MELBOURNE, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Australia hopes its support for a scaled-back Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2026 will "reset" the multi-sport event's brand and entice more nations into hosting. The ...

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MELBOURNE, Sept 8 (Reuters) - The Commonwealth Games could be pushed back by a year to allow an Australian host to salvage the multi-sport event after Victoria state withdrew from staging the 2026 ...

A multi-million-dollar injection of funds negotiated by Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA) has given 2014 hosts Glasgow the green light to host “the lost Games” of 2026 – saving the multi-sport event ...

Cameroon's Arsene Fosso, one of the athletes who failed to leave Australia after last year's Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, is set to make his professional boxing debut in Canberra in April.

Plans for one of the world’s biggest sporting events have been thrown into disarray after the Australian state of Victoria pulled out of hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games due to cost overruns.

The state of Victoria cited budget issues in deciding not to stage the multisports competition, originally known as the British Empire Games, raising questions about the event’s fading prestige. By ...

Australia’s biggest track and field star, Gout Gout, is out of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, as the teenage superstar in the making shifts his focus to the world junior championships. Australia’s ...

There is simply no stopping the Australian freestyle relay machine, not at this Commonwealth Games at least. The Aussies did what the Aussies have come to be expected to do, routing the field in the ...

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has confirmed that the 2026 Commonwealth Games will be hosted in the state of Victoria, Australia. Victoria 2026 will be staged in March 2026 across multiple ...

LONDON (AP) — The Australian state of Victoria has been confirmed as the host of the 2026 Commonwealth Games. It will be the first-ever predominantly regional Commonwealth Games with events in several ...