Around 1250 athletes and officials arriving for CWG today

Around 1250 athletes and officials will arrive here today to participate in the Commonwealth Games, to take the total number of competitors past 5500 three days before the start of the mega event.

With 7200 athletes expected to take part in the Games, more than two-thirds would have reached the capital city by today.

The contingent from England is the largest to arrive today with the 124-member team comprising of participants from swimming and other disciplines.
    
The Papua New Guinea's contingent will the second largest with 119 athletes, followed by New Zealand with 94 athletes.
    
The Australian contingent of 87 members arriving today will have participants in hockey, tennis, squash, wrestling and boxing.
    
Among the other large teams arriving today are those of Canada (79), Mauritius (75), Bangladesh (59), Wales (42) and Malaysia (39).
    
Apart from these, officials and athletes from Sierra Leone, Kiribati, Singapore, Cayman Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, South Africa, British Virgin Islands, Isle of Man, Canada, St. Vincent and The Grenadines and Lesotho are also arriving today.
    
The contingent from Antigua & Barbuda will have participants from boxing, swimming, cycling and shooting. The hockey, squash and table tennis teams from Malaysia and the shooting team from Singapore are also arriving today.
    
The Chefs-de-Mission of Solomon Islands, Sierra Leone, Turks and Caicos Islands and Grenada will arrive along with international media contingent.