Commonwealth Games Federation news

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has published its Transformation 2022 Refresh document – the second phase of its strategic plan for 2015 to 2022. Covering ... More

A number of leisure industry people have been recognised in this year's New Year Honours list. Sport Former England rugby captain and current chair of ... More

Belfast has been stripped of its right to host the 2021 Commonwealth Youth Games, after the required funding for the event was not released by ... More

The 2018 Commonwealth Games have kicked off on the Gold Coast, Australia, with more than 1.5 billion people tuning in to watch the opening ceremony. ... More

Designs for a world-class aquatics centre have kicked off the race to get Birmingham ready for the Commonwealth Games in 2022. Existing sports facilities played ... More

Birmingham has officially been named the host city of the 2022 Commonwealth Games, beating competition from Kuala Lumpur, Victoria (Canada) and Australia. Speaking at a ... More

Birmingham is set to be officially announced as the host of the 2022 Commonwealth Games tomorrow (21 December). Multiple reports state a deal between the ... More

Birmingham faces an unexpected setback in its bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games after its application was described as “not fully compliant”. The bidding ... More

Birmingham has beaten Liverpool in a two-horse race to be named the preferred candidate city for the UK’s bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games. ... More

Liverpool has been named as the UK’s ‘Greatest Sporting City’, giving a boost to its campaign to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games. A research project ... More

Australia, Canada and Malaysia will rival the UK as potential hosts for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. David Grevemberg CBE, chief executive of the Commonwealth Games ... More

The UK government has ramped up its interest in hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games, urging potential host cities to come forward with economy-boosting bids. Culture ... More

The soon-to-be-built 60,000-capacity Perth Stadium could be the centre point for a Commonwealth Games bid after the Western Australian city threw its hat into the ... More

Birmingham is the second British city to throw its hat into the ring to take over hosting the Commonwealth Games in 2022 after Durban lost ... More

The South African city of Durban will not be hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games after being stripped of the honour by the world governing body. ... More

Liverpool has thrown its hat into the ring to stage the 2022 Commonwealth Games if Durban decides to relinquish its hosting duties for the event. ... More

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) will consider human and child rights before deciding on host cities and infrastructure plans after partnering with Unicef. For the ... More

Liverpool will launch an assessment of its infrastructure – including all its sporting facilities – as the city’s bid to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games ... More

The Queen has cut the ribbon on a new facility which will be the home of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) together with its sister ... More

Ann-Louise Morgan – the equality-championing Boat Race executive – has been hired by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) as its sport services manager. Morgan has ... More

More than 50 high-profile people and organisations have come together to join a global coalition which aims to promote integrity and fight corruption in sport. ... More

Around 300 athletes will contest 38 medal events at Gold Coast 2018, which is being described as the largest para-sport event in the history of ... More

The City of Hamburg has withdrawn its bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games, after a referendum of city residents returned a 52 per cent ... More

Durban, South Africa, has been confirmed as the host of the 2022 Commonwealth Games, heralding the first ever international multi-sport games to take place on ... More

Canadian city Edmonton has withdrawn its bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games, leaving Durban in South Africa as the only remaining bidder. In a ... More