India announced as hosts for 2030 Commonwealth Games

City of Amdavad to hold centenary event

India has been announced as the hosts of the Commonwealth Games in 2030.

The city of Amdavad (also known as Ahmedabad) has been formally ratified as the hosts for what will be the centenary edition of the games in just under five years' time.

It's expected the event will feature between 15 and 17 sports and will take place 100 years on from when the first Commonwealth Games took place in Hamilton, Canada in 1930.

President of Commonwealth Sport, Dr Donald Rukare, says: "This is the start of a new golden era for Commonwealth Sport. After a 'Games reset' we head to Glasgow 2026 in fantastic shape to welcome the 74 teams of the Commonwealth before setting our sights on Amdavad 2030 for a special Centenary edition of the Commonwealth Games.

“India brings scale, youth, ambition, rich culture, enormous sporting passion and relevance, and I'm delighted to report strong interest from a range of nations to host the 2034 Games and beyond. We start our next century for the Commonwealth Games in good health."

Officials have also confirmed the initial list of sports which will feature at the games - those sports are:

• Athletics and Para Athletics
• Swimming and Para Swimming
• Table Tennis and Para Table Tennis
• Bowls and Para Bowls
• Weightlifting and Para Weightlifting
• Artistic Gymnastics
• Netball
• Boxing

Meanwhile, several other disciplines remain under consideration to be included, they 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
• Wrestling

The process to finalise the programme will start next month with the full lineup expected to be announced next year

The hosts can also propose up to two new or traditional sports.

Before then, the next Commonwealth Games will take place next year in Glasgow on a reduced ten-sport format from 23 July to 2 August.