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Njengoba uhlelo lwama-Commonwealth Games selufike esiphethweni amandla wonke asebekelwe imincintiswano yango-2026.
Imidlalo ehlelelwe ukuba e-Victoria e-Australia ichazwa ngokuthi “ayiqinisekisiwe”.
Kodwa-ke, e-Afrika iphupho lokudlala kule mincintiswano liyaqhubeka.
I-Nigeria, elakuleli kanye ne-Kenya kube amazwe amathathu ase-Afrika ahamba phambili ohlwini lwezindondo kanti naphezu kwenjabulo nobumbano olukhona kwizwekazi le mincintiswano isaqhubeka nokugxekwa.
Izindleko eziwu-£778 million (u-R15.3 billion) zokusingatha le mincintiswano, kuhambisana nokulwela ukubaluleka kwayo okubeke imibuzo ngekusasa lale mincintiswano.
UMike Henson we-BBC Sport uthe le mincintiswano ibingakhangiswa kalula nokuthi kulo nyaka le mincintiswano “ibingenakho konke”.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi u-Andy Bull we-The Guardian uqhathanise le mincintiswano nama-Olympics.
“Ngesikhathi abasubathi bedlala imidlalo yama-Olympics, abalandeli bavele bayeka ukulandela ama-Commonwealth Games,” esho.
Ukuntuleka komoya wama-Olympic kule mincintiswano sekukhulunywe ngakho kakhulu ezikhathini zamuva nje. Kodwa-ke, kubantu base-Afrika ithuba abalinikezwayo liba umncintiswano obalulekile.
Le mincintiswano iphinde ibe nenani lemidlalo engafakiwe kuma-Olympics futhi inika abasubathi abasebasha namazwe amancane inkundla yokugqama.
Umshayisibhakela wase-Mozambique uTiago Osorio Muxanga, owine indondo yesiliva esigabeni sabesilisa se-light-middleweight, uthe le midlalo igqugquzela intsha.
“Lokhu kusho lukhulu kimina ngoba ngimmele abantu abangu-10 million base-Mozambique abahluphekayo, abalwela impilo engcono,” kusho uMxanga (21) etshela i-BBC Sport Africa.
“Le mincintiswano ingagqugquzela intsha eningi ukuthi ilandele isibhakela noma eminye imidlalo. Ngicabanga ukuthi lokhu kuzogqugquzela intsha eningi yase-Mozambique ukuthi ilandele amaphupho ayo.”
UMaxwell Jele we-Eswatini Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association uthe i-Birmingham 2022 inikeze izwe elincane ithuba elikhulu.
“Silethe iqembu elincane uma kuqhathaniswa namanye amazwe. Kodwa-ke siqinisekise ukuxubana okuhle kwemidlalo nobulili,” esho.
“Sizibekele izinhloso ezisuselwe kumasu ethu esikhathi eside futhi sigxile kubasubathi abazakhela ikusasa eliqhakazile.
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