*Yusuf Alli Excited by Team Nigeria’s seventh place finish as Africa’s top team
Duro Ikhazuagbe in Glasgow
The 2026 Commonwealth Games ended last night in Glasgow, Scotland with Team Nigeria ending the former British Empire Games seventh on the final medals table with 10 gold, seven silver and seven bronze medals.
Australia emerged the overall winner with 70 gold, 45 silver and 56 bronze to have a total of 171 medals while England with 29 gold, 45 silver and 36 bronze medals settled as runners up. Canada with 19 gold, 20 silver and 23 bronze medals finished third on the overall final medals table.
Some 3,000 athletes from 74 nations won 1,168 medals – 141 in Para events – over 10 sports. In all, 41 nations won at least one medal.
