Louise Martin bids for Commonwealth Games presidency

By STUART BATHGATE
Published 11th Mar 2015, 00:00 BST
Louise Martin. Picture: Jane BarlowLouise Martin. Picture: Jane Barlow
Louise Martin. Picture: Jane Barlow
SCOTLAND’s Louise Martin has confirmed that she will stand for the presidency of the Commonwealth Games Federation in September, running against the incumbent, Prince Imran of Malaysia.

The current honorary secretary of the CGF, Martin is also chair of Sport Scotland and was vice-chair of the Glasgow 2014 organising committee. She already has support from a number of Commonwealth countries for the election, which will be decided by a simple majority of the 72 member nations.

“I’ve been thinking about it for six months,” she said yesterday. “I was asked to stand by a number of different countries last year, and asked again just before Christmas.

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