Australian cities retreat from 2022 Commonwealth games hosting

Despite earlier expressions that an Australian city would bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games, the Commonwealth Games Federation has advised that Birmingham in the UK was the only city to submit a bid to host the 2022 event before Saturday's deadline.

Melbourne and Perth, along with Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia and Victoria in Canada had been thought to be possible bidders but none came forward.

The CGF says it will now review Birmingham’s bid to check it "meets the requirements of successfully hosting" the event.

Birmingham beat Liverpool earlier in September as Britain's candidate city.

CGF Chief Executive David Grevemberg commented "there have also been continued expressions of interest and support from Canada, Malaysia and Australia."

A CGF board meeting is due to take place in Sri Lanka on 5th and 6th October and it says a final decision on the host city "is expected by the end of the year".

The cost of staging the event is expected to be at least £750 million (A$1.2 billion), which would be the most expensive sports event in Britain since the London 2012 Olympics.

Durban originally won the bidding process in 2015, but the South African city was stripped of the event in March because it did not meet criteria set by the CGF.

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