Commonwealth Games

After Victoria, Gold Coast drops bid to host 2026 Commonwealth Games

December 04, 2023

After Victoria, Gold Coast drops bid to host 2026 Commonwealth Games

The future of the Games more broadly remains up in the air, with Canada's Alberta province also withdrawing its support for a bid for the 2030 event.

July 20, 2023
Gold Coast offers to host 2026 Commonwealth Games

Gold Coast mayor Tom Tate told Australian media that the Gold Coast, which hosted the Games in 2018, had the infrastructure in place to put the event on.
July 18, 2023
Victoria won't host 2026 Commonwealth Games due to cost concerns

Victoria Premier Dan Andrews said the cost of the Games, which were to have been held in four regional hubs, could blow out to more than A$7 billion ($4.8 billion) from a budgeted A$2.6 billion if they went ahead.
June 10, 2023
Keralite long jumper Sreeshankar secures third place in Paris Diamond League meet

The 24-year-old Keralite is the third Indian after discus thrower Vikas Gowda and javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra to secure a top-three finish in the Diamond League.
June 03, 2023
Lakshya Sen loses in Thailand Open semifinal

Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya went down 21-13, 17-21, 13-21 to the second-seeded Vitidsarn.
March 02, 2023
Manorama Sports Star 2022: Abdulla Aboobacker leaps his way into history

The troiple jumper bagged a silver medal behind close friend Eldhose Paul at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham
February 21, 2023
Neglected by Kerala government, long jumper Sreeshankar joins RBI

He decided to accept the employment offer from the RBI after the Kerala government made him wait for years for a job under the sports quota.

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