Archive · 6 Aug 2026
Five Boxers Missing After Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games
After a big sports event called the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, five boxers did not go home with their teams.
Four of the missing boxers are from Uganda, and one is from Pakistan.
The Ugandan athletes were not there when it was time for their team to fly home on Tuesday.
The Pakistani boxer, named Qudrat Ullah, was not in his room when officials went to look for him.
Police in Scotland are searching for them and working with the British government to find out what happened.
One of the missing boxers told a reporter in Uganda that he wanted to ask for asylum, which means permission to stay in another country.
This is not the first time athletes have gone missing after a Commonwealth Games.
After the 2018 Games in Australia, many athletes stayed behind as well.
Police say their enquiries are still going on.
Five boxers — four Ugandan and one Pakistani — are reportedly missing after the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
The Ugandan boxers did not join their delegation before the team's scheduled return home on Tuesday.
Pakistani boxer Qudrat Ullah was not found in his room and failed to show up for the flight home.
Police Scotland said it received reports of several unaccounted athletes and is engaging with the Home Office.
One missing Ugandan boxer told broadcaster NBS Sport that he planned to seek asylum.
- Who
- Four Ugandan boxers and Pakistani boxer Qudrat Ullah, with Police Scotland and the Home Office investigating.
- What
- Athletes disappeared after competing and failed to return home with the rest of their contingents.
- When
- Reported missing on Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026, days after the Games ended on Sunday, Aug 2, 2026.
- Where
- Glasgow, Scotland.
- Why
- One missing Ugandan boxer told NBS Sport he planned to seek asylum; other circumstances remain under investigation.
- Event
- 2026 Commonwealth Games (ended Sunday, Aug 2)
- Missing athletes
- 5 boxers — 4 Ugandan, 1 Pakistani
- Missing Pakistani boxer
- Qudrat Ullah
- Uganda boxing team
- 4 of a 6-member team missing
- Investigating agencies
- Police Scotland, with early engagement with the Home Office
- First reported by
- NBS Sport (Uganda) and Pakistan Today
- Games attendance
- About 3,000 athletes from 74 nations over 11 days
- Similar past cases
- 2018 Gold Coast Games: 50 athletes/officials missing, 190 seeking asylum
