What makes a sport a Commonwealth Games sport?
There are thirty-one sports approved by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF). This article on the CGF website provides some historical background to the Games. It is interesting to note that: • Only single competition sports had been on the program from 1930 up to and including the 1994 Games in Victoria. • The 1998 Games in Kuala Lumpur saw the introduction of team sports with nations taking part in cricket (50 over game), hockey (men and women), netball (women) and rugby 7′s (men). • In Manchester in 2002 hockey, netball and rugby 7′s were in the program. • At the 2006 Games in Melbourne basketball accompanied hockey, netball and rugby 7′s on the program. • Hockey, netball and rugby 7’s are Delhi in 2010 . • The 2002 Games in Manchester also saw for the first time a limited number of full medal events for elite athletes with a disability (EAD) in a fully inclusive sports programme. This continued in Melbourne where EAD athletes took part in athletics, swimming, table tennis and po
