Victoria will host the 2026 Commonwealth Games with the Australian state's regional centres organising the majority of events in a break from the traditional single host city model.
The Sports Ministry on Monday said it will spend Rs 190 crore on athletes for their training, foreign exposure, equipment and support staff for the upcoming Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games.
The announcement was made jointly by the International Cricket Council and the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) following Sri Lanka's victory in the Commonwealth Games Qualifier in Kuala Lumpur last week and the subsequent CGF ratification of the island nation's entry.
Women's cricket is making its debut at the Commonwealth Games with the T20 format. The last time cricket was played in the multi-sporting showpiece was in the 1998 edition in Kuala Lumpur.
Athletics and swimming will be the only compulsory sports in the Commonwealth Games from the 2026 edition as part of a strategic roadmap that also features T20 cricket and 3x3 basketball.
The group stage matches of the eight-team competition are slated to be held till August 4 and the semifinals are scheduled for August 6.
IOA Secretary General Rajiv Mehta also said that it will be really difficult to host the two events, in Chandigarh, seven months from now given the severity of the COVID-19 situation and the pending vaccination of billions of people.
The seven countries have secured qualification as a result of their standings in the ICC Women’s T20I Team Rankings as on April 1.
With the exception of the 1970 edition in Edinburgh, shooting, which is not among the core sports in the CWG programme, has been a part of every Games since Kingston 1966.
The Tokyo Olympics were originally scheduled to be held from July 23 to August 8 this year but the quadrennial event was postponed by a year last month owing to the pandemic, which has so far claimed over 2 lakh lives globally.
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) announced the decision after its Executive Board meeting here from February 21 to 23.
The country's apex body for Olympic sports will next approach the government for the necessary clearances to host the multi-sport event. The country hosted the 2010 edition in the national capital.
CGF Chief Executive David Grevemberg said that India's concerns over the dropping of shooting from the 2022 CWG in Birmingham will be addressed when they visit the country in mid-November.
IOA President Narinder Batra asserted that CWG is a waste of time and India should permanently pull out from the event.
Despite India's threat to boycott CWG 2022, the organizers have reiterated that Shooting will not be the part of the edition.
Despite India's threat to boycott CWG 2022, the organizers have reiterated that Shooting will not be the part of the edition.
The 17-year-old, who is a multiple ISSF World Cup gold medalist, applied under the sports quota and was eligible for direct admission.
The Indian contingent won 13 medals that included eight gold, three silver and two bronze medals in senior, junior and youth categories.
Former Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap's impressive run at the Canada Open Super 100 tournament came to an end
Former South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis is elated on women's T20 cricket being included in the Birmingham Commonwealth Games (CWG) slated to be held in 2022.
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