The Commonwealth Games is a sports tournament similar to the Olympic Games, open to nations and territories of the Commonwealth of Nations. The games - then known as the British Empire Games - were first held in 1930, at Hamilton, Canada. Between 1954 and 1966 they were known as the British Empire and Commonwealth Games, and from 1970 to 1974 as the British Commonwealth Games. In 1978, the current name was adopted.
Host cities have been (or will be):
1942: not held
1946: not held
1950: Auckland, New Zealand
1974: Christchurch, New Zealand
1990: Auckland, New Zealand
1998: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2002: Manchester, England