India to bid for Commonwealth Games as part of Olympic push

India’s Bid to Host Commonwealth Games 2030 Approved by IOA

In this Oct. 3, 2010 file photo, pyrotechnics go off during the opening ceremony for the 19th Commonwealth Games at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, India. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan, File) The Indian Olympic Association has formally approved the country’s bid to host the Commonwealth Games 2030 with three cities listed as potential hosts in Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar and New Delhi. Ahmedabad is considered the favorite to be India’s prospecti…

India to bid for Commonwealth Games as part of Olympic push

India says it will bid for the 2030 Commonwealth Games, seen as part of a wider push by the cricket-mad nation to host the 2036 Olympics.