The 2014 Lusophone Games was the 3rd edition of the

Lusophone Games The Lusofonia Games ( pt, Jogos da Lusofonia) is a multinational multi-sport event organized by the ACOLOP, which involves athletes coming from Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) countries. Most countries competing are countries that are members of ...

, a multi-sport event that represent athletes from Portuguese-speaking countries and territories. It was held from 18 to 29 January 2014 in the Indian state of

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. Brazil and Sri Lanka also put in bids to stage the event. Participating delegations represented every Portuguese-speaking

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and other countries with historic ties to Portugal. The Chairman for these Games was Manohar Parrikar, the chief minister of Goa and the Chief Executive Officer was Keshav Chandra IAS, Secretary to the

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for Sports and Education. The Games were originally planned to be held in 2013, but was postponed and moved to the January 2014 dates. Since Goa was elected to host the games, Brazil chose not to send their athletes because of the ¨huge postponement¨ of the competition. Only 7 Brazilian athletes, independently of Brazilian Olympic Committee, competed at the 2014 Lusophone Games.

Participating countries

All ACOLOP member and associated member countries were expected to participate in these Games: ;Members ;Associate members * * *

Venues

List of 2014 Lusophone Games Venues

Sports

For these Games, 97 events in 9 sports, were contested for medals.

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made its debut. The majority of the sports here were contested at the first Lusophone Games in

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, with the exception of judo, which made its debut in

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. However,

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was dropped from these Games, after being contested in both 2006 and 2009. * * * * * * * * *

Calendar

Medal table

Criticism

The organizers of the Games were criticized by political parties over corruption.

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spokesperson Durgadas Kamat alleged a

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scam in the pricing of the Games' medals, grand opening and closing ceremonies, hiring of taxis, as well as in laying out infrastructure.

References

External links

Official websiteACOLOP
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