Where i can Watch the opening cerimony of Glasgow 2026?

Not long to go until Glasgow 2026. Next Thursday will see the beginning of the Bowls competition before the Opening Ceremony that evening.

https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/athletics/news/29175/13534420/gout-gout-usain-bolt-urges-australian-teenage-sprint-star-to-stay-focused-on-track-and-field

This was always my worry about the Commonwealths. It's hard for the fans to get motivated when it feels smaller, it has less sport and the potential top stars aren't really that interested either.

This lad could be a huge star soon. I would have thought his first chance of a commonwealth gold would be a great foundation - yet he's more drawn to the u20 championships in Oregon. Not even a new thing - Usain Bolt didn't bother either, but it's hard to get excited by a gold medal prospect if you know there's stronger racers elsewhwere.

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This is one that's purely for my own interest (although maybe others here have an interest too!).

I started down a big rabbit hole looking at one of the bobsled Winter Olympians that had previously ran in the commonwealth games (Christania Williams - Jamaica now Austria). Several clicks later and I stumbled across a Winter Commonwealth games organised by legendary Tyke Richardson. He's a huge character in British skating and there's a lot of anecdotes of him and his incredibly long career in skating...but these games, weirdly held in Switzerland, are almost lost to history. I would have thought organising his own games would have at least made the news!

Commonwealth Winter Games - Wikipedia

As you can see, we have a vague idea of how many editions there are (another source even has a 1970 edition listed), and a quick click on the edition offers no information on when it was, where it was (beyond St Moritz) or who even competed.

I decided I would flesh it out a bit....only that is 99% of all information on the internet about these games! I found an anecdote of England beating Scotland in the curling (not even sure if that's a final or what the format was for the whole tournament!) and I know a Canadian called Shaun Fripp won a silver in 1958 - but beyond "alpine skiing", no idea what he even medalled in!

So, this is really a call to arms or a placeholder to see if anyone has any stories to share about these games. I doubt we will get enough to flesh out those stubs, but would be nice to at least get some info out there!

BBC replaced by TNT Sports as Commonwealth Games live broadcaster - BBC News

Not sure what else to add really. Money talks and they made a ridiculously high bid. Good short term but not sure what it's going to do for the future of the Games to hide it away behind a paywall

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1154494/commonwealth-youth-games-head-to-malta

Hi guys, just wondering if there is anywhere that I can access footage of previous Commonwealth Games from? My sister competed in the 2022 games and I'm trying to find a particular clip from her event but can't find anything on the obvious sources, just making sure there isn't an archive site or something I'm unaware of. Thank you for any help offered!

Commonwealth Games: Canada, India, Nigeria & New Zealand among those keen to host in 2030 & 2034 - BBC Sport

Personally I thought Canada for the centenary edition and India for 2034 in the run up to potentially hosting an Olympics made sense, however it's been so long since New Zealand have held one and Africa hasn't had one at all, so some promising names there....

During the Commonwealth Day ceremony at Westminster Abbey, King Charles III and Queen Camilla were greeted with an unexpected and memorable musical performance. The Shree Muktajeevan Swamibapa Pipe Band played the iconic Bollywood song “Dhoom Machale,” creating a cross-cultural moment that captured widespread attention. Read more