{"id":85039,"date":"2023-07-19T13:09:31","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T13:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/19\/2026-commonwealth-games-in-doubt\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T13:09:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T13:09:31","slug":"2026-commonwealth-games-in-doubt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/19\/2026-commonwealth-games-in-doubt\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Commonwealth Games In Doubt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Commonwealth Games are in doubt after the Australian state of Victoria cancelled its plans to host due to budget blowouts.<\/p>\n<p>The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) struggled to find a host before Victoria volunteered in April 2022.<\/p>\n<p>But the premier said the projected cost had now tripled and become \u201cwell and truly too much\u201d for the state to bear.<\/p>\n<p>CGF called the decision \u201chugely disappointing\u201d and said it is \u201ccommitted to finding a solution\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Commonwealth Games are a multi-sport tournament that takes place every four years. They have only ever been cancelled during World War Two.<\/p>\n<p>To be eligible to participate in the games, competitors must be from one of the Commonwealth\u2019s 56 members. Most of the countries in the Commonwealth were once part of the British Empire.<\/p>\n<p>Victorian Premier, Daniel Andrews, yesterday said Victoria had been \u201chappy to help out\u201d when approached to host last year, but \u201cnot at any price.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Organisers had originally estimated the event, hosted across cities including Geelong, Bendigo and Ballarat, would cost A$2.6bn (\u00a31.4bn; $1.8bn) and the state government had billed it as a boost for the regions.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 The 2026 Commonwealth Games are in doubt after the Australian state of Victoria cancelled its plans to host due to budget blowouts. 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