LIST OF SPORTS IN COMMONWEALTH GAMES AND HISTORY.

Commonwealth Youth Games are permitted to include a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 8 sports. Out of these, maximum 2 can be team sports. Athletics and Swimming are mandatory in the list.

Games Scheduled For Commonwealth 2010
2010 Commonwealth Games, going to be held in Delhi, will have a total of 17 games. These are:

• Aquatics (Diving & Swimming)
• Archery (first appeared in Brisbane 1982)
• Athletics (featured in every Commonwealth Game till now)
• Badminton (made its debut in Kingston 1966)
• Boxing (Featured from Hamilton 1930 to Melbourne 2006)
• Cycling (first included in London 1934)
• Gymnastics (first included in Edmonton 1978)
• Hockey (introduced in Kuala Lumpur 1998)
• Lawn Bowls (included on every programme except Kingston 1966)
• Net Ball (introduced in Kuala Lumpur 1998)
• Rugby 7’s (team sport introduced in Kuala Lumpur 1998)
• Shooting (made its first appearance in Kingston 1966)
• Squash (made its debut in Kuala Lumpur 1998)
• Table Tennis (first appeared in Manchester 2002)
• Tennis (will make its debut in Delhi 2010)
• Weightlifting (core sport for men and women since Auckland 1950)
• Wrestling (featured in Hamilton 1930)

Apart from the above mentioned sports, the list of CGF includes games like Rowing, Judo, Fencing, Basketball, Ten Pin Bowling, Triathlon, Waterpolo etc. But these are not included in 2010 list.