Birmingham 2022 chief executive Ian Reid has praised his team's work during the COVID-19 pandemic, citing digital recruitment as an example of how the hurdles of the health crisis have been cleared.
English boxer Delicious Orie is looking to build on sparring practice with Olympian Frazer Clarke as he ramps up his preparations for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, in his home region.
A statue of Clyde, the thistle mascot for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, has been retrieved from a garden by police in Glasgow, ending a seven-year search.
With exactly a year to go until the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, organisers held a day of celebration in Centenary Square, which was filled with activities for the public.
Birmingham 2022 has appointed Rosterfy as the official provider of the workforce management systems for the Commonwealth Games.
Birmingham 2022 has pledged that 5,000 tickets for the Commonwealth Games will be available to children in care and their carers and in the English city.
World Bowls has appointed Darryl Clout as its new President and chairman, following the resignation of John Bell.
The Organising Committee of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games is hosting a one-year-to-go celebration event on Wednesday (July 28), where it will mark 365 days until the Opening Ceremony.
The first batch of affordable homes in the Perry Barr area of Birmingham are set to be completed earlier than expected - in early 2023 - shortly following next year's Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Executive Board has appointed seven new members to its Anti-Doping and Medical Commission, representing all six regions of the Commonwealth.
Following on from yesterday’s announcement that the United Kingdom would host the International Working Group (IWG) on Women & Sport World Conference in 2026, the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Birmingham has been confirmed as the venue.
Birmingham City Council has published the Birmingham Major Sporting Events Strategy 2022-2032, which aims to bolster the city's efforts to secure the rights to host major sporting events in the next decade.
Team Scotland is gearing up its preparations for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, appointing a head of physiotherapy and a leader for its Achieve 2022 programme.
Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA) is seeking to appoint a community engagement manager in the lead-up to Birmingham 2022.
Birmingham 2022 has appointed Kuehne+Nagel as its event logistics provider for the next Commonwealth Games.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
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