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Given the urgency and lack of time to organise the event, this will be the first time since the 1994 Commonwealth Games that the program will have only 10 sports including the two compulsory sports:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*1. Artistic gymnastics*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*2. Athletics*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*3. 3×3 basketball*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*4. Bowls*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*5. Boxing*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*6. Judo*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*7. Netball*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*8. Swimming*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*9. Track cycling*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*10. Weightlifting*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*Host: Glasgow, Scotland*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*Nations: 74 Commonwealth Games Associations*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*Athletes: 3, 000*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*Events: 10 sports*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*Opening: 23 July 2026*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*Closing: 2 August 2026*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*Main venue: Scotstoun Stadium*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Optional sports dropped from the previous Games include: rugby sevens, field hockey, badminton, triathlon, Twenty20 cricket, squash, diving, table tennis, beach volleyball and rhythmic gymnastics. Some events in athletics and cycling were also dropped. Indoor bowls will be held instead of lawn bowls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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