The
19TH edition of the Commonwealth Games scheduled to be held in New
Delhi. Being a multi-sports event Commonwealth Game 2010 is to feature
seventeen different sports. Commonwealth Games was just started in 1930
with only six sports on its programme: Athletics, Aquatics (Swimming &
Diving) Boxing, Lawn Bowls, Rowing, and Wrestling. With the passage of
time the Games have witnessed spectacular growth in terms of athletes,
participating countries and sports. The seventeen sports in the 2010
Commonwealth Games programme include some previously listed as well as
some one. After hard bargaining of the Indian Olympic Association the
organiser included archery and table tennis into the list. However due
to lack of proper location for swimming stage triathlon was excluded
from the programme. The 17 sports of the 2010 Commonwealth Games include
Aquatics, Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Cycling, Gymnastics,
Hockey, Lawn Bowls, Netball, Rugby 7s, Shooting, Squash, Table Tennis,
Tennis, Weightlifting and Wrestling.As per the guide lines given by the Commonwealth Games Federation Delhi the host city has included all the core sports like athletics, aquatics, lawn bowls, netball and rugby sevens which are mandatory in nature. In addition to this Delhi also included some approved sports like archery, badminton, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, hockey, shooting, squash, table tennis, tennis, weightlifting, and wrestling. The sport list has some men and women only events. The men-only events are boxing, rugby 7's and wrestling while women specific sports are netball and rhythmic gymnastics. There are some team sports like Hockey,
Rugby 7's and Netball. There is also a requirement to include some events for Elite Athletes with a Disability (EAD). This was introduced in the 2002 Games. At present there are 4 sports for EAD which include Athletics, Swimming, Table tennis and Powerlifting.
The detailed lists of 17 sports of the Commonwealth Games 2010 are given below.