IOA green lights India’s plan to bid for 2030 Commonwealth Games, Ahmedabad proposed as host city | Sport-others News

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Wednesday held a Special General Meeting (SGM) in the nation’s capital where the governing body of the Olympic sports in India formally approved the country’s plans to host the Commonwealth Games in 2030. IOA is learnt to have given the go-ahead for Ahmedabad to be named as the proposed host city for the event in five years’ time. India will now have to submit their proposal for the final bid before the August 31 deadline.
The 2030 edition of the Commonwealth Games will be significant for India because it will mark the 20 years to New Delhi CWG, which was the first and only time so far that India has hosted the multi-disciplinary games. The 2010 Commonwealth Games were mired in corruption scandals.
As The Indian Express had reported earlier this year, India had opened an “informal” dialogue with the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) to host the centenary edition of the Games in 2030. India are also eyeing the 2036 Olympic Games.
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Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) officials like president Chris Jenkins and chief executive Katie Sadlier have already flown down to India earlier this year, visiting multiple cities like in Gandhinagar, Bhubaneswar and New Delhi to meet with state and central government miners and senior bureaucrats. They had also toured potential venues in Ahmedabad and Bhubaneswar, which was in the mix to host the Games back then.
A team of officials from Commonwealth Sport, led its Director of Games Darren Hall, had also recently made a visit to Ahmedabad to inspect the venues and meet Gujarat government officials.
A decision on the host city for the 2030 Games will be made during the General Assembly of Commonwealth Sport in the last week of November in Glasgow.
Ahmedabad is also in line to host other big-ticket events. The state of Gujarat reportedly has plans to host a slew of international multidisciplinary events and major continental, Commonwealth and world-level tournaments to gain hosting experience. Besides the Commonwealth Games, this wishl also includes the 2027 women’s volleyball world championship, the 2028 Asian swimming championship and 2028 World U20 Athletics Championships, the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship, the South Asian Games, World Beach Games and World Military Games, among others.