Commonwealth Games 2018 Live Streaming & TV Channel, Opening Ceremony: Telecast, live streaming channel in India, date, start time and where to watch online,CWG 2018 Australia – Qualify Indian Athletes, Schedule Dates
[su_pullquote align=”right”]Commonwealth Games Gold Coast 2018 is the XXI Edition with Motto “Share the Dream” and Schedule Dates are 04th – 15th April 2018 and Host Nation is Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Total 70 Counties will participate in 275 events of 18 sports. It will be the fifth time Australia has hosted the Commonwealth Games. In CWG 2014 Scotland, India ranked 5th with 15 gold medals (total 64 medals). As per TOI news, India will send 225 athletes in 15 sports[/su_pullquote]
[su_animate duration=”10.5″]This year’s edition is also special for another reason. For the first time in the history of major sporting events, men and women will have an equal number of events in terms of participation. This was made sure when the governing body announced in October that 7 new events will be added to the programme.[/su_animate]
Other notable changes in this year’s games are the exclusion of Judo and the inclusion of Basketball, Beach Volleyball, and Women’s Rugby Sevens. In total 18 sports will be contested, further divided into 275 events.
Carrara Stadium has been chosen as the venue to host the opening ceremony. The ceremony, which will showcase Australia’s diversity and culture, will also, at the same time, bring to the fore the spirit of Queensland. “It will be a treat for the eyes,” a volunteer of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, who was present at the dress rehearsal of the opening ceremony,
India will also be represented at the opening ceremony by a contingent of over 200 athletes who will be led by flag-bearer PV Sindhu. When asked about what this role means for her, Sindhu had told “I’m very happy about it. It is a proud moment for me and I’m looking forward to it.”
Tournament name: Commonwealth Games 2018
Venue: Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Date: 4th April 2018 to 15th April 2018
Time: 3 pm (IST)
Broadcast: Sony Ten 3 (Hindi commentary), Sony Six, Sony Ten 2
Live-stream: Sony Liv
Event Wise Schedule | gc2018.com/schedule |
Total Events | 275 event in 18 Sports |
Qualify Indian Athletes | 225 athletes in 15 Sports |
Country Participate | 70 Nations |
Live Telecast | Sony Six, Sony Ten 2, Sony Ten 3 |
Official Social Links | fb.com/gc2018 instagram.com/gc2018 twitter.com/gc2018 |
BasketBall – India men’s and women’s teams qualify 24 athletes (12 men and 12 women)
Hockey – India men’s and women’s teams qualify 36 athletes (18 men and 18 women)
Wrestling Men – Rahul Aware, Bajrang Kumar, Sushil Kumar, Somveer, Mausam Khatri, Sumit
Wrestling Women – Vinesh Phogat, Babita Kumari, Pooja Dhanda, Sakshi Malik, Divya Karan, Kiran
Weightlifting Men – Gururaja, Muthupandi Raja, Deepak Lather, Sathish Sivalingam, Ragala Venkat Rahul, Vikas Thakur, Pardeep Singh, Gurdeep Singh
Weightlifting Women – Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu, Saraswati Rout, Vandna Gupta, Punam Yadav, Seema, Purnima Pandey
Shooting Men – Deepak Kumar, Ravi Kumar, Jitu Rai, Om Prakash Mitharwal, Jitu Rai, Om Prakash Mitharwal, Sanjeev Rajput, Chain Singh, Gagan Narang, Anish Bhanwala, Neeraj Kumar, Manavjit Singh Sandhu, Kynan Chenai, Mohammed Asab, Ankur Mittal, Smit Singh, Sheeraj Sheikh
Shooting Women – Apurvi Chandela, Mehuli Ghosh, Manu Bhaker, Heena Sidhu, Anjum Moudgil, Tejaswini Sawant, Shreyasi Singh, Varsha Varman, Athlete, Heena Sindhu, Annuraj Singh, Shreyasi Singh, Seema Tomar, Saniya Sheikh, Maheshwari Chauhan
Badminton – Kidambi Srikanth, H S Prannoy, Chirag Shetty, Satwik Sairaj, Pranav Jerry Chopra, P V Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Ashwini Ponappa, Sikki Reddy, Ruthvika Shivani Gaade
Cycling Men – Ranjit Singh, Sahil Kumar, Manjeet Singh, Sanuraj P
Cycling Women – Deborah Herold, Aleena Reji, M Sonali Chanu, T. Manorama Devi, Amritha Reghunath
Boxing Men – Amit Panghal, Gaurav Solanki, Mohammed Hussamuddin, Manish Kaushik, Manoj Kumar, Vikas Krishan, Naman Tanwar, Satish Kumar
Boxing Women – M C Mary Kom, Pinki Rani, Laishram Sarita Devi, Lovlina Borgoahin
Gymnastics Men – Rakesh Patra, Yogeshwar Singh, Ashish Kumar
Gymnastics Women – Pranati Das, Pranati Nayak, Aruna Reddy, Meghana Reddy
Swimming – Virdhawal Khade, Sajan Prakash, Srihari Nataraj
Table Tennis – 5 men and 5 women
Lawn Bowls – 5 men and 5 women
Athletics – 23 men and 14 women
Squash – 5 men and 2 women
Para Sports – 5 men and 5 women
70 participating nations scheduled to compete at 2018 Commonwealth Games – Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia (host nation), Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Dominica, England, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Ghana, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guernsey, Guyana, India, Isle of Man, Jamaica, Jersey, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Montserrat, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Scotland
Total 275 events in 18 sports will be contested at CWG 2018 – Aquatics [Diving (10), Swimming (50)], Athletics (58), Badminton (6), Basketball (2), Beach volleyball (2), Boxing (16), Cycling [Mountain biking (2), Road (4), Track (20)], Gymnastics [Artistic Gymnastics (14), Rhythmic Gymnastics (6)], Hockey (2), Lawn bowls (10), Netball (1), Rugby sevens (2), Shooting (19), Squash (5), Table tennis (9), Triathlon (5), Weightlifting (16) [Powerlifting (4)], Wrestling (12)
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