# Glasgow hands over Commonwealth Games baton to Ahmedabad for 2030 2026-08-16T19:31:50+00:00 | Sports | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The 2026 Commonwealth Games concluded with a closing ceremony at The Hydro in Glasgow on August 2, featuring athlete celebrations, musical performances and the formal handover to India. Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, declared the Games closed and called athletes to gather in Ahmedabad in 2030 for the centenary edition. Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra handed the Commonwealth flag to Indian Olympic Association president PT Usha. Indian performers including singer Shankar Mahadevan and sitarist Rishab Rikhiram Sharma took the stage, with Mahadevan renditions of 'Ae Watan' and 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'. A joint performance by Sharma and Scottish piper Ross Ainslie paid tribute to Gujarat. Homegrown band Simple Minds closed the ceremony with 'Don't You (Forget About Me)' as fireworks lit up the Glasgow sky. ## Coverage - sportstar.thehindu.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Ahmedabad, Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, Neeraj Chopra, PT Usha, Shankar Mahadevan Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/glasgow-hands-over-commonwealth-games-baton-to-ahmedabad-for-2030/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/glasgow-hands-over-commonwealth-games-baton-to-ahmedabad-for-2030/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/