When New Delhi hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games, it had seven years to prepare. It was awarded the Games rights in November 2003, but the authorities remained hard pressed to give finishing touches till the start of the Games in October, 2010. Though India managed to conduct the games smoothly, its success was marred by a series of corruption allegations.
Now officials in the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) appear keen to hosting another such mega event in 2022 after the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) took back the event from Durban, following the South African government failure to give financial assurance.
