The best athletes in all of the Commonwealth Nations around the world will descend down under as the Gold Coast of Australia gets ready to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
The multi-sporting quadrennial competition will get underway from the 4th of April with the lavish Opening Ceremony at the Carrara Stadium and will come to an end on 15th April. It will be the fifth occasion that the Commonwealth Games will be hosted by Australia, with the previous time being the 2006 Games.
India has been a steady performer at the Games and lies fourth on the all-time table of medal winners with a total of 155 Gold medalists so far in the sixteen editions that it has been a part of. India will be sending a contingent of 219 athletes who will compete in 14 different sports during the two-week-long mega event.
Indian Contingent Schedule, Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games
#1 Athletics
Men's Events
1. 20km Walk
Date and Time - April 8, 3:30 am - 8:30 am
Athletes - Irfan Kolothum Thodi, Manish Singh Rawat
2. 400m Preliminary
Date and Time - April 8, 9:30 am - 1:30 pm
Athlete(s) - Dharun Ayyasamy
400m Final
Date and Time - April 10, 2:30 pm - 6:00 pm
3. Shotput Preliminary
Date and Time - April 8, 9:30 am - 1:30 pm
Athlete(s) - Tajinder Pal Singh Toor
Shotput Final
Date and Time - April 9, 2:30 pm - 6:00 pm
4. High Jump Preliminary
Date and Time - April 9, 5:30 am - 8:00 am
Athletes - Tejaswin Shankar, Siddharth Yadav
High Jump Final
Date and Time - April 11, 2:30 pm - 5:45 pm
5. 400m Hurdles Preliminary
Date and Time - April 10, 5:30 am - 10:00 am
Athletes - Dharun Ayyasamy
400m Hurdles Semi-Final
Date and Time - April 11, 2:30 pm - 5:45 pm
400m Hurdles Final
Date and Time - April
6. Long Jump Preliminary
Date and Time - April 10, 5:30 am - 10:00 am
Athletes - Sreeshankar M
Long Jump Final
Date and Time - April 11, 2:30 pm - 5:45 pm
7. Triple Jump Preliminary
Date and Time - April 12, 5:30 am - 9:15 am
Athletes - Arpinder Singh, Rakesh Babu
Triple Jump Final
Date and Time - April 13, 9:30 am - 1:15 pm
8. 1500m Preliminary
Date and Time - April 13, 5:30 am - 8:30 am
Athletes - Jinson Johnson
1500m Final
Date and Time - April 13, 9:30 am - 1:15 pm
9. Javelin Throw Preliminary
Date and Time - April 13, 5:30 am - 8:30 am
Athletes - Neeraj Chopra, Vipin Kasana
Javelin Throw Final
Date and Time - April 13, 9:30 am - 1:15 pm
10. 4x400m Relay Preliminary
Date and Time - April 13, 5:30 am - 8:30 am
Athletes - Dharun Ayyasamy, Muhammad Anas Yahiya, Jeevan Suresh, Amoj Jacob, Kunhu Mohammed, Jithu Baby, Arokiya Rajiv
4x400m Relay Final
Date and Time - April 13, 9:30 am - 1:15 pm
Women's Events
1.. 20km Walk
Date and Time - April 8, 3:30 am - 8:30 am
Athletes - Soumya B, Khusbir Kaur
2. 400m Preliminary
Date and Time - April 9, 5:30 am - 8:00 am
Athletes - Hima Das
400m Semi-Final
Date and Time - April 10, 2:30 pm - 6:00 pm
400m Final
Date and Time - April 11, 2:30 pm - 5:45 pm
3. 10000m Final
Date and Time - April 9, 2:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Athletes - L Suriya
4. 200m Preliminary
Date and Time - April 10, 5:30 am - 10:00 am
Athletes - Hima Das
200m Semi-Final
Date and Time - April 11, 2:30 pm - 5:45 pm
200m Final
Date and Time - April 12, 2:30 pm - 6:00 pm
5. Discus Throw Preliminary
Date and Time - April 10, 5:30 am - 10:00 am
Athletes - Navjeet Kaur Dhillon, Seema Antil
Discus Throw Final
Date and Time - April 12, 2:30 pm - 6:00 pm
6. Long Jump Preliminary
Date and Time - April 11, 2:30 pm - 5:45 pm
Athletes - Nayana James, Nina Pinto
Long Jump Final
Date and Time - April 12, 2:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Athletes - Nayana James, Nina Pinto
7. 4x400m Relay Preliminary
Date and Time - April 13, 5:30 am - 8:30 am
Athletes - Hima Das, MR Poovamma, Soniya Baishya, Saritaben Gayakwad, Juana Murmu
4x400m Relay Final
Date and Time - April 13, 9:30 am - 1:15 pm
#2 Badminton
1. Mixed Team
India v Sri Lanka
Date and Time - April 5, 4:30 am - 8:00 am
India vs Pakistan
Date and Time - April 5, 2:30 pm - 6:00 pm
India vs Scotland
Date and Time - April 6, 9:30 am - 1:00 pm
Athletes - Kidambi Srikanth, Prannoy Kumar, Chirag Shetty, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Pranav Chopra, P V Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Ashwini Ponnappa, Sikki Reddy, Gadde Ruthvika Shivani
Quarter-finals on 7th April
Semi-finals on 8th April
Bronze medal and & Gold medal matches on 9th April
2. Singles and Doubles
Preliminary
Date and Time - April 10-11, 4:30 am - 10:30 am and 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm,
April 12, 6:30 am - 10:30 am and 1 pm - 5 pm
Quarter-Final
Date and Time - April 13, 6:30 am - 10:30 am and 1 pm - 5 pm
Semi-Final
Date and Time - April 14, 6:30 am - 10:30 am
Bronze Medal
Date and Time - April 14, 1 pm - 5 pm
Gold Medal
Date and Time - April 15, 4:30 am - 9:30 am
Athletes - Kidambi Srikanth, Prannoy Kumar, Chirag Shetty, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Pranav Chopra, P V Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Ashwini Ponnappa, Sikki Reddy, Gadde Ruthvika Shivani
#3 Basketball
Men's Group Stage
India vs Cameroon
Date and Time - April 5, 1 pm - 5:30 pm
India vs England
Date and Time - April 7, 1 pm - 5:30 pm
India vs Scotland
Date and Time - April 8, 2 pm - 6:30 pm
Women's Group Stage
India vs Jamaica
Date and Time - April 5, 2 pm - 6:30 pm
India vs Malaysia
Date and Time - April 7, 2 pm - 6:30 pm
India vs New Zealand
Date and Time - April 8, 1 pm - 5:30 pm
#4 Boxing
Men
Preliminary Rounds - April 5-9, 7:30 am - 11 am and 2 pm - 5:30 pm
Athletes - Amit Panghal 49 kg, Gaurav Solanki 52 kg, Mohammed Hussamuddin 56kg, Manish Kaushik 60kg, Manoj Kumar 69kg, Vikas Krishan 75kg, Naman Tanwar 91kg, Satish Kumar +91kg
Quarter-Finals - April 10-11, 7:30 am - 11 am and 2 pm - 5:30 pm
Semi-Finals
49kg, 52kg, 60kg, 91kg - April 13, 7:30 am - 11 am
56kg, 69kg, 75kg, +91kg - April 13, 2 pm - 5:30 pm
Finals
49kg, 52kg, 60kg, 91kg - April 14, 7:30 am - 11 am
56kg, 69kg, 75kg, +91kg - April 14, 2 pm - 5:30 pm
Women
Preliminary Rounds - April 5-9, 7:30 am - 11 am and 2 pm - 5:30 pm
Athletes - MC Mary Kom 48kg, Pinki Rani 51kg, Laishram Sarita Devi 60kg, Lovlina Borgoahin 69kg
Quarter-Finals - April 10-11, 7:30 am - 11 am and 2 pm - 5:30 pm
Semi-Finals
48kg - April 11, 7:30 am - 11 am
69 kg - April 11, 2 pm - 5:30 pm
51kg, 60kg - April 13, 7:30 am - 11 am
Finals
48kg, 51kg, 60kg - April 14, 7:30 am - 11 am
69kg - April 14, 2 pm - 5:30 pm
#5 Cycling
Men
1. 4000m Team Pursuit Preliminary
Date and Time - April 5, 8:30 am - 12:40 pm
Athletes - Ranjit Singh, Sahil Kumar, Manjeet Singh, Sanuraj P
2. Keirin Preliminary, Semi-Final and Final
Date and Time - April 6, 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Athletes - Sahil Kumar, Sanuraj P
3. Sprint Preliminary and Quarter-Final
Date and Time - April 7, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Athletes - Sanuraj P
Sprint Semi-Final and Final
Date and Time - April 7, 2:00 pm - 6:10 pm
4. 1000m Time Trial
Date and Time - April 8, 1:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Athletes - Ranjit Singh
5. Endurance Event - Mountain Bike
Date and Time - April 12, 6:00 am - 11:05 am
Athletes - Manjeet Singh
Women
1. Team Pursuit Preliminary and Final
Date and Time - April 5, 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Athletes - Deborah Herold, M Sonali Chanu, T. Manorama Devi, Amritha Reghunath
2. Sprint Preliminary and Quarter-Final
Date and Time - April 6, 8:30 am - 12:40 pm
Athlete - Deborah Herold, Aleena Reji
Sprint Semi-Final and Final
Date and Time - April 6, 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
3. Keirin Preliminary and Final
Date and Time - April 8, 1:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Athletes - Debora Herold, Aleena Reji
4. Endurance Event - Mountain Bike
Date and Time - April 12, 6:00 am - 11:05 am
Athletes - M. Sonali Chanu, T. Manorama Devi
5. 25km Points Race
Date and Time - April 7, 2:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Athletes - Amrita Reghunath
#6 Gymnastics
Artistic - Men
1. Team Preliminary
Date and Time - April 5, 4:30 am - 10:30 am
Athletes - Ashish Kumar, Rakesh Patra, Yogeshwar Singh
Team Final
Date and Time - April 5, 1:00 pm - 4:15 pm
2. Individual All-around Final
Date and Time - April 7, 4:30 am - 7:15 am
Athletes - Ashish Kumar, Rakesh Patra, Yogeshwar Singh
Artistic - Women
1. Team Preliminary
Date and Time - April 6, 4:30 am - 9:30 am
Athletes - Pranati Das, Pranati Nayak, Aruna Reddy
2. Individual All-around Final
Date and Time - April 7, 4:30 am - 7:15 am
Athletes - Pranati Das, Pranati Nayak, Aruna Reddy
Rhythmic - Women
1. Individual All-around Final
Date and Time - April 12, 9:30 am - 1:30 pm
Athletes - Meghana Reddy
#7 Hockey
Men
1. India vs Pakistan
Date and Time - April 7, 10:00 am - 1:30 pm
2. India vs Wales
Date and Time - April 8, 3:00 pm - 6:30 pm
3. India vs Malaysia
Date and Time - April 10, 5:00 am - 8:30 am
4. India vs England
Date and Time - April 11, 3:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Women
1. India vs Wales
Date and Time - April 5, 5:00 am - 8:30 am
2. India vs Malaysia
Date and Time - April 6, 10:00 am - 1:30 pm
3. India vs England
Date and Time - April 8, 5:00 am - 8:30 am
4. India vs South Africa
Date and Time - April 10, 3:00 pm - 6:30 pm
#8 Shooting
Men
1. 10m Air Rifle Preliminary and Final
Date and Time - April 8, 4:30 am - 12:30 pm
Athletes - Deepak Kumar, Ravi Kumar
2. Skeet Preliminary
Date and Time - April 8, 4:30 am - 12:30 pm
Athletes - Smit Sheikh, Sheeraj Sheikh
Skeet Preliminary and Final
Date and Time - April 9, 4:30 am - 12:30 pm
3. 10m Air Pistol Preliminary and Final
Date and Time - April 8, 4:30 am - 12:30 pm
Athletes - Jitu Rai, Om Prakash Mitharwal
4. 50m Rifle Prone Preliminary and Final
Date and Time - April 10, 4:30 am - 12:30 pm
Athletes - Gagan Narang, Chain Singh
5. Double Trap Preliminary and Final
Date and Time - April 11, 4:30 am - 12:30 pm
Athletes - Ankur Mittal, Mohammed Asab
6. 50m Pistol Preliminary and Final
Date and Time - April 11, 4:30 am - 12:30 pm
Athletes - Jitu Rai, Om Prakash Mitharwal
7. 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Preliminary
Date and Time - April 12, 4:30 am - 10:45 am
Athletes - Anish Bhanwala, Neeraj Kumar
25m Rapid Fire Pistol Preliminary and Final
Date and Time - April 13, 4:00 am - 12:45 pm
8. 50m Rifle 3 Positions Preliminary and Final
Date and Time - April 13, 4:30 am - 12:20 pm
Athletes - Sanjeev Rajput, Chain Singh
9. Trap Preliminary and Final
Date and Time - April 13, 4:00 am - 12:45 pm
Athletes - Manavjeet Singh Sandhu, Kynan Chenai
Women
1. 10m Air Pistol Preliminary and Final
Date and Time - April 8, 4:30 am - 12:30 pm
Athletes - Heena Sidhu, Manu Bhaker
2. Skeet Preliminary and Final
Date and Time - April 8, 4:30 am - 12:30 pm
Athletes - Sanjya Sheikh, Maheshwari Chauhan
3. 10m Air Rifle Preliminary and Final
Date and Time - April 9, 4:30 am - 12:30 pm
Athletes - Apurvi Chandela, Mehuli Ghosh
4. 25m Pistol Preliminary and Final
Date and Time - April 10, 4:30 am - 12:30 pm
Athletes - Heena Sidhu, Annuraj Singh
5. Double Trap Preliminary and Final
Date and Time - April 11, 4:30 am - 12:30 pm
Athletes - Shreyasi Singh, Varsha Varman
6. 50m Rifle Prone Preliminary and Final
Date and Time - April 12, 4:30 am - 10:45 am
Athletes - Anjum Moudgil, Tejaswini Sawant
7. 50m Rifle 3 Positions Preliminary and Final
Date and Time - April 13, 4:00 am - 12:45 pm
Athletes - Anjum Moudgil, Tejaswini Sawant
8. Trap Preliminary and Final
Date and Time - April 13, 4:00 am - 12:45 pm
Athletes - Shreyasi Singh, Seema Tomar
#9 Squash
Singles Preliminary
Date and Time - April 5-7, 8:00 am - 12 am and 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Athletes - Saurav Ghoshal, Dipika Pallikal, Joshna Chinappa
Singles Semi-Final
Date and Time - April 8, 8:00 am - 12 am and 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Singles Medal Matches
Date and Time - April 9, 8:00 am - 12 am and 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Doubles Preliminary
Date and Time - April 10-12, 8:00 am - 12 am and 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Athletes - Saurav Ghoshal, Joshna Chinappa, Dipika Pallika
Doubles Quarter-Final and Semi-Final
Date and Time - April 13, 8:00 am - 12 am and 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Doubles Semi-Final and Final
Date and Time - April 14-15, 8:00 am - 12 am and 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
#10 Swimming
1. 50m Freestyle Preliminary
Date and Time - April 9, 6:00 am - 8:00 am
Semi-Final
Date and Time - April 9, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Final
Date and Time - April 11, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Athletes - Virdhawal Khade
2. 50m Butterfly Preliminary
Date and Time - April 5, 6:00 am - 9:00 am
Semi-Final
Date and Time - April 5, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Final
Date and Time - April 6, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Athletes - Virdhawal Khade, Sajan Prakash
3. 100m Butterfly Preliminary
Date and Time - April 8, 6:00 am - 8:00 am
Semi-Final
Date and Time - April 8, 3:00 pm - 6:00 am
Final
Date and Time - April 9, 6:00 am - 8:00 am
Athletes - Sajan Prakash
4. 200m Butterfly Preliminary
Date and Time - April 7, 6:00 am - 8:00 am
Final
Date and Time - April 7, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Athletes - Sajan Prakash
5. 1500m Freestyle Preliminary
Date and Time - April 9, 6:00 am - 8:00 am
Final
Date and Time - April 10, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Athletes - Sajan Prakash
6. 50m Backstroke Preliminary
Date and Time - April 7, 6:00 am - 8:30 am
Semi-Final
Date and Time - April 7, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Final
Date and Time - April 8, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Athletes - Srihari Nataraj
7. 100m Backstroke Preliminary
Date and Time - April 5, 6:00 am - 9:00 am
Semi-Final
Date and Time - April 5, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Final
Date and Time - April 6, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Athletes - Srihari Nataraj
8. 200m Backstroke Preliminary
Date and Time - April 9, 6:00 am - 8:00 am
Final
Date and Time - April 9, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Athletes - Srihari Nataraj
#11 Table Tennis
Team Group and Knockout Stage
Date and Time - April 5-7, 4:00 am - 10:00 am and 11:30 am - 4:30 pm
Athletes - Achanta Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Soumyajit Ghosh, Harmeet Desai, Amalraj Anthony Arputharaj, Manika Batra, Mouma Das, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Madhurika Patkar and Pooja Sahasrabudhe.
Team Semi-Final and Final
Date and Time - April 8-9, 4:00 am - 10:00 am and 11:30 am - 4:30 pm
Singles Group Stage
Date and Time - April 10, 4:00 am - 10:00 am and 11:30 am - 4:30 pm
Doubles and Single Knockout Stage, Doubles Quarter-Final
Date and Time - April 11-12, 4:00 am - 10:00 am and 11:30 am - 4:30 pm
Doubles Quarter-Final and Semi-Final, Singles Quarter-Final
Date and Time - April 13, 4:00 am - 10:00 am and 11:30 am - 4:30 pm
Doubles and Singles Medal Matches
Date and Time - April 14-15, 4:00 am - 10:00 am and 11:30 am - 4:30 pm
#12 Weightlifting
Men
1. 56kg Final
Date and Time - April 5, 5:00 am - 7:30 am
Athletes - Gururaja
2. 62kg Final
Date and Time - April 5, 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Athletes - Mutthupandi Raja
3. 69kg Final
Date and Time - April 6, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Athletes - Deepak Lather
4. 77kg Final
Date and Time - April 7, 5:00 am - 7:30 am
Athletes - Satish Shivalingam
5. 85kg Final
Date and Time - April 7, 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Athletes - Ragala Rahul
6. 94kg Final
Date and Time - April 8, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Athletes - Vikas Thakur
7. 105kg Final
Date and Time - April 9, 5:00 am - 7:30 am
Athletes - Pardeep Singh
8. 105+kg Final
Date and Time - April 9, 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Athletes - Gurdeep Singh
Women
1. 48kg Final
Date and Time - April 5, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Athletes - Mirabai Chanu
2. 53kg Final
Date and Time - April 6, 5:00 am - 7:30 am
Athletes - Khumuckcham Chanu
3. 58kg Final
Date and Time - April 6, 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Athletes - Saraswati Rout
4. 63kg Final
Date and Time - April 7, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Athletes - Vandna Gupta
5. 69 kg Final
Date and Time - April 8, 5:00 am - 7:30 am
Athletes - Punam Yadav
6. 75kg Final
Date and Time - April 8, 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Athletes - Seema
7. 90+kg Final
Date and Time - April 9, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Athletes - Purnima Pandey
#13 Wrestling
Men
1. 57kg, 74kg Preliminary
Date and Time - April 12, 6:00 am - 9:00 am
Athletes - Rahul Aware (57kg), Sushil Kumar (74kg)
57kg, 74kg Final
Date and Time - April 12, 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
2. 65kg, 97kg Preliminary
Date and Time - April 13, 6:00 am - 9:00 am
Athletes - Bajrang Kumar (65kg), Mausam Khatri (97kg)
65kg, 97kg Final
Date and Time - April 13, 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
3. 86kg, 125kg Preliminary
Date and Time - April 14, 6:00 am - 9:00 am
Athletes - Somveer (86kg), Sumit (125kg)
86kg, 125kg Final
Date and Time - April 14, 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Women
1. 53kg, 76kg Preliminary
Date and Time - April 12, 6:00 am - 9:00 am
Athletes - Babita Kumari (53kg), Kiran (76kg)
53kg, 76kg Final
Date and Time - April 12, 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
2. 57kg, 68kg Preliminary
Date and Time - April 13, 6:00 am - 9:00 am
Athletes - Pooja Dhanda (57kg), Divya Kakran (68kg)
57kg, 68kg Final
Date and Time - April 13, 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
3. 50kg, 62kg Preliminary
Date and Time - April 14, 6:00 am - 9:00 am
Athletes - Vinesh Phogat (50kg), Sakshi Malik (62kg)
50kg, 62kg Final
Date and Time - April 14, 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm