Hockey is ready to be axed from the 2026 Commonwealth Video games because the host metropolis of Glasgow seems to be to chop prices, a number of media experiences right here acknowledged however each the the Worldwide Hockey Federation (FIH) and the Commonwealth Video games Federation (CGF) remained tight-lipped on the matter. Hockey has featured in every CWG since making its debut in 1998, however in line with experiences right here, the Glasgow Video games organisers wish to drop it from the schedule together with internet ball and street racing to make sure a trimmed programme that will be straightforward on the funds.
Scotland stepped in to save lots of the 2026 Video games after the Australian state of Victoria pulled out on account of rising prices. The schedule is because of be unveiled on Tuesday.
When reached out by PTI, the Worldwide Hockey Federation (FIH) declined remark until the roster was formally out.
“In a few days, the scenario will probably be clear – you’re going to get the data accordingly. From our aspect, till there’s any official communication from CGF, we aren’t ready to offer you any remark,” an official stated.
The CGF additionally gave an analogous response.
“The sports activities programme for the 2026 Commonwealth Video games will probably be confirmed tomorrow,” learn a press release from the physique when it was approached for a clarification on the media experiences.
Hockey’s possible omission is also right down to the truth that the Video games, to be held from July 23 to August 2, are being organised near the World Cup that’s scheduled two weeks later from August 15 to 30 in Wavre, Belgium and Amstelveen, Netherlands.
To chop prices, the Glasgow Video games organisers have diminished the variety of sporting disciplines from 19 (in 2022 Birmingham) to 10 with solely 4 proposed venues — Commonwealth Area and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, Scotstoun Stadium, Tollcross Worldwide Swimming Centre and Scottish Occasions Campus.
None of those venues have a hockey turf.
Hockey’s exclusion from the Video games can be a significant blow for India as their males’s staff is a three-time silver-winner and two-time bronze-medallist within the sport. The ladies have received three medals, together with a gold within the 2000 version.
The most important hit can be to Australia, which has received the boys’s gold for a file seven instances and the ladies’s high honours in 4 editions.
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