History of the Commonwealth Games.

When the Commonwealth games started they were also  called the Friendly games.The first games were held in Canada in 1930. 11 Countries sent  400 athletes to compete in 6 sports and 59 events. Since then The commonwealth games were held  every  4 years but not in 1942 and 1946 because of the second world war.

The games have changed a lot over the years even it’s name has changed. From 1930 to 1950 it was called the British Empire Games. From 1954-1966 the were called the British Empire and Commonwealth games. In 1970-1974 they were the British Commonwealth Games. Then in 1978 it was named The Commonwealth Games and that is what it  is called today.