India News Get -SportsCommonwealth Games List of Glasgow Sporting Events 2026 | Hockey, cricket shooting
Badminton, shooting, cricket, hockey, squash, table tennis, wrestling, triathlon and archery have been excluded from the Commonwealth Games to be held in Glasgow in 2026. Only 10 events will take place in the Commonwealth of Glasgow.
These include athletics, swimming, artistic gymnastics, track cycling, netball, weightlifting, boxing, judo, bowls and basketball. All these events will take place across four locations. Apart from this, there will be events for para players.
Previously, these Commonwealth Games were to be held in Australia. Last year, the Australian government refused to hold the event. After that, it was decided to hold the games in Glasgow (Scotland).
19 matches were played in Birmingham The last Commonwealth Games (in 2022) took place in Birmingham, England. It included 19 sports. India won medals in 12 sports here. Archery and shooting were not included in the Birmingham Games.
India has so far won 286 medals in hockey, wrestling, badminton and shooting. India has so far won 286 medals in hockey, wrestling, badminton and shooting, including 149 gold. India has won 31 medals in badminton. These include 10 gold, 8 silver and 13 bronze. At the same time, India has won 135 medals in shooting so far. These include 63 gold, 44 silver and 28 bronze.
India has won a total of 114 medals in wrestling. These include 49 gold, 39 silver and 26 bronze. India has won 3 silver and 2 bronze medals in men’s hockey so far. The women’s team made history and won gold in 2002. The women’s hockey team won 3 Commonwealth medals.
Hockey has been part of the Commonwealth Games since 1998 Field hockey has been part of the Commonwealth Games since 1998. Australia’s men’s and women’s teams have always dominated in this area. The Australian men’s team has won the gold medal seven times (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022). At the same time, the women’s team won the gold medal four times and the silver and bronze medals once.
The Indian men’s team won the silver medal in 2010, 2014 and 2022, losing to Australia in the final. At the same time, the Indian women’s team won the gold medal in 2002. The women’s hockey team managed to win the silver medal in 2006 and the bronze medal in 2022.
A total of 61 medals were won at the Birmingham Games India won a total of 61 medals at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games, including 22 gold medals. Indians have won the most medals in wrestling (12), weightlifting (10), athletics (8), boxing and table tennis (7 each). The Indian women’s cricket team won the silver medal in these Commonwealth Games.
India faced Australia in the final of Commonwealth Games cricket 2022. Here, India won the silver medal.
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