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		The 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from September 11 to September 21 1998 making it the first Asian country to act as host and the last Commonwealth Games for the 20th Century.
		The logo for these games was inspired from the national flower of Malaysia, the Hibiscus, and was the first time that the colour yellow was introduced in the logo.
		The official mascot for the games was Wira, meaning warrior or hero in the Malay language, the Orang utan.
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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 1994 Commonwealth Games Medal Count (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Commonwealth of England was the official title of the political unit that replaced the kingdoms of Scotland and England under the rule of Oliver Cromwell.
		While the term "commonwealth" has the same legal and economic meaning as "state," the four regions that chose to designate themselves commonwealths probably did so as a reference to the earlier Commonwealth period in England which ended in 1660, when that nation was not ruled by a king.
		The commonwealth introduced a doctrine of religious tolerance (see Warsaw_Confederation), had its own parliament Sejm (although elections were restricted to the gentry or szlachta) and elected kings, who were bound to certain contracts Pacta conventa from the beginning of the reign.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1994-Commonwealth-Games-Medal-Count (2178 words)

	Commonwealth Games at AllExperts
		The Commonwealth Games is a multi-sport event held every four years involving the elite athletes of the Commonwealth of Nations.
		The four constituent countries of the United Kingdom—England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland—send separate teams to the Commonwealth Games, and individual teams are also sent from the British Crown Dependencies—Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man—and many of the British overseas territories.
		Nigeria boycotted the 1978 Games in protest of New Zealand's sporting contacts with apartheid-era South Africa, and 32 of 59 nations from Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean boycotted the 1986 Commonwealth Games due to the Thatcher government's attitude to South African sporting contacts.
	en.allexperts.com /e/c/co/commonwealth_games.htm (1455 words)

	Rugby Football Union - Sevens - Commonwealth Games draw announced
		The seedings and pools have been confirmed and England are seeded third behind defending Commonwealth Games champions New Zealand and Fiji.
		England were knocked out of the Manchester Commonwealth Games by Fiji who went on to win Silver, but England will travel to Melbourne as top of their pool.
		Mike Friday captained the 1998 Commonwealth Games squad in Kuala Lumpur and believes that the desire to be put forward for selection for the Games has added an extra buzz to the squad, "Playing in the Commonwealth Games was one of highlights of my playing career.
	www.rfu.com /index.cfm/fuseaction/RFUHome.Sevens_Detail/StoryID/11971 (676 words)

	Malaysia - Commonwealth Games
		Zulkifly Embong, secretary of the Badminton Association of Malaysia told AFP two gold medals was within reach of the badminton squad, though overall the Malaysians have lowered their target from the 1998 Games held in Kuala Lumpur to four in contrast to the 10 they won there.
		In the 1998 Games in the capital Kuala Lumpur, the badminton team won three gold medals.
		Adnan Yusoh, 2001 SEA Games gold medalist is Malaysia's star for a gold in the 60 kilogram category but the Africans would be tough to beat, he said.
	www.abc.net.au /commonwealthgames/2002/nations/malaysia.htm (727 words)

	1998 Commonwealth Games - Definition, explanation
		The 1998 Commonwealth Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from August 11 to August 21 making it the first Asian country to act as host.
		The Games were be declared open by His Majesty the King of Malaysia, Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Jaafar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman on September 11.
		Commonwealth Games Associations at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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	Commonwealth Games could include cricket - Breaking News - Sport - Breaking News
		Cricket was among the sports that featured in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, when team competitions were first included in the games.
		He said the Commonwealth Games Federation would also get involved in the dialogue about cricket's place in the quadrennial event that feature competitors from 71 countries that were part of the former British empire.
		Fennell said the cricketers who took part in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur were delighted with the experience.
	www.smh.com.au /news/Sport/Commonwealth-Games-could-include-cricket/2005/09/17/1126750155664.html (385 words)

	Australian Commonwealth Games Association (ACGA)
		The Australian Commonwealth Games Association (ACGA) is the national body responsible for Commonwealth Games operations, publicity and development in Australia, specifically providing and organising funding, clothing, travel, accommodation and accreditation of athletes and officials to each Commonwealth Games.
		These documents are circulated to all Commonwealth Games Associations (CGA) and the CGF who will decide at the General Assembly to be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on the 9 November 2007, which country will be the host city for 2014 games.
		The 2010 games are to be held from 3-14 October.
	www.commonwealthgames.org.au (0 words)

	Major Event - Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur 1998
		The Commonwealth Games are the second largest sporting event after the Olympic Games, and are a showcase of the world's greatest sporting nations.
		Although not as big as the Olympic Games, the Commonwealth Games are a true international event with an impressive number of competitors - 6,000 world-class athletes and officials from 70 different countries.
		The 1998 Games were the biggest hosted so far, and the first to introduce team sports (cricket, hockey, netball and rugby).
	www.atosorigin.com /en-us/Services/Industries/Major_Events/Other_Major_Events/Commonwealth_Games_KualaLumpur98 (141 words)

	Pittman's rival to miss games - Commonwealth Games - Sport - theage.com.au
		The Barbadian, who won the 400m hurdles gold at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, says she needs to take a "mental break" from the sport so she can be at her best for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
		Her personal best of 53.56 seconds was set back in 1999, although she was still the fourth fastest Commonwealth runner in the world this year behind only Pittman, Shevon Stoddart of Jamaica and Surita Febbraio of Jamaica.
		Commonwealth Games is the major championship, but I really don't think at this point that I will be gearing myself towards the Commonwealth Games," Blackett told a local Caribbean newspaper.
	www.theage.com.au /news/commonwealth-games/pittmans-rival-to-miss-games/2005/12/21/1135032061351.html (517 words)

	Guernsey Commonwealth Games Association
		For the first time in its 68-year history, the Commonwealth Games were held in Asia.
		The XVI Games, held in Kuala Lumpur were also the first Games to feature team sports - an overwhelming success that added large numbers to both participators and TV audience numbers.
		Fifteen sports were featured in the Kuala Lumpur Games - aquatics, athletics, badminton, boxing, cricket, cycling, gymnastics, hockey, netball, lawn bowls, rugby 7s, shooting, tenpin bowling, weightlifting and wrestling.
	www.guernseycga.org.gg /1998kualalumpar.html (120 words)

	TSN : COMMONWEALTH GAMES - Canada's Sports Leader
		Athletes with a disability first competed at the Games in 1994 in Victoria, B.C. Team sports were first included at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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	Australian Commonwealth Games Association (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The 1998 Commonwealth Games logo was a stylised representation of Malaysia's national flower - the Bunga Raya or Hibiscus.
		This was the first time in the history of the Commonwealth Games that the colour yellow had been used in the logo.
		However, as this was the first time an emerging nation was hosting the Games, and whose national colours were red, blue, white and yellow, the colour yellow was introduced in the logo design.
	www.commonwealthgames.org.au /gamesinfo/pastgames/1998/Logo.htm (143 words)

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		Commonwealth Games Canada is confident that these athletes will play an ongoing and significant role in bettering the lives and conditions of Canadian athletes.
		Commonwealth Games Canada works closely with strategic partners and is duly proud of its positive and progressive relationship with Athletes CAN since the inception of this athlete organization in 1993.
		Commonwealth Games Canada (CGC) is a not-for-profit multi-sport organization that is the franchise holder for the Commonwealth Games and is therefore responsible for submitting a single Candidate Bid City to the Commonwealth Games Federation.
	www.commonwealthgames.ca /site/index_e.aspx?DetailID=1261 (534 words)

	Commonwealth Games
		Commonwealth Games is a multi-sport event held every four years involving the elite athletes of The Commonwealth.
		The name changed to British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954, to British Commonwealth Games in 1970 and assumed the current name in 1990.
		As well as many Olympic sports, the Games also include some sports that are played mainly in Commonwealth countries, such as lawn bowls and netball.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/c/co/commonwealth_games.shtml (134 words)

	Thorpe still out of Hackett's reach - theage.com.au
		The pair slogged it out for seven of the eight laps, with just fractions of a second separating them at each turn, before Thorpe introduced his powerful kick down the last 50 metres of the race, and comfortably held off his rival.
		The last time they were in similar lanes in a 400 final was at the world championships in Perth in 1998.
		In the past five years, Hackett has finished second to him at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Malaysia; the 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and now 2003 Australian titles; the 1999 Pan Pacs in Sydney; the 2001 world championships in Fukuoka, Japan; and the 2002 Pan Pacs in Yokohama, Japan.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/03/22/1047749989331.html (517 words)

	Anna Millward
		Currently ranked ninth in the world, the Atlanta and Sydney Olympian has already enjoyed her share of podium finishes this year with two stage wins in the USA's HP Women's Challenge and top three places in Canada's Le Tour du Grand Montreal and the Australian road time trials.
		At Kuala Lumpur's 1998 Commonwealth Games Millward took first place in the time trial event before finishing third in the road race.
		1998: First in the road time trial and third in the road race at the Commonwealth Games.
	abc.net.au /commonwealthgames/2002/nations/profiles/millward_anna.htm (342 words)

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		Sydney is packing away its Olympic memories on the eve of the Paralympic Games, in which disabled athletes compete in the second largest athletic competition in the world after the Olympics.
		Goalball is similarly hazardous and twice as tense - spectators must remain totally silent during the game as visually impaired athletes in blindfolds use their hearing to locate a 1.25kg ball with bells inside it that is hurled around the court at speeds of up to 35mph.
		The International Paralympic Committee is so worried by the Greeks' failure to prepare for the Paralympics in 2004 that it is threatening the symbolic snub of refusing to hand over the IOC flag at the closing ceremony in three weeks' time.
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	::: Commonwealth Games Federation :::
		These were first introduced at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur where nations participated in cricket (50 over game), hockey (men and women), netball (women) and rugby 7's men).
		In Manchester in 2002 hockey, netball and rugby 7's graced the programme again and at the 2006 Games in Melbourne basketball accompanied hockey, netball and rugby 7's on the programme.
		From the 2014 Games onwards hockey (men and women) netball (women) and rugby 7's (men) will be obligatory sports on the CGF sports programme.
	www.thecgf.com /faq/faq28.asp (117 words)

	Malaysia Sports and Recreation Calendar 1998 - Commonwealth Games
		The XVI Commonwealth Games, to be held in Kuala Lumpur from September 11-21 1998, will be the mail event of the year of "Sports and Recreation' for Malaysia.
		It is anticipated the Games will be viewed by a live television audience of 500 million worldwide, underlining the Games endearing popularity.
		It is expected that the Games will draw more than 6,000 athletes and team officials and over 60,000 tourists into Kuala Lumpur.
	www.geographia.com /malaysia/sportscal_games.htm (161 words)

	Commonwealth Games 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: )
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		KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, 1998 — The XVI Commonwealth Games, held during 15 days at 24 venues across Malaysia, were broadcast to over 500 million TV viewers around the world.
		The original Aggreko proposal was only to provide backup power for the event, but we had to move fast when there was a major electrical failure during the Opening Ceremony.
	www.aggreko.com /eventservices/portfolio/Commonwealth-Games-1998.asp (157 words)

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		“I am happy to announce that the host of the 2010 Commonwealth Games will be Delhi in India,” CGF President Mike Fennel announced soon after the voting, much to the relief of a 50-member Indian delegation here which had put in a lot of hard work in the past few days to win the bid.
		It was third time lucky for India, the largest Commonwealth country and home to 50 per cent of the Commonwealth population, since earlier they had twice bid unsuccessfully for the games.
		The previous edition of the games was held in Manchester in 2002 while the next in 2006 will be hosted by Melbourne.
	www.comfortvacationsindia.com /commonwealth-game-tour.html (231 words)

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	Doctors warn: Mosquitoes may take liking to kilt-clad men
		Scottish team doctors at the Commonwealth Games urged their athletes not to wear kilts at the opening ceremony Friday night for fear mosquitoes could fly up them and bite.
		Volunteers at the Games "had been briefed that they would pay for their folly if they loaned their passes to their friends," the newspaper quoted Johnny Quek, sports manager at the badminton stadium, as saying.
		Bowlers Melisa Anastasi, 29, and Suzanne Abela, 32, are among 21 athletes in Malta's Games delegation.
	www.canoe.ca /SlamCommonwealth/sep11_note.html (537 words)

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