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India CWG 2026 Glasgow
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India's 125-member contingent competes at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, from July 23. Key medal hopes include Neeraj Chopra, Mirabai Chanu, and Lovlina Borgohain, who secured an assured bronze. Several major sports like cricket, badminton, and hockey are excluded due to cost-cutting, reducing India's medal prospects.
How it unfolded
2d ago
India's CWG 2026 campaign begins with Lawn Bowls
2d ago
Lovlina Borgohain guarantees bronze before opening ceremony
3d ago
India announces 125-athlete squad for CWG 2026
What happened earlier
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Full story →Glasgow Rolls Out Red Carpet; Mirabai Chanu, Lovlina Borgohain Lead India's Commonwealth Games Medal Quest
Glasgow hosted the opening ceremony for the 2026 Commonwealth Games at the OVO Hydro.
Mirabai Chanu and Lovlina Borgohain lead India's medal quest at the Games.
The ceremony was described as spectacular and officially launched the 2026 edition.
Earlier · 3d ago
Full story →CWG 2026: India's Full Schedule, Time In IST, Telecast, Live Streaming
Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow start on July 23 for India.
India's campaign begins with Lawn Bowls on July 23.
Neeraj Chopra, Lovlina Borgohain, and Mirabai Chanu are key medal hopes.
Full schedule includes telecast and live streaming details in IST.
Earlier · 3d ago
Full story →No badminton, no wrestling, no hockey: Why India’s top Commonwealth medal sports won’t feature at CWG 2026
India's top Commonwealth medal sports like badminton, wrestling, and hockey will not feature at CWG 2026.
At the 2022 Birmingham Games, India won 61 medals including 22 gold.
Half of India's Birmingham medals came from sports excluded from Glasgow 2026.
The exclusion impacts India's medal prospects in future Commonwealth Games.
Earlier · 3d ago
Full story →Commonwealth Games 2026: How exclusion of major sports like badminton and cricket could affect India's medal chances
The 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will feature only 10 sports, excluding several disciplines where India has traditionally won medals.
Wrestling, which contributed six gold medals out of India's total 61 medals at the 2022 Birmingham Games, has been dropped for 2026.
Badminton and table tennis, sports where Indian athletes like PV Sindhu have won medals at previous CWG, are also absent from the 2026 lineup.
India's contingent for the 2026 CWG will be 125 athletes, a decrease from 215 athletes in the 2022 Birmingham edition.
Earlier · 2d ago
Full story →Cricket excluded from 2026 Commonwealth Games
Cricket is absent from the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow due to financial and logistical reasons after Glasgow replaced Victoria as host.
Cricket debuted at the Commonwealth Games in 1998 as a men's ODI event with 16 teams, and returned as a women's T20 tournament at Birmingham 2022.
Australia won gold in women's cricket at Birmingham 2022, with India earning silver and New Zealand bronze.
Nine sports from Birmingham 2022—including cricket, hockey, badminton, and wrestling—were dropped for Glasgow 2026, reducing the program from 19 to 10 sports.
India's medal prospects are significantly affected as many of its strongest events, including cricket, hockey, and badminton, are no longer part of the Games.
