Tag: commonwealth games

  • Largest-ever free-to-air New Zealand broadcast deal for Commonwealth Games

    Largest-ever free-to-air New Zealand broadcast deal for Commonwealth Games

    London, Jan 15, 2016: The most extensive free to air coverage of a Commonwealth Games in New Zealand history will be delivered as part of a new broadcast rights deal with New Zealand’s leading free to air broadcaster, Television New Zealand (TVNZ), it was announced today. Even more sports fans across the globe will have…

  • Gold Coast makes solid progress

    Australia, Oct 16, 2014: The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) today concludes its second Coordination Commission meeting in relation to the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. This second review has been timed to follow on from the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Debrief coordinated by the CGF last week here in Gold Coast. The Debrief…

  • Squash flagged up by Commonwealth Games

    London, July 22, 2014: Squash is basking in the glory of having three of its elite athletes chosen to be flag-bearers at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow tomorrow evening. After Malaysian superstar and women’s world number one Nicol David was given the honour of leading the eight Asian countries into…

  • XXII Commonwealth Games in 2022

    London, Mar 31, 2014: The President of the Commonwealth Games Federation, HRH Tunku Imran, announces today that Durban (South Africa) and Edmonton (Canada) have formally advised their intention to bid for the XXII Commonwealth Games in 2022. The CGF will now work closely with Commonwealth Games Canada and the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic…

  • CGF Welcomes Lifting of Fiji’s Suspension

    London, Mar 14, 2014: The President of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), HRH Tunku Imran, has welcomed today’s decision by the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) to lift Fiji’s full suspension from the Commonwealth – a decision which clears the way for Fiji to compete in the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, this summer.…