The Queen will open the Games, reading a message contained in the baton which formed the heart of a 10-month relay across the Commonwealth.
The opening ceremony will feature a parade around Celtic Park by thousands of athletes taking part in the Games.
The journey from their accommodation, at the Athlete's Village in Dalmarnock, close to Celtic Park, is expected to take about one hour.
India, as previous host, will lead the parade, which will end with the current host, Team Scotland
The opening ceremony will be shown on a huge LED screen running the entire length of the south stand at Celtic Park.The giant screen, which stands across the whole of the South Stand, is almost 100 meters long, 11 meters high and weighs 38 tonnes.
Squash player Nick Matthew will be the flag bearer for Team England
Judo player Euan Burton will be the Team Scotland flag bearer at the opening ceremony
Rhythmic gymnast Francesca Jones will be the flag bearer for Team Wales
Sachin Tendulkar will make his presence felt during the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in his capacity as the Global Goodwill Ambassador of the UNICEF
Google marks start of 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games
The Glasgow 2014 accreditation pass, complete with ID mugshot and a plethora of symbols and letters, is notably large.Even the Queen has a VIP pass to the Games, which she was given during a visit to the uniform and accreditation centre a Kelvin Hall in Glasgow.
About 70,000 people, including the volunteer Clydesiders, need to be accredited for the Games.
Passes include information about who you are and what venues and transport services you can access.
Glasgow 2014 staff, and volunteer Clydesiders are clearly identifiable in their red and grey uniform.
There's also a blue and grey uniform for technical staff.
For baton bearers, there's blue trousers and a white t-shirt with flashes of blue and yellow, featuring the Queen's Baton Relay logo.
The Queen is driven into the arena, to the delight of the estimated 40,000 spectators
Queen Elizabeth is presented with a posy during the 2014 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony, as the Duke of Edinburgh looks on
The Games were officially opened by The Queen
Fireworks explode over Celtic Park at the finale the Opening Ceremony
2012 London Olympics silver medallist Vijay Kumar proudly carried the tri-colour as India, by the virtue of being the previous hosts, led the 2014 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony
Scotland's Euan Burton carries the flag as they arrive
Rapturous applause greets the Scottish team as they enter the arena
Flag bearer and Rhythmic Gymnast Frankie Jones of Wales leads Welsh athletes during the Opening Ceremony - along with a Scottish Terrier
England's Nick Matthew carries the English flag and leads his team in
Flag bearer and Cyclist Anna Meares of Australia waves as she leads her nation into the arena
Flag bearer and Cyclist Fatehah Mustapa of Malaysia flies the flag at half mast during the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games. The athletes also wore black armbands in mourning over the flight MH17 crash
Forty-one Scottish Terriers became the unlikely stars of the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony.
It is the first time dogs have been used to lead in the teams
2014 Glasgow CWG Opening Ceremony Performances
Tunnock's tea cakes were among the things celebrated in the first performance of the evening in Glasgow
The pipes and drums of the Scottish Regiments perform
2014 Glasgow CWG Opening Ceremony Performances
Tunnock's tea cakes were among the things celebrated in the first performance of the evening in Glasgow
The pipes and drums of the Scottish Regiments perform
Samantha Cameron (third from left) Prime Minster David Cameron, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (second from right) watch proceedings in Glasgow
Baton Relay
The hand-written message was inserted by Queen, during a ceremony at Buckingham palace,on Oct 09,2013
It was then sealed for its journey of more than 190,000 km through Commonwealth territories in Asia, Oceania, Africa, North and South America and the Caribbean.
Along the way it has been carried by thousands of baton bearers, some 4,000 in Scotland alone, amid a carnival atmosphere in cities, towns and villages around the globe.
Chris Hoy receives the baton from Andy Coogan, the Scottish author, Second World War veteran and former champion runner
The Queen's Baton is shown to the crowd as it arrives in the stadium
New Venues
Two of the showpiece venues to open in the past year include the £125m Hydro arena at the SECC complex, and the £113m National Indoor Sports Arena and
Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, opposite Celtic Park.
2010 New Delhi Commonwealth Games shooting gold medallist Nur Ayuni Farhana Abdul Halim has been left devastated after being ruled out of competing in Glasgow because her competition jacket was lost en route to Scotland
Males boxers at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will not wear head guards for the first time since 1982
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The Indian contingent finished second in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. The 101 medals overall in that edition was a record that the country would hope to replicate and perhaps even better
India finished second behind Australia with a record 101 medal haul in the 2010 CWG held in New Delhi
The target for India in Glasgow 2014 would be a third-place finish with the top spot expected to go either to Australia or England
India has sent 215 athletes in 14 sports, its largest ever after 2010 Delhi CWG
India will be hit hard by the scrapping of archery and tennis from Glasgow Games and the reduction in the number of medal events in shooting and wrestling.
India had won a combined 12 medals from archery and tennis in 2010 while bagging 14 medals from the 18 events dropped this time from shooting. Greco-Roman category in wrestling, from which India won eight medals in 2010, has also been done away with in Glasgow.
Indians to Watch out for
Saina Nehwal may have made the hard decision to opt out of CWG 2014 but for Indian badminton P. Kashyap and P.V. Sindhu are expected to be among medals in men's and women's singles respectively while the women's doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa would be raring to defend the gold they won in 2010.
Badminton
The badminton competitions at the Glasgow Games begin with mixed team event at the Emirates Arena and India have been placed in Pool B along with Ghana, Kenya and Uganda. It should not be a problem for India to top the group and make it to the knockout round.The group winner of the six pools and the two best runners-up teams will make it to the quarterfinals.
Weightlifting
India's first medal in the Games is expected to come on Thursday from weightlifting when the competitions begin with the women's 48kg and men's 56kg weight categories, respectively.
This time, India, with six lifters from 2010 Games, are likely to maintain that level of performance. Khumukcham Sanjita and Saikhom Mirabai Chanu are competing on Thursday in women's 48kg and India have a chance to win two medals from this category.
This has been a strong category for India since the days of Kunjarani Devi. India had won a silver and bronze in this category in 2010.
The Indian duo will have a strong competitor in Chika Amalaha of Nigeria, who had won silver in 53kg in Commonwealth Championships, but is competing in 48kg class in Glasgow
Shooting contingent is under Abhinav Bindra after Gagan Narang failed to qualify for the 10m air rifle event
Rahi Sarnobat and Anisa Sayyed won the gold in the pairs 25m pistol event for women in the 2010 CWG
Vijay Kumar won the silver medal in the individual 25 metre rapid fire pistol event at 2012 Olympics
Sushil Kumar won gold in freestyle wrestling 66kg in the 2010 CWG
Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt won gold in in 60 kg freestyle in the 2010 CWG
Vijender Singh,2012 olympics Bronze Medalist
Krishna Poonia won the Gold Medal in Women's Discuss in the 2010 CWG
Two Indian Athletes Pull Out of Glasgow Event
Sachin Roby, who was to take part in men's 4x400m relay, has been suffering from Jaundice for the last few days and would no longer be able to participate in the Commonwealth Games, while para-athlete Sachin Choudhary has returned home due to deteriorating condition of his ailing father.
Medals Decided On Thursday July 24,2014
Swimming:
men’s para-sport 100m freestyle S9, 400m freestyle, 200m breaststroke;
women’s 200m freestyle, 400m individual medley, 4x100m freestyle relay.
Cycling (track):
men’s 4,000m team pursuit, team sprint; women’s para-sport sprint B
tandem, 500m time trial. Gymnastics (rhythmic): women’s team.
Judo: men’s -60kg, -66kg gold and bronze medal matches;
women’s -48kg, -52kg, -57kg.
women’s -48kg, -52kg, -57kg.
Triathlon: men’s and women’s individual. Weightlifting: men’s 56kg, women’s 48kg.
Medals Decided On Friday July 25,2014
Swimming:
men’s 200m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 50m butterfly, 400m individual
medley, 4 x 100m freestyle relay; women’s para-sport 100m freestyle S8,
50m breaststroke, 100m butterfly.
Cycling (track): men’s para-sport 1,000m time trial B tandem, sprint, 4,000m individual pursuit;women’s 3,000m individual pursuit.
Gymnastics (rhythmic): women’s individual allround.
Judo: men’s - 73kg, -81kg gold and bronze medal matches; women’s - 63kg, -70kg.
Shooting: men’s 10m air rifle, women’s skeet, 10m air pistol.
Weightlifting: men’s 62kg, women’s 53kg.
Medals Decided On Saturday July 26,2014
Swimming:
men’s para-sport 200m freestyle S14, 100m breaststroke, 200m butterfly;
women’s 50m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 200m breaststroke, 4 x 200m
freestyle relay.
Cycling (track): men’s parasport sprint B tandem, 1,000m time trial, 40km points race; women’s 10km scratch race.
Gymnastics (rhythmic): women’s hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon.
Judo: men’s -90kg, -100kg, +100kg gold and bronze medal matches; women’s -78kg, +78kg.
Lawn bowls: para-sport mixed pairs B2/B3 gold and bronze medal matches.
Shooting: men’s skeet, 10m air pistol; women’s 10m air rifle, 25m pistol; open Queen’s prize
pairs.
pairs.
Triathlon: mixed team relay.
Weightlifting: men’s 69kg, women’s 58kg.
Medals Decided On Sunday July 27,2014
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