The number of sports due to be played in Bendigo during the 2026 Commonwealth Games is up to six, following the addition of new disciplines to the programme, while Flora Hill has been chosen to house the regional hub's Games Village.

Golf and coastal rowing are to make their Commonwealth Games debuts at Victoria in 2026, while shooting will return after a long campaign, it was announced today.

The Victorian Government is being urged to help create hundreds of new homes in Ballarat as a legacy of the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) and Orienteering Australia are aiming to secure a place on the programme for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Victoria.

The International Canoe Federation (ICF) has applied for consideration at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Victoria.

Victoria's Premier Daniel Andrews has vowed to rename Maroondah Hospital after Queen Elizabeth II, under planned upgrades which could cost AUD1.05 billion (£617 million/$702 million/€702 million).

International and local groups have proposed lifesaving for inclusion at the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games.

Representatives from councils, businesses and the tourism and creative sectors in Victoria have attended a forum for the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games hosted by the State Government.

The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) has proposed laser-run for inclusion at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Victoria.

Peggy O'Neal, the first woman to be President of an Australian Football League (AFL) club, has been appointed chair of the Victoria 2026 Board of Directors.

Australian Olympic and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Peter Antonie has blasted World Rowing for excluding traditional disciplines in its bid to be part of the Victoria 2026 sport programme.

Greater Bendigo has been selected as the preferred host if shooting is confirmed to return at the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games.

Victoria's Minister for Commonwealth Games Delivery Jacinta Allan has claimed that the handover of the baton to the Australian region at the Birmingham 2022 Closing Ceremony here will "super charge the delivery of a sensational Commonwealth Games".

Victoria 2026 chief executive Jeroen Weimar has vowed here to "do something a bit different" and "surprise and delight people" with the sporting programme for the next edition of the Commonwealth Games.

Victoria 2026 chief executive Jeroen Weimar has revealed at the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) General Assembly here that he expects "three or four additional sports" to be added to the current 16 sports and six Para sports on the initial programme.