Prior to Tuesday’s announcement, only athletics and swimming were assured of their place at Glasgow 2026 as ‘mandatory’ Commonwealth Games sports.
The sports dropped have met the decision with understandable disappointment.
Diving has been part of every Games since 1930 but has missed out in Glasgow, with a lack of an existing purpose-built venue being cited as the primary reason.
Scottish Swimming acknowledged the “difficult decisions” facing organisers but Diving Australia said the sport’s Commonwealth heritage made the decision “even more regrettable”.
Hockey is another long-standing core sport – having been introduced in 1998 – to lose out.
“It is really disappointing and a reflection of where we are as a sport,” said former Great Britain captain Kate Richardson-Walsh, who helped England win women’s hockey silver at Glasgow 2014.
“It is a moment where we should reflect as a sport, for many different reasons, about how we can improve and stay relevant.”
Squash, badminton and table tennis were all culled, meaning there will be no racquet sports in Glasgow.
Three-time squash gold medallist Nick Matthew was surprised his sport’s “heritage and tradition of providing a world class competition in the Commonwealths” did not save its place.
“It’s a blow. With the UK countries, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, India, Malaysia, etc, the depth of competition is incredibly high,” said Matthew.
“Hockey missing out stood out to me as well. I think you would be hard pushed to see more world class sports at Commonwealth level than squash or hockey.”
Scottish badminton player Kirsty Gilmour, who won silver at Glasgow 2014, said she felt “sad” for young players who are missing out on a global event.
“We had to have conversations in training about realigning focuses and future prospects because for the 19, 20, 21-year-olds that was going to be a big multisport doorstep event,” the 31-year-old Glaswegian told BBC Radio 5 Live.