Birmingham 2022 commonwealth games

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With the exception of an interruption during World War II, the Commonwealth Games have taken place every four years since 1930 – and athletes from 72 nations are heading to the showpiece in Birmingham in 2022. There will be 286 sessions across 11 days in the UK city, covering 19 sports from 3x3 basketball to mixed synchronised diving. The Maldives is the newest entrant on the countries list, taking on the runaway most successful country in the history of the Games, Australia, as well as hosts England and the likes of Canada, India and Kenya. The Sporting News looks at some of the key details involved in one of the most anticipated sporting spectacles of the summer. Where are the 2022 Commonwealth Games? When it first formulated its bidding route in 2016, Birmingham, England had been targeting the 2026 Games. That changed when Durban, South Africa was stripped of the showpiece in March 2017 after failing to meet financial deadlines. Liverpool also expressed an interest, and the UK government decided to back the Birmingham bid, which hit a hitch when the federation behind the Games declared its plan "not fully compliant" and extended a deadline for potential rival bids. The West Midlands city eventually triumphed, winning praise for the diversity of a local population containing peopleoriginating from all of the Commonwealth member federations. There are 16 venues hosting events, including flagship setting the Alexander Stadium in Perry Barr, which will have a capacity of ar...

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• v • t • e The opening ceremony for the Preparations [ ] On 25 August 2021, the Proceedings [ ] Call to Gather [ ] The ceremony began with the introductory performance titled "Call to Gather", featuring main character Stella – a "dreamer", played by Lorell Boyce. She and 71 other performers carry shards of light, described as the fragments of the star that fall across the Commonwealth nations, which represent hopes and dreams. A combination of video footage and CGI imagery showed that as the athletes pack their shards of light into the bag, their houses floated into the sky and gather above the stadium, forming the "courtyard of the Commonwealth". Welcome of dignitaries [ ] After the video dedicated to the Queen Everything to Everybody [ ] After the video footage of the Hear My Voice [ ] The second segment Hear My Voice recognised the arrival of newcomers to Birmingham and unsung heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pakistani female education activist and the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Carnival of firsts [ ] Cultural symphony [ ] Parade of Nations [ ] • Guardian. 28 July 2022 . Retrieved 18 October 2022. • . Retrieved 18 October 2022. • . Retrieved 16 October 2022. • Joe Gallop (26 August 2021). accessaa.co.uk. • Christopher Barrett (12 October 2021). accessaa.co.uk. • birmingham2022.com. 25 August 2021. • standoutmagazine.co.uk. 26 August 2021. • insidethegames.com. Dunsar Media. 28 July 2022. • Heather Baver (29 July 2022). thelist.com. • thetelegraphandargus.co.uk. 29...