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Commonwealth Games 2026 close in Glasgow with handover to Ahmedabad 2030
The 2026 Commonwealth Games closed with a ceremony at Glasgow's OVO Hydro that handed the Games flag to Gujarat deputy chief minister Harsh Sanghavi ahead of Ahmedabad's hosting of the 2030 edition,…
The 2026 Commonwealth Games closed with a ceremony at Glasgow's OVO Hydro that handed the Games flag to Gujarat deputy chief minister Harsh Sanghavi ahead of Ahmedabad's hosting of the 2030 edition, ZeeNews India reported. India's segment, an 18-minute-27-second presentation opening with the line India, where sport is a way of life, marked 150 years since Vande Mataram and included a joint performance by Indian musician Rishab Sharma and Scottish artist Ross Ainslie, followed by Shankar Mahadevan, Sharma and Bhoomi Trivedi. Boxer Jaismine Lamboria carried the Indian flag during the athletes' parade. The report said Ahmedabad 2030 will mark the Commonwealth Games' centenary and make India only the second country after Australia to host the event twice.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The performers, timing and flag-handover details are specific enough to read as a genuine account of the evening rather than a vague summary, though it remains one outlet's description with no second report to confirm the running order. Descriptive language such as spectacular is the outlet's own characterisation rather than an independently measured reaction. Ahmedabad's staging of the centenary edition in 2030, which the report says will make India the second nation after Australia to host twice, is the commitment the Glasgow handover set in motion.
Source: ZeeNews India
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