CommonWealth Games 2022

Great Britain is having a party and only a selected few are invited. Canada has an invite but not it's noisier neighbour, Guyana has turned up but not Brazil and Cyprus but not Greece because it's the Commonwealth Games with more than 4,500 athletes from 72 nations and territories competing for gold, silver and bronze medals in Birmingham.
Usually the four countries that make up Great Britain compete together at athletics events but the Commonwealth Games is the only time where England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales compete as separate countries which always adds a bit of a spark to the events.
The Games were originally called the British Empire Games when it began in 1930 so it is probably better to not ask too many questions about how the British Commonwealth came about but those not invited may look on with envy but remember that to qualify for the Games you would have to have been invaded by Britain at some point in your history so maybe it's not such a bad thing if your nation is not jumping, running and swimming in the UK's second City this month.
Of the Commonwealth nations, the most successful is Australia who sit proudly at the top of the All Time Medal Board with England, Canada, India and New Zealand making up the rest of the top 5 but to those athletes coming to the UK and hearing a strange language and being confused as you thought we spoke English here, we do, that's Brummie your hearing and we can never understand them either..