Finally....

Or perhaps, "Hopefully"...

The 2010 Commonwealth Games will begin on Sunday with a "spectacular" opening ceremony in Delhi at 1430 BST.

The Games, the first to be staged in India, have been dogged by problems with the athletes' village being called "inhospitable" just last week.

However, Games officials have worked round the clock to ensure competitions start, as scheduled, on Monday.

Fears over transport have been resolved and all teams have pledged that their athletes will parade on Sunday

The stadium, actually, doesn't look too bad at a distance. The relevance of an inflatable ufo to the Commonwealth will hopefully soon be revealed.