Commonwealth Games News

To mitigate India’s concern over the exclusion of shooting at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, Britain has asked the CGF and British Shooting to consider hosting a separate event for the sport in 2022. India have threatened to boycott the Commonwealth Games over the exclusion of shooting.

Bangladesh sports minister Zahid Ahsan Russel, this week, wrote to Tariq Ahmad Britain's Commonwealth minister for the inclusion of shooting in the Commonwealth Games. Earlier this month India's sports minister Kiren Rijiju wrote a similar letter to British sports secretary Nicky Morgan.

After shooting was dropped from the 2022 Commonwealth Games programme, Indian shooter Anjum Moudgil has mentioned that leaving the sport from the Games is not good for the sport. Moudgil has also added that the issue was going on for some time in the past and is a big blow for India. 

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has threatened to boycott the 2022 Commonwealth Games, in Birmingham, after the CGF decided to drop shooting from the Commonwealth programme. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore had earlier urged the CGF president to ensure shooting remains a part of the 2022 edition.