Category: COMMONWEALTH
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Our Commonwealth Connections
By Mike Stanley, CNZM, President New Zealand Olympic Committee and Commonwealth Games Association, Olympian #504 (rowing) – takes a moment to reflect on Our Commonwealth Connections. March 31, 2018: For a small country, surrounded by ocean at the bottom of the world, we need connections to thrive. We need those connections to grow and to…
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WADA to send independent observers to the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games
Montreal, March 29, 2018: The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has announced details of its Independent Observer (IO) program, confirming that it will be sending a three-member team of observers to the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, which runs from 4-15 April in Australia (independent observers). As was the case at previous Commonwealth Games in Manchester…
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Future Women Commonwealth coaching talent to participate in first-ever mentor programme at Gold Coast 2018
London, Mar 26, 2018: A brand-new initiative to help build women’s coaching capacity across the Commonwealth will see 19 women coaches from 11 countries across 12 sports participate in a ground-breaking programme of mentoring, learning and on-the-ground training at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (Women Commonwealth coaching talent). The Women’s Coaching Internship Programme (WCIP)…
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Placing Values above Value in an Era of Increased Relevance for The Commonwealth
By Brian Lewis, President of the Trinidad & Tobago Commonwealth Games Association; President of Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC): The Commonwealth Games is the jewel in the crown of the Commonwealth Sports Movement. The Games has been a catalyst for positive change in the past and will be a catalyst for change in the…
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Gold Coast 2018 High Integrity Anti-Doping Partnership set to raise the bar for global clean sport effort
London, Mar 25, 2018: The Gold Coast 2018 High Integrity Anti Doping Partnership got underway for Commonwealth athletes today as the Athletes Village for the XXI Commonwealth Games officially opened. The Partnership will prioritize the rights of clean athletes and ensure a fairness-first, values-centred culture at the Games, which runs from 4 – 15 April…
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Antipodean Success Predicted For Commonwealth Games Doubles
London, March 22, 2018: New Zealand and hosts Australia are tipped for gold success in the three Doubles Squash events in next month’s Commonwealth Games, according to the seedlings revealed today by the World Squash Federation (Antipodean Success Predicted). The Men’s, Women’s and Mixed Doubles events will take place at Oxenford Studios in Gold Coast,…
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Commonwealth Games Federation prepares to include The Gambia at Gold Coast 2018
London, Mar 11, 2018: Sports leaders from across the Commonwealth will be encouraged to welcome and approve the reintroduction of The Gambia to the Commonwealth Games Federation at its General Assembly on Australia’s Gold Coast on 31 March (Gambia Gold Coast 2018). The move – which follows the Commonwealth Secretariat’s announcement on 8 February that…
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CGF announces Gold Coast 2018 will be the most gender equal major multi-sports event in history
London, March 8, 2018: With just four weeks to go until the start of Gold Coast 2018, and to mark International Women’s Day, the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) today announced that the XXI edition of the Commonwealth Games will be the most gender equal in major multi-sport event history (Gold Coast 2018 gender equal). Equal…
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Sir Roger Bannister – a true giant of Commonwealth Sport
By Louise Martin CBE, CGF President: London, Mar 06, 2018: Everyone across the Commonwealth Sports Movement was deeply saddened to learn of the passing on Saturday of Sir Roger Bannister at the age of 88 at his home in Oxfordshire, England (true giant Commonwealth Sport). Roger’s name will forever be synonymous with the Commonwealth and…
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CGF Internship programme members from Europe and Africa unite for first time
London, Feb 5, 2018: The latest cohort of the Commonwealth Games Federation’s (CGF) eqUIP paid internship programme – comprising young sports leaders from England, Isle of Man, Mozambique, Northern Ireland, Tanzania, Uganda and Wales – are meeting in Botswana to put the final touches to their business projects that will support their host Commonwealth Games…