The 23rd edition of the multi-sport Games, runs from 24 July to 2 August, with the athletics action taking place between 27 July and 1 August.

After profiling some of the Home Nation athletes who are likely push for the podium places this summer, we now take a look at when some of the highest-profile international names might compete and how you can attain tickets to watch them in person.

JULIEN ALFRED – SAINT LUCIA

 

Major Achievements: Olympic gold (100m – Paris 2024), Olympic silver (200m – Paris 2024). World bronze (100m – Tokyo 2025). Commonwealth silver (100m – Birmingham 2022).

Discipline / Likely Competition Dates: 100m; 27th July (Round 1), 28th July (Semi-Finals and Final). 200m; 29 July (Round 1), 30 July (Semi-Finals), 31 July (Final).

Social Media Followers: Instagram, 198k

Extra Information: Julien Alfred was very much in the ‘emerging star’ phase when she claimed 100m silver, behind Jamaican legend Elaine Thompson-Herah at Birmingham 2022, but in the four years since Alfred has undoubtedly become a headline act. At Paris 2024 she became her nation’s first-ever Olympic medallist, claiming 100m gold and 200m silver, before going on to claim World bronze in 2025. Glasgow is also something of a ‘significant’ city for Alfred, with the sprinter claiming her maiden World Indoor (60m) title in the Scottish city, back in 2024.

NINA KENNEDY – AUSTRALIA

Major Achievements: Olympic gold (Paris 2024). World gold (Budapest 2023). Commonwealth gold (Birmingham 2022), Commonwealth bronze (Gold Coast 2018).

Discipline / Likely Competition Dates: Pole Vault; 31st July (Final).

Social Media Followers: Instagram, 184k.

Extra Information: Reigning Olympic and Commonwealth champion Nina Kennedy was named among the first batch of athletes to be confirmed as being part of the Australian Team which will line-up at Glasgow 2026 and hailed the news as “very special.” While bronze in her Commonwealth debut marked an important step in her career she took it to a whole new level in 2022 claiming gold and a maiden World Championships honour, with bronze. Since then she has claimed the biggest prize in sport and will enter Glasgow 2026 as not only the overwhelming favourite for gold, but as one of the biggest names in the Australian line-up at the Commonwealth Games.

NEERAJ CHOPRA – INDIA

Major Achievements: Olympic gold (Tokyo 2020, Olympic silver (Paris 2024), World gold (Budapest 2023), World silver (Eugene 2022), Commonwealth gold (Gold Coast 2018).

Discipline / Likely Competition Dates: Javelin; 30 July (Qualifying Round), 31 July (Final).

Social Media Followers: Instagram 9.2m

Extra Information: An Olympic, World, Commonwealth and Asia Games champion makes Neeraj Chopria one of India’s most decorated track and field stars of all-time. At Tokyo 2020 he became only the second athlete in his nation’s history to win an individual Olympic gold and the first to achieve that honour in an Olympic debut. The 28-year-old will likely be a focal point of the Indian team as they head towards a home Commonwealth Games in 2030.

ARSHAD NADEEM – PAKISTAN

 

Major Achievements: Olympic gold (Paris 2024), World silver (Budapest 2023), Commonwealth gold (Birmingham 2022).

Discipline / Likely Competition Dates: Javelin; 30 July (Qualifying Round), 31 July (Final).

Social Media Followers: Instagram; 756k

Extra Information: The battle between Arshad Nadeem, the reigning Olympic as well as Commonwealth champion, and Neeraj Chopra is likely to be one of the most fascinating head-to-head battles of the Glasgow 2026 Games. His success at Birmingham 2022 saw the javelin thrower become Pakistan’s first Commonwealth champion in athletics since 1962. At Paris 2024 he then became his nation first-ever individual Olympic champion and maiden medallist in athletics.

NDODOMZI NTUTU – SOUTH AFRICA

Major Achievements: Paralympic silver (Rio 2016), Paralympic bronze (London 2012), World silver (2011, 2013, 2015), World bronze (2006, 2013), Commonwealth gold (Gold Coast 2018, Birmingham 2022).

Discipline / Likely Competition Dates: 100m T11/12; 29 July (Round 1), 30 July (Final).

Social Media Followers: Instagram, 1.2k.

Extra Information: The South African sprinting star may have hit the landmark age of 40, but Ndodomzi Ntutu insists he still has plenty of speed left in his legs. The visually impaired runner is looking to make history by claiming the 100m title for a third Commonwealth Games in a row, something he has called the “golden treble.”

HAMISH KERR – NEW ZEALAND

 

Major achievements: Olympic gold (Paris 2024), World gold (Tokyo 2025), World Indoor gold (Glasgow 2024), Commonwealth gold (Birmingham 2022).

Discipline / Likely competition dates: High Jump; 27 July (Final).

Social Media followers: Instagram, 23k.

Extra information: Success at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games served as something of a ‘springboard’ for further successes, with the New Zealand high jumper following up that victory with maiden World, Olympic and Diamond League titles in the years which followed. Hamish Kerr, dubbed the ‘flying Kiwi’ opted against competing in the 2026 World Indoors to focus on training and preparations for Glasgow 2026.

TOBI AMUSAN - NIGERIA

 

Major Achievements: World gold (Eugene 2022), World silver (Tokyo 2025), Commonwealth gold (Gold Coast 2018, Birmingham 2022), African Games gold (2015, 2019, 2023).

Discipline / Likely Competition Dates: 100m Hurdles; 30 July (Round 1 and Final).

Social Media Followers: Instagram, 229k.

Extra Information: The reigning Commonwealth and African champion is also the current world record holder in the 100m Hurdles discipline, with Tobi Amusan setting the landmark time of 12.12 seconds in the semi-finals, enroute to victory, at the 2022 World Championships. She topped the global standings again at the end of the 2025 season and will be looking for a third-successive Commonwealth crown come Glasgow 2026.

FAITH KIPYEGON - KENYA

Major Achievements: Olympic gold (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024), World gold (2017, 2022, 2023, 2025), Commonwealth gold (Glasgow 2014).

Discipline / Likely Competition Dates: One Mile; 30 July (Round 1), 1 August (Final).

Social Media Followers: Instagram, 307k.

Extra Information: The medal-winning-machine is the only athlete in history to win the Olympic 1,500m titles three Games in-a-row and could complete a remarkable Commonwealth career full circle moment this summer. Faith Kipyegon claimed her first major title at Glasgow 2014, ahead of her run of astounding Olympic and World crowns. With the One Mile discipline replacing the 1,500m race the Kenyan – who is the world record holder in both distances – would, subject to selection, enter the race as a strong favourite, despite strong opponents such as England’s Georgia Hunter Bell.

KISHANE THOMPSON – JAMAICA

Major Achievements: Olympic silver (Paris 2024), World silver (Tokyo 2025).

Discipline / Likely Competition Dates: 100m;

Social Media Followers: Instagram; 156k.

Extra Information: After almost a decade searching for the ‘next Usain Bolt’ Jamaica finally has a news group of speedy sprinting stars breaking through and putting the nation back on the major event podium. Kishane Thompson’s breakthrough moment came at Paris 2024, but while he followed that up with World silver 12 months later, it was team-mate Oblique Seville who claimed the gold in Tokyo. Their battle for gold could a major highlight of the Glasgow 2026 athletics programme.

CAMRYN ROGERS – CANADA

 

Major Achievements: Olympic gold (Paris 2024), World gold (Budapest 2023, Tokyo 2025), World silver (Eugene 2022), Commonwealth gold (Birmingham 2022).

Discipline / Likely Competition Dates: Hammer; 27 July (Qualifying Round), 28 July (Final).

Social Media Followers: Instagram, 129k.

Extra Information: There are no certainties in sport, but as the reigning Olympic, World and Commonwealth Games champion Canadian star Camryn Rogers will enter Glasgow 2026 as the overwhelming favourite to defend the title she won four years ago. Making history has become something of a theme in the career of the now 26-year-old over recent seasons, with Rogers becoming her nation’s first track and field Olympic medallist for 96 years at Paris 2024. She is also the first Canadian woman to win the Olympic and World Hammer titles.

MADISON DE ROZARIO – AUSTRALIA

 

Major Achievements: Paralympic gold (2x Tokyo 2020), Paralympic silver (2008, 2x 2016, 2024), Paralympic bronze (2020 / 2024), World gold (2015, 2017, 2019), Commonwealth gold (2x Gold Coast 2018, 2x Birmingham 2022).

Discipline / Likely Competition Dates: 1500m T53-54; 29 July (Final).

Social Media Followers: Instagram, 33k.

Extra Information: Wheelchair racing icon Madison de Rozario has been winning major medals for nearly two decades, with her first significant honour – Paralympic silver – coming back at the Beijing 2008 Games. The now 32-year-old Australian, who has Singaporean heritage, will be seeking a landmark third successive 1500m Commonwealth crown come Glasgow 2026.