Commonwealth Games
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Commonwealth Games 2026: Does Victoria withdrawing as hosts signal the decline of the mega-event?
Victoria won the bid to host the 2026 edition in 2022, but with less than a thousand days to go for the event, the Australian state decided to withdraw.
Hunter Fujak, The Conversation & Damien Whitburn, The Conversation
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Commonwealth Games: Victoria state pulls out of hosting 2026 event in Australia due to rising costs
Birmingham came in as hosts for the 2022 edition in the last minute, after original choice Durban, South Africa backed out.
AFP
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Commonwealth Games 2026: Shooting back on roster, wrestling dropped for next edition in Victoria
Shooting was excluded from the 2022 Games in Birmingham but is likely to be conducted in the city of Greater Bendigo in Victoria.
Scroll Staff
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Commonwealth Games 2026: Four Victoria towns to hold 23rd edition of competition
The towns of Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo and Gippsland will host the sixth edition of the Games held in Australia, the last being Gold Coast 2018.
AFP
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Athletics, swimming to be only compulsory sports at Commonwealth Games
Sports that have been optional in the past such as Twenty20 cricket and 3v3 basketball have now been moved onto a 22-strong list of core sports.
AFP
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Athletes can take a knee to support #BlackLivesMatter at 2022 Commonwealth Games, says chief
The American denied that his organisation was “opening Pandora’s Box” adding the ‘Friendly Games’ had a history of allowing freedom of expression.
AFP
Video
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Caught on camera: Panic after passenger jumps out of emergency exit of plane at US airport
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Watch: Rescuers celebrate after an infant is pulled out alive from the rubble of her home in Gaza
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Filmfare OTT Awards: Actor Rajshri Deshpande dedicates her win to Gaza victims, Indian farmers
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Coronavirus: 2022 Commonwealth Games dates changed by 24 hours due to packed sports calendar
The Games will now be held in Birmingham from July 28-August 8.
Scroll Staff
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Making sense of India’s absurd bid to host separate Commonwealth shooting c’ships during CWG 2022
With Birmingham leaving out shooting, India has been pushing to host a separate event and add the medal tally to CWG-2022.
Abhijeet Kulkarni
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Sports Minister Rijiju urges his British counterpart to include shooting in 2022 CWG in Birmingham
The Birmingham Commonwealth Games organising committee has dropped shooting from the programme because of no suitable space.
AFP
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