The Ghana Olympic Committee / Commonwealth Sport Ghana will present a contingent of 40 athletes and coaches at this year’s Commonwealth Games to be hosted in Glasgow, Scotland.
This was disclosed by the president of the Ghana Olympic Committee, Richard Akpokavie, Esq, at the 2026 Annual General Meeting held at the Best Western Premier Hotel at Airport Residential Area in Accra.
The Commonwealth Games will be held from 23rd July to 2nd August 2026. “We expect to send a contingent of approximately 40 athletes, depending on outstanding qualifications, together with 21 officials, including coaches, medical personnel, safeguarding officers, and the Chef de Mission,” he announced.
“We will compete in Athletics, Boxing, Cycling, Judo, Para Athletics, Para Powerlifting, Para Swimming, and Weightlifting,” he added.
The number represents a sharp decline from Ghana’s contingent at the last Games in Birmingham 2022, where 100 athletes, made up of 60 men and 40 women, represented the nation.
The decision to take a few athletes was influenced in part by a Commonwealth Games Federation resolution to slash its sporting program from 19 sports to just 10 in October 2024.
Sporting disciplines like cricket, field hockey, rugby sevens, squash, and wrestling were all slashed as a cost-saving emergency measure after the Australian state of Victoria withdrew as host due to spiraling costs.
The Commonwealth Games are participated in by over 50 countries that were once colonies of Great Britain.
By Sammy Heywood Okine
