2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony Live: Commonwealth Games start on Thursday, July, 28 in Birmingham. (AP Photo)Commonwealth Games 2022 Opening Ceremony Live Streaming and Updates: The Commonwealth Games is a multi-sport Olympic-style event made up of mostly former British colonies.A massive global audience is expected to watch the opening ceremony, which has been planned by Steven Knight, the creator of hit Birmingham-based series Peaky Blinders. More than 5,000 athletes have arrived in England for the competition and it has been reported that more than 1 million tickets have been sold. Follow CWG 2022 Opening Ceremony Live Updates below.
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Indian boxing team before the ceremony.
The excitement is building up inside the arena and the Alexander Stadium is ready to rock. PV SIndhu, Manpreet Singh to be Indian's flagbearers at CWG Opening Ceremony
TV coverage is about to get underway and the opening ceremony will be starting soon. A moment we have all been waiting for. HERE WE GO!
Prince Charles has arrived at the Athletes Village to meet competitors. He will be opening the Games later.
Olympic gold medalist Tom Daley will protest intolerance toward the LGBTQ+ community at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games on Thursday. The British diver, who is married to Oscar-winning director Dustin Lance Black, will play a key role in the ceremony as the final bearer in the Queen’s Baton Relay.
The long-established Commonwealth Games will be bringing in something new. The quadrennial event that opens Thursday in Birmingham will be the first multi-sport international meet to host more medal events for women than for men, and is running in tandem with its largest ever para sport program.
More than a billion people are expected to watch the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony on Thursday, organisers say. Also, more than 5,000 athletes representing 72 nations and territories will be in Britain's West Midlands to compete in 19 sports and 280 medal events. Stay tuned for live updates.