Scotland at the Commonwealth Games

Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland

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This was not the way Sarah Adlington wanted her judo career to end.

The 39-year-old, who won Commonwealth Games gold in Glasgow in 2014 and again in Birmingham four years ago, had envisaged going out with a third visit to the top step of the podium.

However, Scotland's opening ceremony flagbearer lost her first fight of the week to Marie Loanne Durhone of Mauritius in the +78kg division to crash out at the last-16 stage and miss out on even a chance of bronze through the repechage.

"I'd worked so hard to be the best I could be and the margins are so small," said a tearful Adlington.

"I didn't achieve what I wanted today but I can't thank the people who've been in my corner through the highs and lows of the last 22 years enough.

"I'm proud of what I've achieved. I hope I've showed women and girls it doesn't matter what shape or size you are - big, small, tall, chunky, there's a place in sport for you. Just go out there and do it."

There was also disappointment for Gregor Miller in the +100kg category.

The 22-year-old from Perth did at least get to fight for bronze, but could not overcome Kody Andrews of New Zealand.

Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland

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Gymnast Reuben Ward says it's "an incredible honour" after it was announced that he will be Team Scotland's flag bearer for the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony later on Sunday.

The 21-year-old became the first Scottish man to win all-around gymnastics gold last week and followed it up with pommel horse silver.

Bury-born Ward missed the opening ceremony as he had the team competition the following day, but will carry the Saltire flag on to The Hydro stage this time.

He follows in the footsteps of Team Scotland colleagues Eilish McColgan and Duncan Scott, who had the same accolade in 2022 and 2018 respectively.

"It's an incredible honour to have been asked to carry the flag," Ward said. "It caps an unbelievable Games for not only myself but Scottish gymnastics as a whole.

"Glasgow 2026 will live with me for the rest of my life. I'll never forget the noise of the Scottish crowd when I won the gold medal."

Amy Canavan
BBC Sport Scotland at SEC Centre

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Scotland's bowlers and para-bowlers ended a disappointing week in hall three of the SEC Centre with just one medal.

The Para-mixed pairs of lead Mary Stevenson and her director Jim Aitken and skip Robert Barr and his director Sarah Jane Ewing won the sport's first gold on offer at the 2026 Commonwealth Games - hoping it would kick-start Scotland's time on the carpet.

By the final day of the Games, only the Para-women's pairs and Para-men's pairs were in with a sniff of the podium - but both lost in the bronze medal matches.

Up first on Sunday were Mary Wilson and Pauline Wilson against Malaysia. After losing the first set, the Scottish duo rallied in the second and had the chance to claim a vital four and move ahead 6-3 in the set.

However, they left an inviting target for Malaysian skip Jariah Zakaria, who skelped bowls out to lie two herself.

That was that for the Para-women's pair and they were replaced on rink four by Garry Brown and Stuart Sloan.

The Para-men's pair fell to a first set defeat against England, but produced a simply sensational showing in the second, claiming a morale-boosting five in the first end.

Their 9-1 win with an end to spare meant they carried the momentum into the tiebreaker against Joe Peplow and Kieran Rollings, but that only got them so far.

Lying for bronze, Scotland started playing positional bowls in an attempt to block Rolling's path to the shot off. But Rollings calmly used one of his own short bowls to nip in and steal the number one position.

Sloan went searching for it with his last bowl, but he was always off target.

They join Jason Banks in the men's singles, men's pair Paul Foster and Alex Marshall, Sophie McGrouther in the women's singles and the women's pair of Caroline Brown and Beth Riva in leaving their home Games with no medals.

Amy Canavan
BBC Sport Scotland

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Scotland will contest the bronze medal match in the Para-men's pairs B6-B8 and Para-women's pairs B6-B8 after Australia outclassed both in Saturday's semi-finals.

Up first were Garry Brown and Stuart Sloan, but the Scottish duo - who lost three of their group games, including to the table-topping Aussies earlier in the day - never got going in a straight sets defeat.

Damien Delgado and James Reynolds stormed to a comfortable 8-2 9-0 victory to set up Sunday's showpiece against New Zealand, while Scotland will play England in the battle for bronze.

It's Malaysia who stand in the way of Mary Wilson and Pauline Wilson finishing third, the pair were also well beaten - 3-6 1-5 - by the Aussie duo of Louise Hoskins and Serena Bonnell - despite getting the better of them in their final group game.

The Para-women's pairs final will also be contested between the Aussies and the Kiwis.

Amy Canavan
BBC Sport Scotland

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There will be no bowls medals for Scotland at their home Commonwealth Games.

Games veterans Paul Foster and Alex Marshall - who won two golds together here in 2014 - faced an anxious wait to see if they'd qualified for the semi-finals, needing table-toppers Canada to lose to Norfolk Island.

Having beat South Africa on Saturday morning, bouncing back from their tough tiebreaker defeat to the Canadians on Friday, Scotland's men's pairs were watching the later game with great interest - until it became apparent the favour required was not forthcoming.

Scottish attention swiftly turned to Sophie McGrouther in the women's singles. Having suffered her first defeat on Friday too, also after an extra end, the 23-year-old knew she needed to get the defeat the unbeaten Shea Wilson from Norfolk Island by two sets.

A tough ask and it proved to be too tough a task as Wilson stormed through to the semi-finals in straight sets.

A disappointing end for Team Scotland, who would have hoped to bank at least a couple medals in the bowls.

Andrew Southwick
BBC Sport Scotland at The Hydro

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Scotland's netballers are "proud" of their best-ever finish in the Commonwealth Games, despite losing their final placing match against Malawi to finish eighth in the 12-team event.

In front of a large crowd at the Hydro, the Thistles never managed to claw back a seven-point gap despite a spirited showing in the 54-47 defeat.

"We're a little disappointed because we knew we could go out and win that game," goalkeeper Cerys Finn told BBC Scotland. "But, at the same time, it's our highest-ever finish at a Commonwealth Games so we've got to take the positives.

"We've been sat around ninth for so long. And even though we came into this hoping we could get sixth, eighth is still something to be really proud of.

"So many fans have bought into this experience and hopefully they keep showing up for us."