The Commonwealth Games heads to Glasgow for the second time as Scotland's largest city hosts the 2026 edition.
This year's Games were initially awarded to the Australian state of Victoria, who dropped out from hosting the event due to surging costs.
Glasgow, who last hosted the Commonwealth Games in 2014, subsequently stepped in to salvage the Games as the prospect of a postponement or cancellation loomed large.
The city's bid was successfully approved in October 2024, meaning they had less than two years to prepare for the Games. Due to the short notice, Glasgow has been forced to scale back the volume of sports compared to the previous edition it hosted 12 years ago, with only 10 sports making the cut.
2026 Commonwealth Games Venue Guide
Glasgow becomes the third city to host more than one Commonwealth Games after Edinburgh in Scotland and Auckland in New Zealand.
To date, 20 cities across nine countries have embraced hosting duties for the Games.
Australia has hosted the most editions with five. Sydney (1938), Perth (1962), Brisbane (1982), Melbourne (2006) and the Gold Coast (2018) have all been selected as host cities for the Games.
The Commonwealth Games has been held in New Zealand on four occasions - Hamilton in 1930, Auckland in 1950 and 1990 and Christchurch in 1974 - while England's three major cities have all hosted the event: London, Manchester and Birmingham. The Welsh capital of Cardiff were hosts in 1958.
Asia has hosted the Commonwealth Games on two occasions: Kuala Lumpur in 1998 and Delhi in 2010.
Previous Commonwealth Games hosts
- 1930 - Hamilton (New Zealand)
- 1934 - London (England)
- 1938 - Sydney (Australia)
- 1950 - Auckland (New Zealand)
- 1954 - Vancouver (Canada)
- 1958 - Cardiff (Wales)
- 1962 - Perth (Australia)
- 1966 - Kingston (Jamaica)
- 1970 - Edinburgh (Scotland)
- 1974 - Christchurch (New Zealand)
- 1978 - Edmonton (Canada)
- 1982 - Brisbane (Australia)
- 1986 - Edinburgh (Scotland)
- 1990 - Auckland (New Zealand)
- 1994 - Victoria (Canada)
- 1998 - Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
- 2002 - Manchester (England)
- 2006 - Melbourne (Australia)
- 2010 - Delhi (India)
- 2014 - Glasgow (Scotland)
- 2018 - Gold Coast (Australia)
- 2022 - Birmingham (England)
- 2026 - Glasgow (Scotland)
- 2030 - Amadvad (India)
