Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF)

Shooting
Events

Commonwealth Games Federation president Louise Martin will meet with his Indian Olympic Association counterpart Narinder Batra this week, and the CGF is "cautiously optimistic" that a boycott of the 2022…
Media

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has furthered its recent rights acquisition drive by agreeing a deal for the 2022 and 2026 editions of the Commonwealth Games
Events

The organising committee for Birmingham’s 2022 Commonwealth Games has begun its search for a telecommunications services partner.
Multi-sport
Industry Moves

Dame Louise Martin has been re-elected as president of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) for a second four-year term
Events

Netball has been moved to a larger venue for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, while rugby sevens has been relocated to a different stadium by the local organising committee in Birmingham after it was forced…
Events

The Commonwealth Games Federation has today (Tuesday) signed off on the sports programme for the next Commonwealth Games, claiming that the addition of women’s T20 cricket, beach volleyball and para t…
Multi-sport
Events

Ian Reid, chief executive of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, has defended the decision to not include shooting on the sports programme amid a threat from the Indian Olympic Association to boycott…
Shooting
Events

The Commonwealth Games Federation plans on meeting with officials from the Indian Olympic Association amid fears the country may boycott the 2022 Games in the English city of Birmingham following the decision…
Events

Organisers of the 2022 Commonwealth Games have confirmed that the event in the English city of Birmingham will have a budget of £778m (€868.4m/$986.2m
Archery
Events

Indian Olympic Association secretary-general Rajeev Mehta has warned that the exclusion of shooting and recurve archery from the Commonwealth Games 2022 programme could lead to India pulling out of the…
Events

Louise Martin is set to secure a second term as president of the Commonwealth Games Federation, while CGF officials have expressed their confidence in Birmingham’s preparations for the 2022 edition of t…
Events

Commonwealth Games Federation chief executive David Grevemberg has stated there is a sense of “urgency” surrounding preparations for the 2022 edition of the multi-sport event, as the CGF prepares to mak…
Events

The Australian city of Adelaide has taken a step closer to launching a bid to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games after confirming that it will conduct a feasibility study
Events

Belfast in Northern Ireland has been stripped of the hosting rights for the 2021 Commonwealth Youth Games after it failed to provide funding guarantees to the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF).
Business

Ben Cronin talks to David Grevemberg about the Commonwealth Games Federation's new model for selling sponsorship and supporting host cities in their delivery of the games.
Events

The English city of Birmingham will not find out whether it has been successful in its bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games until at least December 6 after the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) confirmed it has received “updates” from other parties interested in staging the multi-sport event.
Business

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) will step up efforts to combat doping at next year’s edition of the multi-sport event on the Gold Coast in Australia by collecting samples and storing them for long-term testing.
Events

Manchester City Council has said that it will not submit a sole bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, saying it would be “inappropriate” to compete with other English cities, but added that it would consider a joint proposal to host the multi-sport event.