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

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Damien Whitburn, The Conversation

· Jul 19, 2023 · 06:16 pm

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

· Jul 18, 2023 · 09:50 am

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

· Oct 05, 2022 · 11:11 am

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

· Apr 12, 2022 · 09:26 am

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

· Oct 12, 2021 · 06:28 pm

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

· Jun 12, 2020 · 07:55 pm

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

· Jun 11, 2020 · 04:39 pm

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

· Feb 06, 2020 · 06:28 pm

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

· Sep 05, 2019 · 11:27 am

CWG 2022: Women’s T20 cricket included, men to compete for fewer medals for the first time

The 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham will have 135 medal events for women and 133 for men.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 13, 2019 · 03:34 pm