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Confirmation of a Sports Programme for the most inclusive Commonwealth Games ever, the refurbishment of two Games' venues, and more than one million people signing up to wear their trainers on Commonwealth Day… it's been a fast-paced six months at Glasgow 2014! As momentum gathers towards Scotland's biggest multi-sports showcase, the Glasgow 2014 Organising Committee today (Monday 21 May) publishes a six-monthly progress report which highlights extensive progress towards the Games across a wealth of areas including: • A finalised Sport Programme which offers the biggest-ever number of Para-Sports Medals in Commonwealth Games’ history – 22 Medal events in total, including the Games’ first Para-Sport Cycling (Track) event included in the Games, new events for female athletes in Shooting and the introduction of an exciting new event to the Commonwealth Games ¬– Mixed Triathlon • The continued growth of our sponsor family with International IT company Atos unveil

The group of nations was formed officially in 1949 Thousands of the world’s top athletes began arriving in Glasgow on Monday, ahead of the start of the 20th Commonwealth Games. Dubbed the ‘friendly games’, more than 4,500 sports men and women will compete in events across 17 sports from 24 July to 3 August. Before Wednesday’s ceremony which will kick off the event, we answer what the Commonwealth is, and what it does.  What is the Commonwealth? The Commonwealth is a voluntary intergovernmental association of 53 member states, almost all of which were formerly ruled by Britain - directly or indirectly. Therefore, the group encompasses nations from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean and the Pacific. The states involved agree to share a common set of values and ideals, and acknowledge a shared history and traditional trade links. What is its history? Its name dates back to the 19th century, when in 1884 the British Empire was first described as the

Mo Farah is running 5000m & 10000m A friend in Glasgow warns of no entry signs multiplying like bacteria in clammy petri dishes, and says that the Evening Times’ list of roads to avoid has become essential reading. Another tells of numerous patches of empty seats and spirit-squeezing queues for last week’s grand prix athletics at Hampden Park, a test event for the Commonwealth Games. Then there are the absent sporting galácticos . The suspected norovirus at the athletes’ village . And the other vague concerns, most of which will be blasted into irrelevance once the pyrotechnics and sing-along choruses of Wednesday’s opening ceremony get into full swing. Let me make a prediction. The Commonwealth Games will be an enormous success. It will be almost unavoidable, unrelenting euphoria, and – if it can repeat the vibe of Manchester 2002 – quite a lot of fun. The scale and ambition of the BBC’s coverage, and the huge number of medals that will be won by British athl

Safari hii, serikali kwa kutumia uhusiano wake wa kitamaduni na nchi za China, Uturuki, Ethiopia na New Zealand iliweza kutuma wanamichezo wake kwenye nchi hizo tofauti kulingana na mazingira mazuri ya mchezo fulani ili waweze kujiandaa ipasavyo. Tanzania ni miongoni mwa nchi ambazo bendera yake itapepea jijini Glasgow, Scotland katika ufunguzi wa Michezo ya Jumuiya ya Madola itakayofanyika Julai 23 kwenye Uwanja wa Celtic Perth. Michezo hiyo muhimu hushirikisha nchi wanachama wa jumuiya hiyo ambazo ziliwahi kuwa koloni la Uingereza na mwaka huu inatarajiwa kushirikisha mataifa 71 ambayo yatachuana katika michezo 17 tofauti itakayofikia tamati Agosti 3. Katika michezo hii Tanzania inatarajiwa kuwakilishwa na wanamasumbwi, wanariadha, kunyanyua vitu vizito, mpira wa meza, wachezaji judo, waendesha baiskeli na waogeleaji ambao tayari wameshawasili kwenye kijiji cha michezo nchini Scotland tayari kwa mi

Glasgow: Olympic champions Usain Bolt, Mo Farah and Bradley Wiggins headline a host of star names hoping to bury injury problems and selection snubs to strike gold at the Commonwealth Games. The biggest ever multi-sport event to take place in Scotland will see 4,500 athletes from 71 nations take part across 18 sports. A total of 261 medal events will take place across the 11 days of competition, including the highest ever number of para-sport events with 22 gold medals up for grabs across five sports. The 20th edition of the Games will officially be opened by Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday with a ceremony at Celtic Park. Attention will then turn to the action itself with Bolt looking to add Commonwealth gold to his six Olympic and eight World Championship gold medals. However, the 27-year-old will only be running as part of the Jamaican 4x100m relay team as he missed the Jamaican championships which served as the selection meeting for the Commonwealth Games due to

Kocha wa timu ya taifa ya riadha na Katibu Mkuu wa Shirikisho la Riadha Tanzania (RT), Suleiman Nyambui amesema aliomba afungwe miakba 100 jela kama ikibainika anajihusisha na usafirishaji wa dawa za kulevya. Kocha huyo mpya wa timu ya taifa alisema bado anateswa na ‘mzimu’ wa kashfa ya kusafirisha dawa za kulevya iliyowahi kumkabili, kashfa iliyoichanganya familia yake na yeye mwenyewe. Nyambui aliliambia gazeti hili katika mahojiano maalumu kuwa, katika maisha yake ya riadha tangu akikimbia miaka 1970 hadi hivi sasa akiwa ni kocha na katibu mkuu, hakuna changamoto kubwa ambayo hataisahau kama siku alipoitwa kuhojiwa juu ya tuhuma hiyo. Kigogo huyo wa RT alisema alijikuta akiingia matatani na kuhojiwa na kitengo cha kudhibiti dawa za kulevya hapa nchini kwa saa sita mfululizo juu ya kuhusika kwake na uuzaji na usafirishaji wa dawa za kulevya. “Kiukweli watu wa kitengo cha kudhibiti  dawa  za kulevya walikuwa na vielelezo vyote vya nam

Silas Kiplagat produced the shock of the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Monaco as he out sprinted domestic arch-rival, the Beijing Olympics and two-time world champion compatriot Asbel Kiprop, who was chasing the world record, with a blistering 3:27.64 world leading personal best on Friday night. On the night, Kiplagat’s thrilling performance made him the fourth fastest man in history that was also a Diamond League record, trimming 0.08 off the time Kiprop set in winning here last year. For the two-time world champion, who finished in a season’s best of 3:28.45, it was a huge anti-climax after he had prepared for an attempt on Hicham El Guerrouj’s 16-year-old world record of 3:26.00 by setting the fastest 800m time of the year, 1:43.34, at the Diamond League meeting in Paris earlier this month. “At 1200m I knew the race was too slow,” Kiprop told the IAAF website. “We went through in 2.47 and I had asked for 2.45. In the home straight, I could see the others behind me on th