The Commonwealth Games return to England for the first time in twenty years as Birmingham plays host to the event after London in 1934 and Manchester in 2002. The inaugural edition took place back in 1930 in Hamilton, Canada but has risen considerably globally over the years. In 2022, 72 nations and around 6,600 athletes are expected to participate.
India will be making its 18th appearance in this edition sending a 322-member squad for Commonwealth Games. In the last edition, India finished third only behind hosts Australia and England. The list includes the likes of Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra, badminton’s World No. 7 PV Sindhu and 2018 Commonwealth Games gold medalist Manika Batra. India will participate in 15 sporting disciplines with four disciplines in the Para Sports category.
Fans can watch the World Athletics Championships 2022 live in India on the Sony Sports Network having the official telecast rights in the country. The events will telecast live on Sony Six SD/HD and Sony Ten 2 SD/HD. You can follow the live stream on SonyLIV app and website.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Schedule
Sport
Start Date
End Date
Men Participants
Women Participants
Athletics
16 July
25 July
21
18
Badminton
29 July
08 Aug
5
5
Boxing
28 July
08 Aug
8
4
Cricket
29 July
08 Aug
—
15
Cycling
03 Aug
03 Aug
2
0
Hockey
29 July
08 Aug
18
18
Judo
01 Aug
04 Aug
3
3
Para Powerlifting
05 Aug
05 Aug
3
2
Swimming
04 Aug
8 Aug
4
0
Table tennis
29 July
8 Aug
5
5
Triathlon
29 July
31 July
0
2
Wrestling
5 Aug
6 Aug
6
6
CWG 2022 Indian Badminton Squad
PV Sindhu (women’s)
Aakarshi Kashyap (women’s)
Treesa Jolly (women’s)
Gayatri Gopichand (women’s)
Ashwini Ponappa (women’s)
Lakshya Sen (men’s)
Kidambi Srikanth (men’s)
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (men’s)
Chirag Shetty (men’s)
B Sumeeth Reddy (men’s)
CWG 2022 Indian Athletics Squad
Avinash Sable – men’s 3000m steeplechase
Nitender Rawat – men’s marathon
M Sreeshankar – men’s long Jump
Muhammed Anees Yahiya – men’s long Jump
Abdulla Aboobacker – men’s triple jump
Praveen Chithravel – men’s triple jump
Eldhose Paul – men’s triple jump
Tajinderpal Singh Toor – men’s shot put
Neeraj Chopra – men’s javelin throw
DP Manu – men’s javelin throw
Rohit Yadav – men’s javelin throw
Sandeep Kumar – men’s 10km race walk
Amit Khatri – men’s 10km race walk
Amoj Jacob – men’s 4x400m relay
Noah Nirmal Tom – men’s 4x400m relay
Arokia Rajiv – men’s 4x400m relay
Muhammed Ajmal – men’s 4x400m relay
Naganathan Pandi – men’s 4x400m relay
Rajesh Ramesh – men’s 4x400m relay
Dhanalakshmi Sekar – women’s 100m and 4x100m relay
Jyothi Yarraji – women’s 100m hurdles
Aishwarya B – women’s long jump and triple jump
Ancy Sojan – women’s long jump
Manpreet Kaur – women’s shot put
Navjeet Kaur Dhilllon – women’s discus throw
Seema Punia – women’s discus throw
Annu Rani – women’s javelin throw
Shilpa Rani – women’s javelin throw
Manju Bala Singh – women’s hammer throw
Sarita Romit Singh – women’s hammer throw
Bhawna Jat – women’s 10km race walk
Priyanka Goswami – women’s 10km race walk
Hima Das – women’s 4x100m relay
Dutee Chand – women’s 4x100m relay
Srabani Nanda – women’s 4x100m relay
MV Jilna – women’s 4x100m relay
NS Simi – women’s 4x100m relay
CWG 2022 Indian Hockey Squad
Indian men’s and women’s hockey teams have already qualified for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 based on their FIH rankings. The event will include a total of 10 teams.
CWG 2022 Indian Weightlifting Squad
Mirabai Chanu – women’s 49kg
Bindyarani Devi – women’s 55kg
Popy Hazarika – women’s 59kg
Usha Kumara – women’s 87kg
Purnima Pandey – women’s +87kg
Sanket Mahadev – men’s 55kg
Chanambam Rishikanta Singh – men’s 55kg
Jeremy Lalrinnunga – men’s 67kg
Achinta Sheuli – men’s 73kg
Ajay Singh – men’s 81kg
Vikas Thakur – men’s 96kg
Ragala Venkat Rahul – men’s 96kg
CWG 2022 Indian Wrestling Squad
Pooja Gehlot – women’s 50kg
Vinesh Phogat – women’s 53kg
Anshu Malik – women’s 57kg
Sakshi Malik – women’s 62kg
Divya Kakran – women’s 68kg
Pooja Sihag – women’s 76kg
Ravi Kumar Dahiya – men’s 57kg
Bajrang Punia – men’s 65kg
Naveen – men’s 74kg
Deepak Punia – men’s 86kg
Deepak – men’s 97kg
Mohit Grewal (125kg)
CWG 2022 Indian Boxing Squad
Amit Panghal – men’s 51kg
Mohammad Hussamuddin – men’s 57kg
Shiva Thapa – men’s 63.5kg
Rohit Tokas – men’s 67kg
Sumit Kundu – men’s 75kg
Ashish Chaudhary – men’s 80kg
Sanjeet – men’s 92kg
Sagar – men’s 92+kg
Nitu – women’s 48kg
Nikhat Zareen – women’s 50kg
Jaismine – women’s 60kg
Lovlina Borgohain – women’s 70kg
CWG 2022 Indian Table Tennis Squad
Sharath Kamal (men’s)
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (men’s)
Sanil Shetty (men’s)
Harmeet Desai (men’s)
Manika Batra (women’s)
Diya Chitale (women’s)
Sreeja Akula (women’s)
Reeth Rishya (women’s)
CWG 2022 Indian Swimming Squad
Sajan Prakash – men’s 50m, 100m and 200m butterfly
Srihari Nataraj – men’s 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke
Kushagra Rawat – men’s 200m, 400m and 1500m freestyle