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Games information - Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games - visitvictoria.com The first Commonwealth Games (then called the British Empire Games) were held in 1930, in Ontario, Canada, and featured just six sports: athletics, boxing, lawn bowls, rowing, swimming/diving and wrestling. In March 2006, elite athletes from the 71 nations of the Commonwealth will gather in Melbourne for the 18th Commonwealth Games. In 2006 the program includes 16 sports played across 24 disciplines and, two new sports will be included in the program: basketball and synchronised diving. www.visitvictoria.com /displayObject.cfm/ObjectID.9179B66B-1CB0-46E5-AFEE1AC1A694CC8B/vvt.vhtml   (428 words)

INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - SPORTS Priority decisions or goals were clear: to standardise the rules for swimming, diving and water polo; to obtain control of world records and to maintain an up-to-date list of these records; and finally, to ensure the direction of Olympic Games competitions for swimming, diving and water polo. The Olympic Games competitions prior to FINA had included a variety of unusual events such as underwater swimming (1900), 200m obstacle swimming (1900) and plunge for distance (1904).  Commonwealth Games swim results - men's 50m backstroke semis (16 March 2006 10:21 GMT) www.olympic.org /uk/sports/programme/index_uk.asp?SportCode=AQ   (226 words)

Games organisers promise 'uplifting' ceremony. 15/03/2006. ABC News Online The Australian diving team is staying focused on its games preparation and will miss tonight's Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. The 18th Commonwealth Games open in Melbourne tonight with organisers anxiously hoping weeks of negative publicity and embarrassing blunders will be washed away once the competition gets under way. Australia has topped the medals count at each of the past four Commonwealth Games since 1990 and the host nation has set its sights on bettering its record haul of 202 medals from Manchester four years ago. www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200603/s1591789.htm   (910 words)

CBC Sports: More rowing gold at Pan Am Games; silver in marathon In the pool, Canada was hoping for a fourth gold medal from diving sensation Alexandre Despatie on Saturday. "It's probably 25 years almost to the day that I started running, and to cap it off with a silver medal at the Pan Am Games is a real thrill," said Deacon, a two-time Olympian. Bruce Deacon of Victoria, B.C. shows his silver medal after his second place in the men's marathon at the Pan Am Games on Saturday. www.cbc.ca /story/sports/national/2003/08/09/Sports/panamrowing030809.html   (567 words)

COMONWEALTH GAMES - Melbourne Australia 2006 At the Commonwealth Games Scotland, England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey all compete in the Games as separate nations. At the Commonwealth and Olympic Games, Aquatics is classed as the sport and Diving, Swimming and Synchronised Swimming are all disciplines. Commonwealth nations include some of the largest populations on earth - such as India, with a population of 1.01 billion - and some of the world’s smallest populations such as St Helena, a 308 sq km Island in the Atlantic, with a population of 7000. www.comonwealthgames.com   (1647 words)

Team SA departs for Melbourne - SouthAfrica.info South Africa will be participating in all individual sports on the Games programme, namely: athletics, aquatics (swimming, diving and synchro), badminton, lawn bowls, boxing, cycling (road, track and mountain biking), gymnastics (artistic and rhythmic), shooting, squash, table tennis, triathlon and weightlifting. A special characteristic of the Commonwealth Games is the full integration of certain events for elite athletes with disability, Mkhize said, and Sascoc had "reserved places in the team for those athletes who will merit selection to compete in the athletics, swimming, table tennis and weightlifting events". As a multi-sports event, the Commonwealth Games rank second only to the Summer Olympics, and all 71 Commonwealth countries are expected to have teams in the Games' host city, Melbourne, from 15 to 26 March. www.southafrica.info /what_happening/sports/cgames2006a.htm   (511 words)

::: Commonwealth Games Federation ::: The city of Hamilton proved a gracious first host of the Commonwealth Games movement and is as important to it as Athens is to the Olympics. The Hamilton Games featured six sports: track and field, boxing, lawn bowls, rowing, swimming and diving, and wrestling and ran at a cost of $97,973.00. The inaugural Games was utilitarian and very down to earth, proving that more doesn’t necessarily mean better. www.thecgf.com /games/intro.asp?yr=1930   (173 words)

Sports 123: Diving: Commonwealth Games: Men: 3 m Springboard Sports 123: Diving: Commonwealth Games: Men: 3 m Springboard sports123.com /div/mco-3s.html   (9 words)

Commonwealth Games 2006 The State Netball Hockey Centre is located Close to the Commonwealth Games Village, this venue includes a five-court indoor stadium designed for international competition. The 2006 Games will be the historical debut of this sport into the Commonwealth Games. This encompases diving, swimming and synchronised swimming, all of which will be contested in the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC): It is proposed that full and exclusive access to the competition venue would be made available atleast 7 days prior to the start of the Games for training and familiarity purposes. www.travelplaces.co.uk /commonwealth-sports-venues.htm   (1972 words)

BBC Manchester Online 2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester Aquatic Centre Based in the heart of the city's student community, the new Manchester Aquatics Centre is one of the most exciting of all the Commonwealth Games developments and will host swimming, diving and synchronised swimming events. BBC Manchester Online 2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester Aquatic Centre www.bbc.co.uk /manchester/2002/venues/swim.shtml   (175 words)

Sports 123: Diving: Commonwealth Games: Women: 3 m Springboard Sports 123: Diving: Commonwealth Games: Women: 3 m Springboard sports123.com /div/wco-3s.html   (9 words)

COMONWEALTH GAMES - Melbourne Australia 2006 At the Commonwealth and Olympic Games, Aquatics is classed as the sport and Diving, Swimming and Synchronised Swimming are all disciplines. At the Commonwealth Games Scotland, England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey all compete in the Games as separate nations. Commonwealth nations include some of the largest populations on earth - such as India, with a population of 1.01 billion - and some of the world’s smallest populations such as St Helena, a 308 sq km Island in the Atlantic, with a population of 7000. www.comonwealthgames.com   (1647 words)

Canada International Games News India successfully used the argument during the 2010 Commonwealth Games bid race, that "the games should go to new places." New Delhi was up against Hamilton, Canada, and Canada had already hosted four Commonwealth Games. Bose has reported that Commonwealth Games Federation secretary general Louise Martin said that Canada broke the rules when they updated their bid regarding an offer to provide training scholarships, but did not inform the Federation first of the change. Games organizers have asked residents of Wood Buffalo to leave their Christmas light on their homes, and be ready to display them during the games, February 28 to March 6 to help create a festive atmosphere for the games. www.internationalgames.net /newscanada.htm   (1647 words)

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