Sports at 11th SAG, 2010

There are 23 official sports for the 11th SAF Games. For the first time, Twenty20 cricket will be included in the Games. All of the eight participating nations will send under-21 teams for the cricket tournament. In 2008, it was rumoured that hockey, volleyball, rowing and wrestling had been excluded from the Games. However, later sources confirmed that only rowing had been excluded.

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