The official mascots of the Commonwealth Games are 1978 Keyano (Grizzly Bear), 1982 Matilda (Kangaroo), 1986 Mac (Scottish Terrier), 1990 Goldie (Kiwi), 1994 Klee Wyck (Killer Whale), 1998 Wira (Orangutan), 2002 Kit (Cat), 2006 Karak (South-Eastern Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo), 2010 Shera (Bengal Tiger) and 2014 Clyde (Thistle).
The mascot of the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games was Matilda the Kangaroo.
The 1986 Commonwealth Games mascot was a Scottish terrier called Mac.
The mascot for the 1986 Commonwealth Games was Mac, a Scottish Terrier.
Mac, a Scottish Terrier was the mascot for the 1986 Commonwealth Games.
Daley Thompson is the greatest decathlon athlete in Commonwealth Games history. He won the event three times: 1978, 1982 and 1986.
The nations participating are all members of the Commonwealth of Nations.
The Commonwealth Games will next be held in Gold Coast in 2018.
Once called The British Empire Games, the Commonwealth Games are called the "Friendly Games" because the participants share a common language, so all athletes and officials can converse with each other. It has led to the games being called the "Friendly Games."
Canada has participated at all twenty Commonwealth Games from 1930 to 2014.
Football and cricket
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because all countries are not in the commonwealth
We normally have Commonwealth games referred to as friendly Games because the participants are all former Britain colonies.
They have to be part of the Commonwealth of Nations, a community based on the former British Empire.
The first such event, then known as the British Empire Games, was held in 1930 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The name changed to British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954, to British Commonwealth Games in 1970 and assumed the current name of the Commonwealth Games in 1978.
We normally have Commonwealth games referred to as friendly Games because the participants are all former Britain colonies.