Commonwealth Games
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Niall McVeigh
25, Oct, 2024 @7:00 AM
Keir Starmer seeks 2030 host for troubled Commonwealth Games
Prime minister trying to secure tournament’s future at Commonwealth summit in Samoa
Eleni Courea in Apia, Samoa
24, Oct, 2024 @9:44 PM
Smart money remains on Glasgow being a temporary Commonwealth Games fix | Sean Ingle
Nobody cares to play host to exorbitant mid-tier event and organisers are running out of time to convince otherwise
Sean Ingle
17, Sep, 2024 @6:00 PM
Glasgow to host 2026 Commonwealth Games after rescue deal agreed
Scottish government accepts scaled-down version of event after ‘multimillion-pound’ Australian offer
Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent
17, Sep, 2024 @1:11 PM
Birmingham council to sell off athletes’ village homes at more than £300m loss
Sale of hundreds of empty homes designed, but not used, for Commonwealth Games attacked as ‘absolute scandal’
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent
13, Aug, 2024 @4:00 PM
Victoria’s scrapped 2026 Commonwealth Games cost $589m in ‘significant waste of taxpayer money’, auditor general says
Report criticises government agencies for not working together and says the estimated $6.9bn cost of the event was ‘overstated’
Adeshola Ore
20, Mar, 2024 @3:38 AM
A moment that changed me: outraged at the glass ceiling, I became a gold-medal-winning athlete
As a disabled woman, I knew I would face barriers. I pushed through them – all the way to the Commonwealth Games and Paralympics
Danielle Brown
31, Jan, 2024 @7:00 AM
Cut budgets and focus on sport to save the Commonwealth Games | Letter
Letter: David Judson Viner on how and why the Games should continue to be held
15, Dec, 2023 @5:52 PM
Greens accuse Labor and Coalition of ‘race to the bottom’ over migration bill – as it happened
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Jordyn Beazley and Emily Wind (earlier)
05, Dec, 2023 @7:04 AM
‘Desktop research’: consultants had six weeks to pull together Victoria’s Commonwealth Games business case
Representatives from three consultancy firms tell inquiry they were unable to inspect venues or speak to key stakeholders
Benita Kolovos
05, Dec, 2023 @6:48 AM
Out of time? Unloved Commonwealth Games faces uphill battle to survive | Sean Ingle
Hosts are pulling out, costs are spiralling and the PR is a challenge: will the post-colonial festival of sport find a way to secure its future?
Sean Ingle
04, Dec, 2023 @8:00 PM
No UK rescue for 2026 Commonwealth Games after Gold Coast withdrawal
The British government has told Commonwealth Games organisers it will not step in to save the 2026 event after the Gold Coast pulled out
Sean Ingle
04, Dec, 2023 @3:38 PM
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