Sports revealed for scaled-down Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games

Diving, hockey and badminton are among the sports that volition not diagnostic successful the 2026 Commonwealth Games, for which Glasgow has been officially confirmed arsenic host.

The scaled-down Games volition instrumentality spot from July 23 to August 2, the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) announced connected Tuesday.

Glasgow, which hosted the lawsuit successful 2014, stepped successful to signifier the lawsuit aft the Australian authorities of Victoria withdrew past year.

The Games volition diagnostic a 10-sport programme crossed 4 venues wrong an eight-mile corridor, with much than 500,000 tickets made disposable for spectators.

Athletics and swimming are included arsenic compulsory sports for 2026 portion determination volition besides beryllium 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 triathlon, diving, hockey, T20 cricket, squash, badminton and rugby sevens.

Commonwealth Games Scotland president Ian Reid said it was not casual to determine which sports to include.

He told BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland programme: “I deliberation everybody recognises that these events request to beryllium much affordable, lighter and we would person loved to person each of our sports and each of our athletes competing but unluckily it’s conscionable not deliverable oregon affordable for this clip frame.”

However helium said helium thinks that the athletics programme volition commencement to alteration and whitethorn summation successful size depending connected venues successful aboriginal cities, truthful determination is simply a accidental that much sports whitethorn again beryllium included.

The Commonwealth Games has a peculiar spot successful the hearts of athletes astir the globe, and we’re truly looking guardant to welcoming them

Jon Doig, Commonwealth Games Scotland

CGF main enforcement Katie Sadleir said: “On behalf of the full Commonwealth Sport Movement, we are delighted to officially corroborate that the 2026 Commonwealth Games volition instrumentality spot successful the big metropolis of Glasgow.

“The Games committedness to beryllium a genuinely immersive festival of athletics and solemnisation of civilization and diverseness that inspires athletes and sports – with a instrumentality acquisition much accessible than ever before.

“The 2026 Games volition beryllium a span to the Commonwealth Games of time – an breathtaking archetypal measurement successful our travel to reset and redefine the Games arsenic a genuinely collaborative, flexible and sustainable exemplary for the aboriginal that minimises costs, reduces the biology footprint, and enhances societal interaction – successful doing truthful expanding the scope of countries susceptible of hosting.

“With the reassuring bequest of Glasgow 2014 providing existing sporting, transport and accommodation infrastructure, and world-class venues and expertise, we look guardant to moving with the Glasgow squad to present a precise peculiar Commonwealth Games successful 2026.”

Around 3,000 athletes are expected to vie from up to 74 Commonwealth nations and territories representing a combined full of 2.5 cardinal radical – a 3rd of the world’s full population.

The 4 venues confirmed to big events are Scotstoun Stadium, Tollcross International Swimming Centre, Emirates Arena – including the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome – and the Scottish Event Campus.

It is estimated that the Glasgow 2026 Games volition present much than £100 cardinal of inward concern into the city.

Commonwealth Games Scotland main enforcement Jon Doig said: “We’re perfectly delighted to person secured Glasgow arsenic hosts of the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

“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 is simply a hugely important lawsuit for Scottish athletics and an breathtaking accidental for the radical of Scotland

First Minister John Swinney

Athletes and enactment unit volition beryllium housed successful edifice accommodation.

Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney said: “The Commonwealth Games is simply a hugely important lawsuit for Scottish athletics and an breathtaking accidental for the radical of Scotland.

“As good arsenic an action-packed, inclusive sports programme that volition animate and excite audiences crossed the globe – Glasgow 2026 volition besides beryllium a taste celebration.

“I would similar to convey Commonwealth Games Scotland for their hard enactment and dedication to nutrient a viable connection for Glasgow 2026 – and to the Commonwealth Games Federation and Commonwealth Games Australia for their assistance successful helping to unafraid the Games.”

Scottish Secretary Ian Murray said: “This is bully quality for the Commonwealth Games and yet different accidental for Glasgow and Scotland to show their quality to enactment connected satellite people sporting events.”

UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said: “We’re thrilled to invited the Commonwealth Games backmost to Glasgow for 2026, wherever Scotland’s renowned hospitality and unwavering passionateness for athletics volition erstwhile again airy up the metropolis connected the satellite stage.

“The UK Government has agelong supported the Games, and we’re arrogant to person played our portion successful making Glasgow 2026 a reality, backing the Scottish Government, Commonwealth Games Scotland and the Commonwealth Games Federation to present a world-class event.”

Glasgow City Council person Susan Aitken said: “The 2026 Games are an accidental to acceptable retired a caller blueprint for the aboriginal of sustainable, accessible Commonwealth athletics – and it should travel arsenic nary astonishment that the organisers judge Glasgow is the spot they tin marque that happen.”