2026 Commonwealth Games: Who else might host the occasion?
In April 2022, the Aussie state of Victoria volunteered to host the occasion. However, it recently backed out, citing rising prices as the explanation.
The remaining Australian states and New Zealand have already revealed that they aren’t ready to host the multisport occasion. And Downing Street has shared that, whereas it hoped a “viable solution” could possibly be discovered for the occasion, the concept of the UK stepping in to host was “getting slightly ahead of ourselves”.
But which Commonwealth nations could be as much as taking the Games on? Here is all the pieces we all know.
Who might host the 2026 Commonwealth Games?
The islands of Trinidad and Tobago are at the moment making ready to host the Commonwealth Youth Games between August 4 and August 11, which is able to welcome greater than a thousand athletes aged between 14 and 18.
So, given the islands’ current funding within the Commonwealth Games, they could possibly be thinking about internet hosting the 2026 occasion, too.
Alternatively, regardless of their reported stance of not eager to host it, one of many states in Australia may volunteer. Sydney and Perth had each beforehand expressed their curiosity in internet hosting the occasion.
After the news broke about Victoria altering their thoughts about internet hosting, the chief govt of Commonwealth Games Australia shared that the prices they have been citing have been a “gross exaggeration” and that they might work to search out one other Aussie host for the sporting occasion.
The occasion may be picked up by one of many different nations that had tried to tackle the host obligation.
The Secretary General of the Indian Olympic Association, Rajeev Mehta, had shared that they might be keen to carry the 2026 Games throughout a press convention.
Similarly, the First Minister of Selangor in Malaysia had stated that Selangor’s capital Shah Alam could be up for the gig. Malaysia had hosted the 1998 Games in Kuala Lumpur.
Sri Lanka was additionally reported to be making ready a bid again in November 2020 for the 2026, Games with hopes of holding the sporting tournaments within the coastal city of Hambantota.
And, satirically, Canada’s metropolis of Victoria was additionally thinking about taking part in host. Victoria hosted the 1994 Games and had put a bid in for the 2022 Games up to now.