LONDON (Reuters) - Potential candidate cities for the 2022 Commonwealth Games have until the end of the month to submit details of intent with Birmingham seen to be in pole position as organisers continue the search for a new host. "Over the past few months, an expert CGF (Commonwealth Games Federation) review team has been working with countries from around the Commonwealth in the evaluation of proposals of a variety of host cities," a federation spokesman told Reuters on Wednesday. "The CGF Executive Board will then take time to comprehensively review the submissions before making a final decision on the host city for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, which is expected by the end of the year." After the decision, Sports Minister Tracey Crouch said: "The government will look at the final bid proposal from Birmingham and decide if a formal bid will be submitted to the Commonwealth Games Federation. "It would be much, much better for the movement if it was in another country, although having it in Australia would be better than not having a Commonwealth Games at all," Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA) chief executive Craig Phillips said.

Source: The Star September 20, 2017 06:33 UTC