Wave of support from top performers. All of those stories here in just a moment. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres lizzy. Hello from the bbc sport centre. Were starting with the the news today that the future of the Commonwealth Games and its viability is being questioned, after alberta announced theyre cancelling their bid to host the 2030 event. It follows victoria, in australia, who also pulled out of staging the next games in 2026. Our correspondent, alex capstick, tells us where this leaves the games. It would seem to be in crisis. Without a house for the next two editions. Although they insist there is ongoing dialogue with potential hosts. It has been suggested india or malaysia might lodge a bid. But one committed and prepared to meet all of the financial demands of staging such a Big Multisports event has increasingly difficult. Fifa is investigating an official complaint that the zambia head coach, bruce mwape, sexually assaulted a player at the
And it has just reached a new peak 20. 96 degrees celsius, the highest Global Average sea temperature ever recorded. The worlds warming waters are a dangerous trend, say experts. Peoples perspective is that the ocean is so big, so vast, that it can buffer anything that humanity can throw at it. And the reality is thats not the case. Everything has its niche within the ocean, and its incredibly easy to break that niche and influence it and upset it. Take plankton. These tiny plants and animals are crucial to life on the planet. Theyre the basis of the entire Marine Food Chain and produce half the oxygen in our atmosphere. So, every other breath you take. And they are sensitive to heat. Many species have been migrating north as the worlds oceans warm. Personally, im really concerned. The heatwaves that were experiencing on land and the Marine Heatwaves that were seeing are happening in unusual locations where we havent expected them. But there is hope. Scientists are learning more about
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Territories. alberta, in canada, had bid to stage the 2030 games. they had a promotional video and website. but now the government has pulled out because of the cost. they say it has risen so much, up to an estimated 2.7 billion canadian dollars. the sports and tourism minister said that was too high for the province to bear. in his statement he suggested it was down to things like the sponsorship model, and also the limited money they can get from tv rights, saying that it meant that 93% of the cost and risk was on the taxpayer. at the moment there is no host bidding for the 2030 games. find moment there is no host bidding for the 2030 games. moment there is no host bidding for the 2030 games. and 2036 as well? you may remember the 2030 games. and 2036 as well? you may remember last the 2030 games. and 2036 as well? you may remember last month, - you may remember last month, victoria, in australia, pulled out of hosting the 2036 games, that again down to cost. they said it had ba
Billion australian dollars, and that was too much. said the costs had spiralled. it is worth remembering that the games last year were only posted in birmingham after the south african city of durban were stripped of the rights to host it because they failed to meet financial deadlines. the games mean a lot to some athletes, don t they? they do. the reason for that is both athletes and para athletes compete athletes and para athletes compete at the same games, at the same time. this is australian, emma mckeon. she is the most successful australian commonwealth athlete above, winning 20 medals. here the uk, a lot of applets like competing, because they compete for the home nations, england wales, scotland, northern ireland, ratherthan england wales, scotland, northern ireland, rather than team gb. last month, we spoke to baroness grey thompson after victoria pulled out, and this is what she said about how important are the games are to