Birmingham City Council will appoint a "master-planner" who will be in charge of the £70 million ($90 million/€78 million) upgrade to Alexander Stadium, the central venue for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

NEC Group have appointed Donovan Myers to the newly created role of Commonwealth Games project manager for Birmingham 2022.

The Mayor of the West Midlands Combined Authority has said he will hold talks on plans to construct a velodrome in Birmingham as part of legacy plans for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President Dame Louise Martin described 2019 as an "incredibly important year" for the organisation in her New Year's message.

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President Louise Martin has been made a Dame by The Queen's New Year's Honours List in the United Kingdom, it has been announced.

Planning permission has been granted for the residential element of Birmingham 2022's Athletes' Village, with the city poised to celebrate the one year anniversary since they were awarded the next edition of the Commonwealth Games.

World Archery have confirmed they are bidding to get the sport included on the programme for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate has claimed the Australian city's reputation for attracting sporting events and film productions has risen since hosting the Commonwealth Games.

A journalist accused of trying to smuggle eight Indian farmers into Australia by using fake media credentials for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games has had the charges against him dropped.

Birmingham City Council has named Australian company Lendlease Ltd as the principal contractor for the Athletes' Village being built for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Perry Barr.

Former amateur boxer Conor Wallace has dropped a High Court case in which he was seeking damages after being dropped from Northern Ireland’s team for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Alexander Ratner, the new International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) secretary general, has spelt out the thinking behind the decision for both him and Vladimir Lisin, the new President, to put their weight behind shooting’s push for a place at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham today, arguing that the sport should be in "all the major competitions".

Shooting will still need to do a lot of persuading if it is to convince organisers of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham to change their minds and include it on the programme after they initially decided to omit it. 

A report from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) independent observers (IO) team has claimed the anti-doping structure in place at this year's Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast is an example of how the system should operate at other major events.