The first batch of affordable homes in the Perry Barr area of Birmingham are set to be completed earlier than expected - in early 2023 - shortly following next year's Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Executive Board has appointed seven new members to its Anti-Doping and Medical Commission, representing all six regions of the Commonwealth.
Following on from yesterday’s announcement that the United Kingdom would host the International Working Group (IWG) on Women & Sport World Conference in 2026, the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Birmingham has been confirmed as the venue.
Birmingham City Council has published the Birmingham Major Sporting Events Strategy 2022-2032, which aims to bolster the city's efforts to secure the rights to host major sporting events in the next decade.
Team Scotland is gearing up its preparations for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, appointing a head of physiotherapy and a leader for its Achieve 2022 programme.
Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA) is seeking to appoint a community engagement manager in the lead-up to Birmingham 2022.
Birmingham 2022 has appointed Kuehne+Nagel as its event logistics provider for the next Commonwealth Games.
A public basketball court has been magnificently transformed to mark the launch of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games West Midlands ticket ballot.
England’s netball team are set to begin preparations for their Commonwealth Games title defence in a new multi-million-pound training base in Jersey.
Cycling Canada has announced a multi-year collaboration with 94 Forward, the organisation managing the legacy fund from the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, which will focus on supporting the long-term development of cycling.
People living in the host region can now apply for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games tickets in an exclusive ballot.
Vicky Lowe has been announced as the interim director of the Commonwealth Sport Foundation until the conclusion of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA) has followed the Australian Olympic Committee and Paralympics Australia by joining the National Redress Scheme.
The city centre of Wolverhampton, which is set to host the cycling time trial event at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, is set to undergo its first phase of a transformation next week.
The deputy chair of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Geoff Thompson has vowed for the event to be of "equality, diversity and inclusion", as he looks to engage with the local community.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
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