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Commonwealth Games 2018 bid race officially underway

By Duncan Mackay

December 26 - The starting gun has been fired on the race to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games with the Nigerian capital Abuja, who were beaten by Glasgow to host the 2014 event, the only city that has so far definitely committed itself to bid.

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) have published its 2018 Candidate City Manual, the start of the formal process to determine which city hosts the 21st Commonwealth Games.

The document is sent to all 71 Commonwealth Games Associations (CGAs), who have until March 31, 2010, to notify the CGF of their intention to bid and must pay a non-returnable £60,000 candidature fee by the end of April.

That starts a formal process of information exchange, with final bids to be lodged by May 11, 2011, six months before the CGF General Assembly meets in St Kitts and Nevis to award the rights to host the 2018 Games.

Abuja will be the early favourites because the Games, which were first held in 1930, have never been staged in Africa.

Durban could also be strong African candidates but may decide to bid for the 2020 Olympics instead while Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, have also investigated the possibility of putting forward themselves as candidates.

Port-of-Spain in Trinidad and Tobago are also considering a bid in an attempt to bring the Games back to the Caribbean for the first time since Kingston staged them in 1966.

But Abuja's main rivals are expected to emerge from either Auckland or the Gold Coast.

Both are considering bidding but neither has yet confirmed that they definitely will.

The Gold Coast bid will depend on whether Australia's campaign to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cup is successful or not.

Auckland, who hosted the Games in 1990, are due to make a final decision about whether to bid in February.

Barry Maister, the secretary general of the New Zealand Olympic Committee, does not think any other candidates from the Commonwealth.

He said: "It's unlikely at this stage that anyone else would come out of the woodwork."

The 2018 Candidate City Manual is available to download by clicking here.

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jamika manohara dias  - Hambantota would win |02-04-2010 10:14
I'm a Sri Lankan.I was really dilighted when heard the news of candidasy of Hambantota as the hosting city for 2018 commonwelth games.Do you know the city Hambantota is the hometown of our president Mahinda Rajapaksha,which is the most divoloping city at the moment in Sri Lanka.A big harbour & an international airport as well as an international play ground is building there. I think it's going to be very tuff contest between Gold Coast and Hambantota.After a 30 year civil war Sri Lanka really have become carm and peacefull and it has become one of the most interesting tourist destinations in the world & one of the most growing ecconomies in Asia.I wish my all the best to Hambantota & Sri Lanka to win this race as a student from Italy.Thank you very much!

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