FOR the first time in 72 years the Commonwealth Games are not being shown on the BBC, with broadcasting rights instead going to TNT Sports.
However, there still is a way to catch all the action without spending money on a subscription fee, as that will bring you all the key moments free of charge.
The 2026 Commonwealth Games are underway in Glasgow! Credit: PA
Channel 5 will be bringing you all the key moments from the Games, free of charge Credit: Channel 5
Channel 5 already televised the live from Glasgow’s OVO Hydro, but who are the commentators and presenters on the programme?
Who is presenting Channel 5’s Commonwealth Games coverage?
This year, the are taking place in Glasgow, with close to 3,000 athletes competing from 74 different nations and territories.
It marks the fourth time the event has taken place in Scotland, having previously welcomed the Games in 1970, 1986, and most recently 2014.
All the action from the ten sports and six para sports is available to watch live every day from 8:30am on across its TV channels and streaming platform .
King Charles III and Queen Camilla attended the opening ceremony yesterday Credit: PA
Former Olympic sprinter Jeanette Kwakye will present the Channel 5 programme
Although, as previously mentioned, Channel 5 offers a free alternative, broadcasting a highlights programme that starts at 10:30pm, airing for an hour each night.
Yesterday, 5 showed the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in full – with the celebration featuring King Charles III and Queen Camilla arriving in Doctor Who’s tardis.
The programme is presented by .
Who is highlights presenter, Jeanette Kwakye?
Jeanette Kwakye is a broadcaster and retired sprinter who was a three-time British champion over 100m in 2007, 2008, and 2011.
Kwakye was a three-time British champion over 100m between 2007 and 2011 Credit: Getty
She was the first British woman to make it to the 100m final in 24 years when she did so in 2008 Credit: Getty
She competed at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, putting up a personal best time of 11.14 in the individual 100m.
This marked the first time a British woman had made it to the 100m final in 24 years as she achieved a sixth place finish.
In the same year the 43-year-old competed at the IAAF World Indoor Championships, breaking the British 60m record with a 7.08 run and winning silver.
Although, Kwakye suffered setbacks in 2010 as she missed the entirety of the athletics season due to Achilles tendon and knee injuries.
Kwakye had a career blighted by injuries before retiring in 2014 Credit: Andrew Barr – The Sun Glasgow
She now presents for Sky Sports, Channel 5 and the BBC Credit: Splash
The following year the former Olympian returned to the track and reached the semi-finals at the World Championships in Daegu, , and became the British champion in the women’s 100m.
More injuries let her down however in 2012, as she failed to qualify for the London Olympic Games and retired two years later.
Since hanging up her running boots, Kwakye has presented for , and the .
In 2021 she was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire ().
Will Channel 5 have its own commentators?
Channel 5 will not have its own commentators on the highlights show.
Instead, the people you hear talking through all the key moments on 5 are on the TNT Sports broadcast team.
The commentators and their corresponding sports are as follows:
- Michaela Breeze (Weightlifting)
- Joe Byrnes (Judo)
- Lindsey Chapman (Netball)
- Chloe Cowen Vickers (Judo)
- Chris Dennis (Athletics)
- Kat Downes (Gymnastics)
- Dave Farrar (Boxing)
- Grace Harvey (Swimming)
- Rob Hatch (Cycling)
- Martin Gillingham (Athletics)
- Clare Griffiths (3×3 Basketball)
- Martin Henlan (3×3 Basketball)
- Nia Jones (Netball)
- Jamie Lyall (Bowls)
- Connor Macdonald (Weightlifting)
- Katharine Merry (Athletics)
- Nick Mullins (Bowls)
- James Parrack (Swimming)
- John Price (Bowls)
- Dan Ryan (Netball)
- Katie Smith (Weightlifting)
- Andy Stevenson (Bowls)
- Lewis Stewart (Cycling)
- Dan Strange (3×3 Basketball)
- Claire Thomas (Netball)
- Andy Thomson (Bowls)
- Sue Thearle (Bowls)
- Richie Woodhall (Boxing)
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