The 30 medals that India won last time in the 6 games will not be seen in Glasgow.

Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2026 (Photo: Getty Images)

Glasgow 2026: Commonwealth Games 2026 is going to start from 23rd July. This time the Commonwealth Games is being organized in Glasgow. Last time i.e. in the year 2022, when the Commonwealth Games were organized in Birmingham city of England, India had won 61 medals there, of which 22 were gold medals. The big thing is that the six sports in which India won 30 out of 61 medals in Birmingham are missing from the 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Meaning, they will not be seen being organized in Glasgow.

These 6 sports will not be the guarantee of India’s medal in Glasgow

In the last Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, India had won a total of 30 medals in hockey, badminton, cricket, table tennis, wrestling and squash, out of which 13 were gold medals. But, apart from these 6 sports which are considered a medal guarantee for India, Rugby Sevens will also not be organized in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2026.

What sports will be in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games?

Now the question is, which sports will be seen again in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2026? Only 10 sports will be seen in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games to be held between 23 July and 2 August. The names of those 10 games are as follows.

1. Athletics and para-athletics
2. swimming and mercury swimming
3. artistic gymnastics
4. Track cycling and mercury cycling
5. Weightlifting and mercury powerlifting
6. net ball
7. boxing
8. Judo
9. Lawn Bowls and Para Bowls
10. basketball and wheelchair basketball

Commonwealth Games 2026: Medal tally may be affected

Out of these 10 sports going to be held in Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2026, India is expected to win medals in Athletics, Boxing, Judo, Lawn Bowls, Weightlifting and Para Powerlifting. In the last Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, India had won 31 medals in these games, of which 8 were gold. Last time India had won maximum gold in wrestling and table tennis. But both those sports are not part of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2026. In such a situation, its impact can be seen on India’s medal tally.

Saket Sharma

The journey that started with the game show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ passed through stops like News Nation, India News, India.com and Editorji. In this connection, I have been associated with TV9 Hindi for the last 5 years. Here too it is my job to tell sports news. I have an understanding of all three worlds, TV, digital and production houses and overall experience of more than a decade. Every day I try to learn something new and do new creative things. Not afraid of failure and not proud of success. I just try to always give my best. This is what I have been doing till date and my intention is the same in future too. Be it sitting at the desk and narrating sports news in your own words or going to the field and capturing it on camera. In simple language, I am a player who brings to you every action happening on the sports field.

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