The Race That Will Not Stop

      After concerns a plenty about the readiness of the Delhi Commonwealth Games, in general it has gone better than I would of thought.  The swimmers getting a stomach bug being called 'Delhi Belly', the lack of crowds and then crowds which don't know when to be silent.  The problems on the whole have been minor, it was very disappointing to watch the cycling road races happen without many spectators watching it due to over zealous road blockages.  The daft mistake was the 10m diving board which was found to be 70cm to high.  But for me there has been one race which has ultimately grabbed my attention, the women's 100m race.  Just when we though it was all over and it had had more than its fair share of the limelight, it decided it wanted some more.

Plenty to see in India

       There is plenty of sport to see in India at the moment the Commonwealth games got under way yesterday with the first gold going to a 17 year old Nigerian weight lifter.  But away from Delhi there was also a another sport trying to steal the limelight.  In Mohali, there was an absolutely thrilling game of cricket being played.  It came down to the 5th day of play with India requiring 216 to win on a pitch which was turning into a batters nightmare after it was kept perfectly by the ground staff so it just faded away on the final days of play.  VVS Laxman struck a superb unbeaten 73 as India fought back from the brink of defeat to beat Australia by one wicket in this thrilling first Test.

The Commonwealth Games Problem

      Last night England and Scotland's Commonwealth Games teams stated that they are concerned the poor quality of the athletes village in Delhi may put the whole event in doubt.  Scottish officials found their original accommodation to be "unsafe and unfit for human habitation" and England are "optimistic" they will compete, but say urgent work is needed before the Games begin on 3 October.   But this is not first time that the go ahead of the Delhi Commonwealth Games have been questioned.  There have been multiple reports on the sub-standard infrastructure, athletes village and and questions about the security and safety of the participants and their teams has also been thrown into the mixer.  Even the organisers have said "have got two days to do what's probably going to take about two weeks".   My questions are should of this edition of the Commonwealth Games been moved from Delhi?  If so when should it have be switched and where would it go?