However, Yeoh said Malaysia still had other events that it could focus on to win medals at the quadrennial games.

She added that Malaysia respected the organiser’s decision to pick the sports for the prestigious event.

“A preliminary forecast shows that Malaysia will lose 16 (potential) medals from the dropped sports. But we respect (the organiser’s decision). This is the prerogative of the organiser, as every organiser is given the flexibility to choose the sports that will be contested.

“We (still) have sports where we have the potential (of winning medals), like weightlifting and lawn bowls,” she told a press conference at the launch of the 2024 ISNext Programme at the National Sports Institute here today.

Yesterday, the Commonwealth Sports Federation confirmed Glasgow as the host city of the 2026 Commonwealth Games after Malaysia rejected the offer to replace the Australian state of Victoria, the original host, which had dropped out for financial reasons.

However, only 10 sports will be contested across four venues within the city, compared with 20 sports during the 2022 edition in Birmingham, England. About 3,000 athletes from 74 Commonwealth countries and territories are set to compete in the 2026 games.

The sports listed for the 2026 Commonwealth Games are athletics, swimming, artistic gymnastics, track cycling, netball, weightlifting, boxing, judo, lawn bowls and 3×3 basketball.

Diving, archery, badminton, cricket, hockey, wrestling, rugby sevens, table tennis, and squash are among the sports that will not be contested in the 2026 edition.