Games and Sports
Venues (Cities) of Summer Olympic
#NO YEAR HOSTED CITY HOSTED COUNTRY XXXIV 2028 Los Angeles United States of America XXXIII 2024 Paris France XXXII 2020 Tokyo Japan XXXI 2016 Rio de Janeiro Brazil XXX 2012 London United Kingdom XXIX 2008 Beijing China XXVIII 2004 Athens Greece XXVII 2000 Sydney Australia XXVI 1996 Atlanta United States of America XXV 1992 Barcelona Spain XXIV 1988 Seoul South Korea XXIII 1984 Los Angeles United States of America XXII 1980 Moscow Russia XXI 1976 Montreal Canada
Commonwealth Game Venues and Number of Participating Countries
S. NoVenueYearNo of Countries 1 Hamilton, Canada 1930 11 2 London, United Kingdom 1934 16 3 Sydney, Australia 1938 15 4 Auckland, New Zealand 1950 12 5 Vancouver, Canada 1954 24 6 Cardiff, United Kingdom 1958 35 7 Perth, Australia 1962 35 8 Jamaica, West Indies 1966 34 9 Edinburgh, United Kingdom 1970 42 10 Christchurch, New Zealand 1974 38 11 Edmonton, Canada 1978 48 12 Brisbane, Australia 1982 47 13 Edinburgh, United Kingdom 1986 26 14 Auckland, New Zealand 1990 55 15 Victoria, C
History of Commonwealth Game
History: Reverend Ashley Cooper was the first person to propose the idea of having a Pan-Britannic sporting contest to foster a spirit of goodwill and understanding within the British Empire. In 1928, a key Canadian athlete, Bobby Robinson, was given the task of organizing the first-ever Commonwealth Games. These Games were held in 1930, in the city of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and saw the participation of 400 athletes from eleven countries. Since then, the Commonwealth Games have been held ev
History of Olympic Game
ANCIENT OLYMPIC GAMES The origin of the ancient Olympic Games is lost the midst of pre-history, but for many centuries they were only a festival of the Greek people. The Games were first held in honour of the Greek God, Zeus in 776 BC in the plain of kingdom of Elis, nestled in lush valley between the Alpheus River and Mount Kronion, 15 km from the Ionian Sea. The Olympiad celebrated that year was considered as the first and was used to date subsequent historic events. But religious ceremonies
