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Birmingham set to be given 2022 Commonwealth Games
LONDON, Dec 20, 2017 (BSS/AFP) – Birmingham is set to be announced as the
host of the 2022 Commonwealth Games after Durban was stripped of the event in
March, according to reports Wednesday.
The Games were originally awarded to Durban in 2015 but the South African
city had the event taken away for financial reasons.
That led to a shortened bidding contest that came down to a race for
British government funding between Birmingham and Liverpool, which was won by
the central English city in September.
Despite being the only city to submit a bid by the Commonwealth Games
Federation’s (CGF) deadline of the end of September, Birmingham has had to
wait nearly three months to have its victory confirmed.
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