Participating nations
Ø There are currently 54 members of the Commonwealth of Nations, and 71 teams participate in the Games.
Ø The four Home Nations 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 of Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man (unlike at the Olympic Games, where the combined "Great Britain" team represents all four home nations and the Crown dependencies).
Ø Many of the British overseas territories also send their own teams.
Ø The Australian external territory of Norfolk Island also sends its own team, as do the Cook Islands and Niue, two states in free association with New Zealand.
Ø It was reported that Tokelau, another dependency of New Zealand would be sending a team to the 2010 Games in New Delhi, India. In the end however they did not.
Ø All member nations of the Commonwealth of Nations participated in the event, except Fiji, which is suspended from the Commonwealth.
Ø Rwanda fielded a team for the games for the first time after becoming a Commonwealth member in 2009.
Numbers of athletes are shown in brackets.
Anguilla (12)
Antigua and Barbuda (17)
Australia (377)
Bahamas (25)
Bangladesh (70)
Barbados (39)
Belize (9)
Bermuda (14)
Botswana (49)
British Virgin Islands (2)
Brunei (12)
Cameroon (20)
Canada (251)
Cayman Islands (17)
Cook Islands (31)
Cyprus (56)
Dominica (15)
England (365)
Falkland Islands (15)
Gambia (17)
Ghana (64)
Gibraltar (15)
Grenada (10)
Guernsey (43)
Guyana (34)
India (495)
Isle of Man (33)
Jamaica (48)
Jersey (33)
Kenya (136)
Kiribati(17)
Lesotho (10)
Malawi (43)
Malaysia (203)
Maldives (28)
Malta (22)
Mauritius (60)
Montserrat (5)
Mozambique (10)
Namibia (30)
Nauru (6)
New Zealand (192)
Nigeria (101)
Niue (24)
Norfolk Island (22)
Northern Ireland (80)
Pakistan (54)
Papua New Guinea (79)
Rwanda (22)
Saint Helena (4)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (7)
Saint Lucia (13)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines(14)
Samoa (53)
Scotland (191)
Seychelles (26)
Sierra Leone (31)
Singapore (68)
Solomon Islands (12)
South Africa (113)
Sri Lanka (93)
Swaziland (11)
Tanzania (40)
Tonga (22)
Trinidad and Tobago (82)
Turks and Caicos Islands (8)
Tuvalu (3)
Uganda (65)
Vanuatu (14)
Wales (175)
Zambia (22)
Special investigation committee to probe the allegations of corruption and mismanagement
Ø The day after the conclusion of the Games, the Indian Government announced the formation of a special investigation committee to probe the allegations of corruption and mismanagement that had marred the buildup to the Games.
Ø The probe committee will be led by former Comptroller and Auditor General of India VK Shungloo. This probe will be in addition to the Central Bureau of Investigation, Enforcement Directorate, and Central Vigilance Commission investigations already underway.
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