Gold Coast chosen as 2018 Commonwealth Games host

Australia's Gold Coast was chosen ahead of the Sri Lankan city of Hambantota on Friday to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

The 70 members of the Commonwealth Games Federation meeting in this Caribbean nation voted 43-27 to award the 21st Commonwealth Games to Gold Coast in southeast Queensland state.

Australia has hosted the games four times previously in the event's 80-year history while Sri Lanka was bidding to host the games for the first time.   More Read