With just under two weeks to go until the 20th Commonwealth Games come to Glasgow, we take a look at the journey so far.
September 2004 - Glasgow beats Edinburgh to be named as Scotland's candidate city in the race to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
November 2007 - After Canadian city Halifax drops out, Glasgow is left in straight fight with Nigerian capital Abuja and triumphs after landing almost two thirds of the vote.
September 12, 2012 - A velodrome to be used at the Games is named in honour of Sir Chris Hoy after the six-time Olympic champion is appointed Glasgow 2014's first ambassador.
A picture of the track at the Sir Chris Hoy Veladrome.
September 20 - Clyde, a giant green thistle named after the river which flows through the city, is unveiled as the official Games mascot.
March 2013 - Organisers of the Glasgow 2014 receive more than 50,000 applications for volunteers.
May 13 - "Family friendly" prices, capped at £25 per ticket for two thirds of the briefs on offer, are announced by Games chiefs.
July 23 - Scotland marks the one-year countdown with a series of events around the country. August 18 - Around one million tickets - about 70 per cent of the total amount - go on sale. However, hopeful fans are met by hour-long delays on the online ticketing system as organisers admit "very high" demand has outstripped the supply of briefs.
October 7 - The 15,000 volunteers selected for duty during the games are dubbed the "Clydesiders" in honour of Glasgow's ship-building past. However, there is disappointment when the Gambia pulls out of the Games after resigning from the Commonwealth, leaving the number of competing nations at 70.
October 9 - The Queen's Baton Relay sets off from Buckingham Palace before visiting all 70 nations and territories of the Commonwealth during its 248-day journey, including India, Singapore, St Lucia and Canada.
Sir Chris Hoy leaving Buckingham Palace with the baton.
December 3 - Work to transform Hampden - the home of Scottish football - into an athletics arena begins as the stadium's pitch is torn up.
January 10, 2014 - Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill is ruled out of the Games after announcing she is pregnant.
April 3 - Organisers reveal that five of the notorious Red Road tower blocks are to be demolished live during the Games' opening ceremony.
One of the Red Road blocks has already been demolished.
April 13 - But the controversial plans are scrapped just 10 days later after a furious response from locals and politicians.
April 14 - The medals which will be awarded to successful athletes are unveiled at a ceremony at Glasgow's Kelvingrove Art Gallery.
April 23 - Louise Martin, the vice-chair of the 2014 organising committee, claims the world's fastest man Usain Bolt is "95 per cent certain" to compete at Glasgow 2014.
May 12 - Double Olympic champion Mo Farah confirms he will compete at Glasgow 2014, ending months of speculation about whether he would take part.
May 13 - Organisers put 100,000 extra tickets on sale but are forced to suspend sales for more than a week after the computer system responsible struggles to cope with another surge of interest from desperate fans.
July 1 - Six-time Olympic champion Bolt confirms he will run in Glasgow, but only as part of Jamaica's 4x100m relay team.
June 3 - Glasgow-born singer Lulu is revealed as the headline act for the Celtic Park opening ceremony.
July 12 - Team Scotland unveils its finalised list of athletes, with the 310-strong squad the nation's biggest ever for a Commonwealth Games.
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