Asked whether the scaled down 2026 plans are a sign the Commonwealth Games should be called to an end, Sir Keir told ...
(Alex Pantling/Getty Images/File) Scotland conceived rugby sevens in the 1880s yet it will not feature in the scaled-back 2026 Commonwealth Games hosted by Glasgow. Other sports dropped include ...
The 2026 Commonwealth Games will be in Glasgow, Scotland, replacing the Australian state of Victoria, which in 2023 withdrew from hosting due to costs. There will be 10 sports at the 2026 Games, down ...
Commonwealth Games Scotland chairman Ian Reid said it was not easy to decide which sports to include. He told BBC Radio ...
Commonwealth Games Scotland chairman Ian Reid said it was not easy to decide which sports to include. He told BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland programme: “I think everybody ...
Scotland is one of only six countries to have competed in every Commonwealth Games since the first Empire Games in 1930. The others are Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand and Wales.
However, Jon Doig, chief executive of Commonwealth Games Scotland, said that simply would not happen. Both men were speaking to journalists at an event to mark the city formally being announced as ...
John Slaven, GMB Scotland organiser in Glasgow City Council ... for single-use cups in litter plans “Huge clean-ups were ...
in Scotland and beyond. Economic analysis from Birmingham University suggested that city's Commonwealth Games generated a net ...
He adds: “Scotland had their most successful Commonwealth Games ever at Glasgow 2014 and one of the poster boys of the games was Ross Murdoch. Ross had a big part to play in that when he won ...
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has officially confirmed Glasgow as the host city for the 2026 Commonwealth Games, the biggest sporting event to be held in the United Kingdom, which will ...
The tension was palpable as we waited to see if Glasgow would rescue the Commonwealth Games for 2026. After the Australian state of Victoria pulled out, the eyes of the Commonwealth turned to Scotland ...