News Encyclopedia: What are the Commonwealth Games?

Thousands of athletes, officials and spectators from more than 70 Commonwealth nations and territories are set to descend on the Gold Coast for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The 12-day event, which starts on 4 April, looks very different from the original Games held in Canada almost 90 years ago, as Winmas Yu explains in this episode of News Encyclopedia.

General view of the Athletes Villages during a media tour of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Athletes Village. (AAP Image/Dave Hunt) Source: AAP Image/Dave Hunt