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Red Arrows: Commonwealth Games flight path route, timings and how to watch

The RAF’s Red Arrows will mark the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony with a flypast.

Evening Standard

Aussie swimmers dive into uncharted waters

After an unprecedented heavy schedule, Australia's head swim coach Rohan Taylor hopes his team has enough fuel left in their tanks for the Commonwealth Games.

AAP

Experienced England face early New Zealand test in netball title defence

Commonwealth Games hosts may need to beat unpredictable Silver Ferns and win Group B to reach gold-medal game again

The Guardian - UK

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Nadine Dorries: Commonwealth Games are no ‘vanity project’

Nadine Dorries says the Commonwealth Games, which will cost £778 million, is a ‘hugely important’ event

Evening Standard

ITV Good Morning Britain's Ben Shephard steps in to defend Ranvir Singh as Nadine Dorries hits back

The hosts were chatting to the Culture Secretary who was in Birmingham ahead of the start of the Commonwealth Games

Manchester Evening News

What time is the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony and how to watch it on TV

The Birmingham 2022 opening ceremony is directed by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight

Manchester Evening News

'Special' Welsh boxing twins won't fight each other so they don't upset their mother

Commonwealth Games-bound medal hopefuls fight at different weight classes — to avoid upsetting their mother

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Love letter to Birmingham as city 'with a big heart' hosts Commonwealth Games

Sanjeeta Bains writes a love letter to her city, Birmingham, which is hosting the Commonwealth Games for the next 12 days. She describes it as 'a big city with a big heart'

Daily Mirror

Where are the Commonwealth Games event locations for Birmingham 2022?

There are several event locations in and around Birmingham for the games

The National (Scotland)

Hockey at CWG: Indian women look to bury World Cup ghosts, seek Tokyo inspiration to end medal drought

BIRMINGHAM: A podium finish on mind, the Indian women's hockey team would look to bury the ghosts of a disastrous World Cup campaign when they begin their Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022 journey with the game against Ghana on Thursday.

The Times of India

Why are there LGBT protests at the Commonwealth Games as Tom Daley condemns homophobia

This year's Commonwealth Games in Birmingham promise to be the "games for everyone", but more than half of the member nations still criminalise same-sex relations

Daily Mirror

Indian flag hoisted at CWG Village in Birmingham

BIRMINGHAM: On the eve of the Opening Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022, the Indian flag was hoisted at the Athletes' Village in Birmingham.

The Times of India

Man trapped in airport for 2 weeks with no way out just like The Terminal film

Abdoulie Jobe, from West Midlands, was left to starve for three days and collapsed after he lost his UK residence card and got stuck at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport - he was also forced to miss his son's 12th birthday during the ordeal

Daily Mirror

Nadine Dorries interview interrupted as off-camera fight explodes live on air

The Culture Secretary was being questioned by Sky News when she was distracted by an off-camera altercation with the cameraman in Birmingham.

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Evening Standard

Commonwealth Games still thinking big with Birmingham 2022 a frontrunner for change

Every four years, questions are posed over the relevance of the Commonwealth Games, their purpose and their future.

The National (Scotland)

How to watch the Commonwealth Games 2022 Opening Ceremony

When does the Opening Ceremony get underway and how can you watch it from home?

The Times of India

Javier Sotomayor: Full time hairdresser, part time paddler makes CWG history

BIRMINGHAM: Javier Sotomayor, Falkland Islands' sole table tennis representative at the Commonwealth Games, works fulltime as a hairdresser in one of the only three salons on the South Atlantic archipelago.

The Independent UK

Tom Daley condemns homophobia in Commonwealth on eve of Birmingham 2022

Homosexuality is a criminal offence in 35 of the 56 nations that make up the Commonwealth

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Daily Record

Nadine Dorries mocked as Tory sports minister forgets Glasgow hosted 2014 Commonwealth Games

Dorries was speaking ahead of the opening of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham but failed to mention Glasgow when talking about previous sporting extravaganzas in the UK.

Daily Mirror

Commonwealth Games 2022 full schedule: Daily guide and start times in Birmingham

The opening ceremony for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham takes place on Thursday evening, with the live action getting underway the following morning

The Independent UK

Birmingham 2022 ready to put on a show amid uncertain future for Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth is fighting for meaning in the 21st century and its Games lacks host cities prepared to foot an eye-watering bill, but Birmingham can still provide a platform for great sport over the next 10 days

The Independent UK

Commonwealth Games ‘not a vanity project’, insists Dorries

The games will open in Birmingham on Thursday night.

The Guardian - UK

Athletic feats at Commonwealth Games cannot distract from Britain’s colonial sins

The lasting damage that slavery and colonialism have inflicted on Commonwealth countries has never been fully addressed

Evening Standard

Nadine Dorries defends Sky cameraman during on-air row in Birmingham

The Culture Secretary was forced to cut a live interview short on Thursday morning when a member of the public threatened to have a Sky cameraman arrested.

The Independent UK

Birmingham 2022 to get under way with Commonwealth Games opening ceremony

The ceremony starts at 8pm on Thursday night

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