England have cemented their position on the top of the medals table on the final day of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

India is currently in 5th position after squash players Deepika Pallikal and Joshana Vinappa, registered a triumph. Deepika Pallikal and Joshana Vinappa, represented India in the finals of the Womens Doubles, Squash event, and recorded a comprehensive 2-0 victory over their English opponents.

Incidentally this is India’s first squash gold in the history of the Commonwealth Games.

The Jamaican team anchored by sprinter Usain Bolt cruised to victory in the 4 into 100 meters Mens Relay, winning Bolt his first Commonwealth Gold. The Jamaicans set a new games record with a time of 37.58 seconds.

Meanwhile, Sri Lanka’s Wasana Perera and Jayasinghe Ratnayake were defeated in the Para-sports Power lifting event, in the 72 kilogramme weight class. Nigeria’s Paul Kehinde won gold while compatriot Rolan Esurike won Silver.

England’s Ali Javad won bronze. Several Sri Lankan athletes took to the arena on Sunday on the final day of the Commonwealth Games.

The Glasgow Commonwealth Games were hailed as “the best ever” as the eleven-day showpiece came to an emotional conclusion inside Hampden Park on Sunday.

Over the last eleven days the city has rolled out the carpet to thousands of athletes, officials and visitors from 71 countries and hosted a fun filled festival of sport and culture on a scale that the city has never seen before.

England started the day already assured of top spot in the medals table for the first time since 1986, dethroning Australia. By the end of Sunday’s action, with just 11 more titles to be decided, England had captured 174 medals of which 58 were gold.

Australia finished on a total of 137 with 49 gold. Canada finished third on the list with a total of 82 medals with 32 of them being Gold.

The host nation Scotland stood at the fourth position, while India was at the fifth Sri Lanka stood at the 29th place.

Mayor of the City of Gold Coast, Australia, handed over the Commonwealth Games Federation‘s flag to Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation Chairman Nigel Chamier, during the closing ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland.

Olympic-level fervour has helped Scotland feel good about itself at a Games that have been notable for their passion and unpredictability

 The best possible rebuke to sceptics of these Commonwealth Games, and even agnostics, lay in the beatific smile of Erraid Davies.

As if to prove that Glasgow’s spectacular was for all Scotland, this 13-year-old swimmer from the Shetland Islands, afflicted with the rare hip condition Perthes’ disease, took bronze in the 100 metres para-breaststroke to become the youngest ever Commonwealth medallist and melt the most implacable resistance.

She grinned on the rostrum, bashful yet incredulous, as the tears among the Saltire-waving hordes at Tollcross pool came plentifully.

While many in Glasgow would gladly walk 500 miles to avoid hearing that dreaded anthem by The Proclaimers again, the soundtrack to Scottish success here has often been intensely moving.

The home athletes might not, in the words of Flower of Scotland, have sent proud Edward’s English army homeward “tae think again” – they trail those infernal Sassenachs by many leagues in the medal table – but to see thousands of local families lustily lauding gymnast Dan Keatings’ triumph on the pommel horse, or Lynsey Sharp’s fight through illness to claim silver in the 800m, was to recognise a country imbued with a renewed confidence.