Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games - What do we know so far?

In little than 2 years, Glasgow volition erstwhile again invited athletes from crossed the globe arsenic it hosts the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) asked the metropolis to measurement successful and big aft the authorities of Victoria successful Australia pulled out.

It has been said repeatedly that the lawsuit volition beryllium a overmuch smaller matter than accustomed and won't travel astatine immoderate outgo to the nationalist purse.

Exact details are owed to beryllium released successful the coming days erstwhile the proposals are officially confirmed by the CGF - but here's what we cognize astir Glasgow 2026 truthful far.

The Commonwealth Games is simply a multi-sport lawsuit which takes spot each 4 years.

Dating backmost to 1930, they were antecedently known arsenic the British Empire Games. Competitors contiguous are mostly territories of the erstwhile empire.

Big players see Australia, Jamaica, Canada and each of the nations successful Great Britain, who vie separately.

It besides gives smaller nations of the Commonwealth specified arsenic the Solomon Islands and Tonga the accidental to vie connected the satellite stage.

Scotland has hosted the lawsuit connected 3 erstwhile occasions - Edinburgh successful 1970 and 1986 and conscionable 10 years agone Glasgow played host.

The Glasgow 2014 games saw astir 5,000 athletes from 71 countries instrumentality part.

From the details released truthful far, determination is small hint astir erstwhile precisely the 2026 games volition beryllium held.

They were initially owed to beryllium held betwixt 17 March and 29 March erstwhile Australia was hosting, but the Scottish upwind makes it hard to spot these dates staying the same.

In Glasgow 2014 it was betwixt 23 July and 3 August. But the precocious announcement means determination are already immoderate dates successful the sporting diary to contend with.

The European Championships is taking spot betwixt 30 July and 9 August - but a big metropolis for the lawsuit hasn't been selected yet.

In football, the World Cup is acceptable to instrumentality spot successful the USA from 11 June to 19 July, truthful organisers volition apt privation to debar those dates.

Two years into the Olympic rhythm means galore sports are owed to clasp their ain quadrennial events successful July and August 2026.

This includes the Rugby 7s satellite cupful and the men's Hockey World Cup successful the Netherlands - which besides mightiness supply a hint to which sports volition beryllium near retired of Glasgow 2026.

Commonwealth Games Scotland (CGS) has said the lawsuit volition diagnostic 10 sports, but they haven't confirmed what these volition be.

Athletics and swimming volition decidedly feature, arsenic these were made compulsory sports by the Commonwealth Games Federation successful 2021.

Organisers tin take from a database of 22 different halfway sports specified arsenic cycling and boxing.

The past clip the games were successful Glasgow, 17 sports were contested. While, hoops was added successful 2018 for the Gold Coast Games.

A further 2 sports - formation volleyball and cricket - were added for Birmingham 2022 portion shooting was dropped.

There was ever going to beryllium a driblet successful the fig of sports, arsenic the CGF acceptable retired a proposal that approximately 15 sports should diagnostic astatine immoderate games from 2026 onwards.

Ian Reid, seat of CGS told BBC Scotland said successful April they volition lone "pick sports that acceptable into the venue footprint available".

CGS had looked astatine respective options successful Glasgow to big the athletics that would impact impermanent enactment for spectator seating and caller track.

Ian Reid said Scotstoun Stadium successful the west-end of Glasgow was the astir apt venue to big these events

The multi-purpose arena is the location of Glasgow Warriors rugby squad and the nationalist badminton centre.

It has aggregate facilities specified arsenic a 400m outdoor moving way and squash courts.

It would beryllium a large promotion for the venue which hosted squash and array tennis astatine the past games.

The stadium tin big astir 9,700 rugby fans - little than a 4th of the 44,000 athletics instrumentality who filled Hampden astatine Glasgow 2014.

Three different venues person besides been wide tipped to big immoderate events.

The Emirates Arena, which was built for Glasgow 2014, is location to Scotland's lone velodrome arsenic good arsenic the Commonwealth arena which Glasgow Rocks hoops squad calls home.

It antecedently hosted tennis and indoor athletics competitions. It tin clasp 7,000 spectators, portion the velodrome has the capableness for conscionable nether 2,000 radical with abstraction for a further 2,000 impermanent seats.

Just up the roadworthy is Tollcross Swimming Pool, which is favoured to big aquatics events, and the SEC events campus, which hosted aggregate events successful 2014.

Team Northern Ireland jock Rhys McClenaghan has already backed the SSE Hydro to big Gymnastics if the athletics is included.

He said: "My archetypal European rubric was successful Glasgow successful the Hydro and I person astonishing memories determination - erstwhile I deliberation of Glasgow I deliberation of gymnastics."

All 4 of these venues are owned by Glasgow City Council.

Hampden Park hosted the athletics competitions successful 2014 but this is owned by the SFA, which means renting it could travel with a hefty price-tag.

CGS said their connection would comprise venues wrong an eight-mile-radius.

This rules retired Glasgow 2014 venues Strathclyde Country Park successful Motherwell which hosted the triathlon, the diving venue of the Royal Commonwealth Pool successful Edinburgh and the Barry Buddon shooting centre successful Dundee.

Other venues built for the 2014 games, specified arsenic the National Hockey centre successful the Glasgow's Gorbals don't look to beryllium isolated of immoderate plans.