Commonwealth Games

When Scotland’s largest city last hosted the Commonwealth Games, in 2014, the then 11-year-old Sophie McGrouther was one of the many fans at the Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls Centre cheering home favourites Alex Marshall MBE and […]

Glasgow rock legends Simple Minds are set to bring their musical force to the Hydro for a spectacular finale to Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.   The iconic band, with a career that spans nearly five […]

A GALAXY of global stars including new One Mile world record holder Josh Kerr have signed up to battle for gold at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. The 10 sports being showcased at Glasgow 2026 […]

A group of Hinckley Guides can’t wait to cheer their leader on when she represents Bowls England at this summer’s Commonwealth Games.  Helping to lead 12th Hinckley Guides in Leicestershire for the last ten years, Elizabeth Shipley, 27, is the embodiment of Girlguiding’s message that ‘girls can do anything’.  “Knowing […]

I have two sets of Commonwealth Games memories: the first as an international player and the second as a proud father. As a player, I had made my debut for England in the Home International […]

The Glasgow 2026 Opening Ceremony is set to spotlight huge Scottish talent when Glasgow welcomes the world for the Commonwealth Games as the music acts taking centre stage at the iconic Hydro arena on 23 […]

Milika Nathan shot to fame in 2024 when she won the World Bowls Champion of Champions women’s singles. Now, she and her brother Chad will be representing their home country of Tonga in the Glasgow […]

It’s not easy to describe all the changes to bowls and para bowls at the CWG (writes David Corkill). The main one I suppose it that it will be played indoors on four portable rinks […]

Rhoanna Smith from Victoria, Australia, will be swapping her medicine cabinet for her umpiring kit at Glasgow 2026 as she is one of the 30 appointed ITOs – one of whom just happens to be […]

With just a few weeks remaining until the opening ceremony of the 23rd Commonwealth Games, preparations have been gathering pace to ensure that everything runs as smoothly as it can for our sport (writes Bowls […]