The 20th edition of Commonwealth Games will be held in Glasgow Scotland from July 23 to August3. It will be the largest multi-sport event ever held in Scotland with over 5000 competing athletes, although the country previously hosted the 1970 and 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. Over the last 10 years, however, Glasgow and Scotland had staged World, Commonwealth, European, or British events in all 17 sports proposed for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, including the World Badminton Championships in 1997.

There will be 71 participating nations out of 72 at the 2014 Commonwealth Games with approximately 5000 competing athletes making it one of the largest commonwealth games staged to date. On 7 October 2013, The Gambia, having withdrawn from the Commonwealth five days earlier, confirmed that it would not be taking part in the games.

There are a total of 17 sports and 261 medal events that will be contested at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Archery and Tennis from the 2010 games were replaced on the sports program with Triathlon (for the first time since 2006) and judo (first time since 2002). Among sport disciplines removed from 2010 include the walking events in athletics, synchronised swimming and Greco-Roman wrestling, while mountain biking will be contested for the first time since 2006. Shooting medal events also dropped from 44 in 2010 to 19. Among new disciplines on the Commonwealth Games program for the first time are the Triathlon mixed relay event, more shooting medal chances for women and the addition of women’s boxing to the program.