COMMONWEALTH GAMES

The hype and expectation circling the still elusive 100th international century for Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar, is a clear indication of the pathetic state of sports, in general, in India.

Australia has hailed the decision to award the 2018 Commonwealth Games to the Gold Coast as a major economic boost to the subtropical beachside region of Queensland.

With both Formula One championships already wrapped up by Sebastian Vettel and his Red Bull team, India takes the starring role on its long-awaited grand prix debut this weekend.

As Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip started their 10-day tour in Australia; they were greeted with much enthusiasm and fervor.

Queen Elizabeth II Wednesday arrived in Australia for a 10-day tour along with the Duke of Edinburgh. There have been speculations that this could be probably her last visit to the country.

The officials also decided to de-congest the roads in the vicinity of the courthouse.

Routine bribery shakedowns have driven middle-class Indians to pour into the streets to say enough is enough.

Hazare, whose arrest a day earlier sparked protests across the country, rejected the government's offer for his release, choosing to remain in prison until he is permitted to go on a hunger strike.

The arrest of 74-year-old Anna Hazare and the crackdown on the peaceful protest against the tooth-less anti-corruption bill by the Indian government might boomerang against the already troubled government.

The U.S. contingent in the World Badminton Championship in London suffered a jolt on the opening day of the tournament Monday as the American players lost their five out of six matches. In the very first match Men's Doubles pair of Howard Bach and Tony Gunawan lost to Malaysia's Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif and Thien How Hoon 17-21, 14-21.

In an effort to clean up dangerous parts of Rio before the upcoming World Cup and Olympic games, the Brazilian military has sized control of a Rio slum.

India's social activist Anna Hazare is on indefinite fast from Tuesday against corruption. India was ranked 87 among 178 countries in Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index for 2010, mainly owing to growing series scandals related to corruption in holding Commonwealth Games and in the distribution of 2G spectrum involving the top minister.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is under severe pressure, his administration derailed from its legislative agenda by a series of corruption scandals that have come to dominate politics.

Kolkata and Mumbai grounds have been given the final clearance to stage Cricket World Cup matches after concerns about their readiness, the head of the governing body told Reuters on Monday.

While visa norms would have taken much of travelers’ time to decide on their itineraries across the three nations, the tour packages for all the matches to be played in India are almost sold out, according to the travel partners of the ICC.

India's new sports minister on Monday sacked the chief organiser of last year's scandal-ridden Delhi Commonwealth Games, Suresh Kalmadi, as the coalition government caught in a web of corruption cases seeks to repair its public image.

With two major international sports events, 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games, scheduled to be held in Brazil in the next five years, it’s high time the country should improve its “substandard” tourism infrastructure, according to the Brazil Tourism Report Q1 2011, released recently.

Russia won the bid to host the FIFA World Cup 2018 and the tourism industry in United Kingdom has expressed disappointment as it had expected to tap its potential as a tourist destination had it won the bid to host the international tournament

The upcoming FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2010, starting on December 8, could be a crucial time to boost Dubai’s tourism, tourism industry officials expect.

The Indian economy is expected to have grown a little slower in the September quarter than the previous quarter, mainly due to a drop in capital goods production.

The arrival of foreign tourists in India in October 2010 saw an upsurge by 9 percent against the arrivals over the same period last year. The figure is a strong indication of the tourist inflow from overseas will further increase in the coming years.