XXII Commonwealth Games Birmingham 2022

 The XXII Commonwealth Games, also known as Birmingham 2022, were an international multi-sport event for participants from the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England from July 28 to August 8, 2022.

 

The Commonwealth Games will be held in Birmingham for the third time in England after Manchester in 2002 and London in 1934. This will be the seventh time that the Games will be held in the United Kingdom following Glasgow in 2014, Cardiff in 1958, and Edinburgh in 1970, and London in 2002.

 

The Games, which included 72 participant countries and 1.2 million ticket sales, were the biggest ones ever. The Para and non-Para games were held concurrently for the first time at a significant international multisport competition. It was also the first time that more women's gold medals were awarded at competition than men's.

 

In the Commonwealth games, Pakistan places 18th.

 

Pakistan placed 18th overall out of 72 countries that competed in the 12-day quadrennial event, which came to an end here on Monday.

 

Two gold, three silver, and three bronze medals were won by Pakistan. The nation's top weightlifter Nooh Dastgir Butt and javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem both won gold medals, while wrestlers Zaman Anwar, Mohammad Sharif Tahir, and Mohammad Inam won silver. In the -90kg competition, two-time Olympian judoka Shah Hussain and rookie wrestler Ali Asad both won bronze.