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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 10090640" data-attributes="member: 92282">The Gold Coast in Australia and the Sri Lankan city of Hambantota formally lodged bids to stage the 2018 Commonwealth Games on Wednesday.Neither has previously hosted the event, and they are the only contenders this time.Inspections will take place prior to presentations to the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) general assembly in St Kitts and Nevis on November 11, when the winner will be declared.The CGF executive board appointed Scotland's Louise Martin as chair of the evaluation committee which will next month begin to analyse the merits of each bid. A final evaluation report will be completed in September, the CGF announced.Both bids were lodged in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, as the candidate cities look to follow Glasgow, hosts in 2014, in putting on the Games.Hambantota was severely affected by the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, with many killed and widespread destruction.Ajith Nivard Cabraal, the Hambantota organising committee co-chairman, said: "A Hambantota 2018 Games will secure long-term and sustainable social and economic benefits and drive sustainable development throughout our country."But it will also bring about a major and exciting change in Commonwealth and world sport - mostly for your sports and competitors."Gold Coast bid committee chairman Mark Stockwell, a former international swimmer, believes Australia can deliver another strong Commonwealth Games.It would be the country's fifth, while Sri Lanka has never previously put on the event.Stockwell said: "I have enjoyed competing in the Commonwealth and Olympic Games and have now turned my passion to developing a bid to host the Games in my home country."Australia is a nation that embraces sport on all levels across multiple disciplines and we understand the significance and benefits sport and sporting events bring to international peace and goodwill among the family of Commonwealth nations."Gold Coast City is honoured and proud to be Australia's candidate city and we look forward to the next phase of the bid and welcoming Commonwealth Games Association representatives to Gold Coast City."ESS</blockquote>

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