Wrestling, Cricket, Hockey, and Key Sports Removed from 2026 Commonwealth Games.
Sports
On 22nd October 2024, the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) announced that wrestling, badminton, hockey, cricket, and shooting, among other major sports, have been dropped from the Commonwealth Games 2026 (CWG 2026).
- The 23rd edition of CWG is scheduled to take place in Glasgow, Scotland, from 23rd July 2026 to 2nd August 2026.
- The excluded sports for CWG 2026 are hockey, cricket, badminton, wrestling, table tennis (TT), diving, rugby sevens, beach volleyball, mountain biking, squash, and rhythmic gymnastics.
Main Points:- (i) This decision reduces the total number of sport events to 10 compared to 19 sports events at the 2022 Birmingham CWG.
(ii) CWG 2026 will now feature 10 sports including: Athletics and Para Athletics (Track & Field), Swimming and Para Swimming, Artistic Gymnastics, Track Cycling and Para Track Cycling, Netball, Weightlifting and Para Powerlifting, Boxing, Judo, Bowls and Para Bowls, and 3×3 Basketball and 3×3 Wheelchair Basketball.
About Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF)
President- Dame Louise Martin
Headquarters- London, the United Kingdom (UK)
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