1150 athletes to arrive today for Commonwealth Games

New Delhi : Contingents of a total 1150 international athletes and officials will arrive at the Games Village on Wednesday here for the October 3-14 Commonwealth Games.

Australian contingent is the largest one to arrive today with their 146 member team comprising participants in disciplines like table tennis, athletics, swimming, tennis and badminton.

England’s contingent is the second largest with 97 athletes followed by Singapore with 75 athletes.

Neighbour Pakistan?s squad of 58 athletes will have participants for hockey, squash, tennis, weightlifting, wrestling and boxing.

Among the other large contingents arriving today are those of Barbados (57), New Zealand (49), Maldives (43), Scotland (42), Seychelles (37) and Zambia (28).

Apart from these, officials and athletes from Gibraltar, Jamaica, Wales, Jersey, Malaysia, Namibia, Bermuda, Canada, St. Vincent & The Grenadines and Lesotho also arrive today.

Jamaica?s contingent will have boxers, swimmers, table tennis players and para-athletes, while hockey players from Malaysia; cycling and shooting teams from Barbados are also arriving today.