By: Mohamed Abu Conteh
A scaled-back Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will feature just 10 events, with several prominent sports being culled. Games organisers confirmed the event list for the 2026 event, which will be held in Scotland from Thursday, July 23 to Sunday, August 2.
The slimmed-down program has axed diving, badminton, beach volleyball, cricket, road cycling and mountain biking, rhythmic gymnastics, hockey, rugby sevens, squash, table tennis and para table tennis, triathlon and para triathlon, and wrestling from the Birmingham 2022 Games.
In 2026, Glasgow will host athletics and para athletics, swimming and para swimming, artistic gymnastics, track cycling and para track cycling, netball, weightlifting and para powerlifting, boxing, judo, lawn bowls and para bowls, 3×3 basketball and 3×3 wheelchair basketball.