Commonwealth Games-Glasgow confirmed as host of 'lighter and leaner' 2026 Games
Glasgow was confirmed as host of the 2026 Commonwealth Games on Tuesday, the Scottish city stepping in after the Australian state of Victoria withdrew due to cost concerns, with organisers set to deliver a pared-down edition of the multi-sport event.
Glasgow to host 2026 Commonwealth Games in stripped-back event
Glasgow will host the 2026 Commonwealth Games after the Australian state of Victoria pulled out of its planned staging of the event. Victoria withdrew from hosting the event due to escalating costs. Glasgow — which already has much of the existing infrastructure having most recently hosted the games in 2014 — will now stage the events across across four venues between July 23 and August 2,
Tom Owens is the head coach at the City of Sheffield Diving Club who just this summer helped Yasmin Harper win a bronze medal ...
The Commonwealth Games will take place in 2026 after Glasgow stepped in to host, but the stripped-back event has left some ...
A scaled-back 2026 Commonwealth Games hosted by Glasgow will not feature rugby sevens, which was conceived in Scotland in the ...
The 2026 edition of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, will be drastically slim in terms of events, with only 10 sports taking place across four venues ...
BBC Sport Wales examines what impact a slimmed-down version of the Commonwealth Games will have on Welsh athletes.
The Glasgow Commonwealth Games will not be a “pound shop” event, ministers have insisted, despite admitting it could be ...
The Bermuda Olympic Association had no input into the decision to remove sports from the next Commonwealth Games, it has ...
The reduction of the Commonwealth Games programme to 10 sports is a "huge loss" for Guernsey athletes said the island's Games ...
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