The Caribbean leg of the King’s Baton Relay began on 11 March in Trinidad and Tobago, where the Baton was welcomed in Port of Spain with a celebration of legacy, culture, and youth. The following day, under the early morning sun at Invader’s Bay, volunteers and schoolchildren joined a clean-up that set the tone for the weeks ahead. From that moment, the Baton’s journey through the Caribbean became about more than distance. It was about connection: to the ocean, to community, to the past, and to the future.

Alexander Stadium, host venue to the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, has marked a new chapter in its 48-year history following the completion of its Legacy Capital Redevelopment Programme.

On World Oceans Day on 8 June, Commonwealth Sport celebrates the successful start to the King’s Baton Relay, with more than 167,500 pieces of plastic collected to date from Commonwealth oceans and waterways during a series of plastic clean-up events across the Caribbean, the first region the Relay has visited on the journey to the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.