New Delhi: Commonwealth Games Federation boss Mike Fennell on Monday backed his colleague Mike Hooper, saying he neither blamed the Indian government for Delhi's under-preparedness nor made any disparaging comments about Indians. Fennell said contrary to media reports, Hooper or the CGF also did not demand that 24-hour Games lanes be operational on Delhi's roads during the October 3 to 14 event. "Today (September 26), there have been a number...
11:37 AM, Sep 27, 2010
New Delhi: After passing the buck consistently for the past few weeks, both Commonwealth Games Federation President Mike Fennell and Chairman of the Organising Committee Suresh Kalmadi finally owned up the responsibility for the mess the Commonwealth Games find themselves in. "As the Chairman of the Organising Committee I will take all the blame. There is no issue about that. But I wish that the venues were handed over to...
10:51 PM, Sep 25, 2010
Hello and welcome to Devil's Advocate. With just eight days to go for the Games how does the Commonwealth Games Federation asses India's preparedness. That is the key issue that I shall raise with the President of the Federation Mike Fennell. Karan Thapar: Let's start with the Games Village. The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi said that 80 per cent of the work was complete but you said that that quite...
06:33 PM, Sep 25, 2010
Hello and welcome to Devil's Advocate. With just eight days to go for the Games how does the Commonwealth Games Federation asses India's preparedness. That is the key issue that I shall raise with the President of the Federation Mike Fennell. Karan Thapar: Let's start with the Games Village. The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi said that 80 per cent of the work was complete but you said that that quite...
06:33 PM, Sep 25, 2010
New Delhi: Commonwealth Games Federation Chief Mike Fennell gave India's last ditch attempts to save face a thumbs up on Saturday. But he maintained that there was a lot that still needed to be done. Fennell also blamed the Organising Committee indirectly for the delay. Kalmadi who has been facing the flak for poor preparations for sometime, took the blame for the mess surrounding the Games but said he wished...
11:17 AM, Sep 25, 2010
New Delhi: Finally some good news for the organisers of the Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi. The Games Federation President Mike Fennell, who had described the Games Village as unlivable a couple of days back, says condition has improved significantly. "The briefing I received from my CEO Mike Hooper last night was that considerable improvements have been made within the Village, with further significant resources deployed by Delhi Chief Minister,...
01:36 PM, Sep 24, 2010
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has moved in to take control of the Commonwealth Games. He held a high-level meeting on Thursday to take stock of the fire-fighting measures. The PM also sent out a strong message -- leaving Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi out of the meeting and refusing to give time to Games Chief Mike Fennell. Instead he directed him to the cabinet secretary. With the final...
07:44 AM, Sep 24, 2010
New Delhi: The Commonwealth Games England (CGE) has ruled out the possibility of a terrorist attack during the Commonwealth Games (CWG) event scheduled to be held from October 3 to October 14 in New Delhi. The statement by the CGE comes a day after Australian sportswoman Dawn Fraser expressed fear over the possibility of a Munich-style terrorist attack. The CGE has nevertheless warned of possible attacks on soft targets in...
03:50 PM, Aug 20, 2010
New Delhi: Commonwealth Games Federation chief Michael Fennell finished his two-day inspection tour of the Games venues on Thursday and gave thumbs up to stadiums. But sounding a note of caution Fennell admitted that corruption allegations were a matter of concern and needs to be investigated. He said that the Government must investigate all corruption allegations. "Corruption matters have been of a great concern to us. In the Federation we...
09:26 PM, Aug 19, 2010
New Delhi: Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President Mike Fennell on Wednesday embarked on a whirlwind tour of the stadiums and Commonwealth Games village in New Delhi as part of his two-day visit to monitor the preparedness for the October 3-14 Games. Fennell's visit comes at a time when the Commonwealth Games are embroiled in controversies ranging from financial irregularities, unpreparedness and sub-standard quality of work in Games projects. The Jamaican,...
10:09 AM, Aug 18, 2010
Fennell was very critical of the progress of work at the venues. ...
11:15 PM, Dec 19, 2009
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has jumped in to save India's face. ...
06:53 PM, Oct 29, 2009
IOA President Suresh Kalmadi spoke exclusively to CNN-IBN. ...
04:39 PM, Oct 16, 2009
Kalmadi called Hooper an impediment in the preparation of the 2010 Games. ...
04:12 PM, Oct 16, 2009
Suresh Kalmadi on Friday refused to back down from his demand. ...
04:04 PM, Oct 16, 2009
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