2022 Commonwealth game hosts SA or CAN result Sept 2015

The man hoping to bring the 2022 Commonwealth Games to Edmonton in Canada says the event needs to be modernised to stay relevant.

Reg Milley, who is leading the city's bid to host the Games, has suggested adding new sports to the programme.

Edmonton is competing against South Africa's Durban with the winning host to be announced in September 2015.

Milley asked: "Do we need three-on-three basketball, beach volleyball, BMX and skateboard?"

BMX cycling was added to the Olympic programme for the 2008 Beijing Games, while beach volleyball became an Olympic event at Atlanta in 1996.

Cycling's governing body the UCI has also campaigned for skateboarding to gain inclusion at the Olympics.

Reg Milley, chairman of the Edmonton 2022 bid committee
"We have been talking to the young people here and in the wider Commonwealth about what they want in 2022."

Speaking to BBC World Service Sportsworld, Milley, chairman of the Edmonton 2022 bid committee, said his team had learned a lot from observing Glasgow 2014 at close quarters.

He said: "We have been talking to the young people here and in the wider Commonwealth about what they want in 2022 - the time when they will be at their peak.

"We need to renew and stay relevant."

Edmonton hosted the Commonwealth Games in 1978, while it was last staged in Canada in Victoria in 1994.

An African city has yet to welcome the event.

The president of the South African Sports Confederation & Olympic Committee, Gideon Sam, who is part of the Durban bid team, said the Commonwealth Games Federation should consider how his country staged the 2010 Fifa World Cup if they need help making their decision.

He said: "Ask Fifa what Durban can do. We have the infrastructure to deliver. This is Africa's time. This is Durban's time."

Australia's Gold Coast will host the next Games from 4-15 April 2018.