Commonwealth Games 2024. Malaysia rejects an offer to host the 2026 commonwealth games due to costs, the country's sports ministry says. Va commonwealth games at liberty university!

Malaysia has rejected an offer to host the 2026 commonwealth games because of uncertainty over costs and insufficient funding being offered, its government. A sporting competition bringing together the members of the british empire was first proposed by john astley cooper in 1891, who wrote letters and articles for several periodicals suggesting a pan brittanic, pan anglican contest every four years as a means of increasing goodwill and understanding of the british empire. john astley cooper committees were formed in australia, new zealand and south africa to promote the idea and inspired pierre de coubertin to start the int…