IOA formally approves India's bid to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games
The Indian Olympic Association formally approved India's bid to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games during its Special General Meeting (SGM) in New Delhi on Wednesday. The bid proposal features Ahmedabad as the host city, with India already having submitted an Expression of Interest and needing to submit final bid proposals before August 31.
India's chances of securing the 2030 Commonwealth Games have improved following Canada's withdrawal from the bidding process.
A team from Commonwealth Sport, led by Director of Games Darren Hall, recently inspected venues in Ahmedabad and met with Gujarat government officials. A larger delegation is expected to visit later this month.
The host country will be decided by the Commonwealth Sport General Assembly in Glasgow during the last week of November.
India previously hosted the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in 2010.
"The approval was given unanimously by the General House. We will now move ahead full steam with our preparations," said IOA joint secretary Kalyan Chaubey after the brief SGM.
"The 2030 CWG will be a full-fledged Games. We will have all the sports we are good at and have a chance of winning maximum medals," said Executive Council member Rohit Rajpal, addressing the reduced sports roster for the 2026 Glasgow edition.
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"There are three groups of sports. First is core sports of the Commonwealth Games which are always there, then are sports which the host nation can choose and the third one are the additional sports. The 2030 will be an inclusive Games and will feature our traditional and indigenous sports also," Rajpal added.
"The plan is to have all our medal-earning sports like shooting, archery, wrestling etc. Our traditional sports like kabaddi, and kho kho should also be there," said Chaubey.
The announcement comes in response to the 2026 Glasgow edition's decision to exclude major sports like hockey, badminton, wrestling, and shooting due to cost considerations.
The Special General Meeting was preceded by the Executive Council meeting in the morning.
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