Your Guide to the Commonwealth Games in Australian Time

The Commonwealth Games are here.

It started on Thu 23 Jul 2026 at 5:34am.

More news came on Thu 23 Jul 2026 at 9:27am.

The Glasgow Commonwealth Games will give out 215 gold medals over 10 days.

There are 10 sports in 10 days, so it's hard to keep track.

Here is the schedule for the 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games in AEST.

You can find the full schedule here, but it might change.

Day 0 is on July 23-24.

Aussie watch: Sectional play for Men's singles, Women's pairs, and Para mixed pairs B2-B3.

It's at The Hydro at the Scottish Event Campus, where netball will also be played.

KT Tunstall and others will perform, and over 600 volunteers will help.

Day 1 is on July 24-25.

Aussie watch: The first day of group matches across men's, women's, women's wheelchair, and men's wheelchair competition.

The Australian able-bodied men play New Zealand, Nigeria, and Scotland.

Men's team final and individual qualification will happen.

Sectional play for Men's singles, Women's pairs, and Para mixed pairs B2-B3 will continue.

Women's 54kg Round of 16, 57kg Round of 32, and 60kg Round of 16 will take place.

Men's 55kg Round of 32, 65kg Round of 64, and 70kg Round of 32 will happen.

Men's and women's lightweight medals will be decided.

Both heavyweight divisions will be decided from 3am to 6:30am.

Early heats include Women's 400m Freestyle, Men's 200m IM, and more.

Late finals include Women's 400m Freestyle, Men's 200m IM, and more.

Day 2 is on July 25-26.

Aussie watch: The Australian teams have the day off.

Women's team final and individual qualification will happen.

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Sectional play for Men's singles, Women's pairs, and Para mixed pairs B2-B3 will continue.

Women's 65kg Round of 16, 70kg Round of 16, and 75kg Round of 16 will take place.

Men's 60kg Round of 32, 65kg Round of 32, and 80kg Round of 32 will happen.

The Diamonds take on Tonga in the first group game.

Early heats include Women's 200m Freestyle, Men's 50m Freestyle, and more.

Late finals include Men's 400m Freestyle, Women's 100m Backstroke, and more.

Day 3 is on July 26-27.

Aussie watch: Australian able-bodied men face Guyana and Cayman Islands.

Competitors for the men's and women's individual all-around finals are selected.

The men's individual all-around final runs from 9pm to midnight.

The women compete from 3am to 6am.

Sectional play for Men's singles, Women's pairs, and Para mixed pairs B2-B3 will continue.

Women's 57kg round of 16 will take place.

Men's 55kg round of 16, 65kg round of 16, 90kg round of 16, and 90kg+ round of 16 will happen.

The Diamonds face an injury-hit England in the second game.

Early heats include Women's 100m Freestyle, Men's 50m Breaststroke, and more.

Late finals include Women's S9 100m Backstroke, Men's S9 100m Backstroke, and more.

Men's 60kg and 65kg will take place.

Women's 48kg will take place.

Day 4 is on July 27-28.

Aussie watch: Australian men's and women's wheelchair teams take on Canada.

Individual finals for the men's floor exercise, pommel horse, and rings will happen.

Early heats and qualifying include Women's high jump, hammer throw, and more.

Late finals include Women's 100m T37/38, F55-57 shot put, and more.

Sectional play and semifinals for Men's singles, Women's pairs, and Para mixed pairs B2-B3 will take place.

Women's 51kg round of 16 will happen.

Men's 60kg round of 16, 70kg round of 16, and 80kg round of 16 will take place.

No Diamonds today as group games continue.

Early heats include Men's 200m Butterfly, Women's 400m Individual Medley, and more.

Late finals include Women's 400m Individual Medley, Men's 100m Freestyle, and more.

Men's 71kg and 79kg will take place.

Women's 53kg and 58kg will take place.

Day 5 is on July 28-29.

Aussie watch: Two semifinal qualifiers for each of the four disciplines.

Individual finals for the men's vault, parallel bars, and horizontal bar will happen.

Early heats and qualifying include Women's heptathlon day one, discus, and more.

Late finals include Women's heptathlon day one, high jump, and more.

Medal matches for Men's singles, Women's pairs, and Para mixed pairs B2-B3 will take place.

Women's 54kg quarterfinals, 60kg quarterfinals, 65kg quarterfinals, and 75kg quarterfinals will happen.

Men's 55kg quarterfinals, 65kg quarterfinals, and 90kg quarterfinals will take place.

More group games, including Diamonds vs Malawi, will take place.

Early heats include Men's 400m Individual Medley, Women's 200m Individual Medley, and more.

Late finals include Men's S13 50m Freestyle, Women's S13 50m Freestyle, and more.

Men's 88kg will take place.

Women's 63kg and 69kg will take place.

Day 6 is on July 29-30.

Aussie watch: Semifinals from 8:30pm to 12:30am, and medal matches from 1:30am to 6:30am.

Early heats and qualifying include Women's heptathlon day two, 200m, and more.

Late finals include Women's heptathlon day two, F42-44/61-64 discus, and more.

Sectional play for Men's pairs, Women's singles, Para men's pairs B6-8, and Para women's pairs B6-8 will take place.

Women's 51kg quarterfinals, 57kg quarterfinals, and 70kg quarterfinals will happen.

Men's 60kg quarterfinals, 70kg quarterfinals, 80kg quarterfinals, and 90kg+ quarterfinals will take place.

More group games, including Diamonds vs South Africa, will take place.

Early heats include Women's 200m Breaststroke, Men's 200m Freestyle, and more.

Late finals include Men's 100m Backstroke, Women's 200m Breaststroke, and more.

Women's 77kg and 86kg will take place.

Men's 94kg will take place.

Day 7 is on July 30-31.

Aussie watch: Early heats and qualifying from 7pm-10:30pm.

Early heats and qualifying include Women's 100m hurdles, mile, and more.

Late finals include Women's triple jump, T45-47 100m, and more.

Sectional play for Men's pairs, Women's singles, Para men's pairs B6-8, and Para women's pairs B6-8 will take place.

More group games, including Diamonds vs Northern Ireland, will take place.

Early session includes Women's Tandem B Sprint Qualification, Women's 4000m Team Pursuit Qualification, and more.

Late session includes Women's Tandem B Sprint Finals, Men's Tandem B 1000m Time Trial Final, and more.

Men's 110kg and 110kg+ will take place.

Women's 86kg+ will take place.

Day 8 is on July 31-August 1.

Aussie watch: Early heats and qualifying from 7pm-10:45pm.

Early heats and qualifying include Women's long jump, T37/38 200m, and more.

Late finals include Women's pole vault, T37/38 long jump, and more.

Sectional play for Men's pairs, Women's singles, Para men's pairs B6-8, and Para women's pairs B6-8 will take place.

Women's 51kg semifinals, 54kg semifinals, and 60kg semifinals will happen.

Men's 55kg semifinals, 60kg semifinals, and 65kg semifinals will take place.

Women's 48kg, 52kg, and 57kg will take place.

Men's 60kg and 66kg will take place.

Classification matches for teams 5-12 will take place.

Early session includes Women's Sprint Qualification, Women's 4000m Individual Pursuit Qualification, and more.

Late session includes Men's Keirin, Women's Sprint semifinals, and more.

Day 9 is on August 1-2.

Aussie watch: Early session from 7pm-10:45pm.

Early session includes Women's 10,000m race walk, 400m, and more.

Late session includes Women's 4x100m relay, long jump, and more.

Sectional play and semis for Men's pairs, Women's singles, Para men's pairs B6-8, and Para women's pairs B6-8 will take place.

All medal bouts will take place.

Women's 63kg and 70kg will take place.

Men's 73kg, 81kg, and 90kg will take place.

Semifinals day will take place.

Early session includes Men's Sprint Qualification, Men's Tandem B Sprint Qualification, and more.

Late session includes Men's Tandem B Sprint Final, Men's Sprint semifinal, and more.

Day 10 is on August 2-3.

Aussie watch: Medal matches for Men's pairs, Women's singles, Para men's pairs B6-8, and Para women's pairs B6-8.

Women's 87kg and 87kg+ will take place.

Men's 100kg and 100kg+ will take place.

Bronze medal match will take place at 6pm.

Final will take place at 10pm.

Early session includes Women's Elimination Race Qualification, Women's Keirin, and more.

Late session includes Women's Elimination Race Final, Men's C1-3 3000m Individual Pursuit Final, and more.

The closing ceremony will take place at the Hydro.

It will feature performances by Simple Minds, Sandi Thom, and more.

We will let you know when we know more.

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