CARDIFF FOR COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2022?

VENUE BID BY CARDIFF

The Welsh capital city of Cardiff has announced plans of bidding for hosting the Commonwealth Games in 2022. Support will be offered from nearby areas of Swanseaand Newport in south Wales. The 2018 Commonwealth games bidding is already being prepared for by Abuja in Nigeria, Gold Coast in Australia and Auckland in New Zealand. Birmingham, Leeds and Sheffield councils are also saying that they would like to host the 2022 games. Many in Britain feel that 2026 may be a more realistic year for bidding considering the fact that the Games have been awarded four times to Scotland and Wales once. At the forefront is Nigel Howells, city councillor for Cardiff who leads sports and leisure and who is confident of Cardiffs suitability for hosting the Games including funding needed for the same.

Wales had hosted the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff in July 1958. 35 countries had participated by sending 1130 athletes and the high point of the Games was the Queen's baton relay introduced at the Cardiff Games which has been a regular feature ever since.