9 Major sports left out as 2026 Commonwealth Games scaled down in Glasgow

Glasgow stepped successful aft Australian authorities Victoria withdrew past twelvemonth but a fig of events won't instrumentality placed, including diving, which has featured successful each of the 12 editions of the Games since the inaugural lawsuit successful 1930

Hockey, squash and diving are among the sports which volition not diagnostic successful the scaled-down 2026 Commonwealth Games successful Glasgow.

The Scottish metropolis stepped into the breach aft the Australian authorities of Victoria withdrew past twelvemonth and its hosting has present been officially confirmed by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), on with the 10 sports which volition feature. Athletics and swimming are included arsenic compulsory sports alongside way cycling, gymnastics, netball, weightlifting, boxing, judo, bowls and 3×3 basketball.

There volition besides beryllium integrated para events successful six of those sports – athletics, swimming, way cycling, weightlifting, bowls and basketball. Among the sports missing retired compared to the 2022 Games successful Birmingham are archery, triathlon, diving, hockey, T20 cricket, squash, badminton, rowing and rugby sevens.

Diving has featured successful each of the 12 editions of the Games since the inaugural lawsuit successful 1930, portion hockey and squash person been included successful each Games since 1998.

All the athletics volition beryllium hosted crossed 4 venues wrong an eight-mile corridor – the Scotstoun Stadium, Tollcross International Swimming Centre, the Emirates Arena, including the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, and the Scottish Event Campus (SEC). The CGF says the estimated 3,000 athletes who volition compete, positive enactment staff, volition beryllium housed successful hotels during the Games.

The CGF confirmed the lawsuit would tally from July 23 to August 2, 2026, and said it would bring £100million successful inward concern to the city, with Games transportation not requiring immoderate nationalist funding.

CGF main enforcement Katie Sadleir said the Glasgow Games would beryllium “an breathtaking archetypal measurement successful our travel to reset and redefine the Games arsenic a genuinely collaborative, flexible and sustainable exemplary for the future”.

She said the caller attack to hosting was to minimise cost, trim biology footprint and heighten societal impact. Sadleir said she hoped this would “increase the scope of countries susceptible of hosting”.

Since 2014, erstwhile Glasgow hosted for the archetypal time, lone the United Kingdom and Australia person staged the Games, with Victoria’s withdrawal pursuing the determination by the CGF to portion the South African metropolis of Durban of its close to big the 2022 Games amid fiscal concerns.

Commonwealth Games Scotland (CGS) archetypal announced its “cost effective” connection for hosting successful April. Its main enforcement Jon Doig said: “Glasgow 2026 volition person each the drama, passionateness and joyousness that we cognize the Commonwealth Games delivers, adjacent if it is to beryllium lighter and leaner than immoderate erstwhile editions.

“It volition beryllium much accessible, delivered connected a smaller footprint which brings our fans person to the sporting action.

“The Commonwealth Games has a peculiar spot successful the hearts of athletes astir the globe and we’re truly looking guardant to welcoming them, their enactment unit and fans from each 4 corners of the Commonwealth to acquisition the celebrated Scottish and Glasgow hospitality. It is an breathtaking infinitesimal for the metropolis and the country.”

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