Editing Multi-sport event (section)

==== By organisation and language ====
*[[Commonwealth Games]], held first in 1930 (although a similar event was held in 1911) for all member states of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
**[[Commonwealth Youth Games]], began in 2000.
*[[Jeux de la Francophonie|Francophone Games]], held first in 1989, for [[French language|French]]-speaking nations and communities.
*[[Lusophony Games]], began in 2006, for [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]-speaking nations and communities.
*[[Pan Arab Games]], held first in 1953, for Arabic-speaking nations.
*[[Islamic Solidarity Games]], first held in 2005, for all member states of the [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation]].
*[[Women's Islamic Games]], began in 1993.
===== By political and historical allegiance =====
*[[Bolivarian Games]], began in 1938, for countries liberated by [[Simón Bolívar]]
*[[Games of the Small States of Europe]], first held in 1985, for small states of [[Europe]]
*[[Island Games]], first held in 1985, for teams from several islands and other small territories
*[[Goodwill Games]], first held in 1986, originally held as an alternative after the boycotted Olympics of 1980 and 1984 (The last edition was held in 2001)
*[[Spartakiad]], a defunct event involving athletes from the [[Soviet Union]]
*[[Games of the New Emerging Forces]], a defunct event first held in 1963, for the so-called "Emerging Nations" (mainly newly independent [[socialism|socialist]] states)