The Olympics is a sporting competition for the countries that sign the Olympic charter for fair sports. This one covers mostly the entire world. The Commonwealth Games is competition for countries originally under the British rule throughout the world..
King George VI was the first Head of the Commonwealth, and Queen Elizabeth II became Head when he died.
The Commonwealth is an association of countries across the world. Although historically connected to the British Empire, any country can apply to be a member of the Commonwealth, regardless of its intersection with Britain's colonial past. The Commonwealth consists of 54 countries, including the United Kingdom.
This year's Commonwealth Games will feature some sports that are not included in the Olympic Games. For 2022, those events are T20 cricket (women), lawn bowls, netball and squash.
Of these, 14 are yet to win a medal of any kind at the Commonwealth Games. The Commonwealth consists of 54 sovereign nations, plus 18 territories that compete under their own flags.
The Canadian city of Hamilton proved a gracious first host of the Commonwealth Games. The inaugural Games were then called the British Empire Games.
King George VI was the first Head of the Commonwealth, and Queen Elizabeth II became Head when he died.
Each year, numerous ministerial meetings take place, both in Commonwealth countries and at the Commonwealth headquarters at Marlborough House in London.
The opening ceremony will take place on Thursday (28 July) at the Alexander Stadium to mark the start of the Games. Birmingham-born duo Duran Duran will be among those headlining the event, which is expected to be watched by more than a billion people around the world.
At the 2022 Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, Team England will compete against the 72 nations and territories of the Commonwealth across 19 different sports.
The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, the World Athletics Championships, the UEFA Women's Football Championships, and the multi-sport European Championships will now all be held over an exciting six-week period
BBC Sport will show more than 200 hours of action, across up to 11 live streams, to provide comprehensive coverage of July's Commonwealth Games. All the drama and excitement will broadcast across BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Three, with more live action available on the BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and Red Button.
India are sending a 215-member contingent for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The multi-sport event will take place from 28 July to 8 August, 2022. The 22nd edition of the Commonwealth Games will see many high-profile athletes attempting to bring laurels to their respective countries.
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Indian Participants: Day 1 Schedule
Timing: Athlete – Discipline (Sport)
1:00 PM: Dee Hogan (Scotland) vs Tania Choudhury – Women’s Singles Round 1 (Lawn Bowls)
1:00 PM: India vs New Zealand – Men’s Triples Round 1 (Lawn Bowls)
2:00 PM: India vs South Africa – Women’s Qualifying Round 1 (Table Tennis)
2:41 PM: Kushagra Rawat – 400m FreeStyle Heat 3 (Swimming)
3:25 PM: Vishvajeet Singh, Naman Kapil, Venkappa Shivappa Kengalugutti, Anantha Narayanan, Dinesh Kumar – Men’s Team Pursuit 4000M Qualification (Cycling – Track)
3:31 PM: Adarsh MS, Vishwanath Yadav – Men’s Individual Sprint Distance Final (Triathlon)
3:30 PM: India v Australia – Group A match (Cricket]
Results
Australia defeated India in Women T 20
India defeated Ghana women hockey team by 5-0
Australia toped the list on day one by 8 gold medal
INDIAN MEDAL WINNER
CWG 2022 Day 8 Highlights: Wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Deepak Punia increased India's gold medal haul at the CWG 2022 in style on Friday. In the men's 65kg final, Punia defeated Canada's Lachlan McNeil while in the women's 62kg final, Malik beat Canada's Ana Godinez Gonzalez.
CWG 2022: Tejaswin Shankar wins bronze, India’s first medal in high jumpIndia are one of the most successful nations in the CWG historically. With 503 medals, India are fourth in the overall medal tally behind Australia, England and Canada. Indian women cricket team won by 4 runs CWG 2022 Day 9 Highlights: India win four gold, claim 14 medals on the dayIndian women hockey team won the branz medal defeating Newzealand CWG 2022 India Women vs Australia Women Final Highlights: India Go Down By 9 Runs To Australia, Win Silver.MEDAL TALLEY
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