CWG 2022 Opening Ceremony Highlights: PV Sindhu, Manpreet carry Indian flag

CWG 2022 Opening Ceremony Highlights: Full of historical and cultural references to Birmingham with the Bullring, Shakespeare and the Duran-Duran performing live, it was a night to remember.

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CWG 2022 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: The car show at Birmingham was simply fantastic

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CWG 2022 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: The athlete's parade begins

 

Australia, as a virtue of being the hots of the last Commonwealth Games 2018, Australia march into the stadium as the first team. The flag bearer of the team is Field Hockey player Eddie Ockenden and Women’s Squash player Rachael Grinham

 

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CWG 2022 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Prince Charles in his elements

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CWG 2022 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: The angry bull collides the dancing cultures

12:57 AM

CWG 2022 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Malala Yousufzai welcomes everyone to Birmingham

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CWG 2022 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Malala Yousufzai’s story being broadcasted

 

A cartoon-show demonstrating Pakistani activist, now an author settled in Birmingham, Malala Yousafzai’s early struggle is being shown on the TV screens. After the show, it is Yousafazi herself who speaks on the biggest stage. 

 

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CWG 2022 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: PM Modi sends best wishes to Indian contingent

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CWG 2022 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Sharath Kamal gives a peak into the Indian dress at Birmingham

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CWG 2022 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Prince Charles drives his own Aston Martin to the Stadium

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CWG 2022 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Show begins with the sounds of 72 nations

 

The opening ceremony starts with a brilliant drum show by Nigerian Percussionist’s spell-bound performance, echoing the sounds of 72 participating nations. 

 

Alongside him are the classical vocals from an Indian vocalist and then the dance show of contemporary style 

 

The opening ceremony’s general theme is to showcase Birmingham as a vibrant multi-cultural city which embraced the heterogeneity of the entire Commonwealth. 

 

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CWG 2022 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: We are almost there

11:58 PM

CWG 2022 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: India’s flag bearers

 

As Neeraj Chopra had to pull out of the Commonwealth Games 2022 due to injury, the Indian Olympic Association announced Indian badminton star and Toky Olympics bronze medalist PV Sindhu as India’s flagbearer for the event. Sindhu will be joined by the captain of the Indian hockey team Manpreet Singh whose name was added to the list as CWG demands one man and a woman from each nation to carry the flag. 

 

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CWG 2022 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: How to watch the CWG 2022 opening ceremony in India?

 

In India, the opening ceremony of the event will be telecast live on the Sony Ten network across its platforms. The same event can also be live streamed through its app Sony LIV on Smart Phones. People can also log in to the website of Sony Liv to stream the opening ceremony from 11:30 pm IST onward. 

 

11:57 PM

CWG 2022 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: What will be the lineup

 

The entire program of the opening ceremony, expected to last about two and a half hours, has been created by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight. Thus a lot of buzz has been created around it. 

 

Along with many other events, the most important, the Commonwealth Games Parade of Nations, which shows all the athletes marching under the flag of their respective nations,  usually goes by continent instead. Thus, it will begin with the host nation of the last Games (in this case, Australia) followed by all other teams from the same continent (Oceania). England will enter last as the hosts of the event. 

 

A major attraction at the event will be a choir of 1,000 people and the conclusion of the Queen's Baton Relay

 

The cherry on top will be the performance from band UB40, who have supplied the backing track to this year's Commonwealth Games - a track titled Champion. They will be joined by local rappers Gilly G and Dapz On The Map. 

 

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CWG 2022 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Where will the ceremony take place?

The Commonwealth Games 2022 opening ceremony will be held in front of 30,000 strong audiences at Birmingham’s iconic Alexander Stadium. The stadium will stage the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the event apart from the ceremonies, it will also host the athletics and Para-athletics events.