1150 international athletes, officials to land in Delhi

NEW DELHI: Sporting powerhouses Australia and England will have their second batch of athletes and officials checking in among the 1150 who are set to land here on Wednesday for the October 3 to 14 Commonwealth Games.

The Australian contingent is the largest one to arrive today with their 146 member team comprising swimmers, table tennis, athletics, tennis and badminton players.

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

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), the CWG Organising Committee said in a statement.

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

Jamaica's contingent will have participants comprising of boxers, swimmers, table tennis players and para-athletes.

While hockey players from Malaysia and cycling and shooting teams from Barbados are also arriving today.

The Chefs-de-Mission of Canada, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda and Cayman Islands will arrive today along with an international media contingent.