T&T Olympic Committee President Dianne Henderson has given her backing to the decision by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) for a scaled-down 22nd edition of the Commonwealth Games, which will be held in Glasgow, Scotland, in 2026, from July 23 to August 2.
The CGF on Tuesday confirmed its September 18 announcement that plans by Glasgow to host the quadrennial Games were to move forward after the Scottish and UK governments removed political roadblocks.
Glasgow, which stepped in to host the event after the Australian state of Victoria withdrew last year due to rising costs, last hosted the Commonwealth Games in 2014.
But it will have a very different, streamlined look when it returns there in two years’ time, with only...
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Author: NIGEL SIMON