The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. As well as many Olympic sports, the Games also include some sports that are played mainly in Commonwealth countries, such as lawn bowls, rugby sevens and netball The Games are overseen by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), which also controls the sporting programme and selects the host cities. The host city is selected from across the Commonwealth, with eighteen cities in seven countries having hosted it.
The event was first held in 1930 under the title of the British Empire Games in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The event was renamed as the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954, the British Commonwealth Games in 1970, and gained its current title in 1978.
 Commonwealth Games Federation seal, adopted in 2001 | |
| Motto | HUMANITY – EQUALITY – DESTINY |
|---|---|
| Headquarters |  London, England, United Kingdom |
| President | Hon. Michael Fennell (Jamaica) |
| Website | Commonwealth Games Federation |
History
British Commonwealth Games
A sporting competition bringing together the members of the British Empire was first proposed by the Reverend Astley Cooper in 1891 when he wrote an article in The Times suggesting a "Pan-Britannic-Pan-Anglican Contest and Festival every four years as a means of increasing the goodwill and good understanding of the British Empire".
In 1911, the Festival of the Empire was held in London to celebrate the coronation of King George V. As part of the festival an Inter-Empire Championships was held in which teams from Australia, Canada, South Africa and the United Kingdom competed in events such as boxing, wrestling, swimming and athletics.
In 1928, Melville Marks Robinson of Canada was asked to organise the first British Empire Games. The first Games were held in 1930 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The name changed to British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954, to British Commonwealth Games in 1970 and assumed the current name of the Commonwealth Games in 1978.
At the 1930 games, women competed in the swimming events only From 1934, women also competed in some athletics events.
The Empire Games flag was donated in 1931 by the British Empire Games Association of Canada. The year and location of subsequent games were added until the 1950 games. The name of the event was changed to the British Empire and Commonwealth Games and the flag was retired as a result.
Common Wealth Countries:Past Common Wealth games:
Select a Games from the list below.
- 2010 Commonwealth Games - Delhi, India
- 2006 Commonwealth Games - Melbourne, Australia
- 2002 Commonwealth Games - Manchester, England
- 1998 Commonwealth Games - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- 1994 Commonwealth Games - Victoria, Canada
- 1990 Commonwealth Games - Auckland, New Zealand
- 1986 Commonwealth Games - Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1982 Commonwealth Games - Brisbane, Australia
- 1978 Commonwealth Games - Edmonton, Canada
- 1974 British Commonwealth Games - Christchurch, New Zealand
- 1970 British Commonwealth Games - Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1966 British Empire & Commonwealth Games - Kingston, Jamaica
- 1962 British Empire & Commonwealth Games - Perth, Australia
- 1958 British Empire & Commonwealth Games - Cardiff, Wales
- 1954 British Empire & Commonwealth Games - Vancouver, Canada
- 1950 British Empire Games - Auckland, New Zealand
- 1938 British Empire Games - Sydney, Australia
- 1934 British Empire Games - London, England
- 1930 British Empire Games - Hamilton, Canada
Queen Baton Relay:
The Queens Baton Relay is one of the greatest traditions of the Commonwealth Games, having been the curtain-raiser to every Games since Cardiff 1958. The relay symbolises the gathering of people from across the Commonwealth at the four-yearly festival of sport and culture.
Melbourne 2006 has been the most memorable adventure so far, travelling for a year and a day visiting the 71 nations of the Commonwealth – home to one third of the world’s population! Click on the following link to see some unique moments from Melbourne 2006 Queen’s Baton Relay.
Over the years, the Queens Baton Relay has evolved into a powerful symbol of the unity and diversity of the Commonwealth of Nations. With each Games, the tradition grows in scale and significance - including more nations, involving more participants and generating more excitement than ever before but the Delhi 2010 Baton’s journey was the biggest yet. It is the longest and most technologically advanced of the Baton Relays to date.
The Delhi 2010 Baton Relay was launched on 29th October 2009 at Buckingham Palace in London, with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II handing the Baton to the Hon’ble President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, who in turn passed it to Dr. M. S Gill and Mr. Suresh Kalmadi. Mr. Kalmadi then had the honour of passing the Baton to the first Baton bearer, Abhinav Bindra, the Olympic air rifle champion who began the Baton's journey with a relay around the Queen Victoria Monument.
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