Patil then passed on the Baton to India’s sports minister M.S. Gill, who handed it over to Suresh Kalmadi, chairman of the organising committee of the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Kalmadi then handed over the baton to the first baton-bearer Abhinav Bindra, India’s first individual Olympic gold medallist.

The 150-metre-long tunnel, which will open up at the centre, has been designed to connect the two ends of the stadium. The tunnel will be used by the performers to enter the ground during the ceremonies.

Roberts, who had been in charge of the day to day running of the team, had been on secondment from McLaren as part of a cooperation agreement and will continue in his position until Nov. 2.

That the differences between the club management and coach Subrata Bhattacharya have been sorted out amicably has also come as a relief to the footballers.

The Bangalorean drained a 10-foot birdie putt on the par five 18th to win at DLF Golf and Country Club and transform the life of a golfer, who once earned one rupee working as a caddie aged seven in Bangalore.

Rio De Janeiro

Slogan: Live your passion

Date: Aug 5-21, 2016

Budget: $13.92 billion, $2.82 billion Olympic budget, $11.1 billion for infrastructure. $5.5 billion for transport system, $813 million for security, $770 for energy projects, $479 million for venues. State and city guarantees.

Two hours after Mr. Obama brought his star power to Copenhagen Friday morning, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil pleaded with the IOC to embark on new territory and bring South America into the Olympic fold after more than a century of holding the Games in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia. The Olympics have never taken place in Africa. There have been 30 Olympic Games in Europe, 12 in North America, five in Asia and two in Australia.

After IOC President Dr. Jacques Rogge announced Rio as the winner, the leaders of the bid erupted in screams hugging President Da Silva who waited throughout the afternoon for the results of the vote. The celebration for Rio broke out even before the final outcome was announced, since it was deemed unlikely that the IOC would choose Madrid, the other finalist, and hold the Olympics in Europe three consecutive times. The 2012 Summer Games will occur in London, and the 2014 Winter Games will take place in Sochi, Russia. The 2010 Winter Games will take place in Vancouver.

Chicago’s early exit was a shock, as President Obama lent the full force of the White House to the effort and flew to Copenhagen overnight to deliver a seven-minute speech to the International Olympic Committee Friday morning. In addition, Michelle Obama spent much of this week in Copenhagen personally lobbying IOC members.

Year City Countries Athletes (W/M) Sports Events

I 1896 Athens 14 241 ( 0/241 ) 9 43

II 1900 Paris 24 997 ( 22/975 ) 18 95

III 1904 St Louis 12 651 ( 6/645 ) 17 91

IV 1908 London 22 2008 ( 37/1971) 22 110

The 23-year-old Bhiwani boxer, who won India’s maiden World Championships medal in Milan earlier this month, has 2700 points and is ranked higher than the reigning champion Abbos Atoev of Uzbekistan.

The award is instituted by Murugha Math, a well-known religious institution in Karnataka propagating the teachings of 12th century reformer Basaveshwara. The math is situated in Chitradurga, about 200 km from Bangalore.

Advani, who also won the world amateur snooker championship in 2003 and two years later the world billiards title, Sunday became only the second Indian after Geet Sethi to win the World Professional Billiards title in its 139-year history.

Indian skipper, who become the first Indian footballer to play 100 matches today, and Sunil Chetri scored for the home team to guide the team to victory in the match.

The races began at 3.30 p.m. and will continue till 6 p.m.. As many as 59 boats, including 17 ‘Chundan Valloms’ are participating in the event. The race witnesses foreign participants as well. A group of women of different nationalities residing in the UAE has arrived in Kerala to take part in the biggest water carnival of India.

In a statement the French club announced that the fee could rise to as much as 41 million euros depending on various bonuses attached to the deal.

Lyon, in a statement on their website, said they had accepted Benzema’s decision after he had made it clear he wanted the deal to be “concluded quicker than initially envisaged”.

In 2002 you probably weren’t as well known as you are now. How different are you and your game from when you were here in 2002?

JEEV MILKHA SINGH: Quite different, I think. Things have changed quite a bit. I’ve become a better player and I reached the Top-50 in the world.

How about the golf course? How is it different?

SINGH: In 2002 it was much tougher than the way it’s set up this year. I think it’s for the better, the way it’s set up this time.

US Open Golf 2009

“A lot of players show their affection just with words. David Beckham is one of the very few who has shown it with deeds,” Galliani said yesterday after Beckham extended his loan deal from the Los Angeles Galaxy through the end of the Serie A season.

Speaking to Goal.com, Sunil Chhetri confirmed that he indeed picked up a wrist injury on Thursday at training. Sunil has been in good form ever since his return from England, and has scored thrice in the last two games.

East Bengal play Mohun Bagan on Sunday in what should be an exciting derby, but Sunil was himself unsure of whether he can make his return in time to start the game.

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However, their welcome was anything but extravagant.

Affected by the credit crisis, collapsing global auto markets and an army of angry shareholders, Takeo Fukui, the chief executive of Honda Motors, this morning confirmed the team would withdraw from the sport unless a new buyer could be found before the end of the month.

However, despite the bleak outlook, Fry says the team could be on the grid when the new season gets underway in Australia on March 29.

“The first thing is that chess should get into the Olympic umbrella as a demonstration sport in four years times and then as a medal sport in eight years,” he said.

“The main thing is to be there in the Olympic Games. I am open to play in Olympics in any format of the game. Indians will have more opportunity of winning medals,” Anand, who himself played a demonstration game
in the Sydney Games in 2000, said.

“The Pirates are committed to creatively adding talent to our organization. By adding these two young men, we are pleased to not only add two prospects to our system but also hope to open a pathway to an untapped market,” said Pirates General Manager Neal Huntington.

“It has been difficult to take the decision,” Sanchez Vicario, missing world number one Rafael Nadal through knee injury, told reporters after Thursday’s draw for the November 21-23 final.

Spain, who looked like they had the definite upper hand with world number one Rafael Nadal on their side, are now seen as the underdogs say many.

“Fernando is a little bit ahead in the rankings but Feliciano has shown a bit more in training.”

Earlier this week Georgia had asked the IOC for the 2014 Games to be moved from Russia’s Sochi for security reasons following a brief war between the two countries.

Sochi, a popular Russian Black Sea resort, lies only about 50 kilometres from the Georgian border.

“Security is a top priority for the IOC and organisers at every Olympic Games,” IOC spokeswoman Emmanuelle Moreau said.

“Security arrangements fall under the responsibility of the local authorities of the host cities which ensure that everything that is humanly possible is done to protect the athletes, the spectators and all people involved in the staging of the Games,” she said.

Singh, who virtually sealed the Asian order of merit title with the win, started the day five shots behind leader Chapchai Nirat of Thailand but three birdies on the front nine helped him to the top of the leaderboard at seven-under par.

Three-time major winner Harrington looked certain to force a play-off after a stunning fairway wood gave him the chance of birdie at the last, but the Irishman’s five-foot putt leaked across the face of the hole.

“I couldn’t have asked for better,” the 36-year-old Singh said in a television interview. “I’m a very fortunate man to win. The golfing gods were on my side.”

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Perhaps it is for the riches, perhaps it is out of pure love for the game that millions of small boys up and down the country strive to make the big time. At the Football Association (FA), officials are concerned that the vaulting ambitions of these youngsters – and their parents and coaches – are undermining the process of development.

Peter Buckley, 39, has lost more fights than any other boxer and says that his next, number 300, will be his last.

‘I’ve had my eye on the 300 mark for a while, and it’s a little milestone I want to achieve, but I don’t want to fight on,’ he said.

Quitting: Peter Buckley, who has lost more fights than any boxer in the world, says his next will be his last

The Indian, playing with white pieces against Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik , took an unbeatable 6.5-4.5 lead to retain his crown.