The launch of the English city's attempt to secure the hosting rights for the Games in five years' time comes after the deadline to formally submit the Preliminary Phase Questionnaire to the Commonwealth Games Delivery Unit yesterday.

The Bid Committee are asking people to back the bid on Twitter using the hashtag #BrumBid2022.

Visit Birmingham are also behind the attempt to bring the event to the city.

"Back Birmingham's Commonwealth Games 2022 bid and help bring the Games to this great sporting city," they wrote on Twitter.

In April, bid officials claimed they had 95 per cent of the facilities in place to hold the Commonwealth Games.

A feasibility study has reportedly identified several venues, including a temporary velodrome at the Barclaycard Arena, an indoor sporting and entertainment venue in the city centre.

Birmingham's launch will come after English rival Liverpool unveiled their "transformational" bid for the Games yesterday.

Birmingham's bid to host the Games has already received the full backing of newly-elected Mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street.

The West Midlands Metropolitan Borough includes Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton, as well as Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull and Walsall.

The West Midlands Combined Authority, a coalition of 18 local authorities and four Local Enterprise Partnerships working together to move powers from London to the West Midlands, gave their support to Birmingham's effort last month.

South African city Durban was stripped of the 2022 Games in March due to a lack of financial guarantees.

Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur, which staged the Commonwealth Games in 1998, has also expressed firm interest in stepping in.

Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney in Australia have also revealed they may be interested, while Victoria in Canada announced last week that it will bid.

Toronto, which had already expressed an interest in replacing Durban, withdrew after a report prepared by the city's Economic Development Committee warned about a supposed lack of support from Federal and Provincial authorities in Canada.

It is expected that the Commonwealth Games Federation will choose a host city in the autumn.