4 September 2018 - HRH Prince Imran, President of the Commonwealth Games Federation, has welcomed Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma’s announcement of ‘A Young Commonwealth’ as the annual theme for Commonwealth Day 2015, and activities over the ensuing year.

HRH Prince Imran said: “I’m delighted that following on from the great success of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, 2015 will see the entire Commonwealth focus on the needs and contributions of its younger citizens. This is particularly appropriate for the CGF because one year from today we will be celebrating the fifth Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa.

Organisers of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and sportscotland aim to empower a new generation of sporting stars by distributing over £600,000 of sports equipment used at the event to facilities around the country.

As part of the Glasgow 2014 legacy plan, all 32 local authorities in Scotland will receive an allocation of over 5,000 items through sportscotland’s Active Schools Network. This will include the likes of rugby balls, netballs, hockey balls, water bottles, whistles, stop watches, and more.

In addition the national agency for sport, sportscotland which is managing the process in partnership with Glasgow 2014, has also arranged for larger sports items to go to clubs and sports facilities. This is being allocated across 13 Sports Governing Bodies, 30 clubs and 13 facilities / trusts.

The Sport Governing Bodies will receive over £200,000 of equipment, with another £200,000 going to the clubs and facilities. Separately £200,000 of weightlifting and powerlifting equipment will go to the sportscotland Institute of Sport to upgrade and replace existing items. The Active Schools Network allocation is valued at over £15,000.

A key role of the Glasgow 2014 Sport Operations team was to identify more than 300,000 individual sport specific equipment items required to stage each of the 17 Games sports. This was a significant project in terms of coordinating the purchase, hire or shared use of items from around the world and then working with key stakeholders including sportscotland to ensure distribution across Scotland after the Games.

21 August 2018 - Ten Sports has moved quickly to secure the Indian sub-continent broadcast rights for the next Commonwealth Games which will be held on Australia’s Gold Coast from 4^th – 15^th April 2018.

As for the recent Glasgow Commonwealth Games, Ten Sports has acquired free-to-air and payTV subscription television rights, plus those for new media (incorporating Internet and mobile) and radio for the 2018 Commonwealth Games across a wide-ranging territory that includes India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

As part of the agreement, Ten Sports will work closely with terrestrial broadcasters in each of the above named territories  to ensure that all 17 Commonwealth Games sports are enjoyed by as many viewers as possible across the continent.

Announcing the agreement, the Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth Games Federation, Mike Hooper, said:

19 August 2018 - The strength of the Commonwealth Games movement has been underlined with the signing of a new Australian rights deal across all media platforms for 2018 Games in Gold Coast.

The Seven Network, Australia’s most-watched broadcast television platform, has entered into an agreement with the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) that delivers the company all rights in Australia including free-to-air broadcast television and subscription television rights, online, mobile and social media, and radio, and expands to Seven’s digital platforms, including online and Hybrid Broadband Broadcast Television (HbbTV).

The deal, coming off the highly successful Games in Glasgow, was completed by retiring CEO, Mike Hooper, who is delighted to welcome Seven back to the movement for the first time since the Games in Manchester in 2002.

SPAR Protea coach Elize Kotze remains upbeat about South Africa’s prospects at the world championships in Singapore next year, despite the disappointing sixth place finish at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Speaking on the opening day of the SPAR National Netball Championships in Cape Town on Monday, Kotze said her goal had been to reach the semi finals of the Commonwealth Games.

“We were playing the best netball teams in the world, and we believed we could challenge for the medal. I still believe we can do it at the world championships next year. We have beaten England and Jamaica in the past and I am very positive we can do it again,” she stated.

“We will have to plan very carefully between now and the world championships and make sure we have the right players, the right mental attitude and the physicality to compete with the top teams,” added Kotze.

South Africa will on Friday celebrate the success of its athletes when the nation comes together in Sandton, Johannesburg.

The government has asked South Africans to proudly wear the national team colors today, as the athletes take to the streets and ride on an open bus to meet and greet their fellow South Africans. The main celebrations will take place at Mandela Square in Sandton in the afternoon, where the event will be broadcast on national television.

Team South Africa clinched 13 Gold, 10 Silver and 17 Bronze medals in Glasgow recently. It achieved 7th place in the overall standings and was the best performing African country.

Everyone knows peanut butter tastes great smoothed on toast and bagels, but the spread is more versatile than that. Sports nutritionist Jo Scott-Dalgleish, who specialises in digestive health, energy management and nutrition for endurance sports – including triathlon –  has recommended two simple and delicious recipes that can help athletes incorporate peanut butter into their diet.

“I recommend Whole Earth peanut butter to my clients as it is a rich source of protein which is needed by muscles for repair and growth. Whole Earth peanut butter is naturally made without any additional sugar or preservatives which makes it a healthy option for the body.”

Glasgow 2014 would like to thank its full family of dedicated sponsors.

A total of 46 organisations were instrumental to the success of the Games, with the sponsor programme exceeding targets set and playing a big part in the overall commercial target of £100m.

All sponsors have created memorable campaigns and delivered valuable services to the Organising Committee (OC). 

Campaigns have included ‘Race Bolt on Glasgow Green’ in which over 5,000 people competed as well as AG Barr who opened their vibrant BRU store in the Merchant City and introduced three commemorative Commonwealth Games IRN-BRU cans in the lead up to the Games.

Over 3,000 athletes, officials, and Games Family members from 33 Commonwealth Nations and Territories travelled to or from the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games on an Emirates service.  Over 1,100 Ford branded vehicles were provided to the OC to support with transportation while ScotRail and First Group helped keep the city moving by providing additional and extended services.

Glasgow 2014 has said a massive thank you to the city and its people for being the best hosts the Commonwealth could have hoped for.

Over the last 11 days the city has rolled out the carpet to thousands of athletes, officials and visitors and hosted a fun filled festival of sport and culture on a scale that the city has never been seen before.

On the day of the Closing Ceremony, (Sunday 3 August), organisers of the Games showed their gratitude to everyone who has played their part in making these Games a success from the clyde-siders, the Host City volunteers, Police Scotland and all the workers who kept the city going.

But most thanks went to the people of Glasgow who welcomed the Commonwealth to their city.

It was a Games which saw more than 140 Commonwealth records broken as elite athletes from 71 nations and territories competed for Games glory.

The Home Nations triumphed in front of ecstatic crowds who raised the roof in packed venues across 11 days. Glasgow’s glorious Games, the largest sporting event in the city’s history saw:

• nearly 3.5 million people passed through Central Station
• over 50,000 cuddly Clyde Mascots sold out
• 171,000 attended the Rugby Sevens – a record-breaking number for the sport
• Well over a million people visited the Glasgow 2014 website per day
• Over half a million people visited the Live Site at Glasgow Green
• Well over a million mentions of Glasgow 2014 on social networks since the Opening

Ceremony

• 15,000 Clyde-siders volunteered at the Games
• Over 1,500 paid staff working at the Organising Committee
• 30,000 contractors
• 1,800 Host City Volunteers
• 1.2 million tickets sold
• An estimated 100 tonnes of fruit and vegetables

Sting Sports is thrilled to be a supplier to the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games, as the first Australian company to supply gloves and boxing products for athletes competing in boxing.

As the major fitness and contact sports equipment company fully owned and operated in Australia, Sting is highly regarded by industry professionals worldwide for producing the highest quality equipment, designed to withstand the rigours of high-performance training and competition.

Sting products combine innovative design, technical materials and traditional manufacturing techniques to provide maximum protection and functionality for athletes of all levels, from amateur to elite. Sting products have been tried and tested by athletes across the globe to produce the best feel, fit and performance, and are made to deliver when the demands are high.

Sting is an International Boxing Association (AIBA) approved and licensed supplier, and has been actively supporting boxing in several Commonwealth countries, including Australia, Northern Ireland and New Zealand, for more than a decade.

The South Africa men’s hockey team, missing the services of key players Jonty Robinson and Andrew Cronje, were beaten 5-2 by favourites India after trailing 4-0 at half time in what was effectively a quarter final at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Thursday evening.

Double Olympian Cronje and Robinson were unable to play, leaving South Africa down to only three field players on the rolling subs bench compared to India’s five, which turned out to be a massive disadvantage.

V.R Raghunath (3min) and Rupinder Singh (9th min) both nailed down successful penalty corners to put India 2-0 up before Ramandeep Singh (22nd)and S.V Sunil (26th) scored from field play for the 4-0 half time score.

Two-time world champion boxer, Amir Khan, has been soaking up the atmosphere at Glasgow 2014 on the eve of a weekend which will see 13 new boxing champions crowned.

And, for the first time ever at a Commonwealth Games, some of those going for Gold will be women including Olympic champion Nicola Adams and Northern Ireland hopeful Michaela Walsh.

The stage will be set at the SSE Hydro for a thrilling competition with the Home Nations in strong position for medal glory.  The men will compete across three rounds of three minutes and the women will compete across four rounds of two minutes each.

Scotland is guaranteed at least five boxing medals, with Josh Taylor, Reece McFadden and Charlie Flynn among those guaranteed at least a bronze. Teenage flyweight McFadden has taken the Games by storm, having surprisingly beaten world amateur number one Andrew Selby and later Charlie Edwards, to set up an exciting semi-final fight.

Saturday 2nd August 2014, Glasgow Scotland: In accordance with the CGF Anti-Doping Standard for the XX Commonwealth Games, the CGF Federation Court conducted a Provisional Hearing this afternoon to consider an adverse analytical finding submitted by Amantle Montsho of Botswana, after the women’s 400 metres final on July 29.

The athlete’s A sample was found to contain methylhexaneamine, prohibited as a stimulant under class s6 of WADA’s Prohibited List.

Ms Montsho was notified of her A sample result and has asked for her B sample to be tested, which will take place at the accredited laboratory in London on Monday August 4th.

Celebrated track and para-athlete, Chantal Petitclerc, hopes that other multi-sport events have been inspired to follow the lead of Glasgow 2014 with large Para-Sport programmes.

Petitclerc, who has 21 Paralympic medals and is the only Canadian athlete to have won gold medals at the Olympics, Paralympics and Commonwealth Games, is Chef de Mission for Team Canada.

Speaking today, (Thursday 31 July), she praised Glasgow 2014 for having the largest para-sport programme of any Games.

She said:

“As a former para-athlete I am proud that the Commonwealth Games are so accepting of para-events on and off the track. I hope Glasgow can inspire other multi-sport events around the world to be as receptive as the crowds have been here.”

Wednesday, 30th July: Glasgow 2014 today announced EventServ as a supplier to the Games, providing performance stages, crowd barriers, public access staircases, containment bridges, video scoreboard structures, timber framing and camera towers across a wide range of Games sites and venues, including the Athletes’ Village.

Prior to the Games, EventServ provided crowd control barriers for promotional events in Glasgow and were then contracted through the procurement process to supply video scoreboard structures and performance stages. Since joining the Games family the company have deployed mobile teams around Glasgow to provide event standby and have installed additional structures across key Games venues.

Glasgow 2014 has unveiled an exciting international line up for the sensational final fling of the XX Commonwealth Games.

Hampden Park, 9pm on Sunday 3 August will be transformed from the theatre of gold medal athletics success to a festival of celebration and song with 2,000 extra-ordinary volunteer performers lining up alongside global superstar Kylie Minogue and an array of iconic Scottish talents.

Just 18 hours after the conclusion of the Track and Field competition Hampden Park will be transformed into a stage to bring the curtain down on Glasgow and Scotland’s amazing Games with over 160 tonnes of staging, over 3000 props, 454 flags and the promise of a night out not to be missed in what athletes and spectators have described as one of the world’s friendliest cities.

Iconic international pop super star Kylie is one of the most successful and widely loved performing artists in the world and the pop princess has been topping the charts since beginning her career in 1987. She has released 45 singles and sold 68 million records worldwide. This year Kylie released her 12th studio album, Kiss Me Once, and will soon embark on a 33 date tour, proving that 2014 has all the signs of being Kylie’s best year yet.

Lulu who entertained the crowds at Glasgow Green during the Opening Ceremony will also appear.  Hailing from Glasgow, Lulu has since topped the charts in every decade, both as a solo artist and collaborating with some of the finest talents of our time.

Four Sierra Leonean athletes have allegedly gone missing from the Commonwealth Games Village in Glasgow, Scotland.

It is yet to be confirmed whether the four athletes; two boxers-Abdul Bangura, Mohamed Sillah and two weightlifters-Abu Kabia and Jonathan Johnson have all abandoned their team at the games village.

The quartets have not been seen around the village environment for the whole of Wednesday and are believed to have left with their room keys unlike the young cyclist who left with his key but is still missing.

Both Kabia and Sillah failed to progress from their preliminary fights losing in the 75Kg to Canadian Blair Brody and Australia Denis Lewis in the 69Kg respectively.

Clyde - the cheeky thistle at the heart of the Glasgow 2014 Games - continues to charm the public with appearances at venues and visitors flocking to follow the popular Mascot Trail.

He has also become a best seller with more than 45,000 cuddly Clydes being sold since the beginning of July – making it the No 1 product on sale.

Sales of Glasgow 2014 merchandise have surpassed expectations and today organisers revealed the top ten best-sellers which also include men’s tee-shirts which have been flying off the shelves with 34,000 being sold; 30,000 pin badges – always popular with the volunteers and Games fans – 17,000 key rings, 12,000 gel bracelets and 12,000 magnets.

The top ten best sellers are:

1.       Mascots (15 cm and 25 cm combined sales) 46,000

2.       Men’s tee-shirts - 34,000

3.       Pin badges - 30,000

4.       Women’s tee-shirts - 22,000

5.       Children’s tee-shirts - 20,000

6.       Key rings - 17,000

7.       Caps - 17,000

8.       Gel bracelets - 12,000

9.       Magnets - 12,000

10.   Men's polo shirts  - 10,000

ATHLETES and spectators are sampling some of Scotland’s best food ­­- as the Commonwealth Games showcase the nation’s larder.

All caterers appointed by Glasgow 2014 have signed up to the Commonwealth Games Food Charter – the first of its kind in Scotland - which highlights the importance of where food is from and how it has been produced.

One of Glasgow 2014’s obligations is to stage a Games with responsible environmental and sustainability standards. It aims to minimise its impact on the environment and seek opportunities that will enhance the environment. The charter puts the focus firmly on sourcing local food, where possible, from sustainable and traceable sources.

Glasgow 2014 produced the Food Charter to demonstrate its commitment to taking proper account of the sustainability of food provided at the Games. Glasgow 2014 also aims to promote healthy living, and will do this via the provision of a variety of authentic foods, including healthier options.

The 6500 sportsmen and women and officials at the 2014 Athletes’ Village can enjoy a range of quality produce such as Scottish salmon and  Arbroath Smokies, shortbread from Inverness and jam from the Highlands, Black face lamb from Argyll and beef from Lanarkshire, strawberries from Angus, yoghurt from Wigtownshire and ice cream from Arran, Dunshire Blue Cheese from Lanarkshire and cured bacon from Dumfrieshire.

World-beating athletes and incredible crowds are ensuring the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games is off to a sensational start. At the half-way point, Organisers revealed the number of Commonwealth and World record which have been toppled, the record-breaking tickets sales and the unprecedented crowds which have thronged across the city to soak up the once-in-a-lifetime atmosphere of Scotland’s biggest-ever sporting and cultural festival.

Games high points to date include:

• 1.2 million tickets sold, making Glasgow 2014 Scotland’s most successful sports event 
• More than 100 new Commonwealth Games Records and 5 new World Records set
• 151 Gold medals will have been presented by tonight (Tuesday, July 29)
• The biggest-ever world crowds for a Rugby Sevens tournament
• At least 300,000 visitors have now enjoyed the city’s live sites
• Haunting rendition of ‘Freedom, Come All Ye’ from the Opening Ceremony by South African singer Pumeza is now topping the UK I-tunes classical charts

And over Super Saturday and Sensational Sunday, the city enjoyed its biggest weekend ever with nearly 700,000 people flocking to enjoy a wide range of sport and culture venues and be part of Glasgow’s greatest sporting moment on the global stage. In addition, Glasgow 2014’s Rugby Sevens competition which saw South Africa triumph in a thrilling final against New Zealand, attracted world record-breaking Sevens audiences to Ibrox Stadium over the two-day competition.

Commonwealth Games Federation CEO, Mike Hooper, has announced that Nigerian weightlifter, Chika Amalaha, has been issued with a notice of disclosure after returning an adverse analytical finding from a in-competition test on July 25, and has been provisionally suspended from the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Ms Amalaha won the gold medal in the Women’s 53-kilogram division.

The athlete’s A sample was found to contain both amiloride and hydrochlorothiazide, both prohibited as diuretics and masking agents under class s5 of WADA’s Prohibited List.

From start to finish she would not be denied as she took off from the blocks in the 100 meters finals at the Commonwealth games in Scotland.

 Blessing Okagbare crossed the line ahead of Veronica Campbell Brown and Kerron Stewart both of Jamaica and with an emphatic pump of the fist etched a notch for herself in the annals of the history of Track and Field winning the Gold Medal in spectacular fashion with a Games record time of 10.85 seconds.

Following in the heels of her performance in the semi-finals earlier where she left nothing to chance and took care of business, winning in a eye popping time of 10.93 seconds Blessing came to the finals with the ultimate intent to win and that she did as she got challenged in the mid part of the race by Veronica Campbell Brown of Jamaica but would not be hauled in pushing further out ahead of her challengers to win with a significant margin.

Sierra Leone’s poor showing continued at the Commonwealth Games as seven of its sprinters failed to secure qualifying times to move to the next level in the 100m, and 400m heats whilst weightlifter Jonathan Johnson also fell short of qualification.

Johnson fell short in the 77Kg group B contest after he was only able to lift a total of 200Kg for both the snatch and Clean & Jerk.

The 26-year-old lifter failed in his first attempt to snatch 85kg but went on to lift it in his second attempt which was pretty much the same story in the 90kg lift where he was only finally able to lift it  in his third attempt giving him a total of 90kg in the snatch category.

When the cat is away, the mice can play.

World 100 meter champion and record holder Usain Bolt did not feature in the 100 meters qualifying heats and Team South Africa took advantage of that by dominating the dash sprint event

Two of Team South Africa’s 100 meter sprinters went through to the semi finals of the men’s 100 meter event as the track and field competition got underway on Sunday.

National champion Simon Magakwe and runner up in that race, Akani Simbine both qualified automatically. But late addition to the team, Ncincilili Titi fell by the wayside.

First off in Heat five of nine was Titi and he ended fourth in 10.48 as big Jamaican Nickel Ashmeade won in 10.40.

Ghana’s Table Tennis Team marched into the finals after they defeated Jamaica in their semi final game 3:1 in the ongoing Commonwealth Games at the Scotstoun Campus in Glasgow.

Ghana’s win is seen as revenge after losing to the Jamaican’s in previous editions of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi and Melbourne prior to this encounter.

Meanwhile, the Swimming team continued their progress in the Games with two swimmers breaking national records and another setting a new personal best. Ophelia Swayne led the brilliant performances;  blazing to a new national record and a personal best of 29.66 seconds in the women’s 50m butterfly event. she erased her own previous mark of 29.86 with a 6th place finish in Heat 3. She placed 31st overall in the event.