Games Village

(L-R) Delhi Commonwealth Games Village Mayor Dalbir Singh, Joint Director SPS Dhillon and an Indian athlete pose with the Queen's Baton after it arrived at the Commonwealth Games Village in New Delhi on October 2, 2010. The Indian capital is scheduled to host the October 3-14 Commonwealth Games, the biggest sporting event in the city since the 1982 Asian Games.

(L-R) Delhi Commonwealth Games Village Mayor Dalbir Singh, Joint Director SPS Dhillon and an Indian athlete pose with the Queen's Baton after it arrived at the Games Village in New Delhi on October 2, 2010. The Indian capital is scheduled to host the October 3-14 Commonwealth Games, the biggest sporting event in the city since the 1982 Asian Games.

The Commonwealth Games village is pictured in New Delhi on September 21, 2010. Commonwealth Games Federation president Michael Fennell has demanded immediate action from the Indian government to fix what he called a 'seriously compromised' athletes' village in New Delhi. Advance parties from participating nations have been arriving in the Indian capital ahead of the troubled October 3-14 multi-sport Games and been 'shocked' at what they have seen, he said in a statement.

The Commonwealth Games village is pictured in New Delhi on September 21, 2010. Commonwealth Games Federation president Michael Fennell has demanded immediate action from the Indian government to fix what he called a 'seriously compromised' athletes' village in New Delhi. Advance parties from participating nations have been arriving in the Indian capital ahead of the troubled October 3-14 multi-sport Games and been 'shocked' at what they have seen, he said in a statement.

The Commonwealth Games village is pictured in New Delhi on September 21, 2010. Commonwealth Games Federation president Michael Fennell has demanded immediate action from the Indian government to fix what he called a 'seriously compromised' athletes' village in New Delhi. Advance parties from participating nations have been arriving in the Indian capital ahead of the troubled October 3-14 multi-sport Games and been 'shocked' at what they have seen, he said in a statement.

NEW DELHI, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 24: Indian cleaning staff and Municipal Corporation of Delhi workers wait to enter the site of the Commonwealth Games village on September 24, 2010 in New Delhi, India. Delhi is scrambling to complete last minute preparations for the upcoming Commonwealth Games. Workers are frantically working to clean up the Games village after officials called it unliveable and unhygenic. Yesterday pieces of a false roof inside of the weightlifting complex collapsed, after an incident on Monday involving the collapse of a footbridge being constructed at the main stadium for the upcoming Commonwealth Games collapsed injuring up to 27 workers, according to police. The Jawaharlal Nehru stadium is due to hold athletics events and the opening ceremony of the Games, scheduled to commence on October 3. A number of top athletes have pulled out of the Commonwealth Games due to security, hygine and structural concerns.

NEW DELHI, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 24: A security post over looks the site of the Commonwealth Games village as workers make final preparations on September 24, 2010 in New Delhi, India. Delhi is scrambling to complete last minute preparations for the upcoming Commonwealth Games. Workers are frantically working to clean up the Games village after officials called it unliveable and unhygenic. Yesterday pieces of a false roof inside of the weightlifting complex collapsed, after an incident on Monday involving the collapse of a footbridge being constructed at the main stadium for the upcoming Commonwealth Games collapsed injuring up to 27 workers, according to police. The Jawaharlal Nehru stadium is due to hold athletics events and the opening ceremony of the Games, scheduled to commence on October 3. A number of top athletes have pulled out of the Commonwealth Games due to security, hygine and structural concerns.

NEW DELHI, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 24: Indian cleaning staff and Municipal Corporation of Delhi workers wait to enter the site of the Commonwealth Games village on September 24, 2010 in New Delhi, India. Delhi is scrambling to complete last minute preparations for the upcoming Commonwealth Games. Workers are frantically working to clean up the Games village after officials called it unliveable and unhygenic. Yesterday pieces of a false roof inside of the weightlifting complex collapsed, after an incident on Monday involving the collapse of a footbridge being constructed at the main stadium for the upcoming Commonwealth Games collapsed injuring up to 27 workers, according to police. The Jawaharlal Nehru stadium is due to hold athletics events and the opening ceremony of the Games, scheduled to commence on October 3. A number of top athletes have pulled out of the Commonwealth Games due to security, hygine and structural concerns.

NEW DELHI, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 24: Indian cleaning staff and Municipal Corporation of Delhi workers wait to enter the site of the Commonwealth Games village on September 24, 2010 in New Delhi, India. Delhi is scrambling to complete last minute preparations for the upcoming Commonwealth Games. Workers are frantically working to clean up the Games village after officials called it unliveable and unhygenic. Yesterday pieces of a false roof inside of the weightlifting complex collapsed, after an incident on Monday involving the collapse of a footbridge being constructed at the main stadium for the upcoming Commonwealth Games collapsed injuring up to 27 workers, according to police. The Jawaharlal Nehru stadium is due to hold athletics events and the opening ceremony of the Games, scheduled to commence on October 3. A number of top athletes have pulled out of the Commonwealth Games due to security, hygine and structural concerns.

NEW DELHI, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 24: Indian cleaning staff and Municipal Corporation of Delhi workers wait to enter the site of the Commonwealth Games village on September 24, 2010 in New Delhi, India. Delhi is scrambling to complete last minute preparations for the upcoming Commonwealth Games. Workers are frantically working to clean up the Games village after officials called it unliveable and unhygenic. Yesterday pieces of a false roof inside of the weightlifting complex collapsed, after an incident on Monday involving the collapse of a footbridge being constructed at the main stadium for the upcoming Commonwealth Games collapsed injuring up to 27 workers, according to police. The Jawaharlal Nehru stadium is due to hold athletics events and the opening ceremony of the Games, scheduled to commence on October 3. A number of top athletes have pulled out of the Commonwealth Games due to security, hygine and structural concerns.

NEW DELHI, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 24: Indian cleaning staff and Municipal Corporation of Delhi workers wait to enter the site of the Commonwealth Games village on September 24, 2010 in New Delhi, India. Delhi is scrambling to complete last minute preparations for the upcoming Commonwealth Games. Workers are frantically working to clean up the Games village after officials called it unliveable and unhygenic. Yesterday pieces of a false roof inside of the weightlifting complex collapsed, after an incident on Monday involving the collapse of a footbridge being constructed at the main stadium for the upcoming Commonwealth Games collapsed injuring up to 27 workers, according to police. The Jawaharlal Nehru stadium is due to hold athletics events and the opening ceremony of the Games, scheduled to commence on October 3. A number of top athletes have pulled out of the Commonwealth Games due to security, hygine and structural concerns.

NEW DELHI, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 24: Indian cleaning staff and Municipal Corporation of Delhi workers wait to enter the site of the Commonwealth Games village on September 24, 2010 in New Delhi, India. Delhi is scrambling to complete last minute preparations for the upcoming Commonwealth Games. Workers are frantically working to clean up the Games village after officials called it unliveable and unhygenic. Yesterday pieces of a false roof inside of the weightlifting complex collapsed, after an incident on Monday involving the collapse of a footbridge being constructed at the main stadium for the upcoming Commonwealth Games collapsed injuring up to 27 workers, according to police. The Jawaharlal Nehru stadium is due to hold athletics events and the opening ceremony of the Games, scheduled to commence on October 3. A number of top athletes have pulled out of the Commonwealth Games due to security, hygine and structural concerns.

NEW DELHI, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 24: Indian cleaning staff and Municipal Corporation of Delhi workers wait to enter the site of the Commonwealth Games village on September 24, 2010 in New Delhi, India. Delhi is scrambling to complete last minute preparations for the upcoming Commonwealth Games. Workers are frantically working to clean up the Games village after officials called it unliveable and unhygenic. Yesterday pieces of a false roof inside of the weightlifting complex collapsed, after an incident on Monday involving the collapse of a footbridge being constructed at the main stadium for the upcoming Commonwealth Games collapsed injuring up to 27 workers, according to police. The Jawaharlal Nehru stadium is due to hold athletics events and the opening ceremony of the Games, scheduled to commence on October 3. A number of top athletes have pulled out of the Commonwealth Games due to security, hygine and structural concerns.

NEW DELHI, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 24: Indian cleaning staff and Municipal Corporation of Delhi workers wait to enter the site of the Commonwealth Games village on September 24, 2010 in New Delhi, India. Delhi is scrambling to complete last minute preparations for the upcoming Commonwealth Games. Workers are frantically working to clean up the Games village after officials called it unliveable and unhygenic. Yesterday pieces of a false roof inside of the weightlifting complex collapsed, after an incident on Monday involving the collapse of a footbridge being constructed at the main stadium for the upcoming Commonwealth Games collapsed injuring up to 27 workers, according to police. The Jawaharlal Nehru stadium is due to hold athletics events and the opening ceremony of the Games, scheduled to commence on October 3. A number of top athletes have pulled out of the Commonwealth Games due to security, hygine and structural concerns.

NEW DELHI, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 24: Indian cleaning staff and Municipal Corporation of Delhi workers wait to enter the site of the Commonwealth Games village on September 24, 2010 in New Delhi, India. Delhi is scrambling to complete last minute preparations for the upcoming Commonwealth Games. Workers are frantically working to clean up the Games village after officials called it unliveable and unhygenic. Yesterday pieces of a false roof inside of the weightlifting complex collapsed, after an incident on Monday involving the collapse of a footbridge being constructed at the main stadium for the upcoming Commonwealth Games collapsed injuring up to 27 workers, according to police. The Jawaharlal Nehru stadium is due to hold athletics events and the opening ceremony of the Games, scheduled to commence on October 3. A number of top athletes have pulled out of the Commonwealth Games due to security, hygine and structural concerns.

NEW DELHI, INDIA - OCTOBER 3: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales is escorted by Mike Fennell, President of the Commonwealth Games Federation, and Dalbir Singh, the Mayor of the Commonwealth Games village, during a visit to the Games Village on the second day of their four day visit to India on October 3, 2010 in New Delhi, India. Prince Charles will be opening the Commonwealth Games on behalf of The Queen today, after which Their Royal Highnesses will undertake a series of engagements throughout India.

NEW DELHI, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 24: Indian cleaning staff and Municipal Corporation of Delhi workers enter the site of the Commonwealth Games village on September 24, 2010 in New Delhi, India. Delhi is scrambling to complete last minute preparations for the upcoming Commonwealth Games. Workers are frantically working to clean up the Games village after officials called it unliveable and unhygenic. Yesterday pieces of a false roof inside of the weightlifting complex collapsed, after an incident on Monday involving the collapse of a footbridge being constructed at the main stadium for the upcoming Commonwealth Games collapsed injuring up to 27 workers, according to police. The Jawaharlal Nehru stadium is due to hold athletics events and the opening ceremony of the Games, scheduled to commence on October 3. A number of top athletes have pulled out of the Commonwealth Games due to security, hygine and structural concerns.

Indian paramilitary soldiers patrol near the Commonwealth Games village in New Delhi on September 22, 2010. Commonwealth Games Federation Chief Mike Fennell is due in India early on September 23 on a scheduled visit to oversee preparations for next month's troubled event, organisers said. Top athletes are snubbing the October 3-14 Commonwealth Games as safety fears and complaints of filthy accommodation have left the event in crisis.

Indian paramilitary soldiers patrol past workers' temporary tents near the Commonwealth Games village in New Delhi on September 22, 2010. Commonwealth Games Federation Chief Mike Fennell is due in India early on September 23 on a scheduled visit to oversee preparations for next month's troubled event, organisers said. Top athletes are snubbing the October 3-14 Commonwealth Games as safety fears and complaints of filthy accommodation have left the event in crisis.

NEW DELHI, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 23: An Indian woman breastfeeds her son as she walks in a shanty encampment for labourers near to the site of the Commonwealth Games village on September 23, 2010 in New Delhi, India. Delhi is scrambling to complete last minute preparations for the upcoming Commonwealth Games, as labourers work frantically to clean up the athletes' village following numerous complaints from officials.

Indian athletes walk inside the Commonwealth Games village in New Delhi on September 24, 2010. Crisis-hit New Delhi welcomed its first Commonwealth Games athletes as organisers raced against time to rescue the event amid claims the city should never have been chosen.

A view of the residential wing of the Commonwealth Games village in New Delhi on September 25, 2010, ahead of the forthcoming Commonwealth Games. Extensive work remains to be done on the crisis-hit Delhi Commonwealth Games with barely a week to go, federation chief Mike Fennell said September 25, warning of the damage done to India's image.

Indian workers repair broken tiles at the Commonwealth Games village in New Delhi on September 25, 2010, ahead of the forthcoming Commonwealth Games. Extensive work remains to be done on the crisis-hit Delhi Commonwealth Games with barely a week to go, federation chief Mike Fennell said September 25, warning of the damage done to India's image.

Commonwealth Games Federation President Michael Fennell (C) visits the Commonwealth Games village in New Delhi on September 25, 2010, ahead of the forthcoming Commonwealth Games. Extensive work remains to be done on the crisis-hit Delhi Commonwealth Games with barely a week to go, federation chief Mike Fennell said September 25, warning of the damage done to India's image.

NEW DELHI, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 24: An Indian boy sits in front of a banner advertising the Commonwealth Games on September 24, 2010 in New Delhi, India. Delhi is scrambling to complete last minute preparations for the upcoming Commonwealth Games. Workers are frantically working to clean up the Games village after officials called it unliveable and unhygenic. Yesterday pieces of a false roof inside of the weightlifting complex collapsed, after an incident on Monday involving the collapse of a footbridge being constructed at the main stadium for the upcoming Commonwealth Games collapsed injuring up to 27 workers, according to police. The Jawaharlal Nehru stadium is due to hold athletics events and the opening ceremony of the Games, scheduled to commence on October 3. A number of top athletes have pulled out of the Commonwealth Games due to security, hygine and structural concerns.

NEW DELHI, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 24: An Indian worker balances a lamp on his head and holds cables in his mouth whilst installing street lights in front of the Lawn Bowls venue at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on September 24, 2010 in New Delhi, India. Delhi is scrambling to complete last minute preparations for the upcoming Commonwealth Games. Workers are frantically working to clean up the Games village after officials called it unliveable and unhygienic. Pieces of a false roof inside of the weightlifting complex have collapsed, following an incident on Monday involving the collapse of a footbridge being constructed at the main stadium for the upcoming Commonwealth Games collapsed inuring up to 27 workers. The Jawaharlal Nehru stadium is due to hold athletics events and the opening ceremony of the Games, scheduled to commence on October 3. A number of top athletes have pulled out of the Commonwealth Games due to security, hygiene and structural concerns.

An Indian securityman on duty at the entrance to the Commonwealth Games village in New Delhi on September 26, 2010. Crisis-hit New Delhi has welcomed its first Commonwealth Games athletes as organisers raced against time to rescue the event amid claims the city should never have been chosen. The Commonwealth Games Federation signaled that conditions were finally improving, but that there was still work to do after the athletes' village was described as 'uninhabitable' earlier in the week.

Indian worker spray insecticide at the Commonwealth Games Village in New Delhi on September 27, 2010 ahead of the forthcoming Commonwealth Games. Crisis-hit New Delhi has welcomed its first Commonwealth Games athletes as organisers raced against time to rescue the event amid claims the city should never have been chosen. The Commonwealth Games Federation signaled that conditions were finally improving, but that there was still work to do after the athletes' village was described as 'uninhabitable' earlier in the week.

Kenya team members play pool at the Commonwealth Games Village in New Delhi on September 27, 2010 ahead of the forthcoming Commonwealth Games. Crisis-hit New Delhi has welcomed its first Commonwealth Games athletes as organisers raced against time to rescue the event amid claims the city should never have been chosen. The Commonwealth Games Federation signaled that conditions were finally improving, but that there was still work to do after the athletes' village was described as 'uninhabitable' earlier in the week.

Indian workers transport a decorative hedge representing Shera, the New Delhi Commonwealth Games mascot near the Games' village in New Delhi on September 27, 2010. The contingent of Scotland for the Games arrived on September 26 despite warnings that work would not be finished at the much-criticised village by later this week.

Members of the Cook Islands team watch the flag hoisting ceremony along with Shera, the New Delhi Commonwealth Games mascot at the Games' village in Delhi on September 28, 2010. The Indian capital is scheduled to host the Commonwealth Games October 3-14, the biggest sporting event in the city since the 1982 Asian Games.

Scotland team members walk down to the practice zone inside the Commonwealth Games village in Delhi on September 29, 2010. The Indian capital is scheduled to host the Commonwealth Games October 3-14, the biggest sporting event in the city since the 1982 Asian Games.

An England team member plays billiards at the entertainment zone of the Commonwealth Games village in Delhi on September 29, 2010. The Indian capital is scheduled to host the Commonwealth Games October 3-14, the biggest sporting event in the city since the 1982 Asian Games.

Australian gymnast Lauren Mitchell leaves the Commonwealth Games village in Delhi on September 29, 2010. The Indian capital is scheduled to host the Commonwealth Games October 3-14, the biggest sporting event in the city since the 1982 Asian Games.

Kathryn Marsh Scottish athlete tries on atradional cap from Indian State of Himachal Pradesh at the Commonwealth Games village in New Delhi on September 29, 2010. The Indian capital is scheduled to host the October 3-14 Commonwealth Games, the biggest sporting event in the city since the 1982 Asian Games.

A para-athlete takes part in a practice session at the Commonwealth Games Village in New Delhi on October 1, 2010. The Queen's Baton arrived in the Indian capital on September 30, after travelling across all 71 nations and territories of the former British empire as the Commonwealth Games 2010 are being held in the city from 3 - 14 October.

India Commonwealth Games (CWG) team members arrive for a welcome ceremony at the Commonwealth Games Village in New Delhi on October 1, 2010. The Queen's Baton arrived in the Indian capital on September 30, after travelling across all 71 nations and territories of the former British empire as the Commonwealth Games 2010 are being held in the city from 3 - 14 October.

Indian Commonwealth Games (CWG) team members pose with Games mascot Shera during a welcome ceremony at the Commonwealth Games Village in New Delhi on October 1, 2010. The Queen's Baton arrived in the Indian capital on September 30, after travelling across all 71 nations and territories of the former British empire as the Commonwealth Games 2010 are being held in the city from 3 - 14 October.

Canada Flag bearer for the last Commonwealth Games Alexandra Orlando (L) hands over the flag to compatriot Ben Pereira at the games village in New Delhi on October 1, 2010. The Commonwealth Games are taking place in the Indian capital from October 3-14.

Australian swimmer Geoff Huegill poses at the Commonwealth Games Village in New Delhi on October 2, 2010. The Indian capital is scheduled to host the Commonwealth Games October 3-14, the biggest sporting event in the city since the 1982 Asian Games.

Pakistani boxers pose with Indian schoolchildren at a ceremony welcoming them at the Commonwealth Games Village in New Delhi on October 2, 2010. The Indian capital is scheduled to host the October 3-14 Commonwealth Games, the biggest sporting event in the city since the 1982 Asian Games.

Indian physio Richard Antony Samy (2 L) and Australian pole vaulter Liz Parnov (2 R) receive free haircuts at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Village in New Delhi on October 2, 2010. The Commonwealth Games are taking place in the Indian capital from October 3-14.

Indian paramilitary personnel stand guard at The Commonwealth Games Village in New Delhi on October 3, 2010. India's day of destiny has finally arrived with the Commonwealth Games due to begin in a fortress-like New Delhi after a shambolic run-up that threatended to derail the event.

MUSCAT, OMAN - DECEMBER 07: Asian Beach Games Village Mayor Abdula Nassau Khushabi (L) greets Saudi Arabia Chef de Mission Mohamed Al Shaibani and team officials during a team welcome ceremony prior to the 2nd Asian Beach Games Muscat 2010 at Al-Musannah Sports City on December 7, 2010 in Muscat, Oman.

Indian paramilitary soldiers patrol past workers' temporary tents as children look on near the Commonwealth Games village in New Delhi on September 22, 2010. Commonwealth Games Federation Chief Mike Fennell is due in India early on September 23 on a scheduled visit to oversee preparations for next month's troubled event, organisers said. Top athletes are snubbing the October 3-14 Commonwealth Games as safety fears and complaints of filthy accommodation have left the event in crisis.

Indian muncipal workers treat the open water canal to kill mosquitoes near the Commonwealth Games village in New Delhi on September 23, 2010. With the onset of monsoons, municipal authorities have geared up to prevent mosquitoes breeding and combat water-borne diseases in the Indian captial ahead of the Commonwealth Games on October 3-13. In the last few days, events have gone from bad to worse with the Games' international governing body and participating countries lambasting the athletes' village as 'filthy' and 'unfit for human habitation.'

Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard at the Commonwealth Games village entrance in New Delhi on September 23, 2010. The New Delhi Games, billed as a global showcase for India's rise as a major economic power, are a shambles ten days before the start, with athletes' pulling out amid security fears and unfinished infrastructure.

An Indian policeman patrols the Commonwealth Games village entrance in New Delhi on September 23, 2010. The New Delhi Games, billed as a global showcase for India's rise as a major economic power, are a shambles ten days before the start, with athletes' pulling out amid security fears and unfinished infrastructure.

Captain of the Indian hockey team Raj Pal Singh plays billiards inside the Commonwealth Games village in New Delhi on September 24, 2010. New Delhi's beleaguered Commonwealth Games was set to welcome its first athletes after receiving a much-needed boost when Team England said they would definitely be participating. The announcement came after the Commonwealth Games Federation signalled Delhi was succeeding in fixing the problems that have brought the event to the brink of disaster.

Commonwealth Games Federation chief Mike Fennell (R), accompanied by chairman of the 2010 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Suresh Kalmadi (L), visits the Commonwealth Games village in New Delhi on September 24, 2010. New Delhi welcomed the first athletes to its crisis-hit Commonwealth Games on Friday as organisers raced against time to rescue the event amid claims the city should never have been chosen.