India's Strong Contingent Heads to 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow

Overview of the 2026 Commonwealth Games

The 2026 Commonwealth Games (CWG) are set to commence, with a robust Indian team of 126 athletes arriving in Glasgow for the prestigious event. This 24th edition of the quadrennial competition will feature only 10 sports, a significant reduction from the 19 sports in 2022, following the withdrawal of the original host, Victoria. In the previous edition, India secured 61 medals, but many of the sports contributing to that tally are absent this time.

Among the participants, athletics boasts the largest representation, with 44 athletes, including 32 in able-bodied events and 12 para athletes. Additionally, boxing and judo will each see 14 Indian competitors. The games are scheduled to run from June 23 to August 2, with both the opening and closing ceremonies taking place at the OYO Hodra Stadium in Glasgow.

India's Schedule at CWG 2026

Here is India's Full Schedule at CWG 2026

July 24 (Friday)

Medal Events

• Artistic Gymnastics 2:30 PM: Men's Team Final
• Para Powerlifting 5:30 PM: Men's Lightweight Final – Ashok Kumar Malik, Parmjeet Kumar
• 5:30 PM: Women's Lightweight Final – Suman Devi, Jaspreet Kaur
• 10:30 PM: Men's Heavyweight Final – Sudhir, Jhandu Kumar
• 10:30 PM: Women's Heavyweight Final – Kasthuri Rajamani

Other Indian Events

• Boxing 3:30 PM: Preeti Pawar, Jaismine Lamboria, and Aditya Pratap Singh (First Round)
• 10:30 PM: Priya Ghanghas, Jadumani Singh, and Sumit Kundu (First Round)
• Swimming 2:15 PM: Ali Imam – Men's S13 100m Freestyle Heats (Final at 11:45 PM if qualified)
• 2:20 PM: Srihari Natraj – Men's 50m Backstroke Heats (Semifinal at 12:15 AM if qualified)
• Lawn Bowls: Putul Sonowal – Men's Singles Sectional Play; Pinki Singh and Rupa Rani Tirkey – Women's Pairs Sectional Play

July 25 (Saturday)

Medal Events

• Artistic Gymnastics 2:30 PM: Women's Team Final

Other Indian Events

• Boxing 3:30 PM: Parveen Hooda, Arundhati Choudhary, and Sachin Siwach (First Round)
• 10:30 PM: Lovlina Borgohain and Ankush (First Round)
• 10:30 PM: Aditya Pratap Singh (Second Round, subject to qualification)
• Lawn Bowls: Putul Sonowal – Men's Singles Sectional Play; Pinki Singh and Rupa Rani Tirkey – Women's Pairs Sectional Play
• 3x3 Wheelchair Basketball 5:00 PM: India Women vs Wales
• Swimming 4:00 PM: Dhakshan Shashikumar – Men's 400m Freestyle Heats (Final at 11:30 PM if qualified)
• 4:15 PM: Chaitanya Vishwas Kulkarni – Men's S14 200m Freestyle Heats (Final at 12:45 AM if qualified)
• 12:20 AM: Srihari Natraj – Men's 50m Backstroke Final (if qualified)

July 26 (Sunday)

Medal Events

• Weightlifting 2:30 PM: Rishikanta Singh – Men's 60kg Final
• 6:30 PM: Mirabai Chanu – Women's 49kg Final
• 11:00 PM: M Raja – Men's 65kg Final
• Artistic Gymnastics 2:30 PM: Men's Individual All-Around Final
• 10:00 PM: Women's Individual All-Around Final

Other Indian Events

• Boxing (From 3:30 PM onwards): Jaismine Lamboria, Jadumani Singh, Kapil Pokhariya, Narender Berwal (Second Round, subject to qualification), Aditya Pratap Singh (Third Round, subject to qualification)
• Lawn Bowls: Putul Sonowal – Men's Singles Sectional Play; Pinki Singh and Rupa Rani Tirkey – Women's Pairs Sectional Play
• 3x3 Wheelchair Basketball 10:15 PM: India Women vs Scotland

July 27 (Monday)

Medal Events

• Athletics and Para Athletics (11:00 PM–2:15 AM): Sarvesh Kushare and Adarsh Ram – Men's High Jump Final; Tejas Shirse – Men's 110m Hurdles Final (if qualified); Rakeshbhai Bhatt and Shreyansh Trivedi – Men's T37/38 100m Final (if qualified); Sharmila Dhankar and Shilpa K Shya – Women's Shot Put F55-57 Final
• Weightlifting 5:30 PM: Gyaneshwari Yadav – Women's 53kg Final; 7:45 PM: Bindyarani Devi – Women's 58kg Final; 12:30 AM: Ajaya Babu – Men's 79kg Final

Other Indian Events

• Athletics and Para Athletics (2:30 PM–8:00 PM): Pooja – Women's High Jump Qualification; Yashas P and Santhosh Kumar Thamilarasan – Men's 400m Hurdles Round 1; Murali Sreeshankar and Lokesh Sathyanathan – Men's Long Jump Qualification; Gurindervir Singh – Men's 100m Round 1; Tejas Shirse – Men's 110m Hurdles Round 1; Rakeshbhai Bhatt and Shreyansh Trivedi – Men's T37/38 100m Round 1
• Boxing (From 3:30 PM): Sakshi Choudhary, Sachin Siwach, Sumit Kundu, Ankush (Second Round, subject to qualification)
• Swimming 3:00 PM: Sajan Prakash – Men's 200m Butterfly Heats; 2:00 AM: Men's 200m Butterfly Final (if qualified)
• Lawn Bowls: Putul Sonowal – Men's Singles Sectional Play; Pinki Singh and Rupa Rani Tirkey – Women's Pairs Sectional Play
• 3x3 Wheelchair Basketball 5:15 PM: India Women vs Nigeria

July 28 (Tuesday)

Medal Events

• Athletics (11:00 PM–2:15 AM): Pooja – Women's High Jump Final (if qualified); Gurindervir Singh – Men's 100m Final (if qualified); Gulveer Singh – Men's 10,000m Final
• Weightlifting 11:00 PM: Harjinder Kaur – Women's 69kg Final
• Lawn Bowls: Putul Sonowal – Men's Singles Medal Matches (if qualified); Pinki Singh and Rupa Rani Tirkey – Women's Pairs Medal Matches (if qualified)
• Artistic Gymnastics (From 5:30 PM): Men's Floor Exercise Final (subject to qualification); Women's Vault Final (subject to qualification); Men's Pommel Horse Final (subject to qualification); Women's Uneven Bars Final (subject to qualification); Men's Rings Final (subject to qualification)

Other Indian Events

• Boxing (From 3:30 PM): Preeti Pawar, Priya Ghanghas, Parveen Hooda, Lovlina Borgohain, Jadumani Singh, Aditya Pratap Singh, Kapil Pokhariya (Quarterfinals, subject to qualification)
• Swimming 2:45 PM: Srihari Natraj – Men's 100m Backstroke Heats; 11:00 PM: Men's 100m Backstroke Semifinal (if qualified)
• 3x3 Wheelchair Basketball 11:00 PM: Women's Semifinal (if India qualify)

July 29 (Wednesday)

Medal Events

• Athletics and Para Athletics (11:00 PM–2:15 AM): Murali Sreeshankar and Lokesh Sathyanathan – Men's Long Jump Final (subject to qualification); Manpreet Kaur – Women's Shot Put Final; Parul Choudhary – Women's 3000m Steeplechase Final; Devender Kumar and Sagar Thayat – Men's Discus Throw F42-44/61-64 Final; Mohammed Basil M and Dilip Mahadu Gavit – Men's 100m T45-47 Final (subject to qualification)
• Weightlifting 2:00 PM: Sanjana – Women's 77kg Final; 6:30 PM: Dilbag Singh – Men's 94kg Final; 11:00 PM: Nirupama Devi – Women's 86kg Final

Swimming 11:30 PM: Srihari Natraj – Men's 100m Backstroke Final (if qualified); 12:00 AM: Aneesh S Gowda – Men's 200m Freestyle Final (if qualified); 12:45 AM: Ravi Veera Venkata Budigina, Suyash Narayan Jadhav, and Swatik Patil – Men's S7 50m Freestyle Final (if qualified); 12:50 AM: Aryan Nehra – Men's 1500m Freestyle Final (if qualified)

3x3 Wheelchair Basketball 11:00 PM: Women's Final (if India qualify)

Artistic Gymnastics (From 5:30 PM): Men's Vault Final (subject to qualification); Women's Balance Beam Final (subject to qualification); Men's Parallel Bars Final (subject to qualification); Women's Floor Exercise Final (subject to qualification); Men's Horizontal Bar Final (subject to qualification)

Other Indian Events

• Athletics and Para Athletics (2:30 PM–8:00 PM): Animesh Kujur – Men's 200m Round 1; Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Samardeep Singh Gill – Men's Shot Put Qualification; Mohammed Basil M and Dilip Mahadu Gavit – Men's 100m T45-47 Round 1
• Boxing (From 3:30 PM): Sakshi Choudhary, Jaismine Lamboria, Arundhati Choudhary, Sachin Siwach, Sumit Kundu, Ankush, Narender Berwal (Quarterfinals, subject to qualification)
• Lawn Bowls: Nayanmoni Saikia – Women's Singles Sectional Play; Navneet Singh and Dinesh – Women's Pairs Sectional Play
• Swimming 3:10 PM: Aneesh S Gowda – Men's 200m Freestyle Heats; 3:30 PM: Ravi Veera Venkata Budigina, Suyash Narayan Jadhav, and Swatik Patil – Men's S7 50m Freestyle Heats; 4:00 PM: Aryan Nehra – Men's 1500m Freestyle Heats
• 3x3 Wheelchair Basketball 7:30 PM: Women's Semifinal (if India qualify)

July 30 (Thursday)

Medal Events

• Athletics and Para Athletics (11:00 PM–2:15 AM): Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Samardeep Singh Gill – Men's Shot Put Final (subject to qualification); Seema Kaliramna and Nidhi Rani – Women's Discus Throw Final; Parul Choudhary – Women's 5000m Final
• Weightlifting 6:30 PM: Martina Devi – Women's 86+kg Final; 11:00 PM: Lovepreet Singh – Men's 110+kg Final
• Track Cycling Evening Session: Men's 4000m Team Pursuit Final (Time TBC)

Other Indian Events

• Athletics and Para Athletics (2:30 PM–8:00 PM): Neeraj Chopra, Rohit Yadav, and Yash Vir Singh – Men's Javelin Qualification; Tejaswin Shankar – Men's Decathlon; Praveen Chithravel and Selva Prabhu – Men's Triple Jump Qualification; Dev Meena and Kuldeep Kumar – Men's Pole Vault Qualification
• Lawn Bowls: Nayanmoni Saikia – Women's Singles Sectional Play; Navneet Singh and Dinesh – Women's Pairs Sectional Play

July 31 (Friday)

Medal Events

• Athletics and Para Athletics (11:00 PM–2:15 AM): Neeraj Chopra, Rohit Yadav, and Yash Vir Singh – Men's Javelin Final (subject to qualification); Approximately 1:00 AM: Tejaswin Shankar – Men's Decathlon (Final Event); Yashas Palaksha and Santhosh Kumar Thamilarasan – Men's 400m Hurdles Final (subject to qualification); Animesh Kujur – Men's 200m Final (subject to qualification)
• Judo 8:30 PM–11:15 PM: Asmita Dey, Shraddha Kadabul Chopade, Yamini Mourya, Harsh Singh, and Rohit Basir Majgul – Medal Rounds (subject to qualification)
• Track Cycling Evening Session: David Beckham Elkatohchoongo and Jemsh Singh Keithellakram – Men's Keirin Final (subject to qualification, time TBC)

Other Indian Events

• Athletics and Para Athletics (2:30 PM–8:30 PM): Vishal TK, Rajesh Ramesh, Rashdeep Kaur, and Neeru Pathak – Mixed 4x400m Relay Heats
• Boxing 2:00 PM–9:30 PM: Semifinals in all weight categories (subject to qualification)
• Lawn Bowls: Nayanmoni Saikia – Women's Singles Sectional Play; Navneet Singh and Dinesh – Women's Pairs Sectional Play
• Judo 3:30 PM–6:30 PM: Asmita Dey, Shraddha Kadabul Chopade, Yamini Mourya, Harsh Singh, and Rohit Basir Majgul – Initial Rounds

August 1 (Saturday)

Medal Events

• Athletics and Para Athletics (2:30 PM–8:00 PM): Praveen Chithravel and Selva Prabhu – Men's Triple Jump Final (subject to qualification); Vishal TK and Rajesh Ramesh – Men's 400m Final (subject to qualification); Ramesh Shanmugam – Men's 1500m T53/54 Final; Priyanka Goswami and Ravina – Women's 10km Race Walk Final; Shubham Juyal and Soman Rana – Men's Shot Put F55-57 Final
• Athletics and Para Athletics (11:00 PM–2:15 AM): Dev Meena and Kuldeep Kumar – Men's Pole Vault Final (subject to qualification); Gulveer Singh – Men's 5000m Final; Vishal TK, Rajesh Ramesh, Rashdeep Kaur, and Neeru Pathak – Mixed 4x400m Relay Final (subject to qualification)

Boxing 2:00 PM–9:30 PM: Finals in all weight categories (subject to qualification)

Judo 8:30 PM–11:15 PM: Unnati Sharma, Inunganbi Takhellambam, Arun Kumar, Harsh Tokas, and Karanjit Singh Maan – Medal Rounds (subject to qualification)

Other Indian Events

• Lawn Bowls: Nayanmoni Saikia – Women's Singles Sectional Play; Navneet Singh and Dinesh – Women's Pairs Sectional Play
• Judo 3:30 PM–6:30 PM: Unnati Sharma, Inunganbi Takhellambam, Arun Kumar, Harsh Tokas, and Karanjit Singh Maan – Initial Rounds

August 2 (Sunday)

Medal Events

• Lawn Bowls: Nayanmoni Saikia – Women's Singles Medal Matches (subject to qualification); Navneet Singh and Dinesh – Women's Pairs Medal Matches (subject to qualification)
• Judo 8:30 PM–11:15 PM: Ishroop Narang, Tulika Maan, Avtar Singh, and Yash Ghanghas – Medal Rounds (subject to qualification)
• Track Cycling Evening Session: Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam – Men's 1000m Time Trial (Time TBC); Lisha Das – Women's C4-5 1000m Time Trial (Time TBC)

Other Indian Events

• Judo 3:30 PM–6:30 PM: Ishroop Narang, Tulika Maan, Avtar Singh, and Yash Ghanghas – Initial Rounds.