Commonwealth Games England BBC's Sports Personality of the Year award and a teammate of Sir Roger Bannister. Following a review in 2009, the Commonwealth Games Council for England was disbanded and a new organisation, Commonwealth Games England, was established in its place. CGE is governed by a board of Non-executive Directors, chaired by Ian Metcalfe. The Board is made up of experts from fields including sport, marketing and finance including England Hockey player Alex Danson and co-founder of Carphone Warehouse and British Olympic Association non-executive director David Ross and National Director at the English Institute of Sport (EIS) Nigel Walker England's gold medal
England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games (B-R) Sarah Storey, who won two gold medals in cycling in 2008. They are the first English athletes with disabilities ever to compete in able-bodied events at the Commonwealth Games. Team England consists of 10 badminton players over 6 events. The competition draw for singles and doubles events was announced on 2 October 2010. Chris Adcock, Carl Baxter, Anthony Clark, Rajiv Ouseph, Nathan Robertson, Mariana Agathangelou, Elizabeth Cann, Heather Olver, Jenny Wallwork, Gabby White. Team England consists of 9 boxers over 9 events. On 30 September 2010 it was announced that Khalid Yafai was withdrawing due to a shoulder injury and