To safeguard its medals count, India wants to host sports dropped Glasgow CWG, including badminton, cricket and hockey

After submitting a letter of intent to host the 2036 Olympics and an informal interest in hosting the 2030 Commonwealth Games (CWG), India is also keen on hosting the 10 disciplines that the 2026 CWG hosts Glasgow dropped from its programme.
Six of the 12 disciplines in which India won medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games were dropped for the 2026 edition. Badminton, cricket, hockey, squash, table tennis and wrestling got the axe and the omissions will hit India’s medal count. Archery and shooting won’t be part of the program after getting excluded in 2022 also.
However, the sports minry has now stepped in.
“Yes, we are interested in hosting the dropped sports from the 2026 CWG program,” a source in the Sports Minry revealed. “We are interested as we don’t want our medal tally to suffer. But in the end, the decision lies with the hosts. An informal proposal has been put forward,” the source added.
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A similar proposal was made during the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games when India wanted to host the dropped disciplines of archery and shooting. However, the plans didn’t materialize because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Scottish city Glasgow came on board as the hosts of the 2026 edition of CWG after the previous hosts, Victoria (Australia), pulled out. Glasgow Games also dropped triathlon, diving, beach volleyball, and rhythmic gymnastics.
Glasgow has kept the following sports as part of the 2026 CWG program: athletics, boxing, artic gymnastics, lawn bowls, judo, netball, swimming, cycling, weightlifting, powerlifting, and 3×3 basketball.
The Glasgow Games organisers said they will use four venues within an 8-mile radius in the city to save on costs, including transport and security. Instead of a Games Village athletes will stay in hotels.