GLASGOW yesterday served up an hors d'oeuvre using the presentation skills which will help showcase the city to the world come the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Style and polish was the order of the day as Glasgow's bid to host the 2018 Youth Olympic Games was launched against the iconic Kelvingrove backdrop.

The principles of the YOG, first staged in Singapore in 2010, are laudable: conceived to help combat childhood obesity and declining physical education participation. In addition to fostering Olympic Games participation, they also aim to embrace cultural and educational exchange.

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