best in their continuing preparations for the 2010 Commonwealth Games."

John Atkinson, England's swimming team leader, said: "The swimmers selected for the England team can now begin their preparations for Delhi in earnest. For the others that didn't meet the qualification criteria there are still 13 places available on the team.

"Having early trials will give the selected swimmers the chance to have longer preparations and the later trials give those swimmers that are hitting form later in the year a chance to make the team. I look forward to seeing the performances at our later trials as the athletes try to qualify for the Games."

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk

An army of 650 firemen equipped with sophisticated gear will be deployed at all venues of the Commonwealth Games.
The Fire department has also drawn up a three-tier firefighting plan for the October 3-14 event, Delhi Fire Services director R C Sharma said on Tuesday.
The fire chief said the Games Village in East Delhi will have a dedicated fire station while the control room for the Games will be set up at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium for better co-ordination in case of any fire incident.
“From the Jawaharlal Nehru control room, we will be in touch with all the stations,” Sharma added.
Sharma said in the first tier, an in-built fire safety system will be placed in each stadium and firefighters will be spread across the venue to douse fire and help evacuate the audience in case of a fire.
The second layer will constitute rescue workers armed with firefighting equipment in a backpack while the third layer will have standby mobile teams outside each stadium. 

Source: http://www.indianexpress.com