MELBOURNE : The Commonwealth Games could be pushed back by a year to allow an Australian host to salvage the multi-sport event after Victoria state withdrew from staging the 2026 edition, the nation's Games boss said.Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA) CEO Craig Phillips said the Games' global governing bo
MELBOURNE : The Commonwealth Games could be pushed back by a year to allow an Australian host to salvage the multi-sport event after Victoria state withdrew from staging the 2026 edition, the nation's Games boss said.
"The CGF have already indicated ... that they are open to the Games moving into 2027 to give any potential host more time, and that’s certainly something we’re looking at in terms of any state or any host city that we do talk to,” he told a parliamentary inquiry.The future of the Games remains up in the air, with Canada's Alberta province also withdrawing its support for a bid for the 2030 event.
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