THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES

Rachael MNews week 7, Term 3

The Commonwealth Games is a sporting event for Commonwealth countries.

Commonwealth countries are countries which were owned by England but aren’t anymore.

The Commonwealth Games are held once every 4 years.

They are held in different countries each time.

This year the Commonwealth Games were held in Scotland and there were 71 teams from different countries.

17 sports were played at this year’s Commonwealth Games. These are some of the sports that they played…

Gymnastics

Netball

Boxing

Cycling

The country that got the most medals at this Commonwealth Games was England.

The next Commonwealth Games will be held on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, in 2018.

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