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What struck Commonwealth Games smack in the face was Victoria, Australia throwing their hands up in the air just two years before the 2026 edition, pleading their inability to host. (Reuters)

Commonwealth Games 2030: India's bid for hosting rights face surprise Nigerian challenge

September 02, 2025 4:38 pm

Both India and Nigeria's proposals will now be assessed by an Evaluation Commission appointed by the CS Executive Board, including in-person presentations by the Candidate Hosts at a meeting in London in late September.

India had previous hosted the CWG in 2010. (File Photo)

India's 2030 CWG bid cleared by Centre, Ahmedabad named as 'ideal' host venue

August 27, 2025 6:48 pm

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved India's bid to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games just days after the IOA did the same.

Commonwealth Games Federation president Chris Jenkins with Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. (Credit: @bhupendrapbjp/X)

‘Mood in India to host multi-sport events’: IOA approves country’s 2030 Commonwealth Games bid

August 13, 2025 9:06 pm

As reported by The Indian Express, India had already submitted an expression of interest in March and will now have to submit the official bid before August 31.

Gout Gout will run in next year’s Glasgow Commonwealth Games. (Reuters)

Australian teen sensation Gout Gout to run in 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games

July 23, 2025 1:09 pm

17-year-old Gout Gout had become the second fastest U18 sprinter in men’s 200m, when he broke Peter Norman’s 56-year-old Australian record of 20.06 seconds with his timing of 20.04 seconds in December last year.

Ahmedabad frontrunner to host 2030 Commonwealth Games as Canadian bid falters

June 26, 2025 5:25 pm

CWG 2030 could well be heading towards India as Canada was seen as a key competitor for the event that has struggled to find any takers in recent past.

CWG taint fading, but is a comeback too wishful for Suresh Kalmadi, the face of Pune, friend of Pawar to Gandhis?

May 01, 2025 6:31 pm

A Delhi court has accepted ED’s closure report on money laundering allegations against Kalmadi. There have been calls to bring back the leader who once dominated Pune politics and the local Congress for close to three decades.

Watch: Neeraj Chopra begins 2025 season with 84.52m throw in South Africa

April 17, 2025 3:15 pm

Neeraj Chopra will be in action at the Diamond League in Doha in exactly a month’s time.

India to tussle with Canada, Nigeria and two more countries to host Commonwealth Games 2030

April 16, 2025 2:09 pm

The future of the Commonwealth Games has looked uncertain over the past few years. Recently, Australia’s Victoria had pulled out of hosting the Commonwealth Games next year

CWG Commonwealth Games 2026: Malaysia pulls out

Para sport, swimming and track cycling to offer highest medals in Commonwealth Games 2026

February 06, 2025 7:48 pm

The competition will be held from July 23 to August 2 next year and will feature a "10-sport programme concentrated across four venues within an eight-mile corridor of the city".