NEW DELHI: In a major blow to India's medal chances at the Commonwealth Games, the organisers of the 2026 edition of the multisport event in Glasgow on Monday confirmed the exclusion of hockey, badminton, table tennis, shooting and wrestling among prominent sports from the Games' programme. Women's cricket - which had made its debut in a T20 format in 2022 Birmingham CWG where India won silver after losing the final to Australia - and squash have also been dropped.
The Birmingham edition had featured 19 sports. For Glasgow, just 10 sports disciplines have been picked - 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 3x3 basketball and 3x3 wheelchair basketball.
