The next commonwealth games will be held in Glasgow, Scotland from 23 July to 3 August 2014.
Although there are 53 Commonwealth countries, there are 71 Commonwealth Games Associations (CGAs) registered that can enter a team in the Commonwealth Games. This is because some Commonwealth countries have more than one CGA, in many cases due to their past histories as separate nations in their own rights. An example of this is the United Kingdom, which is now a single Commonwealth country, but which has seven CGAs, as Scotland, England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Isle of Man, Jersey, and Guernsey, all compete in the Games as separate nations.
The original Commonwealth Games in 1930 had 11 countries competing. The number of countries entering has steadily grown, with a few blips due to boycotts as a result of political pressure. Nigeria boycotted the 1978 Games in protest of New Zealand's sporting contacts with apartheid-era South Africa, and 32 of 59 nations from Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean boycotted the 1986 Commonwealth Games due to the Thatcher government's attitude towards South African sporting contacts. Boycotts were also threatened in 1974, 1982, and 1990 because of South Africa.
The 71 competing nations in the 2006 Commonwealth Games were:
The Commonwealth Countries are: Antigua and BarbudaJamaicaSt LuciaAustraliaKenyaSt Vincent and the GrenadinesThe BahamasKiribatiSamoaBangladeshLesothoSeychelles
BarbadosMalawiSierra LeoneBelizeMalaysiaSingaporeBotswanaMaldivesSolomon IslandsBrunei DarussalamMaltaSouth AfricaCameroonMauritiusSri LankaCanadaMozambiqueSwazilandCyprusNamibiaTongaDominicaNauru**Trinidad and TobagoFiji Islands*New ZealandTuvaluThe GambiaNigeriaUgandaGhanaPakistanUnited KingdomGrenadaPapua New GuineaUnited Republic of TanzaniaGuyanaRwandaVanuatuIndiaSt Kitts and NevisZambia
The Commonwealth countries are the countries which, Britain had ruled.
Fiji was suspended from being a Commonwealth nation.
There are currently 53 members of the commonwealth: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada, Cyprus, Dominica, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Kingdom, Vanuatu, Zambia
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Through 2008, one day cricket has been contested once at a Commonwealth Games, that being the 1998 Games in Malaysia. South Africa won gold, Australia won silver, and New Zealand won bronze.
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The abbreviation SB stands for Season Best (their best result for the season/year).
Glasgow has only hosted the Commonwealth Games one time. This was in 2014. However, Scotland has hosted the Commonwealth Games three times.
Edinburgh in 1970, and 1986.
Glasgow in 2014.
Additionally, the Commonwealth Youth Games were held in Edinburgh in 2000.
The procedure to participate in the Commonwealth Games as an athlete in any sport was to follow the procedure for being named to your national team in that sport, presuming you are a citizen of a country that is a member of the Comonwealth.
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Because the US declared independence in 1776, obtained officially in 1783, and the commonwealth was not founded until between both World Wars. So all countries in the commonwealth are countries that were part of the British Empire in 1926, the year it was founded.
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The commonwealth countries - are a 'throwback' to the colonial days. Britain was a great sea-faring nation, keen on exploring. Newly discovered lands such as Australia, New Zealand etc., were claimed 'in the name of the King' - and subsequently became part of the British Empire.
Although many of those early countries are now independent nations, some still retain membership of the Commonwealth.
Malaysia was the first Asian Country to host the Commonwealth games. The 1998 Commonwealth games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
71 Countries competed in 21 sports and 272 events.
Commonwealth games athletes do not receive any prize money, they only receive medals, however their potential earning power can be increased by being successful in the games
The three core values of the 2014 Commonwealth Games were People, Place and Passion.
Sadly you can not apply to be a volunteer for the 2010 Commonwealth Games as it has past.
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