The Seven Network is going for gold, locking in exclusive broadcast rights to the 2026 and 2030 Commonwealth Games.
With Glasgow set to host the next edition, Aussies can expect wall-to-wall coverage across Seven and 7plus, including the biggest cycling and swimming programs in Games history — and yes, it appears Bruce McAvaney will be back to call the magic as it happens.
From Seven:
Seven: the home of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games
New deal covers 2026 and 2030 Games, live, free and exclusive
The Seven Network has announced it has signed an exclusive agreement with Commonwealth Sport to become the official Australian broadcast media partner for the 2026 Commonwealth Games, which will take place in Glasgow, Scotland, from 23 July to 2 August next year.
Seven will also be the official Australian media partner for the 2030 Commonwealth Games, for which the host selection process conducted by Commonwealth Sport is currently in progress.
The agreement with Commonwealth Sport covers broadcast, digital, connected TV, radio, social media and subscription TV rights in the Australian territory for both Games, ensuring live and free coverage across Seven and 7plus Sport for all Australians.
Glasgow 2026 will be the 23rd edition of the Commonwealth Games and will feature a 10-sport program and approximately 3,000 athletes competing from up to 74 Commonwealth nations and territories. Glasgow 2026 will once again be a fully integrated event, featuring six Para sports and a record 47 Para sport medal events, making it the largest integrated Para sport program in Commonwealth Games history.
The 2026 Games will include Athletics and Para Athletics (track and field), Swimming and Para Swimming, Artistic Gymnastics, Track Cycling and Para Track Cycling, Netball, Weightlifting and Para Powerlifting, Boxing, Judo, Bowls and Para Bowls, and 3×3 Basketball and 3×3 Wheelchair Basketball.
More than 200 gold medals will be up for grabs across the 10 days of sporting competition including the biggest Track Cycling and swim programs ever seen at a Commonwealth Games, with 26 medal events in the velodrome and 56 medal events in the pool, across both Para and non Para competitions
Australia’s most respected sports broadcaster, Bruce McAvaney, said:
“Since we first competed in the Games almost 100 years ago, this event has been near and dear to Australians.”
“We’ve stood tall against the champion endurance runners of Kenya, sprinters from Jamaica and the world’s best netballers.”
“Superstars have emerged – a 16-year-old Cathy Freeman and Hayley Lewis, just 15, at the 1990 Games in Auckland. We witnessed Raelene Boyle’s awesome swansong in Brisbane and shared the emotion as Kerryn McCann won the marathon at the MCG in 2006. It was spine-tingling to watch Oli Hoare run down two world champions to win the 1500m in Birmingham,” he said.
“The Glasgow Games bring with them a new impetus, a new enthusiasm and another opportunity to cement relationships among nations.”
“It is thrilling and a privilege for Seven to be able to continue our long association bringing the Games to all Australians.”
