The 2026 Games in Glasgow will feature just 10 sports after the Scottish government rescued the event by agreeing to host a scaled-down version.
Games organisers on Tuesday confirmed the full list of events for the scaled-down event, which will feature just 10 sports.The thinned-out program means some of Australia’s most successful events – such as hockey, rugby sevens and cricket – won’t feature on the program. Staples such as swimming, athletics and netball will remain, however.
The Games will be part funded by Commonwealth Games Australia, with the total budget for the event expected to be about £114 million . The Games will be held at four venues across Glasgow – Emirates Arena, Tollcross International Swimming Centre, the Scottish Events Campus and Scotstoun Stadium. There will be no athletes’ village and the opening and closing ceremonies are expected to be scaled back.
Victoria ditched the Games in July last year when the estimated cost soared from $2.6 billion to almost $7 billion. The Commonwealth Games were first staged in 1930 as the British Empire Games, and Australia last hosted the event on the Gold Coast in 2018, while Glasgow last hosted the event in 2014.
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