In a significant blow to India’s medal hopes on the 2026 Commonwealth Video games in Glasgow, the organisers have dropped sports activities reminiscent of hockey, cricket, wrestling, badminton, squash and desk tennis, amongst others, from the programme.
The Commonwealth Video games Federation (CGF) confirmed on Tuesday (October 22) that the 23rd version of the quadrennial occasion will happen in Scotland from July 23 to August 2, 2026, returning to town after a 12 yr hole – albeit as a stop-gap resolution this time round.
Glasgow 2026 will characteristic a 10-sport programme unfold over 4 venues (Scotstoun Stadium, Tollcross Worldwide Swimming Centre, Emirates Area – together with the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, and the Scottish Occasion Campus) inside an eight-mile radius, guaranteeing an action-packed Video games throughout every day of competitors. The purpose can be to make the occasion accessible and interesting to spectators trying to benefit from the multi-sport setting and pageant really feel.
The sports activities programme will embrace Athletics and Para Athletics (Monitor & Area), Swimming and Para Swimming, Inventive Gymnastics, Monitor Biking and Para Monitor Biking, Netball, Weightlifting and Para Powerlifting, Boxing, Judo, Bowls and Para Bowls, and 3×3 Basketball and 3×3 Wheelchair Basketball.
How revised sports activities programme can have an effect on India at CWG 2026
In a lot of the sports activities which have been dropped from the Video games, India completed high within the final version in Birmingham in 2022.
India had clinched 61 medals throughout the 2022 Commonwealth Video games, together with 22 golds.
On the 2022 Video games in Birmingham, India had received 12 medals in wrestling (six gold, one silver and 5 bronze), seven in desk tennis (4 golds, one silver and two bronze), six in badminton (three gold, one silver, two bronze), two in hockey (silver and bronze), two in squash (bronze) and one in cricket (silver).
In whole, it involves 30 of the 61 medals that India had received on the Video games in England.
