Glasgow Commonwealth Games: six picks to watch from 24 July
The Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games run from Friday 24 July to Monday 3 August, bringing around 3,000 athletes to four venues across Glasgow for 11 days of competition in 10 sports and para sports. The multi-sport event is aimed at a general public audience.
Sport England’s preview does not provide individual venue names or addresses, ticket prices, booking instructions, transport guidance or accessibility details. Those planning to attend will therefore need separate confirmation of entry and venue arrangements.
Sport England has highlighted six Team England individuals and teams previously supported through Backing the Best, a SportsAid-managed programme funded through National Lottery investment. Their appearances stretch from the opening afternoon to the triple jump final on 30 July.
Six Team England stories behind the schedule
Para powerlifter Mark Swan enters Glasgow after winning lightweight silver at Birmingham 2022, 65kg silver at the Paris 2024 Paralympics and bronze at the 2025 World Para Powerlifting Championships. The 25-year-old from County Durham is scheduled for the lightweight final on the opening day, where world-record holder Bonnie Bunyau Gustin is among the leading opposition.
England’s men’s and women’s 3×3 wheelchair basketball teams return after both claimed bronze when the discipline made its Commonwealth debut at Birmingham 2022. James Hazell and European Under-23 champion Tom Harvey feature in the men’s squad, while two-time Paralympic and three-time European medallist Lucy Robinson joins the women’s team for her Commonwealth debut.
Freya Anderson arrives with six Commonwealth medals from the 2018 and 2022 Games. Her Glasgow programme covers freestyle and mixed relay events across five days, beginning with the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay on 24 July.
Para swimmer Poppy Maskill has one concentrated opportunity in this watch list: the S14 200m freestyle on 25 July. The 21-year-old won five medals, including three golds, at the Paris 2024 Paralympics and set a world record in the S14 100m butterfly. She was made an MBE in 2025.
Artistic gymnast Taeja James returns to the Commonwealth stage eight years after winning team silver as a teenager at Gold Coast 2018. She stepped away from elite gymnastics for five years before earning a place in England’s five-strong Glasgow team.
Georgina Forde-Wells completes the selection. The 23-year-old Northampton athlete, described by Sport England as Britain’s leading female triple jumper, will make her Commonwealth Games debut after winning multiple national indoor and outdoor titles.
When the six selections are competing
| Date | Sessions to watch |
|---|---|
| Friday 24 July | Mark Swan’s lightweight para powerlifting final runs from 13:00 to 16:30. England’s women face Australia in 3×3 wheelchair basketball at 12:05, followed by the men at 16:35. Freya Anderson’s 4x100m freestyle relay sessions are listed for 10:30–13:00 and 19:00–22:00. |
| Saturday 25 July | Anderson is listed for the 200m freestyle and mixed 4x100m freestyle relay sessions. Poppy Maskill’s S14 200m freestyle sessions run at 10:30–13:00 and 19:00–22:15. Taeja James has artistic gymnastics team and qualification sessions from 10:00–14:00 and 15:45–20:45. |
| Sunday 26 July | England’s wheelchair basketball teams face Canada, with the women at 12:45 and men at 14:00. Anderson’s 100m freestyle sessions begin at 10:30 and 19:00, while James’s individual all-around final is scheduled for 18:00–21:00. |
| Monday 27 July | England’s women face South Africa at 12:20 and the men meet Kenya at 14:25 in wheelchair basketball. Anderson is listed for the 100m freestyle and 4x200m freestyle relay finals session from 19:00. James’s vault and uneven bars finals run from 13:00 to 17:30. |
| Tuesday 28 July | Wheelchair basketball play-in games are scheduled from 18:30 for the men and 20:30 for the women. Anderson’s mixed 4x100m medley relay sessions begin at 10:30 and 19:00. James’s balance beam and floor finals run from 13:00 to 17:30. |
| Wednesday 29 July | Wheelchair basketball semi-finals and finals occupy the afternoon and evening. Georgina Forde-Wells enters triple jump qualifying between 10:00 and 13:00. |
| Thursday 30 July | The women’s triple jump final, featuring Forde-Wells, is scheduled within the 18:30–22:00 session. |
The watch list ends before the Games close
The Games continue until 3 August, but Sport England’s selected schedule concludes with the women’s triple jump final on 30 July. Readers looking across the full event programme can also consult this wider Glasgow Games preview for additional programme context.
Within this selection, the first confirmed medal session is Swan’s lightweight para powerlifting final at 13:00 on 24 July; the last is the triple jump final session beginning at 18:30 on 30 July.
Source: Sport England News
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