HOME Nations athletes appeared to be putting concerns over their accommodation in the Games Village firmly behind them yesterday to focus on preparations for the Commonwealth Games which open in Delhi on Sunday.

The build-up of athletes from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is gathering pace and those who have already arrived seem satisfied with the village facilities.

Games organisers, responding to complaints that rooms in some of the accommodation blocks were dirty, have had up to 4,000 people working around the clock to get the accommodation ready as competitors from across the world arrive in Delhi.

Commonwealth Games England chief press officer Caroline Searle said: “We are absolutely happy with the rooms and apartments that we already have athletes in.

“We are working on a day-by-day basis with Indian staff to get rooms ready for the next wave of athletes coming in.”

Yesterday morning there were 128 English athletes and officials in the Games Village from an overall team of 560.

By last night that was due to rise over the 200 mark with the arrival of badminton, netball, squash and wrestling athletes and officials.

Today it will climb to over 300 as swimming, cycling, shooting, table tennis and tennis competitors and officials arrive in Delhi.

England women’s hockey captain Kate Walsh said she and her team-mates were more than happy with the Games Village facilities.

“The village has been fantastic. We have really settled in and made it our home for the next few weeks.

“The training venues in the village are very good. There is a fantastic gym and we have been doing lots of work there.”

The accommodation initially allocated to Team Scotland athletes was branded unfit for human habitation.

But Team Scotland head of media Katriona Bush today said accommodation for the Scottish athletes was up to an “acceptable standard” and athletes were now able to concentrate on their preparations.

“People are settled and happy. Our athletes have started training and getting focused on their events,” she said.

“However we are still concerned that facilities are up to standard in all the accommodation blocks. We are joining forces with other nations in an effort to ensure that it (accommodation) is the same for everyone.”

A further 42 members of Team Scotland from lawn bowls, boxing, wrestling and rugby sevens arrived at the Games Village yesterday.

That took the number of athletes already in Games Village accommodation to 161 out of an overall team of 191.

The group of 42 had originally been due to arrive last Thursday but were delayed because the Games Village rooms were not clean enough to move into at that point.