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'Huge Setback, Nearly 40 Medals At Risk': BAI On Major Sports' Snub From CWG 2026

By IANS News October 22, 2024 • 15:44 PM View: 321

The Badminton Association: Badminton Association of India (BAI) secretary Sanjay Mishra has expressed his disappointment to major sports being excluded from the 2026 Commonwealth Games and said that it feels like a "conspiracy to sideline India's rising sporting potential".

The 23rd edition of the CWG is set to be held in Glasgow from July 23 to August 2, 2026, will feature only 10 sports.

The Glasgow 2026 sports list is significantly leaner than Birmingham 2022 with the exclusions of hockey, cricket, badminton, wrestling, table tennis, squash. Shooting, which was also dropped from the Birmingham 2022 CWG programme, is still out.