Dame Laura Kenny talks social media trolls and how Glasgow 2026 will be a digital Commonwealth Games

Sportsbeat Tue, 3 February 2026 at 10:42 am UTC·4 min read Dame Laura Kenny believes Glasgow 2026 will be the first Commonwealth Games to truly harness social media. The slimmed-down Games will not be on free-to-air television in the UK with TNT Sports replacing the BBC as the rightsholder, although the publicly owned broadcaster will still have some live coverage.Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Kenny, who is Team England President, has put social media at the centre of her work to support the team and the delivery of the Games. “When I first took on the presidency role, I said one of the key things that I really wanted involvement in was social media and how we bring it to ‘Gen Z’...