India, Aug. 3 -- After 11 days of riveting action, the curtain finally came down on the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Sunday. At a glittering closing ceremony at the OVO Hydro, the Commonwealth Games flag and baton were formally handed over to India, which will host the landmark Centenary edition in Ahmedabad in 2030.

The 2030 Games will mark the return of the CWG to India, two decades after New Delhi hosted the event in 2010. India will become only the second nation, after Australia, to host the Games on more than one occasion.

Scotland's officials handed over the Commonwealth flag and baton to India's representatives - Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra, Indian Olympic Association president PT Usha, and Gujarat Deputy Chief Minist...