Profiling Major Sport Event Visitors: The 2002 Commonwealth Games

The Expectations of Volunteers Prior to the Xvii Commonwealth Games, 2002: a Qualitative Study

The XVII Commonwealth Games in Manchester, from July 25 to August 4, 2002, was the largest Commonwealth Games (the Games) and multisporting event ever held in the UK and required the recruitment and training of the largest volunteer workforce in the UK in recent decades. While much has been written about volunteering within different contextual backgrounds, and in relation to large-scale events...

How Visitors and Locals at a Sport Event Differ in Motives and Identity

Athletes' opinions of food provision at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games: the influence of culture and sport.

The aim of this study was to investigate whether athletes' opinion of food provision in the main dining hall of the athletes' village at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games varied according to cultural background, sport, stage of competition, and previous experience at similar events. A previously developed questionnaire was distributed over 3 meal periods to 351 athletes dining in the main dinin...

Sport Injuries in the second Islamic CountriesWomen's sports Games

Abstract Nowadays participation in sports has increased among women thus, sport injuries which makes an inevitable part of it has increased too. Determination of sports injuries incidence has a critical importance in care programs. In this study 97 cases of sports injuries occurred during the Second Islamic Countries women's sports games were evaluated. For each case referee a special form was...

Effectiveness of the 2006 Commonwealth Games 10,000 Steps Walking Challenge.

INTRODUCTION There is little evidence supporting sustainability of public health interventions based upon the 10,000 steps concept conducted in "real-world" settings. This study investigated the effectiveness of the 10,000 Steps Walking Challenge, initiated in conjunction with the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, in March 2006. METHOD This study analyzed characteristics of reg...