Photos: Kylie Minogue sizzles at Commonwealth Games closing ceremony + Full medals table

Unfortunately all great parties have to end at some time. And that time is now. The Commonwealth Games in Glasgow has been fantastic, but now it is over.

The baton has now been passed on to Gold Coast in Australia. The standard has been set, this is going to take some beating.

It was a fitting end to a triumphant Commonwealth Games.

Singers, Kylie Minogue and Lulu made Glasgow’s Hampden Park the scene for one giant after-party with a brash, gaudy and yet strangely intimate closing ceremony, bringing Glasgow’s 11-day spectacular to a conclusion with the most fitting flourish on Sunday, 3rd of August 2014.

Amid the speeches and the protocol, there was a palpable sense of rapture as the stadium was transformed into a sprawling, psychedelic festival site more reminiscent of Glastonbury than Glasgow.

As a closing rendition of Auld Lang Syne, led by a lone bagpiper on the roof, washed around this fabled old ground it was hard not to echo the dignitaries’ verdict that these had been the people’s Games. 

View the full Commonwealth Games Medal Table below:

Medal Table

#	Country				Total
1	ENG	58	59	57	174	View medals by sport for England
2	AUS	49	42	46	137	View medals by sport for Australia
3	CAN	32	16	34	82	View medals by sport for Canada
4	SCO	19	15	19	53	View medals by sport for Scotland
5	IND	15	30	19	64	View medals by sport for India
6	NZ	14	14	17	45	View medals by sport for New Zealand
7	SA	13	10	17	40	View medals by sport for South Africa
8	NGA	11	11	14	36	View medals by sport for Nigeria
9	KEN	10	10	5	25	View medals by sport for Kenya
10	JAM	10	4	8	22	View medals by sport for Jamaica
11	SIN	8	5	4	17	View medals by sport for Singapore
12	MAS	6	7	6	19	View medals by sport for Malaysia
13	WAL	5	11	20	36	View medals by sport for Wales
14	CYP	2	4	2	8	View medals by sport for Cyprus
15	NI	2	3	7	12	View medals by sport for Northern Ireland
16	PNG	2	0	0	2	View medals by sport for Papua New Guinea
17	CMR	1	3	3	7	View medals by sport for Cameroon
18	UGA	1	0	4	5	View medals by sport for Uganda
19	GRN	1	0	1	2	View medals by sport for Grenada
20	BOT	1	0	0	1	View medals by sport for Botswana
20	KIR	1	0	0	1	View medals by sport for Kiribati
22	TRI	0	3	5	8	View medals by sport for Trinidad and Tobago
23	PKN	0	3	1	4	View medals by sport for Pakistan
24	BAH	0	2	1	3	View medals by sport for Bahamas
24	SAM	0	2	1	3	View medals by sport for Samoa
26	NAM	0	1	2	3	View medals by sport for Namibia
27	MRI	0	1	1	2	View medals by sport for Mauritius
27	MOZ	0	1	1	2	View medals by sport for Mozambique
29	BAN	0	1	0	1	View medals by sport for Bangladesh
29	IOM	0	1	0	1	View medals by sport for Isle of Man
29	NAU	0	1	0	1	View medals by sport for Nauru
29	SRI	0	1	0	1	View medals by sport for Sri Lanka
33	GHA	0	0	2	2	View medals by sport for Ghana
33	ZAM	0	0	2	2	View medals by sport for Zambia
35	BRB	0	0	1	1	View medals by sport for Barbados
35	FIJ	0	0	1	1	View medals by sport for Fiji
35	LCA	0	0	1	1	View medals by sport for St Lucia

Last Updated 03 Aug 2014 17:26 UK

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