COMMONWEALTH Archive

London, June 21, 2019: Trinidad and Tobago will host the 2021 Commonwealth Youth Games after they selected as the host city of the multi-sport event by the (CGF) today. Trinidad and Tobago were bidding against Gibraltar for the right to stage the competition and both (CGAs) praised as excellent bidders by the

Dubai, June 20, 2019: The International Cricket Council (ICC) and England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), welcome the decision by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) to nominate women’s cricket for inclusion at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in 2022. The decision, which needs to ratify by CGF members, follows a comprehensive bidding

London, June 16, 2019: Dame Louise Martin DBE will stand unopposed for the position of Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President at the Federation’s General Assembly in Kigali, Rwanda in September. Dame Louise elected President of the CGF in Auckland, New Zealand in September 2015 when she became the first female to hold

Birmingham, USA, June 14, 2019: Following the conclusion of its two day visit to Birmingham, the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Coordination Commission has expressed its confidence in the Birmingham 2022 preparations for the 2022 Games. The Coordination Commission (CoCom) is tasked with monitoring Games delivery to scope, schedule and budget with a

Manila, Philippines, June 10, 2019: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced ONE: DAWN OF HEROES, set for Friday, 2 August (Jonathan Haggerty). The Mall of Asia Arena in Manila will play host to another electrifying evening of world-class martial arts action. Once again,

London, June 4, 2019: Gibraltar and Trinidad and Tobago have praised for their strong bids for the 2021 Commonwealth Youth Games with the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) set to decide the host city for the event at their Board Meeting later this month. After re-opening the Bid Process in July 2018, the

London, Oct 5, 2018: The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) announced today (5 October 2018) that Rwanda will host the 2019 CGF General Assembly and Strategic Forum (rawanda 2019 CGF General Assembly). The General Assembly, which brings together sports leaders from all 71 nations and territories of the Commonwealth, will be held in

By UK Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Matt Hancock, April 24, 2018: The Commonwealth is an enduring bond that exists between us all. The phenomenal Gold Coast Games showed the strength of this connection and the powerful role sport plays in bringing people together. The Games gave us world-class

London, April 20, 2018: The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President, Louise Martin CBE, today praised the success of the Games Athletes Programme (GAP) that led to five of the Commonwealth’s smallest nations winning their first ever Commonwealth medals at the XXI Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast Australia earlier this month (Commonwealth

The Olympics Sports team Abdul Rahim and Muhammad Sadiq Padela, Gold Coast, Australia, April 15, 2018: The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President, Louise Martin CBE, this evening declared the success of XXI Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia proof of the Commonwealth Sports Movement’s fast-growing stature on the world stage (CGF