Commonwealth Games 2026: Updated day-wise India schedule for all sports

A 125-member Indian contingent will participate in 13 sports disciplines
India head to the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2026 with the sports programme cut from 20 disciplines at Birmingham 2022 to just 10, reducing the number of disciplines that have traditionally formed the backbone of India’s medal tallies.
Wrestling, badminton, hockey, squash and table tennis, sports that collectively contributed 30 medals in Birmingham, are all absent.
India won 61 medals at the 2022 edition to finish fourth on the overall table, one of their best ever results at the Games. Replicating anything close to that in Glasgow would be an extraordinary achievement.
The 125-strong Indian contingent, approved by the Sports Ministry, will be spearheaded by Neeraj Chopra, a two-time Olympic medalist and 2018 Commonwealth Games champion.
Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, competing in what could well be her final Commonwealth Games, and boxer Lovlina Borgohain carry the flag in their respective disciplines.
Here is a look at the complete schedule for Indian athletes categorised by day for the Commonwealth Games 2026.
India’s day-wise schedule for Commonwealth Games 2026
Day 0 — July 23 (Thursday)
Opening Ceremony – 11:30 PM IST
Lawn Bowls
- India vs Malta – Women’s Pairs – 4:50 pm
- India vs Canada – Men’s Singles – 6:15 pm
Day 1 — July 24 (Friday)
- Artistic Gymnastics: Men’s team final & Individual qualification – 2:30 pm onwards
- Boxing: Women’s 54kg Round of 32 – 3:30 pm
- Para-Swimming: Men’s 100m Freestyle S13 [Heats] – 3:44 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 55kg Round of 32 – 3:45 pm
- Swimming: Men’s 50m Backstroke [Heats] – 4:02 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 65kg Round of 32 – 4:45 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 70kg Round of 32 – 6:15 pm
- Para-Powerlifting: Men’s Lightweight Final – 5:40 pm
- Para-Powerlifting: Women’s Lightweight Final – 7:24 pm
- Lawn Bowls: India vs South Africa – Women’s Pairs – 7:30 pm
- Artistic Gymnastics: Men’s team final & Individual qualification – 10 pm onwards
- Lawn Bowls: India vs Falkland Islands – Men’s Singles – 10:20 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 55kg Round of 32 – 10:30 pm
- Para-Powerlifting: Women’s Heavyweight Final – 10:40 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 65kg Round of 32 – 11:45 pm
- Para-Swimming: Men’s 100m Freestyle S13 Final – 12:00 am
- Swimming: Men’s 50m Backstroke Semi-finals – 12:29 am
- Para-Powerlifting: Men’s Heavyweight Final – 12:29 am
- Boxing: Men’s 70kg Round of 32 – 1:00 am
- Boxing: Women’s 60kg Round of 16 – 1:45 am
Related: Commonwealth Games 2026: Why Glasgow CWG will go ahead with just 10 sports
Day 2 — July 25 (Saturday)
- Artistic gymnastics: Women’s team final & Individual qualification – 2:30 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 60kg Round of 32 – 3:30 pm
- Lawn Bowls: India vs Tonga – Women’s Pairs – 3:50 pm
- Swimming: Men’s 400m Freestyle [Heats] – 4:22 pm
- 3×3 Wheelchair Basketball: India vs Wales – Group stage – 4:35 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 80kg Round of 32 – 4:45 pm
- Para-Swimming: Men’s 200m Freestyle S14 [Heats] – 4:51 pm
- Boxing: Women’s 65kg Round of 16 – 6 pm
- Boxing: Women’s 70kg Round of 16 – 6:15 pm
- Lawn Bowls: Men’s Singles Sectional Play – 7:30 pm
- Artistic gymnastics: Women’s team final & Individual qualification – 8:15 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 60kg Round of 32 – 10:30 pm
- Swimming: Men’s 400m Freestyle Final – 11:37 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 80kg Round of 32 – 12 am
- Swimming: Men’s 50m Backstroke Final – 12:19 am
- Para-Swimming: Men’s 200m Freestyle S14 [Final] – 1:02 am
- Boxing: Women’s 65kg Round of 16 – 1:15 am
Day 3 — July 26 (Sunday)
- Lawn Bowls: India vs Namibia – Women’s Pairs Group B – 1 pm
- Weightlifting: Men’s 60kg Final – 2:15 pm
- Swimming: Men’s 50m Backstroke [Heats] – 3:23 pm
- Boxing: Women’s 54kg Round of 16 – 3:30 pm
- Artistic Gymnastics: Men’s individual all-around Final – 4:30 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 55kg Round of 16 – 4:30 pm
- Swimming: Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay [Heats] 4:39 pm
- Boxing: Women’s 57kg Round of 16 – 5:30 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 65kg Round of 16 – 5:45 pm
- Weightlifting: Women’s 48kg Final – 6:45 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 90kg Round of 16 – 6:45 pm
- Lawn Bowls: Men’s singles sectional play – 7:15 pm
- Lawn Bowls: England vs India – Women’s Pairs Group B – 10:05 pm
- Artistic Gymnastics: Women’s individual all-around final – 10:30 pm
- Boxing: Women’s 54kg Round of 16 – 10:30 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 55kg Round of 16 – 10:30 pm
- 3×3 Wheelchair Basketball: India vs Scotland – Women’s Pool A – 10:45 pm
- Weightlifting: Men’s 65kg Final – 11:15 pm
- Swimming: Men’s 50m Backstroke [Semi-finals] – 12:27 am
- Boxing: Women’s 57kg Round of 16 – 12:30 am
- Boxing: Men’s 65kg Round of 16 – 12:45 am
- Boxing: Men’s 90kg Round of 16 – 1:45 am
- Swimming: Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay [Final] 1:56 am
- Boxing: Women’s 54kg Round of 16 – 3:30 pm
Related: Who are youngest & oldest athletes in India’s contingent for Commonwealth Games 2026?
Day 4 — July 27 (Monday)
- Athletics: Men’s 400m hurdles [Round 1] – 2:40 pm
- Swimming: Men’s 200m Butterfly [Heats] – 3 pm
- Athletics: Men’s long jump [Qualifying] – 3 pm
- Athletics: Men’s 100m [Round 1] – 3:10 pm
- Boxing: Women’s 51kg Round of 16 – 3:30 pm
- Swimming: Men’s 100m Freestyle [Heats] – 3:43 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 60kg Round of 16 – 4:15 pm
- Swimming: Men’s 800m Freestyle [Final] – 4:16 pm
- Athletics: Men’s 110m hurdles [Round 1] – 4:30 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 70kg Round of 16 – 5:15 pm
- Weightlifting: Women’s 53kg Final – 5:45 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 80kg Round of 16 – 6:15 pm
- Weightlifting: Women’s 58kg Final – 8 pm
- Lawn Bowls: Men’s Singles Sectional Play – Group Stage – 10:05 pm
- Boxing: Women’s 51kg Round of 16 – 10:30 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 60kg Round of 16 – 11 pm
- Athletics: Women’s shot put F57 [Final] – 11:35 pm
- Athletics: Men’s High Jump [Final] – 11:45 pm
- Swimming: Men’s 100m Freestyle [Semi-finals] – 11:47 pm
- 3×3 Wheelchair Basketball: India vs Nigeria – Pool Round – 12 am
- Boxing: Men’s 70kg Round of 16 – 12 am
- Weightlifting: Men’s 79kg Final – 12:45 am
- Boxing: Men’s 80kg Round of 16 – 1 am
- Swimming: Men’s 800m Freestyle [Final] – 1:07 am
- Lawn Bowls: Women’s Pairs [Semi-finals] – 1:10 am
- Lawn Bowls: Men’s Singles [Semi-finals] – 1:10 am
- Swimming: Men’s 200m Butterfly [Final] – 1:44 am
- Athletics: Men’s 100m T38 [Final] – 1:57 am
- Athletics: Men’s 110m hurdles [Final] – 2:15 am
Day 5 — July 28 (Tuesday)
- Lawn Bowls: Women’s Pairs Finals – 2:40 pm
- Lawn Bowls: Men’s Singles Finals – 4:05 pm
- Athletics: Women’s 400m [Round 1] – 3 pm
- Swimming: Men’s 50m Butterfly [Heats] – 3:28 pm
- Athletics: Men’s 400m [Round 1] – 4:30 pm
- Boxing: Women’s 54kg Quarter-finals – 4:30 pm
- Swimming: Men’s 100m Backstroke [Heats] – 4:42 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 55kg Quarter-finals – 5 pm
- Artistic Gymnastics: Individual Finals – 5:30 pm
- Artistic Gymnastics: Individual Finals – 6:20 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 65kg Quarter-finals – 6:30 pm
- Boxing: Women’s 75kg Quarter-finals – 7 pm
- Artistic Gymnastics: Individual Finals – 7:20 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 90kg Quarter-finals – 7:15 pm
- Artistic Gymnastics: Individual Finals – 8:08 pm
- Artistic Gymnastics: Individual Finals – 8:50 pm
- Lawn Bowls: India vs Cook Islands – Men’s Pairs Group Stage – 10 pm
- Boxing: Women’s 54kg Quarter-finals – 10:30 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 55kg Quarter-finals – 11 pm
- Weightlifting: Women’s 69kg Final – 11:15 pm
- Boxing: Women’s 60kg Quarter-finals – 11:30 pm
- Athletics: Women’s High Jump Final – 11:35 pm
- Athletics: Men’s 100m [Semi-finals] – 11:40 pm
- Swimming: Men’s 100m Freestyle Final – 11:48 pm
- Boxing: Women’s 65kg Quarter-finals – 12 am
- Boxing: Men’s 65kg Quarter-finals – 12:30 am
- Swimming: Men’s 50m Butterfly [Semi-finals] – 12:50 am
- Athletics: Men’s 10,000m Final – 12:55 am
- Athletics: Men’s 100m Final – 1:44 am
- 3×3 Wheelchair Basketball: Women’s Quarter-finals – 1 am
- Boxing: Women’s 75kg Quarter-finals – 1 am
- Lawn Bowls: Women’s singles sectional play – Group Stage – 1:10 am
- Boxing: Men’s 90kg Quarter-finals – 1:15 pm
- Swimming: Men’s 100m Backstroke [Semi-finals] – 1:33 am
Day 6 — July 29 (Wednesday)
- Weightlifting: Women’s 77kg Final – 2:15 pm
- Athletics: Men’s shot put [Qualifying] – 3:35 pm
- Athletics: Men’s 200m [Round 1] – 4:02 pm
- Swimming: Men’s 100m Freestyle S13 [Heats] – 3:40 pm
- Swimming: Men’s 50m Backstroke [Heats] – 4:02 pm
- Boxing: Women’s 51kg Quarter-finals – 4:30 pm
- Boxing: Women’s 57kg Quarter-finals – 5 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 60kg Quarter-finals – 5:30 pm
- Boxing: Women’s 70kg Quarter-finals – 6 pm
- 3×3 Wheelchair Basketball: Women’s Semi-finals – 6 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 70kg Quarter-finals – 6:30 pm
- Weightlifting: Men’s 94kg Final – 6:45 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 80kg Quarter-finals – 7 pm
- Boxing: Women’s 90+kg Quarter-finals – 7:30 pm
- Lawn Bowls: India vs Namibia – Men’s Pairs Group B – 8:55 pm
- Lawn Bowls: Women’s singles sectional play – Group C – 10:20 pm
- 3×3 Wheelchair Basketball: Women’s Final – 10:30 pm
- Boxing: Women’s 51kg Quarter-finals – 10:30 pm
- Boxing: Women’s 57kg Quarter-finals – 11 pm
- Weightlifting: Women’s 86kg Final – 11:15 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 60kg Quarter-finals – 11:30 pm
- Swimming: Men’s 100m Backstroke Final – 11:37 pm
- Swimming: Men’s 200m Freestyle Final – 11:51 pm
- Athletics: Men’s long jump final – 11:54 pm
- Boxing: Women’s 70kg Quarter-finals – 12 am
- Athletics: Men’s 400m hurdles Semi-finals – 12:03 am
- Swimming: Men’s 50m Butterfly Final – 12:19 am
- Boxing: Men’s 70kg Quarter-finals – 12:30 am
- Athletics: Women’s shot put Final – 12:31 am
- Athletics: Men’s 100m T47 Final – 12:40 am
- Swimming: Men’s 50m Freestyle S7 Final – 12:46 am
- Athletics: Men’s discus throw F44 Final – 12:55 am
- Boxing: Men’s 80kg Quarter-finals – 1 am
- Swimming: Men’s 1500m Freestyle Final – 1:14 am
- Boxing: Men’s 90+kg Quarter-finals – 1:30 am
- Athletics: Women’s 3000m steeplechase final – 1:58 am
Related: How many medals did India win at Commonwealth Games 2022?
Day 7 — July 30 (Thursday)
- Track Cycling: Men’s 4000m Team Pursuit [Qualifying] – 3:26 pm
- Athletics: Men’s Decathlon 100m – 2:40 pm
- Athletics: Men’s Decathlon long jump – 3:20 pm
- Athletics: Men’s javelin throw [Qualifying] – 3:35 pm
- Athletics: Men’s triple jump [Qualifying] – 4:55 pm
- Athletics: Men’s Decathlon shot put – 5:10 pm
- Athletics: Women’s 400m [Semi-finals] – 5:15 pm
- Athletics: Men’s 400m [Semi-finals] – 5:40 pm
- Weightlifting: Women’s 86+kg Final – 6:45 pm
- Lawn Bowls: India vs Botswana – Men’s Pairs Group Stage – Group B – 7:30 pm
- Lawn Bowls: Women’s singles sectional play – Group C – 8:55 pm
- Track Cycling: Men’s Tandem B 1000M Time Trial Final – 8:38 pm
- Track Cycling: Men’s 4000m Team Pursuit [Finals] – 9:58 pm
- Weightlifting: Men’s 110+kg Final – 11:15 pm
- Athletics: Men’s shot put [Final] – 11:30 pm
- Athletics: Men’s 200m [Semi-final] – 11:35 pm
- Athletics: Men’s Decathlon high jump – 11:38 pm
- Athletics: Women’s Discus Throw Finals – 1:10 am
- Athletics: Men’s Decathlon 400m – 1:30 am
- Athletics: Women’s 5000m Final – 1:48 am
Day 8 — July 31 (Friday)
- Lawn Bowls: India vs Falkland Islands – Men’s Pairs Group Stage – Group B – 5:15 pm
- Athletics: Men’s Decathlon 110m hurdles – 2:35 pm
- Boxing: Women’s 54kg [Semi-finals] – 3 pm
- Athletics: Men’s Decathlon Discus Throw – 3:20 pm
- Judo: Men’s -66kg Preliminary Round – 3:30 pm
- Judo: Men’s -60 kg Preliminary Round – 3:30 pm
- Judo: Women’s -52kg Preliminary Round – 3:30 pm
- Judo: Women’s -48kg Preliminary Round – 3:30 pm
- Judo: Women’s -57kg Preliminary Round – 3:30 pm
- Boxing: Women’s 65kg [Semi-finals] – 3:30 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 65kg [Semi-finals] – 4 pm
- Athletics: Mixed 4x400m Relay [Round 1] – 4:05 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 80kg [Semi-finals] – 4:30 pm
- Athletics: Men’s Decathlon pole vault – 5 pm
- Track Cycling: Men’s 400m individual pursuit [Qualifying] – 5:21 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 55kg [Semi-finals] – 7 pm
- Lawn Bowls: Women’s singles sectional play – Group C – 7:30 pm
- Boxing: Women’s 57kg [Semi-finals] – 7:30 pm
- Boxing: Women’s 70kg [Semi-finals] – 8 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 70kg [Semi-finals] – 8:30 pm
- Track Cycling: Men’s Keirin [Round 1] – 8:30 pm
- Judo: Men’s -66kg medal contests – 8:30 pm
- Judo: Men’s -60kg medal contests – 8:30 pm
- Judo: Men’s -52kg medal contests – 8:30 pm
- Judo: Men’s -48kg medal contests – 8:30 pm
- Judo: Men’s -57kg medal contests – 8:30 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 90kg [Semi-finals] – 9 pm
- Track Cycling: Men’s Keirin [Round 1 Repechage] – 9:17 pm
- Track Cycling: Men’s Keirin [Round 2] – 11:01 pm
- Athletics: Men’s Decathlon javelin throw – 11:30 pm
- Track Cycling: Men’s Keirin [Final] – 11:43 pm
- Athletics: Men’s javelin throw [Final] – 12:45 am
- Athletics: Men’s Decathlon 1500m – 1:05 am
- Athletics: Men’s 200m [Final] – 1:55 am
- Boxing: Women’s 51kg [Semi-finals] -11:30 pm
- Boxing: Women’s 60kg [Semi-finals] – 12 am
- Boxing: Men’s 60kg [Semi-finals] – 12:30 am
- Boxing: Women’s 75kg [Semi-finals] – 1 am
- Boxing: Men’s 90+kg [Semi-finals] – 1:30 am
Day 9 — August 1 (Saturday)
- Athletics: Men’s shot put F57 Final – 2:35 pm
- Athletics: Men’s triple jump [Final] – 2:40 pm
- Athletics: Men’s 1500 T54 Final – 2:50 pm
- Athletics: Women’s 10,000 race walk [Final] – 3 pm
- Boxing: Women’s 54kg Final – 3:30 pm
- Judo: Women’s -70kg Preliminary Round – 3:30 pm
- Judo: Women’s -63kg Preliminary Round – 3:30 pm
- Judo: Men’s -73kg Preliminary Round – 3:30 pm
- Judo: Women’s -90kg Preliminary Round – 3:30 pm
- Judo: Women’s -81kg Preliminary Round – 3:30 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 55kg Final – 3:45 pm
- Lawn Bowls: England vs India – Men’s Pairs Group Stage – Group B – 3:50 pm
- Boxing: Women’s 57kg Final – 4:15 pm
- Athletics: Men’s 400m [Final] – 4:30 pm
- Boxing: Women’s 65kg Final – 4:45 pm
- Athletics: Women’s 400m [Final] – 4:50 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 65kg Final – 5:15 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 70kg Final – 5:45 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 90kg Final – 6:15 pm
- Judo: Women’s -70kg Medal Round – 8:30 pm
- Judo: Women’s -63kg Medal Round – 8:30 pm
- Judo: Men’s -73kg Medal Round – 8:30 pm
- Judo: Women’s -90kg Medal Round – 8:30 pm
- Judo: Women’s -81kg Medal Round – 8:30 pm
- Boxing: Women’s 51kg Final – 9 pm
- Boxing: Women’s 60kg final – 9:15 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 60kg final – 9:45 pm
- Boxing: Women’s 70kg Final – 10:15 pm
- Lawn Bowls: Women’s singles sectional play – Group C – 10:20 pm
- Boxing: Women’s 75kg final – 10:45 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 80kg Final – 11:15 pm
- Boxing: Men’s 90+kg Final – 11:45 pm
- Lawn Bowls: Men’s Paris [Semi-finals] – 11:45 pm
- Athletics: Men’s pole vault final – 11:35 pm
- Athletics: Men’s 5000m Final – 12:15 am
- Athletics: Men’s 800m Final – 1:10 am
- Lawn Bowls: Women’s Singles [Semi-finals] – 1:10 am
- Athletics: Mixed 4x400m Relay Final – 1:49 am
Day 10 — August 2 (Sunday)
- Lawn Bowls: Men’s Pairs Medal Match – 1:30 pm onwards
- Lawn Bowls: Women’s Singles Medal Match – 1:30 pm onwards
- Track Cycling: Men’s 100Mm Time Trial [Final] – 3:51 pm
- Judo: Women’s +78kg Preliminary Rounds – 2:30 pm
- Judo: Women’s -78kg Preliminary Rounds – 2:30 pm
- Judo: Men’s +100kg Preliminary Rounds – 2:30 pm
- Judo: Men’s -100kg Preliminary Rounds – 2:30 pm
- Judo: Women’s -78kg Medal Round – 7:30 pm
- Judo: Women’s +78kg Medal Round – 7:30 pm
- Judo: Men’s +100kg Medal Round – 7:30 pm
- Judo: Men’s -100kg Medal Round – 7:30 pm
Note: All timings are tentative and are subject to change
Where and how to watch Commonwealth Games 2026 live telecast and live streaming in India?
Indian viewers can watch the full Commonwealth Games 2026 live on Sony Sports Network channels, with live streaming available on the Sony LIV app and website, offering multilingual coverage throughout the competition.
Where and when will Commonwealth Games 2026 take place?
The Commonwealth Games 2026 will be held in Glasgow, Scotland from July 23 to August 2.
How many Indian athletes will participate in Commonwealth Games 2026?
A total of 125-member Indian contingent will participate in the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow.
Where can fans watch Commonwealth Games 2026 live in India?
In India, the event will be telecast live on Sony Sports 2, Sony Sports 3 & Sony Sports 4 in multiple languages. Meanwhile, fans can find the live streaming on SonyLiv.
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