CWG - President Michael Fennell

Commonwealth Games Federation President Michael Fennell (JAM) says despite problems leading up to the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games all 71 Commonwealth Games Federations will be bringing teams and competing.

"There will be full participation in the games," Fennell said in a press conference at the Games' Main Media Centre on Saturday morning. "All countries will be bringing a team."

Fennell added while teams are en route, work continues to be done at the Athletes Village and will require a phased move in by athletes and officials to ensure their health and safety.

Still, Fennell said he was happy with the progress Delhi has made in the build up to the games.

"There has been very extensive media coverage of problems we have had with the village and the work going on there," he said. "I'm very please to note that a considerable amount of work has been done and that work continues."

Fennell said he has seen the village, eaten in the cafeteria and will make another visit to the Village Saturday afternoon to check progress. He also said issues with safety, fire evacuation procedures, transportation, technology, equipment and medical availability were being addressed. Sitting water was scheduled to be drained from facilities and final fire inspections were to be conducted on Saturday, he said.

Fennell said while he wished work had been completed before this point the plan now is to move forward and deliver the best Games possible.

"This should have been done before," he said, "but now we are focusing on getting it right."

Suresh Kalmadi (IND), Chief of the Delhi Organising Committee, said he was willing to take responsibility for the issues currently facing the games but with eight days remaining to complete work, asked that people reserve opinions until after the games take place.

"The Games are going to be good," he said. "We will speak again after the games are over."

Fennell promised that work will continue to take place during competitions in order to raise the overall quality of the facilities.

"It's not over yet," he said. 'There's still a lot of work to be done."