Glasgow is an established events city and host to over 60 international sporting events
Scotland has an outstanding track record of hosting world class sporting and cultural events. Over 100 international sporting events have been held in Scotland in the last 10 years, and over 60 of these have been in Glasgow. The events have included World, Commonwealth, European and International championships in the 17 sports included in our sports programme.

Glasgow has established a strong reputation as an ‘events city’. This is not just built upon our world class facilities or our extensive infrastructure, but also our close working relationship with national and international governing bodies of sport, our welcoming hospitality, our knowledgeable volunteers, and our strong civic commitment to bringing events to the city.

A strong foundation for planning and delivering the 2014 Commonwealth Games
We continue to build on our experience, learning from best practice and from others, in order to achieve excellence. We have learned a great deal from the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games and look forward to a superb Games in 2010 in Delhi. We continue to learn from other host cities through active participation in a range of observation programmes, most recently at the Asian Games in Qatar. Our outstanding ‘medal’ success in Melbourne, when the Scottish team’s performance galvanised our nation, also underpinned the desire of our country to have the Games on home soil in 2014.