Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: PV Sindhu, Manpreet-led Indian Contingent Completes Rally;

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View Photos; Contingents Start To Rally Around The Stadium; PV Sindhu, Manpreet-led Indian

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Contingent Is Ready For Ceremony; View Post; Harmanpreet, Manpreet-led Indian Team Is Skipping

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Ceremony; PV Sindhu and Manpreet Singh will both carry the flag. The 22nd edition of the Commonwealth Games

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which begin on Thursday, will bring together 6,500 athletes and team officials from a record-equaling 72

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nations and territories. They will congregate in Birmingham and the West Midlands region of England in the

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hopes of taking home medals from the 280 medal events that will be played out across 19 sports. The 2022

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Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, which will be the second-largest multi-discipline sporting spectacular

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after the Olympics, will feature athletes from 72 countries and territories, tying the record set by the 2002

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event held in Manchester, just one and a half hours away. On Thursday, there will be a grand opening

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ceremony for the sports, and on Friday, contests will get underway early. The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth

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Games are special because there will be more events planned for female competitors than for male competitors

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for the first time in a multi-national, multi-discipline sporting event. Birmingham will host 136 women's events versus 134 men's events.

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