The Commonwealth Games in crisis?

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The 2026 Commonwealth Games are in doubt after the Australian state of Victoria cancelled its plans to host due to budget blowouts. The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) struggled to find a host before Victoria volunteered in April 2022. And Durban, which was meant to be hostin ...  Show more

Activists, athletes and organisers debate the impact of the Commonwealth Games.In a Birmingham café, influential voices from the city join The Sports Desk panel to discuss the Commonwealth Games.Aftab Rahman from Legacy West Midlands says the Games have not done enough to embrace ...  Show more

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The Queen was seen as a unifying force in the Commonwealth. With her death, will the organisation re-invent itself for the next generation, or fade away? Questions are being asked about whether the Commonwealth is a neo-colonial project and what it can actually do for its members ...  Show more