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Only six nations have participated in every Commonwealth Games: Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales. Of these six, Australia, England, Canada and New Zealand have each won at least one gold medal in every Games. Australia has been the highest achieving team for thirteen editions of the Games, England for seven, and Canada for one. These three teams also top the all-time Commonwealth Games medal table in that order.

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Commonwealth Game’s traditional ceremony is “Queen’s Baton Relay”. The Commonwealth Games is an international multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The Queen’s Baton Relay is a relay around the world held prior to the beginning of the Commonwealth Games. The Baton carries a message from the Head of the Commonwealth, currently Queen Elizabeth II. The Relay traditionally begins at Buckingham Palace in London as a part of the city’s Commonwealth Day festivities. The Queen entrusts the baton to the first relay runner. At the Opening Ceremony of the Games, the final relay runner hands the baton back to the Queen or her representative, who reads the message aloud to officially open the Games. The Queen’s Baton Relay is similar to the Olympic Torch Relay.

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Olympic Council of Asia is responsible for the conduct of the Asian Games. The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until the 1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games, they have been organized by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), after the breakup of the Asian Games Federation. The Games are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and are described as the second-largest multi-sport event after the Olympic Games.

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Indonesia hosted the 2018 Asian Games. The 2018 Asian Games, officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta–Palembang 2018, was a pan-Asian multi-sport event held from 18 August to 2 September 2018 in the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang.

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China tops the “All-time Asian Games Medal table”. China tops the All-time Asian Games Medal table with 1473 gold medals, 994 silver medals and 720 bronze medals, thereby totalling  3187 medals.

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In the year 1982, Asian Games started using mascots. Since the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi, India, the Asian Games have had a mascot, usually an animal native to the area or occasionally human figures representing the cultural heritage.

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Congcong, Lianlian, Chenchen, which are the three futuristic robot characters, is the mascot of the 2022 Asian Games. Since the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi, India, the Asian Games have had a mascot, usually an animal native to the area or occasionally human figures representing the cultural heritage.

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The first National Games of India was held in the year 1924. In the early 1920s, the Indian chapter of the Olympic movement was born, and India participated in the 1920 Antwerp Olympics. As part of this movement, a provisional Indian Olympic Association (IOA) came about by 1924, and the Indian Olympic Games were held in Feb 1924 in Delhi to select Indian competitors for the 1924 Paris Olympics.

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Kerala, in the states category, came to the first position in the 2015 National games of India. Kerala, in the states category, came to the top position with 54 gold medals, 48 silver medals and 60 bronze medals, thereby totalling 162 medals.

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England houses the historic cricket ground “Broadhalfpenny Down”. Broadhalfpenny Down is a historic cricket ground in Hambledon, Hampshire. It is known as the “Cradle of Cricket” because it was the home venue in the 18th century of the Hambledon Club, but cricket predated the club and ground by at least two centuries.