Birmingham officially named as 2022 Commonwealth Games host city

• Alexander Stadium will be expanded to hold 50,000 spectators
• Birmingham deserves to be name that resonates worldwide, says Lenny HenryBirmingham has been selected to host the Commonwealth Games in 2022, the biggest sporting event to be awarded to an English city since the London Olympics in 2012. The West Midlands mayor, Andy Street, described the announcement as a “fantastic Christmas present” for the region but it will not come cheap with the projected overall cost of