When are the Commonwealth Games?

There are now only 100 days remaining until the 2022 Commonwealth Games get underway in Birmingham.

Team England at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia

This summer’s event, which runs from 28 July to 8 August, is set to be the first major multi-sports event to take place free of any Covid-19 restrictions.

The pandemic made an already shortened run-in time to the Games even more challenging for Birmingham 2022 chief executive Ian Reid and his team, but now the Scot believes it brings an extra excitement and spotlight to the region.

“I think hopefully in 100 days’ time, we’re about to put on what might be one of the first multi-sport events in the world where we do have full stadia, where we do have live sites and the city absolutely buzzing,” Reid said.

“The spotlight of the world will be on Birmingham and the West Midlands in that context. So perhaps it’s going to bring even further engagement with the event than perhaps we would have had pre-pandemic.”

Nineteen sports and eight para-sports will take place across a number of venues in the West Midlands, which will see events held in Birmingham, Sandwell, Solihull, Leamington Spa, Coventry, Wolverhampton, and Cannock Chase.

Birmingham were officially awarded the Commonwealth Games in 2017 after its bid defeated Liverpool’s. It’s the first time the games are being held in England since they took place in Manchester in 2002, while Glasgow staged the event in 2014.

Here’s all you need to know with just over a year until the 2022 Commonwealth Games kick off.

When are the Commonwealth Games?

The games will take place from 28 July to 8 August in 2022.

How can I watch them?

The BBC have exclusive rights to broadcast the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the UK.