A scaled-back version of the Games, expected to feature just 10 sports and hundreds fewer athletes, will return to Glasgow 12 years after the city last played host.
The Commonwealth Games Federation forced into a scramble to find alternative host after Victoria abruptly cancelled.Glasgow will host a scaled-back Commonwealth Games in 2026 after the Scottish government rubber-stamped a proposal in-part funded in a deal with the Australian governing body to help underwrite the cost of the event.
Last Friday, Commonwealth Games Federation offered Scotland almost $200 million from the Victorian government’s $380 million owed compensation for pulling out of hosting the event. CGA received its own separate compensation and has offered to invest £2.3 million of the money it received to help the Games to go ahead.
“On that basis, I have written to the Commonwealth Games Scotland today to inform them that the Scottish Government will give its support for the proposal.”Organisers have stated the Games will come at no cost to the public purse, with funding coming from compensation paid to the CGF after the Australians pulled out. The UK government will provide financial support in the event of any increased security threat but had refused to completely underwrite the Games.
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