The 2026 Commonwealth Games

The 2026 edition of the Commonwealth Games is a few days away. Here is a quick reckoner of the games.

First of all, a quick summary of what are the Commonwealth Games?

The Commonwealth Games happen once every 4 years. It is a multi-sport event where athletes from Commonwealth Nations (a group of countries which were former territories of the British Empire) compete. It was first held in 1930. Generally, about 60-70 nations compete at the Commonwealth Games.

If we look at the all-time medal tally of the Commonwealth Games, India sits at 4th position.

India has also hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games and will again be hosting the 2030 edition.

Let us now have a look at the 2026 edition…

The 2026 Commonwealth Games

Venue: The 2026 edition was originally supposed to take place in Victoria, Australia, but they withdrew in 2023. Glasgow, Scotland, took over as hosts for the 2026 edition.

Dates for the Competition: 23 July, 2026 – 3 August, 2026

Telecast in India: The 2026 CWG will live on Sony Ten Network and Sony LIV.

Who is competing? A total of 74 nations will compete at the 2026 CWG. The big sports nations include England, Australia and Canada. A total of 3000 athletes are expected at the Games.

Which sports are part of the 2026 Commonwealth Games?

There will be 11 sports at 2026 CWG – 3×3 Basketball, Artistic Gymnastics, Athletics, Boxing, Judo, Lawn Bowls, Netball, Para Powerlifting, Swimming, Track Cycling, Weightlifting. Due to a change in hosts, a lot of sports were removed from the 2026 edition.

Here is the schedule of the Games:

There will be a total of 215 medal events at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

The Indian Squad for the 2026 Commonwealth Games:

A total of 126 athletes will represent India. India will participate in eight disciplines — athletics, boxing, cycling, gymnastics (artistic), judo, lawn bowls, swimming, and weightlifting.

Here is the Indian squad sports-wise:

Athletics:

• Parul Chaudhary (women’s 3000m steeplechase, 5000m)
• Pooja Singh (women’s high jump)
• Manpreet Kaur (women’s shot put)
• Seema Kaliramna (women’s discus throw)
• Nidhi Rani (women’s discus throw)
• Ravina (women’s 10000m race walk)
• Priyanka Goswami (women’s 10000m race walk)
• Rashdeep Kaur (women’s 400m, mixed 4x400m relay)
• Neeru Pathak (women’s 400m, mixed 4x400m relay)
• Ansa Babu (women’s 400m, mixed 4x400m relay)
• Gurindervir Singh (men’s 100m)
• Animesh Kujur (men’s 200m)
• Gulveer Singh (men’s 5000m, 10,000m)
• Tejas Shirse (men’s 110m hurdles)
• Yashas Palaksha (men’s 400m hurdles)
• Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan (men’s 400m hurdles)
• Sarvesh Kushare (men’s high jump)
• Adarsh Ram (men’s high jump)
• Dev Meena (men’s pole vault)
• Kuldeep Kumar (men’s pole vault)
• Murali Sreeshankar (men’s long jump)
• Lokesh Sathyanathan (men’s long jump)
• Praveen Chithravel (men’s triple jump)
• Selva Prabhu (men’s triple jump)
• Samardeep Singh Gill (men’s shot put)
• Tajinderpal Singh Toor (men’s shot put)
• Neeraj Chopra (men’s javelin throw)
• Rohit Yadav (men’s javelin throw)
• Yash Vir Singh (men’s javelin throw)
• Tejaswin Shankar (men’s decathlon)
• Vishal TK (men’s 400m, mixed 4x400m relay)
• Rajesh Ramesh (men’s 400m, mixed 4x400m relay)

Artistic Gymnastics:

• Pranati Nayak (women’s event)
• Nishka Agarwal (women’s event)
• Eshita Rewale (women’s event)
• Protistha Samanta (women’s event)
• Tapan Mohanty (men’s event)
• Tapeshwarnath Das (men’s event)
• Swatish KP (men’s event)
• Yogeshwar Singh (men’s event)

Boxing:

• Sakshi Chaudhary (women’s 51kg)
• Preeti Pawar (women’s 54kg)
• Jaismine Lamboria (women’s 57kg)
• Priya Ghanghas (women’s 60kg)
• Parveen Hooda (women’s 65kg)
• Arundhati Choudhary (women’s 70kg)
• Lovlina Borgohain (women’s 75kg)
• Jadumani Singh (men’s 55kg)
• Sachin Siwach (men’s 60kg)
• Aditya Pratap Singh (men’s 65kg)
• Sumit Kundu (men’s 70kg)
• Ankush (men’s 80kg)
• Kapil Pokhariya (men’s 90kg)
• Narender Berwal (men’s +90kg)

Lawn Bowls:

• Nayan Moni Saikia (women’s singles)
• Rupa Rani Tirkey (women’s pairs – lead)
• Pinki (women’s pairs – skip)
• Reshma Kumari (women’s reserve)
• Putul Sonowal (men’s singles)
• Navneet Singh (men’s pairs – lead)
• Dinesh Kumar (men’s pairs – skip)
• Sunil Bahadur (men’s reserve)

Weightlifting:

• Mirabai Chanu (women’s 48kg)
• Gyaneshwari Yadav (women’s 53kg)
• Bindyarani Devi (women’s 58kg)
• Harjinder Kaur (women’s 69kg)
• Sanjana (women’s 77kg)
• Martina Devi (women’s +86kg)
• Rishikanta Singh (men’s 60kg)
• M Raja (men’s 65kg)
• Ajaya Babu (men’s 79kg)
• Dilbag Singh (men’s 94kg)
• Lovepreet Singh (men’s +110kg)

Squads for the rest of the sports are yet to be announced.

Wishing the Indian contingent all the very best for the 2026 Games!

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