The Commonwealth Games are a sporting event that is currently taking place in Glasgow , Scotland. The commonwealth games include lots of different and also difficult sports. The first games were held in 1930 in Hamilton, Canada where 11 countries sent 400 athletes to take part in six sports and 59 events.
They were initially called the British nations Games. The games has taken place every four years except during 1942 and 1946 when they were cancelled due to the second World War. There is a difference between Olympics and Commonwealth games because in the commonwealth games the only countries allowed are the commonwealth countries but the Olympics any country can compete.
There are 53 countries which take part in the Commonwealth Games but 71 teams compete as a number of territories and island states take part under their own flag. Britain also sends four separate teams. There are Scotland , England , Wales and also including the Northern Ireland.
