India boxing team hit by luggage chaos ahead of Commonwealth Games campaign

The Indian boxing contingent endured an inconvenient start to their Commonwealth Games campaign on Tuesday after almost half of the team’s luggage was left behind in Belfast.

The 22-member Indian boxing contingent arrived in Glasgow after a preparatory camp in Belfast, but the bags of Sakshi Chaudhary (51kg), world champion Jaismine Lamboria (57kg), Parveen Hooda (65kg), Jadumani Singh (55kg), Kapil Pokhariya (90kg) and other C. Kutt men could not make it.

Team members said the aircraft operating the short Belfast-Glasgow route was small. The missing luggage contains training equipment and ceremonial clothing for the boxers to wear at Thursday’s opening ceremony.

The same thing happened to the boxers when they flew to Belfast from Doha earlier this month.

With the boxing competition starting on Friday, the contingent are hoping the luggage will arrive in Glasgow before final preparations gather pace. In addition, the women’s coach was not given accommodation in the same hotel as the female boxers.

Boxing action begins on Friday.

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Issued by:

Saurabh Kumar

Published on:

21 Jul 2026 22:38 IST