From afar the Commonwealth Games village, where the athletes are supposed to live during the 11-day event, looks clean, bright and fancy, especially compared to some of the other buildings in and around New Delhi.
A pedestrian bridge under construction for next month's Commonwealth Games here collapsed Tuesday, officials said, adding to concerns raised about India's preparedness for the international sporting event.
The Indian capital has launched a campaign to discourage urinating in public places -- a common sight across the country.
It's a city jostling for space -- and work.
Indian tourism authorities will be holding English classes for auto-rickshaw drivers in New Delhi as the city prepares to host the Commonwealth Games in 2010.
Construction cranes collapse at a metro rail work site, a day after a subway bridge collapsed at the same location.
At least three cranes collapsed at a New Delhi metro rail construction site Monday, a day after a subway bridge collapsed at the same location and killed at least five people.
A portion of a partially built bridge for New Delhi's metro rail network collapsed Sunday, killing five people and injuring 15, authorities said.
Controversial British sprinter Dwain Chambers has set his sights on a world championships showdown against Usain Bolt in Berlin later this summer.
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Hanso Devi moved to New Delhi from Rajasthan with just one hope -- to make a better life for herself and her family.
Former world triple jump world champion Ashia Hansen has retired after failing to regain her fitness for the Olympics.
In the shadow of the Beijing Olympics, New Delhi's preparations to stage the 2010 Commonwealth Games are floundering
World 100 meters record holder Asafa Powell has pulled out of the Sydney grand prix athletics meeting on Saturday after cutting a knee.
Glasgow will stage the 2014 Commonwealth Games after defeating Abuja, Nigeria, 47-24 in the vote at the Games Federation's annual assembly in Colombo.
Christine Ohuruogu completed a fairytale return to competition to lead home a British one-two in the women's 400 meters at the world athletics championships in Osaka on Wednesday.
Formula One is set to stage a grand prix in 2009, the president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) announced on Thursday.
The Atlantic Canadian city of Halifax withdrew its bid to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games on Thursday over financial concerns, leaving Glasgow and Nigerian capital Abuja to fight it out to hold the quadrennial event.
World number one and defending World Cup series champion Nicole Cooke from Wales won the opening round of the 2007 World Cup road series in Geelong on Saturday.
Niels de Vos, the man who helped rugby club Sale Sharks become champions, has been handed the task of taking British athletics out of the doldrums in time for the 2012 London Olympics.
World marathon champion Paula Radcliffe will not defend her European 10,000m title in Gothenburg, Sweden, next month because she is expecting a baby in January.
Australia's Libby Lenton produced a couple of upsets to take her tally to five golds at the world short course championships -- with two more titles on Sunday's final evening.
South Africa's Ryk Neethling rebounded from a below par display at last month's Commonweatth Games to win the men's 200 meters freestyle gold on the first day of the world short course swimming championships in Shanghai.
World record holder Paula Radcliffe has withdrawn from the London Marathon on April 23 because of a foot injury, organizers said on Monday.
The 18th Commonwealth Games closed in Melbourne on Sunday after 12 days of intense competition, drama and emotion between the mostly former British colonies.
An electrifying burst by world record holder Asafa Powell carried Jamaica to a rare Commonwealth Games clean sweep of sprint titles.
Janeth Jepkosgei upstaged two times champion Maria Mutola to win the 800m Commonwealth title as Kenyans continued to dominate the distance races.
Christine Ohuruogu stunned world and Olympic 400 meters champion Tonique Williams as England won three track golds at the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday.
David Davies gave Wales its first Commonwealth Games swimming gold for 32 years on Tuesday, destroying a proud Australian record for good measure.
Leisel Jones set the first world record of the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, while Papua New Guinea won their first swimming title on Monday.
Asafa Powell and Sheri-Ann Brooks scored a golden 100m double for Jamaica at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
Asafa Powell, the fastest man on earth, made his first appearance on the track, but it was two women marathon runners who brought the Commonwealth Games to life on Sunday.
Libby Lenton and Leisel Jones collected their second gold medals as Australia dominated day three of the Commonwealth Games on Saturday.
Anna Meares and Ben Kersten gave Australia a double gold start to the track cycling events at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne on Thursday.
Australian hope Libby Lenton was on the receiving end of an inspired swim from Scotland's Caitlin McClatchey, who took the first swimming gold of the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
The 18th Commonwealth Games were officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in a colorful and emotional ceremony at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday.
World record holder Asafa Powell shrugged off injury concerns with a strong run at an IAAF world tour event in Melbourne, his final race before the Commonwealth Games.
Long distance running star Paula Radcliffe has withdrawn from the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne later this month with a foot injury, her husband and coach Gary Lough said on Tuesday.
Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe is struggling to shake off a bout of illness that has disrupted his preparations for this month's Commonwealth Games.
Leisel Jones broke her second world record in three days, setting a new 100m breaststroke mark at the Australian Commonwealth Games trials in Melbourne.
Leisel Jones demolished her own world record for the women's 200 meters breaststroke at the Australian Commonwealth Games trials in Melbourne on Wednesday.
A leading Australian swimming coach has been forced to apologize to his national federation after running a "commando" style training camp involving mock "executions."
Britain's double Olympic gold medal winner Kelly Holmes announced her retirement from athletics on Tuesday, ending hopes that she would run at next March's Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
Double Olympic champion Kelly Holmes has been named in the England team to compete at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne next February.
The IAAF have closed their investigation into glocuse injections given to Czech decathletes Roman Sebrle and Tomas Dvorak during the world championships.
Britain's gold medal winning heptathlete Denise Lewis has quit athletics after battling injuries since her 2000 triumph in Sydney.
Olympic 10,000 meters champion Haile Gebrselassie will run his last track race at next month's Athens Games before stepping up to the marathon permanently.
Paula Radcliffe, the women's marathon world record holder, will return to the track for the first time in two years at Gateshead, England, next month.
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