India ” in internet hosting 2030 Commonwealth Video games, intends to convey again sports activities axed from Glasgow 2026

After expressing its need to host the Olympics in 2036, India says it’s “” in conducting the Commonwealth Video games for a second time in 2030, and bringing again the sports activities which were axed from the
2026 version in Glasgow, a supply within the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports activities mentioned on Friday.

If India does reach its bid, it’s going to be part of a handful of countries which have hosted the quadrennial multi-discipline sporting occasion each greater than as soon as.

“We have an interest and a proper interplay has taken place with the Commonwealth Video games Federation on this. We have now additionally proposed that every one the disciplines which were faraway from the 2026 CWG be held in India,” the supply informed information company Press Belief of India.

Sports activities resembling
hockey, badminton, wrestling, cricket and taking pictures have been dropped by organisers of subsequent 12 months’s Commonwealth Video games in Glasgow, Scotland. A complete of 10 disciplines, 9 lower than Birmingham 2022, have been retained in an effort to hold the occasion budget-friendly.

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The event, which was introduced in October final 12 months, got here as an enormous blow for India as these disciplines (besides cricket, which has infrequently been included) have accounted for a majority of their medals on the CWG in addition to within the Olympics and Asian Video games.

“This has been proposed to make sure that our medal tally doesn’t endure. An off-the-cuff proposal has been put throughout, we are going to see how the host metropolis responds to it,” the supply added.

The twenty third version of the Commonwealth Video games can be going down in Glasgow between 23 July and a couple of August, with town having beforehand hosted the occasion in 2014.

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The internet hosting rights for CWG 2026 had initially been awarded to the state of Victoria in Australia in 2022. Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews, nonetheless, confirmed in July 2023 that the state was backing out, leaving the quadrennial video games that’s restricted to Britain’s former colonies with out a host for greater than a 12 months.

India had beforehand hosted the Video games in 2010 in Delhi, through which the host nation had completed second on the factors desk with 38 gold, 27 silver and 36 bronze.