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The Army has rolled in, the government has its hands full, athletes are pouring in and a large snake has been found in a room, with just
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India gets first Sports Injury Centre
Hopper’s U-turn, says CGF also responsible
Australian players celebrate the wicket of Gautam Gambhir in Chandigarh on Sunday.
Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
Gambhir injured
CSK win Champions League
The winners pose after the race. Tribune photo: Vinay Malik
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The Army has rolled in, the government has its hands full, athletes are pouring in and a large snake has been found in a room, with just
5 days to go for the Games New Delhi, September 26 A snake was found in a room in the residential towers, earmarked for the South African athletes, High Commissioner Harris Mbulelo Mejeke told reporters. "We can't go and stay till things are fixed up. We have very grave concerns. If snakes are found we can't ask our teams to stay there. Yesterday we found a snake but I don't know whether it was an Indian snake. But it was there in one of our rooms," Mejeke said before entering the Village. "That was a threat to the lives of our athletes. Very disappointing. Basically, the basement was full of water and the staircase was also damp," he said. The Village has already been sharply criticised for the unhygienic conditions and now the sensational claim would bring more bad publicity to the event. Criticism also came from, the Indian shooting team who lashed out at the Suresh Kalmadi led Commonwealth Games Organising Committee after they were made to wait for 6 hours to get into the Games Village. The Indian marksmen, who arrived at the New Delhi airport at 9 pm last night, were made to wait at least six hours to get their accommodation at the Games Village. Indian shooters were made to wait at the international airport till 1 am in the night for the pick up bus to arrive. Finally when the bus arrived it didn't have a clearance to take them to the shooting range to deposit their ammunition. When the shooters reached the Village at three in the morning it took volunteers an hour to find suitable furnished flats for the Indian team.
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India gets first Sports Injury Centre
New Delhi, September 26 Though the country’s first-ever dedicated unit for treating sports-related injuries hasn’t been included under the earmarked CWG hospitals’ list, it would be catering to the health needs of participants during the Games. Located on the premises of Safdarjung Hospital, the seven-storey tall centre, was supposed to be a designated treatment centre for the Games, but officials of the CWG Organising Committee remained mum on the issue until last month. “The centre is for all sports persons and anybody who sustains injuries during games would be attended. But, it is not a designated centre for the CWG,” said Dr N K Mohanty, the medical superintendent of Safdarjung Hospital. However, it has been learnt that during the 12-day mega sporting, the comperehensive centre coming up just a week before the mega-sporting event, after missing several deadlines- the first being the June end and the latest being Spetember 1, would be offering treatment only to injured Games participants. Following the event, others would have access to the treatment facilities at the centre, which is the first public sector set-up. Promising to offer world-class facilities, the centre, built at a cost of Rs 70 crore, has 35 inpatient beds, three high-end integrated modular operation theatres with video conferencing facility and latest diagnostic facilities such as MRI, CT scan, digital X-ray, colour doppler test and bone densitometry. |
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Hopper’s U-turn, says CGF also responsible
New Delhi/Wellington: Taking a U-turn, CGF CEO Mike Hooper today owned up the responsibility for the mess around the Commonwealth Games after blaming India's central and state governments for all the problems. Hooper told New Zealand media that the Commonwealth Games Federation cannot be held responsible for the Organising Committee's failure to meet deadlines but later said the apex sport body also has "the same responsibility as any other stakeholder". "We (CGF) are at the hands and the mercy of, effectively, the government of India, the Delhi government, the agencies responsible for delivery of the venues. They consistently failed to meet deadlines," Hooper said in a television interview. He, though, retracted his words later and said Central and Delhi governments reacted promptly after Fennell's letter to Cabinet Secretary in which the CGF chief had stated that the Games' Village was "unlivable".
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Day 2: Now Oz dominate with ball
Chandigarh, September 26 For Indian Test squad members, S Sreesanth and P Ojha, it was a relieving day, as both players tasted success. While Sreesanth picked up two wickets including that of Aussie wicket keeper Tim Paine and S Smith, Ojha bagged three scalps. But for Cheteshwar Pujara, who has the chance of making his debut n he forthcoming Test series, could not put up a good show as left-arm pacer Mitchell Johnson took his wicket on 9. On the other hand, Australian innings, which resumed from 319 for 1, was boosted by Marcus North with his century (124 off 128), studded with 19 boundaries and two sixes. Earlier in the morning, Ojha brought cheers for the home side as he sent back Ricky Ponting (42) and Michael Clarke (44) in the fourth over of of the day. At lunch the Aussies were placed at 406 for 3 but after the short interval, things changed all of sudden. Sreesanth, who produced an impressive spell in morning session made Paine edge one to wicketkeeper Wridhiman Saha. The rest of th batsmen failed to fire and the visitors finally declared their innings a 505 for the fall of eight wickets. The BPXI got off to a shaky start as Hilfenhaus, who opened the Aussie bowling attack, struck twice in his second over, claiming Gambhir (8) and Rahane (0), with the score at 12 for 2. At one stage, the team was struggling at 53 for 5 before Piyush Chawla provided some relief with his defiant unbeaten 73-ball 64. Brief Scores: BPXI 143 for 6 (Chawla 64*, Hilfenhaus 3-28) trail Australia 505 (Watson 115, Katich 104, North 124) by 362 runs.
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Gambhir injured
Chandigarh, September 26 “As per the MRI report, there is no fracture and hopefully, he (Gambhir) would recover before the Mohali Test,” said doctors. Earlier, Aussie pacer Ben Hilfenhaus bouncer delivery (which also snapped Gambhir’s wicket) during the practice match hit the right hand glove of the skipper. While coming out of the field, Gambhir was seen shaking his hand in pain. The doctors’ team consists of Dr Mandeep Singh Dhilon, Head of Orthopaedics, PGI and Dr Indra Rattan, Head of Physiotherapy, GMSH, Sector 16 immediately took Gambhir to GMSH for X-ray. But after that he was taken to private hospital at Sector 44 for precautionary MRI. “Yes, there is an acute pain in my wrist,” said Gambhir, who was supporting an icepack on his wrist while going to GMSH from the stadium. |
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CSK win Champions League
Johannesburg, September 26 Pacers Dough Bollinger and Albie Morkel bagged a wicket each while Laxmipathy Balaji was unsuccessful. Warriors captain and opener Davy Jacobs (34) continued with his terrific form in the tournament with some lusty strokes and his side looked like to post a big total by racing to 39 runs at the end of the fourth over before they lost way later. Jacobs treated CSK opening bowler Dough Bollinger with disdain hitting him for two consecutive fours and another two boundaries in the second over of the same bowler to give their innings to a flier.
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C Rajesh wins
cyclothon
Chandigarh, September 26
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Brit diver heads for CWG 2 Aussies pull out
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