WHILE the FIFA World Cup gets bigger, the Olympics brings in more sports and the Rugby World Cup looks to explore new frontiers, the Commonwealth Games is a sporting extravaganza in danger of drifting away.
The fall of the Empire games is almost upon us and there is no one riding to the rescue. Nearly four months have passed since the Australian province of Victoria pulled out of hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games due to being massively over budget. A replacement has not yet been found. Suggestions from Australia are that the Gold Coast – hosts in 2018 – could step in again and turn a profit, or that the Games are postponed a year to find a suitable replacement.
Crown green bowls and hockey are tricky, and Yorkshire would need to lean on its network of universities, as Birmingham did in 2022 for hockey. Beyond that, we need to head out of Yorkshire for the remaining sports and the use of existing facilities. To Manchester for track cycling at the velodrome, squash at the National Squash Centre.
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