CWG 2026: Full schedule, live event time (IST), Indian athletes, streaming

The 23rd edition of the multi-sport event for Commonwealth nations, the Commonwealth Games 2026, is all set to begin on Thursday, July 23, in Glasgow, Scotland.

 

The 11-day event, running until August 2, will feature athletes from 74 Commonwealth nations and territories competing across a streamlined programme of 10 sports, including six integrated para sports. Glasgow is hosting the Games for the second time after staging the event in 2014, but this edition will be significantly smaller in scale, with competitions taking place across just four venues.

 

India will be represented by a 120-member contingent across 13 disciplines, with Olympic and world champions such as Neeraj Chopra, Mirabai Chanu and Lovlina Borgohain leading the country's medal hopes. 

 

Commonwealth Games 2026: Venues

Unlike previous editions, all competitions will be held within an eight-mile corridor across four major sporting venues in Glasgow.

• Scotstoun Stadium – Athletics and Para Athletics
• SEC Centre – Boxing, Bowls, Para Bowls, Judo, 3x3 Basketball and Wheelchair 3x3 Basketball
• SEC Armadillo – Weightlifting and Para Powerlifting
• OVO Hydro – Netball
• Tollcross International Swimming Centre – Swimming and Para Swimming
• Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome and Arena – Track Cycling, Para Track Cycling and Artistic Gymnastics

Commonwealth Games 2026: Full list of sports

The Glasgow edition of the Commonwealth Games will feature the following sports:

• 3x3 Basketball and 3x3 Wheelchair Basketball
• Artistic Gymnastics
• Athletics and Para Athletics
• Bowls and Para Bowls
• Boxing
• Judo
• Netball
• Swimming and Para Swimming
• Track Cycling and Para Track Cycling
• Weightlifting and Para Powerlifting

Commonwealth Games 2026: Full schedule

Date	Sports Scheduled	Approximate Session Timings (IST)
23 Jul 2026 (Thu)	Opening Ceremony	10:30 PM onwards
24 Jul 2026 (Fri)	3x3 Basketball & 3x3 Wheelchair Basketball; Artistic Gymnastics; Athletics & Para Athletics; Bowls & Para Bowls; Boxing; Judo; Netball; Para Powerlifting; Swimming & Para Swimming; Track Cycling & Para Track Cycling; Weightlifting	2:30 PM–6:15 PM; 7:30 PM–12:30 AM; 12:30 AM–2:45 AM
25 Jul 2026 (Sat)	Same 11 sports	1:00 PM–6:30 PM; 7:30 PM–12:30 AM; 12:30 AM–2:45 AM
26 Jul 2026 (Sun)	Same 11 sports	1:00 PM–6:30 PM; 7:30 PM–12:30 AM; 12:30 AM–2:45 AM
27 Jul 2026 (Mon)	Same 11 sports	1:00 PM–6:30 PM; 7:30 PM–12:30 AM; 12:30 AM–2:45 AM
28 Jul 2026 (Tue)	Same 11 sports	1:00 PM–6:30 PM; 7:30 PM–12:30 AM; 12:30 AM–2:45 AM
29 Jul 2026 (Wed)	Same 11 sports	1:00 PM–6:30 PM; 7:30 PM–12:30 AM; 12:30 AM–2:45 AM
30 Jul 2026 (Thu)	Same 11 sports	1:00 PM–6:30 PM; 7:30 PM–12:30 AM; 12:30 AM–2:45 AM
31 Jul 2026 (Fri)	Same 11 sports	1:00 PM–6:30 PM; 7:30 PM–12:30 AM; 12:30 AM–2:45 AM
1 Aug 2026 (Sat)	Same 11 sports	1:00 PM–6:30 PM; 7:30 PM–12:30 AM; 12:30 AM–2:45 AM
2 Aug 2026 (Sun)	Athletics & Para Athletics Finals; Boxing Finals; Netball Medal Matches; Swimming & Para Swimming Finals; Track Cycling & Para Track Cycling Finals; Weightlifting Finals; Closing Ceremony	Competition from 1:00 PM onwards; Closing Ceremony 10:30 PM onwards

Commonwealth Games 2026: Full list of players in Indian contingent

India has named a 120-member contingent for Glasgow 2026 across 13 disciplines. Athletics accounts for the largest representation, followed by boxing, judo and weightlifting.

 

Among the biggest names in the squad are Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra, Tokyo Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu, world champion boxer Lovlina Borgohain, swimmer Srihari Nataraj, gymnast Pranati Nayak, long jumper Murali Sreeshankar, race walker Priyanka Goswami, high jumper and decathlete Tejaswin Shankar, shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor, and boxer Sachin Siwach.

 

India will also field athletes in para events, including para athletics, para swimming, para powerlifting, para track cycling and wheelchair 3x3 basketball.

 

Moreover, Mirabai Chanu and Lovlina Borgohain have been confirmed as India's flag and baton bearers for the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony on July 23.

 

Indian contingent for Commonwealth Games 2026:

Sport	Category	Athlete	Events/Weight Class
3x3 BASKETBALL		Reena Rameshchandra Gupta	Women's Wheelchair
3x3 BASKETBALL		Irengbam Ritu Chanu	Women's Wheelchair
3x3 BASKETBALL		Jadhav Minakshi Harichandra	Women's Wheelchair
3x3 BASKETBALL		Rayannavar Laxmi Rayappa	Women's Wheelchair
ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS		Tapan Mohanty	Men's Team all-around
ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS		Tapeshwarnath Das	Men's Team all-around
ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS		Swatish KP	Men's Team all-around
ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS		Satyajit Mondal	Men's Team all-around
ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS		Pranati Nayak	Women's Team all-around
ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS		Nishka Agarwal	Women's Team all-around
ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS		Eshita Rewale	Women's Team all-around
ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS		Protistha Samanta	Women's Team all-around
ATHLETICS	Track	Gurindervir Singh	Men's 100 metres
ATHLETICS	Track	Animesh Kujur	Men's 200 metres
ATHLETICS	Track	Vishal TK	Men's 400 metres, Mixed 4 x 400 metres relay
ATHLETICS	Track	Rajesh Ramesh	Men's 400 metres, Mixed 4 x 400 metres relay
ATHLETICS	Track	Gulveer Singh	Men's 5000 metres, Men's 10,000 metres
ATHLETICS	Track	Tejas Shirse	Men's 110 metres hurdles
ATHLETICS	Track	Yashas Palaksha	Men's 400 metres hurdles
ATHLETICS	Track	Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan	Men's 400 metres hurdles
ATHLETICS	Track	Rashdeep Kaur	Women's 400 metres, Mixed 4 x 400 metres relay
ATHLETICS	Track	Neeru Pathak	Women's 400 metres, Mixed 4 x 400 metres relay
ATHLETICS	Track	Ansa Babu	Women's 400 metres, Mixed 4 x 400 metres relay
ATHLETICS	Track	Parul Chaudhary	Women's 3000 metres s'chase, Women's 5000 metres
ATHLETICS	Track	Priyanka Goswami	Women's 10,000 metres walk
ATHLETICS	Track	Ravina Gaikwad	Women's 10,000 metres walk
ATHLETICS	Field	Dev Meena	Men's pole vault
ATHLETICS	Field	Kuldeep Kumar	Men's pole vault
ATHLETICS	Field	Sarvesh Anil Kushare	Men's high jump
ATHLETICS	Field	Aadarsh Ram J	Men's high jump
ATHLETICS	Field	Tejaswin Shankar	Men's high jump, Men's decathlon
ATHLETICS	Field	Murali Sreeshankar	Men's long jump
ATHLETICS	Field	Lokesh Sathyanathan	Men's long jump
ATHLETICS	Field	Praveen Chithravel	Men's triple jump
ATHLETICS	Field	Selva Prabhu	Men's triple jump
ATHLETICS	Field	Samardeep Singh Gill	Men's shot put
ATHLETICS	Field	Tajinderpal Singh Toor	Men's shot put
ATHLETICS	Field	Neeraj Chopra	Men's javelin throw
ATHLETICS	Field	Rohit Yadav	Men's javelin throw
ATHLETICS	Field	Yash Vir Singh	Men's javelin throw
ATHLETICS	Field	Pooja Singh	Women's high jump
ATHLETICS	Field	Manpreet Kaur	Women's shot put
ATHLETICS	Field	Seema Kaliramna	Women's discus throw
ATHLETICS	Field	Nidhi Rani	Women's discus throw
PARA ATHLETICS	Track	Rakeshbhai Bhatt	Men's 100 metres (T38)
PARA ATHLETICS	Track	Shreyansh Trivedi	Men's 100 metres (T38)
PARA ATHLETICS	Track	Mohammed Basil M	Men's 100 metres (T47)
PARA ATHLETICS	Track	Dilip Mahadu Gavit	Men's 100 metres (T47)
PARA ATHLETICS	Track	Ramesh Shanmugam	Men's 1500 metres (T54)
PARA ATHLETICS	Field	Devender Kumar	Men's discus throw (F44)
PARA ATHLETICS	Field	Sagar Thayat	Men's discus throw (F44)
PARA ATHLETICS	Field	Shubham Juyal	Men's shot put (F57)
PARA ATHLETICS	Field	Soman Rana	Men's shot put (F57)
PARA ATHLETICS	Field	Sharmila Dhankar	Women's shot put (F57)
PARA ATHLETICS	Field	Shilpa K Shyla	Women's shot put (F57)
LAWN BOWLS		Putul Sonowal	Men's singles
LAWN BOWLS		Nayanmoni Saikia	Women's singles
LAWN BOWLS		Navneet Singh	Men's pairs
LAWN BOWLS		Dinesh Kumar	Men's pairs
LAWN BOWLS		Rupa Rani Tirkey	Women's pairs
LAWN BOWLS		Pinki Singh	Women's pairs
BOXING		Jadumani Singh	Men's 55 kg
BOXING		Sachin Siwach	Men's 60 kg
BOXING		Aditya Pratap Singh	Men's 65 kg
BOXING		Sumit Kundu	Men's 70 kg
BOXING		Ankush Ankush	Men's 80 kg
BOXING		Kapil Pokhariya	Men's 90 kg
BOXING		Narender Berwal	Men's 90+ kg
BOXING		Sakshi Choudhary	Women's 51 kg
BOXING		Preeti Pawar	Women's 54 kg
BOXING		Jasmine Lamboria	Women's 57 kg
BOXING		Priya Ghanghas	Women's 60 kg
BOXING		Parveen Hooda	Women's 65 kg
BOXING		Arundhati Choudhary	Women's 70 kg
BOXING		Lovlina Borgohain	Women's 75 kg
JUDO		Harsh Singh	Men's 60 kg
JUDO		Rohit Basir Majgul	Men's 66 kg
JUDO		Arun Kumar	Men's 73 kg
JUDO		Harsh Tokas	Men's 81 kg
JUDO		Karanjit Singh Maan	Men's 90 kg
JUDO		Avtar Singh	Men's 100 kg
JUDO		Yash Ghanghas	Men's 100+ kg
JUDO		Asmita Dey	Women's 48 kg
JUDO		Shraddha Kadabul Chopade	Women's 52 kg
JUDO		Yamini Mourya	Women's 57 kg
JUDO		Unnati Sharma	Women's 63 kg
JUDO		Inunganbi Takhellambam	Women's 70 kg
JUDO		Ishroop Narang	Women's 78 kg
JUDO		Tulika Maan	Women's 78+ kg
PARA POWERLIFTING		Ashok Kumar Malik	Men's lightweight
PARA POWERLIFTING		Parmjeet Kumar	Men's lightweight
PARA POWERLIFTING		Sudhir Sudhir	Men's heavyweight
PARA POWERLIFTING		Jhandu Kumar	Men's heavyweight
PARA POWERLIFTING		Suman Devi	Women's lightweight
PARA POWERLIFTING		Jaspreet Kaur	Women's lightweight
PARA POWERLIFTING		Kasthuri Rajamani	Women's heavyweight
SWIMMING		Srihari Nataraj	men's 50m backstroke, 100m backstroke, 100m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle relay
SWIMMING		Aryan Nehra	men's 400m freestyle, 800m freestyle, 1500m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle relay
SWIMMING		Sajan Prakash	men's 50m butterfly, 200m butterfly, 200m freestyle
SWIMMING		Aneesh S Gowda	men's 200m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle relay
SWIMMING		Dhakshan Shashikumar	men's 400m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle relay
PARA SWIMMING		Ravi Veera Venkata Budigina	Freestyle 50 m S7
PARA SWIMMING		Ali Imam	Freestyle100 m S13
PARA SWIMMING		Suyash Narayan Jadhav	Freestyle 50 m S7
PARA SWIMMING		Chaitanya Vishwas Kulkarni	Freestyle 200 m S14
PARA SWIMMING		Swatik Patil	Freestyle 50 m S7
TRACK CYCLING		Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam	1000m time trial
TRACK CYCLING		David Beckham Elkatohchoongo	Men's Elite Keirin
TRACK CYCLING		Jemsh Singh Keithellakram	Men's Elite Keirin
TRACK CYCLING		Dinesh Kumar	Men's Endurance / Pursuit formats
TRACK CYCLING		Rojit Singh Yanglem	Men's Endurance / Pursuit formats
TRACK CYCLING		Sekhon Harshveer Singh	Men's 4,000m Team Pursuit
PARA TRACK CYCLING		Lisha Das	Women's Track Cycling (Para)
WEIGHTLIFTING		Rishikanta Singh	Men's 60 kg
WEIGHTLIFTING		M Raja	Men's 65 kg
WEIGHTLIFTING		Ajaya Babu	Men's 79 kg
WEIGHTLIFTING		Dilbag Singh	Men's 94 kg
WEIGHTLIFTING		Lovepreet Singh	Men's 110+ kg
WEIGHTLIFTING		Mirabai Chanu	Women's 48 kg
WEIGHTLIFTING		Gyaneshwari Yadav	Women's 53 kg
WEIGHTLIFTING		Bindyarani Devi	Women's 58 kg
WEIGHTLIFTING		Harjinder Kaur	Women's 69 kg
WEIGHTLIFTING		Sanjana	Women's 77 kg
WEIGHTLIFTING		Seram Nirupama Devi	Women's 86 kg
WEIGHTLIFTING		Martina Devi	Women's 86+ kg

Why is the Commonwealth Games 2026 reduced to just 10 sports?

The 2026 Commonwealth Games are considerably smaller than previous editions because the original host, the Australian state of Victoria, withdrew in 2023 after projected hosting costs ballooned to around A$6-7 billion.

 

To ensure the Games survived, Glasgow stepped in as host with a sustainable, low-cost model centred around existing venues rather than new infrastructure. As part of that approach, the sports programme was reduced from the 19 sports featured in Birmingham 2022 to just 10 sports, while competitions are being held across only four venues.

 

Athletics and swimming remained compulsory sports under Commonwealth Sport regulations, while Scotland selected the remaining sports based on venue availability, cost, athlete participation and commercial viability. Despite the reduced programme, Glasgow 2026 will still award 215 gold medals and feature the largest-ever integrated para sports programme in Commonwealth Games history, with six para sports included. Organisers hope the leaner model will provide a blueprint for making future Commonwealth Games more financially sustainable and attractive to potential host cities.

Commonwealth Games 2026: Live streaming and telecast details

When will the Commonwealth Games 2026 begin?

 

The Commonwealth Games 2026 will kick off on Thursday, July 23, with the opening ceremony.

 

How long will the Commonwealth Games be in 2026?

 

The Commonwealth Games 2026 will run for 11 days before concluding on August 2 with the closing ceremony.

 

Which city will be hosting the Commonwealth Games 2026?

 

The Commonwealth Games 2026 will be hosted in Glasgow, Scotland.

 

Where to watch the live broadcast of the Commonwealth Games 2026 in India?

 

The live broadcast of the Commonwealth Games 2026 will be available on Sony Sports Network and Doordarshan (DD National) in India.

 

Where to watch live streaming of the Commonwealth Games 2026 in India?

 

The live streaming of the Commonwealth Games 2026 will be available on the SonyLIV app and website in India.