Commonwealth Games 2026: Schedule, Venue, Indian Athletes, Where to Watch

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The Commonwealth Games 2026 is set to be held in Glasgow, Scotland.

The event will begin on July 23 to August 2, 2026. A total of 74 nations will compete in the event, which features 10 sports and 6 para sports. Many Indian stars, including Neeraj Chopra, Mirabai Chanu, Nikhat Zareen, and others, will aim to bring medals home. In this blog, you will get to know everything about the Commonwealth Games 2026 schedule, venue, and where to catch all the live action.

Commonwealth Games 2026 Schedule

Sport	Competition Dates	Venue	No. of Indian Entries
Athletics & Para-athletics	27 July - 1 August 2026	Scotstoun Stadium	32
Swimming & Para Swimming	24 - 29 July 2026	Tollcross International Swimming Centre	17
Track Cycling & Para Track Cycling	24 July - 1 August 2026	Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome	13
Weightlifting & Para Powerlifting	26 - 30 July 2026	Scottish Event Campus (SEC)	16
Boxing	26 July - 1 August 2026	SEC Centre	14
Artistic Gymnastics	24 - 29 July 2026	SEC Centre	6
Judo	30 July - 1 August 2026	SEC Centre	10
Lawn Bowls & Para Lawn Bowls	23 July - 1 August 2026	Glasgow Green	18
3×3 Basketball & Wheelchair 3×3 Basketball	29 July - 2 August 2026	Braehead Arena	20
Netball	24 July - 2 August 2026	Emirates Arena	0 (India did not qualify)

List of Indian Athletes in Commonwealth Games 2026

Below we have mentioned all the athletes taking part in the CWG 2026.

Athletics & Para-athletics

S.No.	Athlete	Category	Event(s)
1	Neeraj Chopra	Athletics	Men’s Javelin Throw
2	Murali Sreeshankar	Athletics	Men’s Long Jump
3	Tejinderpal Singh Toor	Athletics	Men’s Shot Put
4	Avinash Sable	Athletics	Men’s 3000m Steeplechase
5	Gulveer Singh	Athletics	Men’s 5000m / 10,000m
6	Gurindervir Singh	Athletics	Men’s 100m
7	Animesh Kujur	Athletics	Men’s 100m / 200m
8	Amlan Borgohain	Athletics	Men’s 200m
9	Abdulla Aboobacker	Athletics	Men’s Triple Jump
10	Praveen Chithravel	Athletics	Men’s Triple Jump
11	Tajinderpal Singh Toor	Athletics	Men’s Shot Put
12	Jeswin Aldrin	Athletics	Men’s Long Jump
13	Jyothi Yarraji	Athletics	Women’s 100m Hurdles
14	Parul Chaudhary	Athletics	Women’s 3000m Steeplechase / 5000m
15	Priyanka Goswami	Athletics	Women’s 20km Race Walk
16	Pooja	Athletics	Women’s High Jump
17	Ancy Sojan	Athletics	Women’s Long Jump
18	Shaili Singh	Athletics	Women’s Long Jump
19	Vithya Ramraj	Athletics	Women’s 400m Hurdles
20	Subha Venkatesan	Athletics	Women’s 400m / Relay
21	Kiran Pahal	Athletics	Women’s 400m
22	Rupal Chaudhary	Athletics	Women’s 400m
23	Mixed Relay Team Members	Athletics	4×400m Mixed Relay
24	Women’s Relay Team Members	Athletics	4×400m Relay
25	Men’s Relay Team Members	Athletics	4×400m Relay
26	Soman Rana	Para Athletics	Shot Put (F57)
27	Shilpa KS	Para Athletics	Track Events
28	Sunil Kumar	Para Athletics	Shot Put / Javelin (F40)
29	Bhavani Valasamgari	Para Athletics	100m / 200m (T46)
30	Additional Para Athletes	Para Athletics	Various Events

Swimming & Para Swimming

S.No.	Athlete	Category	Event(s)
1	Srihari Nataraj	Swimming	Men’s 50m Backstroke, 100m Backstroke, 100m Freestyle, 4×200m Freestyle Relay
2	Sajan Prakash	Swimming	Men’s 50m Butterfly, 200m Butterfly, 200m Freestyle
3	Aryan Nehra	Swimming	Men’s 400m Freestyle, 800m Freestyle, 1500m Freestyle, 4×200m Freestyle Relay
4	Aneesh S. Gowda	Swimming	Men’s 200m Freestyle, 4×200m Freestyle Relay
5	Dhakshan Shashikumar	Swimming	Men’s 400m Freestyle, 4×200m Freestyle Relay
6	Ravi Veera Venkata Bhavani Karthik Budigina	Para Swimming	Men’s 50m Freestyle (S13)
7	Ali Imam	Para Swimming	Men’s 100m Freestyle (S13)
8	Suyash Narayan Jadhav	Para Swimming	Men’s 50m Freestyle (S7)
9	Chaitanya Vishwas Kulkarni	Para Swimming	Men’s 200m Freestyle (S14)
10	Swatik Patil	Para Swimming	Men’s 50m Freestyle (S7)

Track Cycling & Para Track Cycling

S.No.	Athlete	Category	Event(s)
1	Esow Alben	Track Cycling	Men’s Sprint, Keirin, Team Sprint
2	Ronaldo Laitonjam Singh	Track Cycling	Men’s Sprint, Keirin, Team Sprint
3	Rojit Singh	Track Cycling	Men’s Team Sprint
4	David Beckham Elkatohchoongo	Track Cycling	Men’s Team Sprint, 1 km Time Trial
5	Dinesh Kumar	Track Cycling	Men’s Individual Pursuit, Team Pursuit
6	Harshveer Singh Sekhon	Track Cycling	Men’s Individual Pursuit, Team Pursuit
7	Pooja Danole	Track Cycling	Women’s Sprint, Keirin, Team Sprint
8	Celestina Rema B.	Track Cycling	Women’s Sprint, Keirin, Team Sprint
9	Shushikala Agashe	Track Cycling	Women’s Team Sprint
10	Mayuri Lute	Track Cycling	Women’s Individual Pursuit, Team Pursuit
11	Priyanka Dilip Goswami	Track Cycling	Women’s Individual Pursuit, Team Pursuit
12	Lisha Das	Para Track Cycling	Women’s 1 km Time Trial (C4-5), Individual Pursuit (C4-5)
13	Jyoti Gaderiya	Para Track Cycling	Women’s Tandem Sprint (B), Women’s Tandem 1 km Time Trial (B) (Pilot)

Weightlifting & Para Powerlifting

S.No.	Athlete	Category	Event(s)
1	Mirabai Chanu	Weightlifting	Women’s 48 kg
2	Bindyarani Devi	Weightlifting	Women’s 53 kg
3	Harjinder Kaur	Weightlifting	Women’s 58 kg
4	Seram Nirupama Devi	Weightlifting	Women’s 63 kg
5	Purnima Pandey	Weightlifting	Women’s 69 kg
6	Manpreet Kaur	Weightlifting	Women’s +86 kg
7	Jeremy Lalrinnunga	Weightlifting	Men’s 65 kg
8	Achinta Sheuli	Weightlifting	Men’s 79 kg
9	Ajith Narayanan	Weightlifting	Men’s 88 kg
10	Vikas Thakur	Weightlifting	Men’s 94 kg
11	Gurdeep Singh	Weightlifting	Men’s +110 kg
12	Ashok Kumar Malik	Para Powerlifting	Men’s Up to 65 kg
13	Jaspreet Kaur	Para Powerlifting	Women’s Up to 61 kg
14	Manish Kumar	Para Powerlifting	Men’s Up to 72 kg
15	Seema Rani	Para Powerlifting	Women’s Up to 73 kg
16	Paramjeet Kumar	Para Powerlifting	Men’s Up to 88 kg

Boxing

S.No.	Athlete	Category	Event(s)
1	Sakshi Chaudhary	Women’s Boxing	Women’s 51 kg
2	Preeti Pawar	Women’s Boxing	Women’s 54 kg
3	Jaismine Lamboria	Women’s Boxing	Women’s 57 kg
4	Sanju	Women’s Boxing	Women’s 60 kg
5	Lovlina Borgohain	Women’s Boxing	Women’s 70 kg
6	Poonam	Women’s Boxing	Women’s 75 kg
7	Jadumani Singh	Men’s Boxing	Men’s 55 kg
8	Sachin Siwach	Men’s Boxing	Men’s 60 kg
9	Aditya Pratap Singh	Men’s Boxing	Men’s 65 kg
10	Sumit Kundu	Men’s Boxing	Men’s 70 kg
11	Vishal	Men’s Boxing	Men’s 75 kg
12	Ankush	Men’s Boxing	Men’s 80 kg
13	Kapil Pokhariya	Men’s Boxing	Men’s 90 kg
14	Narendra Berwal	Men’s Boxing	Men’s +90 kg

Artistic Gymnastics

S.No.	Athlete	Category	Event(s)
1	Pranati Nayak	Women’s Artistic Gymnastics	Women’s Individual All-Around, Vault, Balance Beam, Floor Exercise
2	Protistha Samanta	Women’s Artistic Gymnastics	Women’s Individual All-Around, Uneven Bars, Balance Beam, Floor Exercise
3	Riya Devrani	Women’s Artistic Gymnastics	Women’s Individual All-Around
4	Yogeshwar Singh	Men’s Artistic Gymnastics	Men’s Individual All-Around, Floor Exercise, Pommel Horse, Rings, Vault, Parallel Bars, Horizontal Bar
5	Satyajit Mondal	Men’s Artistic Gymnastics	Men’s Individual All-Around
6	Ashish Kumar	Men’s Artistic Gymnastics	Men’s Individual All-Around, Floor Exercise, Vault

Judo

S.No.	Athlete	Category	Event(s)
1	Asmita Dey	Women’s Judo	Women’s -48 kg
2	Shraddha Kadubal Chopade	Women’s Judo	Women’s -52 kg
3	Yamini Mourya	Women’s Judo	Women’s -57 kg
4	Himanshi Tokas	Women’s Judo	Women’s -63 kg
5	Tulika Maan	Women’s Judo	Women’s +78 kg
6	Shushila Devi Likmabam	Women’s Judo	Women’s -48 kg
7	Divya Tewari	Women’s Judo	Women’s -78 kg
8	Mohit Kumar	Men’s Judo	Men’s -60 kg
9	Abhishek Yadav	Men’s Judo	Men’s -66 kg
10	Arun Kumar†	Men’s Judo	Men’s -73 kg
11	Vikash Dalal	Men’s Judo	Men’s -81 kg
12	Naresh Kumar	Men’s Judo	Men’s -90 kg
13	Yash Ghanghas	Men’s Judo	Men’s -100 kg
14	Ritik Sharma	Men’s Judo	Men’s +100 kg

Lawn Bowls & Para Lawn Bowls

S.No.	Athlete	Category	Event(s)
1	Lovely Choubey	Lawn Bowls	Women’s Pairs
2	Pinki Singh	Lawn Bowls	Women’s Pairs
3	Nayanmoni Saikia	Lawn Bowls	Women’s Singles
4	Rupa Rani Tirkey	Lawn Bowls	Women’s Pairs
5	Sunil Bahadur	Lawn Bowls	Men’s Singles
6	Chandan Kumar Singh	Lawn Bowls	Men’s Pairs
7	Navneet Singh	Lawn Bowls	Men’s Pairs
8	Dinesh Kumar	Lawn Bowls	Men’s Pairs
9	Mridul Borgohain	Lawn Bowls	Men’s Pairs
10	Putul Sonowal	Para Lawn Bowls	Men’s Pairs (B6-B8)
11	Raj Kumar	Para Lawn Bowls	Men’s Pairs (B6-B8)
12	Pooja Sharma	Para Lawn Bowls	Women’s Pairs (B6-B8)
13	Kiran Devi	Para Lawn Bowls	Women’s Pairs (B6-B8)
14	Anita	Para Lawn Bowls	Mixed Pairs (B2-B3)
15	Ramesh Kumar	Para Lawn Bowls	Mixed Pairs (B2-B3)

3×3 Basketball & Wheelchair 3×3 Basketball

S.No.	Athlete	Category	Event(s)
1	Harsh Dagar	3×3 Basketball	Men’s 3×3 Basketball
2	Arvind Muthu Krishnan	3×3 Basketball	Men’s 3×3 Basketball
3	Pranav Prince	3×3 Basketball	Men’s 3×3 Basketball
4	Muin Bek Hafeez	3×3 Basketball	Men’s 3×3 Basketball
5	Kushal Singh	3×3 Basketball	Men’s 3×3 Basketball (Reserve)
6	Sreekala Rani	3×3 Basketball	Women’s 3×3 Basketball
7	Shireen Limaye	3×3 Basketball	Women’s 3×3 Basketball
8	Dharsini Selvamuthu	3×3 Basketball	Women’s 3×3 Basketball
9	Sreekala Rani R.	3×3 Basketball	Women’s 3×3 Basketball
10	Minakshi Harichandra Jadhav	Wheelchair 3×3 Basketball	Women’s Wheelchair 3×3 Basketball
11	Irengbam Ritu Chanu	Wheelchair 3×3 Basketball	Women’s Wheelchair 3×3 Basketball
12	Reena Rameshchandra Gupta	Wheelchair 3×3 Basketball	Women’s Wheelchair 3×3 Basketball
13	Laxmi Rayappa Rayannavar	Wheelchair 3×3 Basketball	Women’s Wheelchair 3×3 Basketball

Where to Watch

The Commonwealth Games 2026 will be broadcasted live on television and online through Sony’s platform. Sony Sports Network Live TV will broadcast major events, including Indian athletes’ matches and medal events. While Sony LIV Live will also stream all major events. The app requires a subscription, and once you have it, the events can be watched on mobile, Smart TV, tablet, and even the web. DD Sports will broadcast the live coverage of selected events involving Indian athletes and medal events.

Amazing Facts About Commonwealth Games

FAQs

How many sports are included in the 2026 Commonwealth Games?

The Games feature 10 sports, including six integrated para-sports, held across four main venues.

Which prominent Indian athletes are competing in CWG 2026?

Top Indian athletes include Neeraj Chopra, Mirabai Chanu, Lovlina Borgohain, and Murali Sreeshankar.

Where can fans in India watch the Commonwealth Games 2026 on TV?

Live broadcasts will be available on the Sony Sports Network and Doordarshan Sports.

Why were major sports like badminton, hockey, and wrestling dropped?

Organizers reduced the sports program to cut costs after Victoria, Australia dropped out of hosting the Games.