Commonwealth game

On July 28, the 2022 Commonwealth Games officially opened in Birmingham, United Kingdom. It is the 22nd edition of the competition. This is the third time that England has hosted the Commonwealth Games after London in 1930 and Manchester in 2002, and the seventh edition to take place in the UK. With 72 different nations and territories competing for glory this time around, the 2022 games are set to be the biggest ever with 280 different events across 20 sports scheduled to take place over a two-week period. What is the Commonwealth? Established via a formal constitution in 1949, the Commonwealth, or the Commonwealth of Nations, is a political association that currently has 56 member states. The link between those nations is that the majority of them use to be former territories of the British Empire. What is the Commonwealth Games? The Commonwealth Games is a multi-sport competition that takes place every four years with certain nations invited to take part. The 56 member states of the Commonwealth are invited to participate alongside 18 other territories who do not compete separately in the Olympics but compete in the Commonwealth Games under their own flags. Similarly, Team GB, who take part in the Olympics, are split into 14 separate teams during the Commonwealth Games. Those are the four home nations, three crown dependencies and all but three inhabited overseas territories. The first Commonwealth Games took place in Hamilton, Canada back in 1930 with the 2022 competit...

The Commonwealth Games is a multi-sport event that takes place every four years (usually in between the Olympics), this time involving athletes from 72 nations and territories, many of which were at one time British colonies. The first edition, called the British Empire Games, was held in Hamilton, Canada, in 1930. Africa was due to stage the Games for the first time when the South African city of Durban was awarded hosting rights in September 2015. But the Commonwealth Games Federation removed those rights in March 2017 after it emerged that financial constraints brought on by South Africa's flagging economy would prevent the city from fulfilling some of the promises made when it bid for the event. Birmingham was announced as Durban's replacement to host the Games in December 2017. The opening ceremony will be held on July 27 and the Games close on August 8. • South Africa women - on the brink of an implosion or the cusp of a change? • Meghana to join India squad in UK, Pooja Vastrakar still in quarantine • ICC expects CWG 2022 to give impetus to cricket's Olympics ambition • CWG 2022: It will be a surprise if Australia don't take home the gold • CWG 2022 - India are medal contenders, but the gold seems reserved for Australia Women's cricket will be played in the 2022 Games after the ICC and ECB lobbied successfully for its inclusion. In announcing Birmingham's proposal for women's cricket, the Commonwealth Games Federation said that the sport's addition was "likely to be...