Durban to Host Africa's First Commonwealth Games in 2022
South Africa's Durban has been unanimously awarded the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
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Durban, South Africa’s third-largest city, will host the first Commonwealth Games on African soil in 2022, the event’s controlling body said on Wednesday.
“The XXII Commonwealth Games are unanimously awarded to the South African city of Durban,” the Commonwealth Games Federation said in a Twitter post as the decision was announced in Auckland.