As the Commonwealth Games get underway in Glasgow, there’s an uncomfortable question that needs to be asked of both the competition and the Commonwealth itself: who really cares anymore?

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Let’s start with the games. Where once they were a genuine sporting spectacle, they’re now fading into irrelevance. This year’s event has been significantly scaled back, with just 10 sports taking place over seven venues and no athletes’ village. And for the first time in more than 50 years, they won’t even be shown on terrestrial TV, with coverage moving from the BBC to the paid subscription service TNT Sports.

Even finding a host city has proved difficult. This year’s games were originally meant to take place in Victoria, before the Australian state’s government pulled out in 2023 due to escalating costs. The city of........

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