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Common ealth Games

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The Common ealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years. It was initially known as the British Empire Games and was renamed to the British Empire and Common ealth Games in 1954 and the British Common ealth Games in 1970, before finally gaining its current title for the 1978 edition. The Games are overseen by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), which also controls the sporting programme and selects the host cities. A host city is selected for each edition and eighteen cities in seven countries have hosted the event.

Common ealth Games

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As well as many Olympic sports, the Games also include Commonwealth Games Federation Website some sports that are played mainly in Commonwealth (http://www.thecgf.com/) countries, such as lawn bowls, rugby sevens and netball.[1] Only six teams have attended every Commonwealth Games: Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales. Australia has been the highest achieving team for eleven games, England for seven and Canada for one. Although there are 54 members of the Commonwealth of Nations, 71 teams participate in the Commonwealth Games as a number of British overseas territories, Crown dependencies, and island states compete under their own flag. The four Home Nations of the United Kingdom England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland also send separate teams.

Contents
1 History 2 Traditions 3 Editions 3.1 Total Commonwealth Games by country 4 Approved sports 5 Participation 5.1 Nations/dependencies that have competed 5.2 Commonwealth nations/dependencies/disputed territories yet to send teams 6 Notable competitors 7 Other cultural references 8 See also 9 References 10 External links
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The three nations to have hosted the games the most number of times are Australia (5), Canada (4) and New Zealand (3). Furthermore, six editions have taken place, or will take place, in the countries within the United Kingdom (Scotland 3, England 2 and Wales 1). Two cities have held the games on multiple occasions: Auckland (1950 and 1990), and Edinburgh (1970 and 1986).
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1Includes 3 team sports 2Includes 4 team sports 3Includes 3 team sports

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Countr Australia Canada Scotland England India Malaysia Jamaica Wales

Region Oceania

Editions hosted
5 (1938, 1962, 1982, 2006, 2018) 3 (1950, 1974, 1990) 3 (1970, 1986, 2014) 2 (1934, 2002) 1 (2010) 1 (1998) 1 (1958)

Americas 4 (1930, 1954, 1978, 1994) Europe Europe Asia Asia Europe

New Zealand Oceania

Caribbean 1 (1966)

Approved sports
Further information: Common ealth Games sports and Common ealth Games records There are a total of 21 sports (with two multi-disciplinary sports) and a further seven para-sports which are approved by the Commonwealth Games Federation. They are categorised into three types. Core sports must be included on each programme. A number of optional sports may be picked by the host nation, which may include some team sports such as basketball. Recognised sports are sports which have been approved by the CGF but which are deemed to need expansion; host nations may not pick these sports for their programme until the CGF's requirements are fulfilled.[6] Sport Archery Association football Athletics Badminton Basketball Billiards Boxing Canoeing Cricket Cycling Diving Fencing Golf T pe Optional Core Core Core Optional Core Recognised Optional Optional Years 1982, 2010 2014 1930 present 1966 present 2006 1930 present Never[7] 1934 present 1930 present Sport Netball Rowing Rugby sevens Sailing Shooting Softball Squash Swimming Synchronized swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis T pe Core Optional Core Optional Core Core Optional Optional Optional Optional Years 1998 present 1930, 1938 62, 1986 1998 present 1966, 1974 present 1998 present 1930 present 1986, 2006 2002 present Never 2010
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Ten-pin Bowling Recognised 1998

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Gymnastics (Artistic and Rhythmic) Handball Hockey Judo Lawn bowls Life saving

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1978, 1990 present

Triathlon Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling

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Participation
Nations/dependencies that ha e competed
Only six teams have attended every Commonwealth Games: Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales. Australia has been the highest scoring team for ten games, England for seven and Canada for one. Aden1 1962 Anguilla 1982, 1998 Antigua and Barbuda 1966 1970, 1978, 1994 Australia 1930 Bahamas 1954 1970, 1978 1982, 1990 Bangladesh 1978, 1990 Barbados 1954 1966, 1970 1982, 1990 Belize 1978, 1994 Bermuda 1930 1938, 1954 1982, 1990 Botswana 1974, 1982 British Guiana2 1930 1938, 1954 1962 British Honduras3 1962 1966 British Virgin Islands 1990 Brunei Darussalam 1958, 1990 Cameroon 1998 Canada 1930 Cayman Islands 1978 Ceylon4 1938 1950, 1958 1970
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Malta 1958 1962, 1970, 1982 Mauritius 1958, 1966 1982, 1990 Montserrat 1994 Mozambique 1998 Namibia 1994 Nauru 1990 Newfoundland11 1930 1934 New Zealand 1930 Nigeria 1950 1958, 1966 1974, 1982, 1990 1994, 2002 Niue 2002 Norfolk Island 1986 North Borneo10 1958 1962 Northern Ireland8 1934 1938, 1954 Northern Rhodesia12 1954 Pakistan 1954 1970, 1990 Papua New Guinea 1962 1982, 1990 2010 Rhodesia13 1934 1950 Rhodesia and Nyasaland12 1958 1962 Rwanda 2010Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 1982, 1998 Saint Kitts and Nevis (Saint Christopher-Nevis6/10

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Cook Islands 1974 1978, 1986 Cyprus 1978 1982, 1990 Dominica 1958 1962, 1970, 1994 England 1930 Falkland Islands 1982 Fiji5 1938, 1954 1986, 1998 2006 The Gambia 1970 1982, 1990 Ghana 1958 1982, 1990 Gibraltar 1958 Gold Coast6 1954 Grenada 1970 1974, 1994 Guernsey 1970 Guyana 1966 1970, 1978 1982, 1990 Hong Kong7 1934, 1954 1962, 1970 1994 India 1934 1938, 1954 1958, 1966 1982, 1990 Ireland8 1930[8] Irish Free State8 1934 Isle of Man 1958 Jamaica 1934, 1954 1982, 1990 Jersey 1958 Kenya 1954 1982, 1990 Kiribati 1998 Lesotho 1974 Malawi9 1970 Malaya10 1950, 1958 1962 Malaysia 1966 1982, 1990 Maldives 1986 No e : 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Anguilla 1978), 1990 Saint Lucia 1962, 1970, 1978, 1994 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1958, 1966 1978, 1994 Samoa and We e n Samoa 1974 Sarawak10 1958 1962 Scotland 1930 Seychelles 1990 Sierra Leone 1966 1970, 1978, 1990 Singapore10 1958 Solomon Islands 1982, 1990 South Africa 1930 1958, 1994 South Arabia1 1966 Southern Rhodesia12 1954 Sri Lanka 1974 1982, 1990 Swaziland 1970 Tanganyika14 1962 Tanzania 1966 1982, 1990 Tonga 1974, 1982, 1990 Trinidad and Tobago 1934 1982, 1990 Turks and Caicos Islands 1978, 1998 Tuvalu 1998 Uganda 1954 1982, 1990 Vanuatu 1982 Wales 1930 Zambia9 1970 1982, 1990 Zimbabwe9 15 1982, 1990 2002

Aden became South Arabia which left the Commonwealth in 1968. Became Guyana in 1966. Became Belize in 1973. Became Sri Lanka in 1972. Suspended from the Commonwealth and Games in 2009.[9] Became Ghana in 1957. Left the Commonwealth when handed over to China in 1997. Ireland was represented as a team from the whole of Ireland in 1930, and from both the Irish Free State
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and Northern Ireland in 1934. The Irish Free State became Ireland in 1937 (but also known by its name in Irish ire), formally left the Commonwealth when it declared that it was a Republic on 1 January 1949. ^ Competed from 1958 1962 as part of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. ^ Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore federated as Malaysia in 1963. Singapore left the federation in 1965. ^ Joined Canada in 1949. ^ Southern Rhodesia and Northern Rhodesia federated with Nyasaland from 1953 as Rhodesia and Nyasaland which lasted till 1963. ^ Divided into Southern Rhodesia and Northern Rhodesia in 1953. ^ Zanzibar and Tanganyika federated to form Tanzania in 1964. ^ Withdrew from the Commonwealth in 2003.

Commonwealth nations/dependencies/disputed territories et to send teams

Very few Commonwealth dependencies and nations have yet to take part: Tokelau was expected to take part in the 2010 Games in Delhi but did not do so. The Pitcairn Islands' tiny population (currently 50 to 60 people) would appear to prevent this British overseas territory from competing. The British Indian Ocean Territory currently has no permanent population although there is a sizeable population who were born in the BIOT but currently live in Mauritius and the United Kingdom and so would be eligible to compete on birth criteria. The lack of a permanent population would seem to prevent the British overseas territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and British Antarctic Territory, the New Zealand territory of Ross Dependency and the Australian external territories of Australian Antarctic Territory, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Coral Sea Islands and Heard Island and McDonald Islands from competing. Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has made applications to the CGF to send teams. Other states, territories and territorial autonomies with native populations within the Commonwealth that may be eligible include Christmas Island, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Rodrigues, Nevis and Zanzibar. It is also conceivable that any future members of the Commonwealth such as applicants (for example Sudan and Yemen) may participate in future games. The Colony of Aden and Federation of South Arabia, precursors to modern Yemen, have participated before in 1962 and in 1966. Sudan was an Anglo-Egyptian protectorate until independence in 1956. South Sudan has applied to compete at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[10] Cornwall, represented by the Cornwall Commonwealth Games Association (CCGA), sent a bid for participation in the 2006 Commonwealth Games, however, their application was rejected by the CGF, who stated that the constitutional status of Cornwall was not an issue that should be resolved through this medium. However, in 2010, the CCGA sought to launch a legal challenge to the decision of the CGF, stating that the Cornish bid of 2006 fulfilled the entire criterion of the CGF, and by rejecting the bid, the CGF had violated their own code, failing to follow their own criteria for participation. The Cornwall team will therefore seek competition in the 2014 games.[11]

Notable competitors
Lawn bowler Willie Wood from Scotland is the first competitor to have competed in seven Commonwealth Games,
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from 1974 to 2002. Also, Greg Yelavich, a sports shooter from New Zealand, has won 12 medals in seven games from 1986 to 2010.

O he c l See al o

al efe ence

The Empire Games are referred to in The Kinks song "Daylight" from their album Preservation Act 1.

All-time medal tally of Commonwealth Games All-Africa Games Asian Games Commonwealth Mountain and Ultradistance Running Championships Indian Empire Games Jeux de la Francophonie Kingdom Games Lusophony Games Olympic Games Pan American Games Universiade World Games

Refe ence
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olympics/2012/13536-south-sudan-faces-race-against-time-to-make-it-to-start-line-for-london-2012. Retrieved 26 October 2011. 11. ^ "Campaign Kernow" (http://www.campaignkernow.com) . Campaign Kernow. http://www.campaignkernow.com. Retrieved 26 October 2011.

E ternal links
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