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Commonwealth Games

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Manchester 2002 | XVII Commonwealth Games - Sporting Highlights

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Esports to be involved as a pilot event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

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Can you create a video about your favourite Commonwealth Games Sporting event?

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Commonwealth Games Celebration Edinburgh Scotland - Sports Charity Day - Sport Events - Family Event

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2018 Commonwealth Games Multi-sport event

The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games, is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exception of 1942 and 1946, have successively run every four years since. The Games were called the British Empire Games from 1930 to 1950, the British Empire and Commonwealth Games from 1954 to 1966, and British Commonwealth Games from 1970 to 1974. Athletes with a disability are included as full members of their national teams since 2002, making the Commonwealth Games the first fully inclusive international multi-sport event. In 2018, the Games became the first global multi-sport event to feature an equal number of men's and women's medal events and four years later they are the first global multi-sport event to have more events for women than men.
  • History 

  • British Empire Games 

  • British Empire and Commonwealth Games 

  • British Commonwealth Games 

  • Commonwealth Games 

  • During the 21st century 

  • Paraplegic Games 

  • Inclusion of Para-sports 

  • Winter Games 

  • Youth Games 

  • Commonwealth Games Federation 

  • Queen's Baton Relay 

  • Opening 

  • Closing 

  • Medal presentation 

  • List of Commonwealth Games 

  • List of Commonwealth sports 

  • Commonwealth nations yet to send teams 

  • Host city contract 

  • Boycotts 

  • Budget 

  • Notable competitors