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A number of cities have put forward
expressions of interest in hosting the
Commonwealth Games in 2022 after Durban
was relieved of its hosting duties on 13
March. The Commonwealth Games
Federation (CGF) President Louise
Martin took action after he failed
to get assurances from the South
African President Jacob Zuma that
his Government would provide
the necessary financial support.
It had been estimated that
staging the Games in Africa
for the first time would have
cost at least ZAR8 billion
(£498 million).The South African
city had been awarded the Games
by the CGF at its Assembly in Auckland in
September 2015 when they were the only bidder
following the withdrawal of only rival Edmonton.
However, since then, they had not formed an
Organising Committee or made any of the
payments due to the CGF.
Several cities in Australia and the UK have
shown interest in staging the games as well as
Edmonton in Canada, New Delhi in India and
Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.
Perth, which hosted the 1962 edition of the
Games, joins other Australian cities Sydney,
Adelaide and Melbourne in showing an interest
in staging the event.
It raises the prospect of Australia hosting
consecutive Commonwealth Games with the
Gold Coast playing host next year.
The English cities to have expressed interest
in staging the event include Birmingham,
Liverpool, London and Manchester. The CGF
have not announced a timetable for choosing a
replacement but a new host is expected to be
chosen by the end of this year.
CITIES LINE UP TO HOST 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES
winning season was £80m, an increase of over
40% from £57m in 2014-15, and the accounts
state that last summer Leicester agreed fresh
contracts with key players and spent a net
£48m on new players, with Islam Slimani, the
Algeria striker bought from Sporting Lisbon,
the most expensive at £30m.
This season is the first of the Premier
League’s even more lucrative three-year
TV deal until 2019, in which its 20 clubs are
sharing £2.8bn per season, estimated to be
worth £100m even to the club finishing bottom.
Leicester City’s accounts show record
income of £129m for the year in which they
sensationally won the Premier League title.
That was a 24% increase on £104mmade the
previous season, and was boosted by £95m in
TV income alone.
Having made a £21m loss when achieving
promotion from the Championship in 2013-14,
Leicester made a pre-tax profit of £16m in the
year ending 31 May 2016 following a profit of
£26m in 2014-15.
The club’s wage bill for Ranieri’s title-
LEICESTER CITY’S PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE BRINGS IN RECORD £129M INCOME
Presidential Commission, comprised of the
President, secretary general and the three
vice-presidents, to continue work on a new
discipline.
FIG are mainly looking at a time-based
competition format rather than athletes being
judged on points.
Parkour is already part of the work of
current members of the FIG, including Sweden,
The Netherlands and Belgium.
The International Gymnastics Federation
(FIG) agreed to look into the development of
a new discipline of the sport in order broaden
even further the appeal of gymnastics.
The Executive Committee were given
a presentation on the development of
obstacle course competitions, or parcours
d'obstacles, and also parkour, which was
exhibited at last year's Winter Youth Olympic
Games in Lillehammer. Following the
presentation, the Committee mandated the
INTERNATIONAL GYMNASTICS FEDERATION EXPLORE PARKOUR TO BROADEN APPEAL