Over 3,000 athletes from 74 nations are set to descend on Glasgow for the 2030 Commonwealth Games.
Held every four years, the upcoming Games will likely feature a 10-sport programme and also includes six para-sport disciplines, where the greatest athletes will be battling for gold.
Here's everything you need to know about the Commonwealth Games.
Dates
The next edition of the Commonwealth Games is scheduled for October 2030.
Location
The 2030 Commonwealth Games will be hosted in Ahmedabad (Amdavad), India, with the city officially taking over the baton as host city during the closing ceremony of the 2026 games in Glasgow.
Sports
The 2030 Commonwealth Games has been confirmed to have an expanded number of sports, with 15-17 set to feature (compared to 10 in 2026).
The sports currently under consideration are: Archery, Badminton, 3x3 Basketball and 3x3 Wheelchair Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Cricket T20, Cycling, Diving, Hockey, Judo, Rhythmic Gymnastics, Rugby Sevens, Shooting, Squash, Triathlon and Para Triathlon and Wrestling.
History
A quadrennial multi-sport event, the Commonwealth Games unites the 56 member states under the British Commonwealth, of which the vast majority are former territories of the British Empire.
While the origin of the Games date back to 1911 with the staging of an Inter-Empire Championship in London, the first Commonwealth Games wasn't held until 1930.
The city of Hamilton in Canada embraced hosting duties for the inaugural Games as 11 teams - Australia, Bermuda, British Guiana, Canada, England, Ireland, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa, and Wales - competed in athletics, boxing, lawn bowls, swimming and diving, rowing and wrestling.
Rapidly evolving since its first staging, the Commonwealth Games has been held every four years since (with the exception of 1942 and 1946 due to the Second World War) with twenty cities in nine countries performing host duties.
Unlike the Olympics, the Commonwealth Games permit representation from fifteen Commonwealth Games Associations that are not sovereign states. These include the four Home Nations of the United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland & Northern Ireland), the Crown Dependencies (Guernsey, Jersey & Isle of Man), several British Overseas Territories, Norfolk Island (Australia) and Niue (New Zealand).
The Commonwealth Games upholds unique traditions, including the King's Baton Relay - a relay around the world prior to the Games commencing - and the ceremonial hoisting of the Commonwealth Games flag.
Only six national federations have participated in every Commonwealth Games: Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales.
