Malaysia says it has been supplied £100m to assist the nation host the 2026 Commonwealth Video games.
The Video games is at present and not using a host after the Australian state of Victoria cancelled its plans final July due to hovering prices.
Malaysia’s Olympic Council says it acquired a proper invitation from the Commonwealth Video games Federation (CGF) to switch Victoria as hosts final month.
The CGF says it’s in “superior discussions” with potential hosts.
An announcement on the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) web site stated the £100m would assist “the native supply and legacy planning” of the 2026 Video games.
Malaysia has hosted the Video games as soon as earlier than, within the nation’s capital Kuala Lumpur in 1998.
President of Commonwealth Video games Affiliation of Malaysia Mohamad Norza Zakaria stated the prospect to host in 2026 was a “as soon as in a lifetime alternative to construct on the success of 1998” and put the nation “again on to the world sporting map”.
A CGF spokesman instructed BBC Sport that £100m of “monetary and strategic assist” has been made obtainable for potential hosts as a part of Victoria’s withdrawal settlement.
An announcement learn: “The CGF is in superior, confidential discussions with potential hosts to safe an answer for the 2026 Video games that evokes athletes and helps remodel the Video games to a very sustainable mannequin.
“Malaysia has a incredible monitor file of delivering sporting occasions and the 1998 Commonwealth Video games in Kuala Lumpur had been vastly profitable. We’re inspired by their early ideas of constructing on this legacy by means of use of lots of the similar world-class amenities.
“We welcome modern proposals and are in constructive discussions with potential hosts. We’re dedicated to offering an replace on the expedited course of, and giving better readability to our stakeholders and athletes, as quickly as potential.”
The Commonwealth Video games is a multi-sport occasion which takes place each 4 years. It has solely ever been cancelled twice, in 1942 and 1946, due to World Battle Two.
To be eligible to take part, opponents should be from one of many Commonwealth’s greater than 70 nations or territories – a lot of which had been as soon as a part of the British Empire.
