Race to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games reopens
The bidding contest for the 2022 Commonwealth Games has been reopened after Birmingham's bid was declared not 'fully compliant'.
The £750million pitch was the only one to be submitted by the Commonwealth Games Federation's (CGF) deadline of September 30.
Mooted bids from cities in Australia, Canada and Malaysia also failed to materialise.
The bidding contest for the 2022 Commonwealth Games has now been reoponed
But having reviewed Birmingham's bid at a meeting in Sri Lanka over the last two days, the CGF's executive board has decided to give rival bids until November 30 to come forward.
In a statement, CGF president Louise Martin said: 'I must congratulate the Birmingham bid team for the work that has been undertaken in preparing a comprehensive proposal for 2022.
'We have carefully reviewed the bids and updates received as part of the ongoing 2022 candidate city process and have agreed - noting the challenging timescales and no fully compliant bid - that further time should be given to all interested parties to enable the submission of fully compliant proposals.'