Mr. Kalmadi was fired from his post as the Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee. He continues to remain President of the Indian Olympic Association.

A handy dandy chart keeping tabs of it all is below:

Commonwealth 2010 by the numbers

The Commonwealth games are finished. From the ashes of the debacles leading up to the games rose a collective sigh of relief that nothing disastrous happened. And for a few days, cricket was overshadowed by athletes bringing home 101 medals to finish 2nd behind Australia and ahead of England’s 3rd place. The Indian media wasted no time refocusing attention on the unfinished business of widespread corruption. After dragging his feet through weeks of pre-game fiascos, PM Manmohan Singh finally stepped up his game and announced an investigation.

The Telegraph, India makes the most insightful soul searching op-ed of them all. One that every Indian who has a desire to see India succeed must undertake. Do take a moment to read the full post (excerpt below):

An unbridgeable chasm separates excellence from mediocrity. The gap cannot be bridged because it begins with a mindset that does not recognize what excellence is: it knows no better than what is mediocre. Unfortunately, Indians are beset by the average and cannot see beyond it. Recent examples of this are the self-congratulation that has ensued since the Commonwealth Games began and the euphoria that has followed the closing ceremony. One reason is that the preparations for the Games engendered nothing but dire predictions of national shame. The apprehension was that of disaster, and the escape from that produced more than relief.

It was all morning TV fun and games for Mr. Paul Henry till he got suspended for his ignorant racist idiocy. New Zealand will of course enjoy his equal opportunity racism when he gets back on air October 18.

“And it’s so appropriate cos she’s Indian.” Really Paul? That’s the best you got, ya moron?

Unnecessary bad behaviour there Mr. Fkiri!

Read full post at source: The National Post

Australian Hassene Fkiri, right, refuses to shake hands with Anil Kumar of India, obscured, at the Commonwealth Games.

With just hours away, we’re extremely cautiously optimistic for India to show the world what it can do at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.  But our fear of somone, from athletes to spectators to workers to ANY ONE, getting hurt or worse, is very high.

While 2 world athletes cancelled, others have made it.  Prince Charles has made it today to New Dheli as well, to help declare the Games open tomorrow along with Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil. 

Fingers, legs and toes are crossed that sports and sportsmanship will prevail as it mostly does!