The Commonwealth games

5 Facts that I already know about the Commonwealth Games:

1	The commonwealth games are a bit similar to olympic sports
2	Commonwealth games have sports of all kinds
3	The game includes weight lifting boxing and sprinting
4	The commonwealth games are being hosted in scotland
5	most of the countries that are competing in the commonwealth games are from the olympics

Useful links:

http://www.glasgow2014.com/sites/default/files/attached-files/Glasgow%202014%20Factsheet.pdf

http://www.gameonscotland.org/glasgow2014/

http://www.hie.co.uk/regional-information/2014/100-facts-about-the-games.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-2290636/Commonwealth-Games-2014--Facts-Figures.html

10 new facts that I found out about the Commonwealth Games: (include a link to the site where you found your information. Your information needs to be in your own words)

1	Canada was the first place that the commonwealth games were played.
2	Before the commonwealth games, The British Empire games was the original name
3	No games were played because of world war II happened
4	The commonwealth youth games was created in 2000 by CGF
5	A sport shooter named Greg Yelavich won several medals from 1986 to 2010
6	The countries that attended all commonwealth games are New Zealand, Australia, Canada, England and many other countries.
7	The commonwealth games are held once every four years
8	Scotland has hosted commonwealth games twice
9	If the Queen dies, the heir of the queen may not be the head of the commonwealth
10	The youth commonwealth games will be held in Samoa in 2015