Editing Commonwealth Games (section)

=== Rejected participants ===
Campaigners from the [[English county]] of [[Cornwall]] asked the [[Commonwealth Games Federation]] to allow Cornwall to participate independently in the 2006 Games, but were rejected by the CGF, which stated that "Cornwall is no more than an English county" and advised Cornwall athletes to compete on the [[England]] team.<ref name="BBC NEWS 2006">{{cite web|title=Cornish out of running for Games|website=BBC NEWS|date=2 January 2006|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/4575246.stm|access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref><ref name="Harris 2006">{{cite web|last=Harris|first=John|title=John Harris: Cornwall wants to be a part of Commonwealth Games|website=the Guardian|date=4 January 2006|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/jan/04/johnharris.features11|access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref> Cornwall political party [[Mebyon Kernow]] unsuccessfully called for a Cornwall team at the 2022 Games.<ref name="Hart 2022">{{cite web|last=Hart|first=Emma|title=Calls for Cornwall to be allowed to enter its own team at the next Commonwealth Games|website=Pirate FM|date=2 August 2022|url=https://planetradio.co.uk/pirate-fm/local/news/calls-for-cornwall-team-at-commonwealth-games/|access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref>

The [[Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus]] applied to take part in the 2006 Games, but was rejected due to a lack of [[international recognition]].<ref name="BBC NEWS 2006"/>