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TOI Exclusive: Cricket, hockey to be 'core sports' at CWG 2030

December 2, 2025

TOI Exclusive: Cricket, hockey to be 'core sports' at CWG 2030 | More sports News - The Times of IndiaEditionININUSEnglishEnglishहिन्दीमराठीಕನ್ನಡதமிழ்বাংলাമലയാളംతెలుగుગુજરાતીWeatherSign InTOIToday's ePaperNewsSports NewsMore sports NewsTOI Exclusive: Cricket, hockey to be 'core sports' at CWG 2030TrendingAngelo MathewsICC Mens T20 WC 2026 ScheduleSmriti MandhanaGautam GambhirLive Cricket ScoreArshdeep SinghIPL Auction RegistrationDale SteynRohit SharmaAnthony DavisAngelo MathewsICC Mens T20 WC 2026 ScheduleSmriti MandhanaGautam GambhirLive Cricket ScoreArshdeep SinghIPL Auction RegistrationDale SteynRohit SharmaAnthony DavisAngelo MathewsICC Mens T20 WC 2026 ScheduleSmriti MandhanaGautam GambhirLive Cricket ScoreArshdeep SinghIPL Auction RegistrationDale SteynRohit SharmaAnthony DavisTOI Exclusive: Cricket, hockey to be 'core sports' at CWG 2030Sabi Hussain / TNN / Updated: Dec 02, 2025, 11:38 ISTShareAA+Text SizeSmallMediumLargeCricket and hockey have been confirmed as the two core sports for the 2030 Commonwealth Games in Ahmedabad. This decision settles a contest for the mandatory 'large team sports' slots. Men's cricket will return after 32 years in a T20 format, while women's T20 was featured in 2022.

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Cricket and hockey are added as 'core sports' for the Games.
NEW DELHI: The great Indian sporting obsessions — cricket and hockey — will feature as the two ‘core sports' at the 2030 Commonwealth Games in Ahmedabad.
Core sports are a must for a host nation to include in its Games programme and T20 cricket and hockey almost automatically make the cut.
Men's cricket will return to the CWG fold after 32 years, albeit in a shortened format.
Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble and others had represented India at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Games in which the Shaun Pollock-led South Africans won gold in the ODI format.

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TOI Exclusive: Cricket, hockey to be 'core sports' at CWG 2030

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TOI Exclusive: Cricket, hockey to be 'core sports' at CWG 2030

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