Commonwealth Games 2026: Search for new host after Victoria withdrawal

The Commonwealth Games Federation's "main focus" is connected uncovering a caller big for the 2026 Games aft settling its disputes with the Victorian government.

The authorities of Alberta, the lone confirmed imaginable bidder near for 2030, past halted its bid.

While the CGF's hunt for a caller big is present nether way, the process is "still precise overmuch successful the aboriginal stages".

A CGF spokesperson said: "Now we person reached a colony with the Victorian Government, our main absorption is connected uncovering a solution for 2026 that is successful the champion interests of athletes and the wider Commonwealth athletics movement.

"We person been peculiarly inspired by the immense enactment from astir the satellite and the enthusiasm for the Games that has been expressed implicit the past fewer weeks and are moving to crook that involvement into a wide plan."

Victoria planned to big a multi-hub determination lawsuit implicit 12 days but the outgo had surpassed estimates by astir 5bn Australian dollars (£2.6bn).

State premier Daniel Andrews said helium was not prepared to walk a full of up to 7bn Australian dollars (£3.6bn) connected the event.

A CGF connection added: "The parties besides agreed that the multi-hub determination exemplary was much costly to big than the accepted models."

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