CWG 2022: Full list of Commonwealth Games sports & events

Seventy-two nations are expected to participate in the upcoming 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG), scheduled to take place in Birmingham between July 28 and August 8, making it a highly anticipated event.

This will be the third time England will be hosting the competition following the London 1934 and Manchester 2002 Games.

The 22nd edition of the multi-sporting event will witness 5054 athletes competing for glory in 280 events across 20 sports.

Commonwealth Games Sports List

For the first time in the history of the Commonwealth Games, the number of events for women (136) will be higher than for men (134). In addition, 10 mixed events will be contested in Birmingham.

On that note, here's a look at the sports that are included for the upcoming edition of the CWG:

Aquatics - Diving (12 events), Swimming (52 events)
Athletics (58 events)
Badminton (six events)
3x3 basketball (four events)
Beach volleyball (two events)
Boxing (16 events)
Cricket (one event)
Cycling - Mountain biking (two events), Road (four events), Track (20 events)
Gymnastics - Artistic (14 events), Rhythmic (six events)
Field hockey (two events)
Judo (14 events)
Lawn bowls (11 events)
Netball (one event)
Para powerlifting (four events)
Rugby sevens (two events)
Squash (five events)
Table tennis (11 events)
Triathlon (five events)
Weightlifting (16 events)
Wrestling (12 events)

India at the Commonwealth Games - List of Sports & Events

PV Sindhu will lead the Indian badminton team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. (Image courtesy: Getty Images)

India will be sending a 215-member contingent, including 108 men and 107 women, in what will be their 18th appearance at the Commonwealth Games. The total strength of the contingent will, however, be 322, including 72 team officials, 26 extra officials, and nine contingent staff, including three general managers.

Here's a look at the Indian athletes vying for medals at the Birmingham CWG:

Athletics

Men

Avinash Sable (3000m steeplechase), Murali Sreeshankar, Muhammed Anees (long jump), Praveen Chitravel, Abdulla Aboobacker, Eldhose Paul (all triple jump), Tajinderpal Singh Toor (shotput), Neeraj Chopra, DP Manu, Rohit Yadav (all javelin), Sandeep Kumar, Amit Kharti (race walking), Amoj Jacob, Noah Nirmal Tom, Muhammed Ajmal, Naganathan Pandi, Rajesh Ramesh (4x400m relay).

Women

Jyothi Yarraji (100m hurdles), Ancy Sojan (long jump), Manpreet Kaur (shotput), Navjeet Kaur Dhillon, Seema Punia (discus), Annu Rani, Shilpa Rani (javelin), Manju Bala and Sarita Singh (hammer throw), Bhawana Jat, Priyanka Goswami (race walking), Hima Das, Dutee Chand, Srabani Nanda, MV Jilna, NS Simi (4x100m relay).

Badminton

Kidambi Srikanth won the men's singles silver medal in the last edition of the Commonwealth Games. (Images courtesy: Getty Images)

Men

Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth, Chirag Shetty-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, B Sumeeth Reddy.

Women

PV Sindhu, Ashwini Ponnappa, Aakarshi Kashyap, Treesa Jolly, Gayatri Gopichand.

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Boxing

Men

Shiva Thapa (63.5kg), Mohammad Hussamuddin (57 kg), Amit Panghal (51kg), Rohit Tokas (67 kg), Sumit Kundu (75 kg), Ashish Chaudhary (80 kg), Sanjeet Kumar (92 kg), Sagar (+92 kg).

Women

Nitu (48kg), Nikhat Zareen (50kg), Jaismine (60kg) Lovlina Borgohain (70kg).

Cricket

Full squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice captain), Shafali Verma, S. Meghana, Taniya Bhatia (wicketkeeper), Yastika Bhatia (wicketkeepeer), Deepti Sharma, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Thakur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Radha Yadav, Harleen Deol, Sneh Rana.

Standbys: Richa Ghosh, Simran Bahadur and Poonam Yadav.

Cycling

Men: David Beckham

Women: Sushikala Agashe

Hockey

Men’s Hockey Team: PR Sreejesh, Krishan Bahadur Pathak, Varun Kumar, Surender Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh (vice-captain), Amit Rohidas, Jugraj Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Manpreet Singh (captain), Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Shamsher Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Abhishek.

Women’s Hockey Team: Savita Punia (captain), Rajani Etimarpu, Deep Grace Ekka (vice-captain), Gurjit Kaur, Nikki Pradhan, Udita, Nisha, Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam, Monika, Neha, Jyoti, Navjot Kaur, Salima Tete, Vandana Katariya, Lalremsiami, Navneet Kaur, Sharmila Devi, Sangita Kumari.

Judo

Men

Vijay Kumar Yadav (60kg), Jasleen Singh Saini (66kg), Deepak Deswal (100kg).

Women

L Shushila Devi (48kg), Suchika Tariyal (57kg), Tulika Maan (+78kg).

Marathon

Men: Nitendra Singh Rawat, Anish Thapa Magar, Anil Kumar Singh, Ashish Kumar, AB Belliappa, Kalidas Laxman Hirave.

Squash

(L-R) Joshna Chinappa & Dipika Pallikal (in blue) on the podium at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. (Image courtesy: Getty Images)

Men's singles: Saurav Ghosal, Ramit Tandon, Abhay Singh.

Women's singles: Joshna Chinappa, Sunayna Kuruvilla, Anahat Singh.

Women’s doubles: Dipika Pallikal / Joshna Chinappa, Sunayna Kuruvilla/Anahat Singh.

Mixed doubles: Saurav Ghosal / Dipika Pallikal, Ramit Tandon / Joshna Chinappa.

Men’s doubles: Ramit Tandon / Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu, Velavan Senthilkumar / Abhay Singh.

Swimming

Sajan Prakash - men’s 50m, 100m and 200m butterfly, Srihari Nataraj - men’s 50m, 100m and 200m backstrokes, Kushagra Rawat - men’s 200m, 400m and 1500m freestyle, Advait Page - men’s 1500m freestyle.

Table tennis

Men

Sharath Kamal, Gnanasekaran Sathiyan, Harmeet Desai, Sanil Shetty, Manush Shah (Reserve).

Women

Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, Reeth Rishya, Diya Chitale, Swastika Ghosh (Reserve).

Triathlon

Women: Sanjana Joshi, Pragnya Mohan.

Weightlifting

Men

Sanket Mahadev (55kg), Chanambam Rishikanta Singh (55kg), Jeremy Lalrinnunga (67kg), Achinta Sheuli (73kg), Ajay Singh (81kg), Vikas Thakur (96kg), Ragala Venkat Rahul (+96kg).

Women

Mirabai Chanu (49kg), Bindyarani Devi (55kg), Popy Hazarika (59kg), Usha Kumara (87kg), Purnima Pandey (+87kg).