Australian state dropping Commonwealth Games raises questions about future bid from Alberta

The Australian state of Victoria has pulled out of its plans to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games just three years from the start of the multinational competition. Victoria State Premier Daniel Andrews made the bombshell announcement, citing a massive increase in the cost, saying the price tag had ballooned from $2.6 billion to between $6 billion and $7 billion. "I've made a lot of difficult calls, a lot of very difficult decisions in this job. This is not one of them," said Andrews. "Frankly, ($