appeal beyond a specialist audiencetv rights the main driver of income for international sports events are tiny in comparison with the world cup and the olympics leaving national and local governments facing the sort of budget deficit that ended victorias involvementthe changing face of the postcolonial world and even the death of queen elizabeth have also contributed to a feeling that perhaps the games has run its coursebritains olympic diving champion tom daley condemned homophobia across commonwealth nations on the eve of the opening ceremony in birmingham in 2022homosexuality is a criminal offence in 35 of the 56 nations that make up the commonwealth with many still enforcing colonialera laws from the british empire punishments include whipping life imprisonment and death