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An Indian worker carries construction material past an under-construction Metro station near the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main venue for the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, Sept. 24, 2010. Frantic last-minute preparations for the Commonwealth Games were paying off, international sports officials said Friday, with armies of cleaners making progress at the fetid athletes' village and foreign teams announcing they planned to attend the troubled competition.

Last minute preparations for the Commonwealth Games

NBC Sports.com story: IOC chief says give India a chance

Associated Press

LONDON - India's potential for hosting future Olympics should not be written off before giving embattled New Delhi organizers a chance to pull off the Commonwealth Games with a "last-ditch" effort, IOC president Jacques Rogge said in an interview Friday.

Rogge told The Associated Press that he hopes India can come through, just as Greek organizers overcame "doomsday scenarios" to stage the successful 2004 Athens Olympics despite severe construction delays and political wrangling.

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