First ever Indian Commonwealth Games
The city of New Delhi, home to 13.8 million people, will host the Commonwealth Games in 2010. The dates for the Games are 3 – 14 October 2010, inclusive of the opening and closing ceremonies. This will be the first time India has hosted the games and the second time the event has been held in Asia (Kuala Lumpur in 1998 was the first).

The Delhi Games Village is to be constructed as a low rise medium development on a 40 acre site in the heart of the capital; this will create a possible capacity for 8,500 athletes and officials. Existing and new stadia will be used to house the following sports:

Archery, aquatics, athletics, badminton, boxing, cycling, elite athletes with a disability (EAD) events, gymnastics, hockey, lawn bowls, netball, rugby 7s, shooting, squash, table tennis, tennis, weightlifting and wrestling.

Delhi is the capital city of India and is rich in culture and history. It stands on the western end of the Gangetic Plain and is bordered by the states of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. There are two main districts of the city, Old Delhi the capital of Muslim India between the mid 17th and late 19th centuries and New Delhi, the imperial city created by the British Raj. The two districts reflect the history of the city; Old Delhi with its historic sites, mosques and monuments, and New Delhi with its imposing government buildings and tree lined avenues.