{"events":[{"id":14111,"global_id":"www.sportstourismnews.com?id=14111","global_id_lineage":["www.sportstourismnews.com?id=14111"],"author":"1","status":"publish","date":"2024-11-02 11:09:57","date_utc":"2024-11-02 11:09:57","modified":"2024-11-02 11:09:57","modified_utc":"2024-11-02 11:09:57","url":"https:\/\/www.sportstourismnews.com\/events\/commonwealth-games-glasgow-2026\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/www.sportstourismnews.com\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/14111","title":"Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2026","description":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Glasgow will host the Commonwealth Games from Thursday 23 July to Sunday 2 August 2026 \u2013 12 years after the Scottish city previously held the games in 2014.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Glasgow 2026 will feature a 10-sport programme concentrated across four venues within an eight-mile corridor, ensuring an action-packed broadcast schedule across each day of competition and making the event accessible and appealing to spectators looking to enjoy the multi-sport environment and festival feel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Introducing Glasgow 2026!\" width=\"810\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JDAN10kBn60?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With over 500,000 tickets to be made available at a future date, there will be around 3,000 of the best athletes competing from up to 74 Commonwealth nations and territories. 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