CWG 2026 India Guide: Live Streaming, Schedule, Top Medal Contenders, and Indian Squad for Glasgow Commonwealth Games

5 min readJul 22, 2026 04:53 PM Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will headline the Indian contingent at the 2026 Commonwealth Games as the event gets underway on Thursday, July 23, in Glasgow, Scotland. With a streamlined roster of 10 core sports in this edition, India’s primary medal ambitions rely heavily on three dominant disciplines: Athletics, Weightlifting, and Boxing.
Having sent a 125-member team for this year’s CWG, India would need to punch way above their weight to match the feat of Birmingham 2022, where the country finished fourth overall with a tally of 61 medals. The opening ceremony will take place at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow from 10:30 PM onwards.
Here’s your complete guide to the 2026 Commonwealth Games – live streaming, top Indian medal contenders, schedule, full squad, and FAQs.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Live Streaming
The broadcast of the Commonwealth Games 2026 will be available on Sony Sports Network and Doordarshan Sports. Fans can also watch the CWG 2026 on DD Free Dish. The live streaming of the event will be available on Sony LIV.

Neeraj Chopra (Javelin)
Mirabai Chanu (Weightlifting)
Murali Sreeshankar (Long Jump)
Lovlina Borgohain (Boxing)
Tulika Mann (Judo)

Commonwealth Games 2026 Schedule
The Commonwealth Games 2026 will officially begin on July 23, 2026, with the opening ceremony scheduled for Thursday at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow. The competitions will run for 10 days through August 2, 2026, with the closing ceremony taking place on the same day.

Event
Date

Opening Ceremony
July 23, 2026

Competition
July 24 – August 2, 2026

Closing Ceremony
August 2, 2026

Click HERE for the full India schedule with dates, events & timings for the Commonwealth Games 2026 Glasgow edition.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Indian Squad

Athlete
Event

Neeraj Chopra
Athletics (Javelin Throw)

Tejaswin Shankar
Athletics (Decathlon, High Jump)

Gurindervir Singh
Athletics (100m)

Animesh Kujur
Athletics (200m)

Parul Chaudhary
Athletics (3000m Steeplechase, 5000m)

Sreeshankar Murali
Athletics (Long Jump)

Pooja Singh
Athletics (High Jump)

Manpreet Kaur
Athletics (Shot Put)

Seema Kaliramna
Athletics (Discus Throw)

Nidhi Rani
Athletics (Discus Throw)

Sarvesh Kushare
Athletics (High Jump)

Praveen Chithravel
Athletics (Triple Jump)

Selva Prabhu
Athletics (Triple Jump)

Lokesh Satyanathan
Athletics (Long Jump)

Ravina
Athletics (Racewalking)

Priyanka Goswami
Athletics (Racewalking)

Rashdeep Kaur
Athletics (400m)

Neeru Pathak
Athletics (400m)

Ansa Babu
Athletics (400m)

Tejas Shirse
Athletics (110m hurdles)

Yashas Palaksha
Athletics (400m hurdles)

Santhosh T
Athletics (400m hurdles)

Dev Meena
Athletics (Pole Vault)

Kuldeep Kumar
Athletics (Pole Vault)

Rohit Yadav
Athletics (Javelin Throw)

Yashvir Singh
Athletics (Javelin Throw)

Vishal TK
Athletics (400m)

Rajesh Ramesh
Athletics (400m)

Tajinderpal Singh Toor
Athletics (Shot Put)

Samardeep Singh Gill
Athletics (Shot Put)

Aadarsh Ram
Athletics (High Jump)

Sakshi Chaudhary
Boxing (51kg)

Jaismine Lamboria
Boxing (57kg)

Preeti Pawar
Boxing (54kg)

Priya Ghanghas
Boxing (60kg)

Parveen Hooda
Boxing (65kg)

Arundhati Chaudhary
Boxing (70kg)

Lovlina Borgohain
Boxing (75kg)

Jadumani Singh
Boxing (55kg)

Sachin Siwach
Boxing (60kg)

Aditya Pratap Singh
Boxing (65kg)

Sumit Kundu
Boxing (70kg)

Ankush
Boxing (80kg)

Kapil Pokhriya
Boxing (90kg)

Narender Berwal
Boxing (+90kg)

Mirabai Chanu
Weightlifting

Gyaneshwari Devi
Weightlifting

Bindiyarani Devi
Weightlifting

Harjinder Kaur
Weightlifting

Sanjana
Weightlifting

Martina Devi
Weightlifting

Rishikanta Singh
Weightlifting

M Raja
Weightlifting

Ajaya Babu
Weightlifting

Dilbag Singh
Weightlifting

Lovepreet Singh
Weightlifting

Ronaldo Singh
Track Cycling

David Beckham
Track Cycling

Rojit Singh
Track Cycling

Dinesh Kumar
Track Cycling

Jemesh Singh
Track Cycling

Harshveer Sekhon
Track Cycling

Aneesh Gowda
Swimming

Sajan Prakash
Swimming

Srihari Nataraj
Swimming

Aryan Nehra
Swimming

Dharshan Shashikumar
Swimming

Shharadha Chopade
Judo(52kg)

Asmit Dey
Judo(48kg)

Tulika Maan
Judo(+78kg)

Inunganbi
Judo(70kg)

Ishroop Narang
Judo(78kg)

Yamini Mourya
Judo(57kg)

Unnati Sharma
Judo (63kg)

Avtar Singh
Judo (+100kg)

Yash Ghangas
Judo (100kg)

Arun Kumar
Judo (73kg)

Karanjit Singh Maan
Judo (90kg)

Rohit
Judo (66kg)

Harsh Tokas
Judo (81kg)

Harsh Singh
Judo (60kg)

Pinki
Lawn Bowls

Nayanmoni Saikia
Lawn Bowls

Rupa Rani Tirkey
Lawn Bowls

Dinesh Kumar
Lawn Bowls

Navneet Singh
Lawn Bowls

Putul Sonowal
Lawn Bowls

Prannati Nayak
Artic Gymnastics

Nishika Agarwal
Artic Gymnastics

Eshita Rewale
Artic Gymnastics

Protha Samanta
Artic Gymnastics

Tapan Mohanty
Artic Gymnastics

Satyajit Mondal
Artic Gymnastics

Tapaswera Nath
Artic Gymnastics

Swatish Kaitheri
Artic Gymnastics

Sharmila
Para Athletics

Devender Kumar
Para Athletics

Rakeshbhai Bhatt
Para Athletics

Dilip Gavit
Para Athletics

Shubham Juyal
Para Athletics

Shilpa Shyla
Para Athletics

Soman Rana
Para Athletics

Basil
Para Athletics

Rakesh Shanmugam
Para Athletics

Sagar Thyat
Para Athletics

Shreyansh Trivedi
Para Powerlifting

Jaspreet Kaur
Para Powerlifting

Suman Devi
Para Powerlifting

Kasthuri Rajamani
Para Powerlifting

Paramjeet
Para Powerlifting

Ashok Kumar
Para Powerlifting

Jhandu Kumar
Para Powerlifting

Sudhir
Para Powerlifting

Ravi Veera
Para Swimming

Ali Imam
Para Swimming

Suyash Jadhav
Para Swimming

Swastik Patil
Para Swimming

Chaitanya Kulkarni
Para Swimming

Tejas Nandkumar
Para Swimming

Reena Gupta
Wheelchair Basketball Team

Rita Chanu
Wheelchair Basketball Team

Minakshi Jadhav
Wheelchair Basketball Team

Lakshmi Rayappa
Wheelchair Basketball Team

Lisha Das
Para Cycling

Frequently Asked Questions: Commonwealth Games 2026
What time will Indian events start?
Timings vary sport and competition schedule. However, Indian viewers can generally expect sessions at the following times:Story continues below this ad

Morning sessions (Glasgow): 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Afternoon sessions: 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Evening medal sessions: 9:30 PM onwards, with some events extending beyond midnight.

What is the time difference between Glasgow and India?
Glasgow follows British Summer Time (BST, UTC+1) during the Games, while India follows Indian Standard Time (, UTC+5:30). India is 4 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Glasgow.