That was a real nail-biter. England were were 17-11 down after Q1. Some fightback there. And with that I’ll sign off. Thanks for joining and please come back tomorrow for more Games joy and medals.

Netball: England 56-52 South Africa Down to the final two minutes in the match and it’s slipping away from South Africa now. England are on the verge of the semi-finals. Can they see it home?

Netball: England 54-50 South Africa Five minutes to play in the final quarter and it’s tightened up again.

Netball: England 41-34 South Africa Just under four minutes to play in quarter three.

Netball: England 36-32 South Africa Still a long way to go, over 20 minutes, but this is some fightback from England. Since the start of the second quarter they lead 26-15.

Netball: England 32-30 South Africa England have edged in front at the start of the third quarter. I think this might be the first time they’ve been ahead in the match.

Women’s 5000m final Rose Davies won gold ahead of her fellow Australian Jessica Hull; there were just eight-hundredths of a second between them.

Scotland’s Megan Keith took bronze and is high on life as she chats to the TNT Sports team.

Half time: England 28-29 South Africa

England are right back in it after dominating the second quarter at the Hydro. It’s literally too close to call.

Netball: England 23-24 South Africa England are having a superb second quarter and have reduced the deficit to one. I should have said that, if this does end in a draw, England will go through by virtue of their superior goal average.

Imogen Allison also seems okay after that injury scare a few minutes ago.

Weightlifting Another plug for Sean Ingle’s excellent piece on Emily Campbell’s gold earlier today.

Netball: England 17-20 South Africa England have closed the gap to three but they’ve lost Imogen Allison to a potential ankle injury.

Netball: England 11-17 South Africa A terrific start for South Africa, who have a handy lead at the end of the first quarter. There isn’t much in it but they’ve been sharper in a few key moments.

Netball: England 4-4 South Africa

It’s all square with just over 10 minutes left in the first quarter.

Netball The crunch match between England and South Africa is under way in The Hydro. These are the starting line-ups.

• England Tchine, Pearson, Shaw, Carter, Allison, Williams, Pechova.

• South Africa Chawane, Mathe, Ngubane, Smith, Van den Berg, Van Wyk, Visser.

Athletics: Men’s 800m semi-final The English pair of Alex Botterill and Ben Pattinson have qualified for tomorrow’s final, but Wales’ Justin Davies missed out by nine-hundredths of a second.

Weightlifting: Men’s +110kg final

New Zealand’s David Liti has won the gold in this one. He lifted 223kg in the clean & jerk to take gold with one attempt to spare.

• Gold David Liti (New Zealand) 389

• Silver Lovepreet Singh (India) 388

• Bronze Andrew Griffiths (England) 356

It’s been a night to remember for Andrew Griffiths, who probably wasn’t fancied for a medal at the start.

Athletics The mighty Adaejah Hodge of the British Virgin Islands has broken the Commonwealth Games record in the 200m semi-finals. She eased to victory in a cracking time of 22.01.

The British champions Success Eduan made it through to tomorrow’s final as one of the fastest runners to finish outside the first two in their individual semi-final.

Netball: England v South Africa (9pm) There’s a huge game coming up in the hydro tonight. England and South Africa meet in what is effectively a quarter-final. The winners will go through in second place in Pool A, with New Zealand waiting in Saturday’s semi-final.

The pool winners Australia beat Northern Ireland 88-27 earlier in the day. They finish with five wins from five and will play Jamaica in the semi-finals.

Weightlifting: Men’s +110kg final Lovepreet Singh of India has stormed past Andrew Griffiths and into the lead after lifting an eye-watering 205kg with his first attempt in the clean & jerk.

Weightlifting: Men’s +110kg final The Englishman Andrew Griffiths his lifted 191kg with his second attempat the clean & jerk, which gives him an overall lead of 20kg as I type.

Athletics Dominica’s Theo LaFond has a huge lead at the halfway mark in the women’s triple jump final. She has jumped 14.59, with Ackelia Smith currently second on 14.00.

The women’s 100m T47 final was won by the Canadian Sheriauna Haase in a time of 12.23.

By the time Emily Campbell stepped on to the platform for a final time on Thursday, the women’s +86kg weightlifting final had all the fervour of a revivalist meeting.

Everyone was cheering. There were loud shouts and exhortations. And people who didn’t know a snatch from a clean and jerk two hours before had become instant converts. It was the Campbell Effect in action again. But the double Olympic medallist wasn’t finished there.

“Emily is not satisfied with a gold medal,” said the announcer. “She’s not satisfied with a CWG [Commonwealth Games] record. She wants more!” The clean and jerk bar had been set to 160kg. But the army volunteers whose job it is to add more weights had barely moved, when the announcer piped up again. “Stop the clock! 163kg on the bar please loaders. Emily wants a Commonwealth record!”

Athletics The men’s shot put final is just past the halfway point. Tom Walsh of New Zealand leads with 21.03, a nose ahead of England’s Scott Lincoln (20.99).

But you can’t win them all

Another cycling gold for Australia, who have beaten England in the men’s team sprint final.

Weightifting: Men’s +110kg This is the leaderboard at the halfway stage, with the clean & jerk still to come. Samoa’s Sanele Mao – who won gold in 2018 – aimed high in the snatch, starting at 175kg, but failed with all three lifts. That’s a big surprise.

• 176kg Lovepreet Singh (India)

• 166kg David Andrew Liti (New Zealand)

• 165kg Andrew Griffiths (England)

• 145kg Sikoti Manumua Jr (Tonga), James Wales (Wales)

Athletics: Men’s 200m semi-finals Sinesipho Dambile of South Africa stormed to victory in a time of 19.82. Aaron Brown (19.90) also qualified for tomorrow’s final, and Lachlan Kennedy’s time of 20.12 is plenty good enough for him to be one of the two ‘lucky losers’. The other is Prince Phaezel Selepe from the second semi-final.

Athletics: Men’s 200m semi-finals Joshua Paul Amoah (Ghana) and Jevaughn Powell (Jamaica) are the automatic qualifiers from the second semi-final, both timed at 20.24.

Athletics Time for the men’s 200m semi-finals. The first has just been won by Jamaica’s Chris Taylor (20.20), with Nigeria’s Udodi Chudi Onwuzurike (20.22) also qualifying automatically in second. England’s Zharnel Hughes had a tough race and finished sixth.

Cycling Wales have forfeited their men’s bronze final against Trinidad and Tobago. One of their riders – I’m not sure who – was taken ill before the start, and with no reserve available the race has been forfeited. It looked like the medics made the decision that he should not be allowed to start the race.

Athletics A busy evening of athletics gets under way this instant with the men’s shot put. We also have these finals to come:

• Women’s triple jump

• Women’s 100m T47

• Men’s 100m T12

• Women’s discuss

• Women’s 5000m

• Women’s 100m hurdles

Weightlifting Plenty of grunting in my office at the SEC Armadillo, where the men’s +110kg final is up and running. South Africa’s Christoffel Frederik Reeders has kicked off by lifting 135kg in the snatch; I think I pulled a shoulder muscle just watching him.

The best images from day seven in Glasgow, featuring athletics, track cycling and netball.

Cycling: Men’s 4000m team pursuit The final between Australia and England is pretty much neck and neck at the halfway point. But Maurice Mentum is with Australia.

Cycling Australia’s Tara Neyland is on course to beat England’s Morgan Newberry to gold in the C4-C5 4000m individual pursuit, and she’s probably going to break the world record as well.

Thanks Taha, hello again. We’ve got a bumper evening ahead, so let’s crack on.

Time for Rob Smyth to return.

Netball: Australia have wrapped up their fifth and final pool match, demolishing Northern Ireland 88-27. They head to the semi-finals with a perfect record.

Para track cycling: A thrilling race between New Zealand’s Emma Foy (pilot: Jessie Hodges) and Australia’s Jessica Gallagher (pilot: Jacqueline Mengler-Mohr) in the women’s tandem B sprint gold final. The New Zealand pair overtake at the last second to win it, taking us to a decider.

Para track cycling: Neil Fachie speaks:

I didn’t think we were going to win today. So that is extra special. I came out of retirement for this race, got paired up with this man [Aaron Pope] and it has been an absolute privilege and joy riding with him. He is the future of tandem sprinting – I am definitely not.

Para track cycling: Oh dear. There’s a nasty clash of bikes in the women’s tandem B sprint gold final, Australia’s tandem colliding with New Zealand’s.

Para track cycling: We’re into the men’s tandem B 1000m time trial final – with Scotland’s Neil Fachie up, piloted by Aaron Pope. Fachie already has five Commonwealth golds, and he combines with Pope to lead the standings with a time of 1:00.162. There are three pairs still to come.

The snappers are having a great time.

Weightlifting: Emily Campbell isn’t content with just gold in the women’s +86kg – she’s going for records. Campbell lifts an extraordinary 163kg, a Commonwealth best, in the clean-and-jerk, finishing with a total of 278kg. That’s 25 kilos clear of Malaysia’s Siti Aqilah Farhana Draman in silver.

Netball: Hello again, wonderful people. Australia are up against Northern Ireland in their final pool match and, as expected, they’re in control: 17-4 up in the first quarter.

I’m going to hand over to Taha Hashim for a bit, so I’ll sign off with the leaderboard in the weightlifting. As I type, Emily Campbell has lifted 155 with her second attempt to break the Games record.

• 1 Emily Campbell (England) 270 with one attempt remaining

• 2 Siti Aqilah Farhana Draman (Malaysia) 253

• 3 Etta Mae Love (Canada) 250

Etta Mae Love of Canada lifts 144kg in the clean & jerk, which means she will finish with a total of 250kg. Emily Campbell is yet to have her first attempt as she’s starting at 147kg.

Siti Aqilah Farhana Draman of Malaysia has lifted 140kg with her final attempt, so she finishes with a total of 253kg. She’s top of the scoreboard for now, though there are several moving parts.

Weightlifting +86kg The heavy lifters are getting into their work in the clean & jerk. Tui-Alofa Patolo has lifted 130kg and missed 135kg; Siti Aqilah Farhana Draman has lifted 135kg. Emily Campbell is down for 145kg I think.

It turned into Glasgow’s version of Wacky Races. After four crashes, three overturned wheelchairs, three appeals and a disqualification, the women’s T54 1500m final is to be rerun 39 hours after it first took place.

The controversial decision was taken on Thursday after the extraordinary scenes at the Scotstoun track on Wednesday – and despite the medallists doing a lap of honour, posing for photographs together and going to bed thinking they were part of Commonwealth history.

The drama started on the first bend when Canada’s Nandini Sharma cut across Noemi Alphonse of Mauritius, who then flipped spectacularly in the air.

Moments later Australia’s Eliza Ault-Connell, who had also been impeded, was knocked to the floor. The chain reaction then led to Scotland’s Joanna Robertson skidding on one wheel across the Mondo track, while England’s Ellis Kottas crashed into a wall.

While all this was happening, Scotland’s Melanie Woods took gold in a Commonwealth record of 3min 33.39sec. But it turned out the drama was just getting started.

Netball It has finished New Zealand 83-23 Trinidad and Tobago in the Hydro. A predictable result that completes a perfect pool stage for the Silver Ferns: five games, five wins. A semi-final against England or South Africa awaits.

Weightlifting +86kg The clean & jerk is up and running, or maybe that should be up and lifting. Has lift off? No, that’s an affront to C.P. Scott.

Either way, people are lifting stuff, though none of the favourites/leaders have strained their sinews just yet.

Netball New Zealand lead Trinidad and Tobabo 71-19 with just under 10 minutes of the match remaining. Barring an unimaginable twist, New Zealand’s semi-final opponents on Saturday lunchtime will be either England or South Africa. They meet at 9pm in a de facto quarter-final.

Commonwealth Sport chiefs have dismissed Idi Amin’s grandson’s claims of corruption and racism after he was disqualified for a head-butt in the super-heavyweight boxing.

Aziz Abdul lashed out at the decision by the Argentinian referee, Manuel Vilarino, after losing his quarter-final fight to England’s Damar Thomas. It came after he was correctly docked a point for a standing count in the first round, another for repeatedly punching on the break, and then disqualified for a blatant butt.

Abdul, representing Uganda, took a different view. “Of course it’s unfair,” he said. “When you watch the previous fights of England, their boxers play a lot of bullshit. They cannot judge them wrong. I took a light punch and they counted. I landed a heavy punch on him and they deducted my points and warned me.

“I’m a black African, I know,” he added. “It’s God’s plan. I don’t know why the officials are scared about this fight. Why can’t they let this fight continue? All I can say about this is the referee’s decision is not right and I am not happy.”

However Abdul was contradicted on Thursday by Dr Donald Rukare, the president of Commonwealth Sport, who is also from Uganda. “We at Commonwealth Sport believe that every athlete is treated fairly in a non discriminatory manner,” he said. “We are inclusive. I think that was probably something said in the heat of the moment.”

Weightlifting +86kg Emily Campbell lifts 115kg on her final attempt, breaks into a big smile and then blows a kiss to the crowd. She’s the joint leader going into the clean & jerk.

• 115kg Tui-Alofa Patolo (NZ), Emily Campbell (Eng)

• 113kg Siti Aqilah Farhana Draman (Malaysia)

• 106kg Etta Mae Love (Canada)

• 105kg Martina Devi Maibam (India)

• 100kg Iuniarra Sipaia (Samoa)

Weightlifting +86kg Frustration for Emily Campbell, who fails to lift 114kg on her second attempt.

We go again. Well, she does. I might lift a finger at some stage but that’s about it.

Weightlifting +86kg No bother for Emily Campbell, who lifts 110kg at the first attempt. New Zealand’s Tui-Alofa Patolo has just seen that, raised it and lifted it to 112kg. She leads the way.

Weightlifting +86kg After two missed lifts at 103kg, India’s Martina Devi Maibam stays in the competition by lifting 105kg at the final attempt. Sheeeeeeeeesh, that was close.

Netball New Zealand lead Trindad and Tobago 41-13 at the halfway point. They’re going to make it five wins out of five in pool B.

Women’s weightlifting +86kg England’s Emily Campbell is one of the favourites and has put down 110kg for her opening lift in the snatch. If I’ve read the leaderboard correctly – and that’s a Brobdingnagian if – the current leader is Melissa Yee of Singapore on 95kg.

Heading into these Commonwealth Games, the Australian swim team had no Kaylee McKeown (absent through illness), no Ariarne Titmus (following her shock retirement last year) and Mollie O’Callaghan battered by injury (a spinal stress fracture and a shoulder complaint). The Dolphins would have been forgiven for nursing some concern. It turns out they needn’t have worried.

On Wednesday evening in Glasgow, Australia rounded out the swim program in historic style. Having levelled the record for most gold medals won at the competition on the penultimate night (28 – equal with the 2018 home Games on the Gold Coast), the Dolphins obliterated that mark with one final night of triumph at the Tollcross Swimming Centre. A run of individual wins and success in both medley relays saw the team end the six-day meet with 37 gold, 16 silver and 23 bronze medals across the able-bodied and para-swimming disciplines.

Netball New Zealand, who have won all four games in Pool B on the women’s competition, are in control against the bottom team Trinidad and Tobago: they lead 14-3 in the first quarter.

Thanks Martin, afternoon everyone. The women’s +86kg weightlifting has just got under way so we’ll keep several peepers on that over the next two and a half hours. In the meantime, let’s catch up with everything’s favourite table.

That is your lot from me today, and indeed from me for the whole Games, as I am off the next few days. Thank you for reading, and I will no doubt see you soon somewhere on this website. I will hand you over to Rob Smyth.

Athletics: Canada’s Damian Warner will go into the evening session with his lead in the men’s decathlon intact after the shot put. Lindon Victor (🇬🇩 GRN) has moved into second spot, with Sammy Ball (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ENG), Jami Schlueter (🇳🇬 NGR) and Tejaswin Shankar (🇮🇳 IND) the chasing pack.

Athletics: The last men’s 400m semi-final was won by Jereem Richards (🇹🇹 TTO) with Edidiong Okon Udo (🇳🇬 NGR) in second place. They will join the other four automatic qualifiers, plus fastest finishers Zakithi Nene (🇿🇦 RSA) and Zandrion Barnes (🇯🇲 JAM) in the final. That is at noon on Saturday.

Athletics: The men are racing the three 400m semi-finals at the moment. So far Samuel Ogazi (🇳🇬 NGR), Lee Bhekempilo Eppie (🇧🇼 BOT), Thomas Reynolds (🇳🇿 NZL) and Muzala Samukonga (🇿🇲 ZAM) have booked their spots in the final.

Cycling: It must be nice having things named after you while you are still around to see it, and over at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome the men’s team sprint qualifying has closed the morning session. Australia were fastest, and will race England later for gold. The bronze medal will be contested between Trinidad & Tobago and Wales.

Athletics: While I have been pondering whether you can call something “semi-finals” if there are three of them, I ought to give you the results of the Women’s 400m. The six automatic qualifiers are:

Semi-final 1: Yemi Mary John (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ENG) – 51.67
Semi-final 1: Obakeng Kamberuka (🇧🇼 BOT) – 52.10
Semi-final 2: Dejanea Oakley (🇯🇲 JAM) – 51.18
Semi-final 2: Sada Williams (🇧🇧 BAR) – 51.85
Semi-final 3: Ella Onojuvwevwo (🇳🇬 NGR) – 51.47
Semi-final 3: Charlotte Henrich (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 WAL) – 52.13

By my reckoning Scotland’s Nicole Yeargin (51.98) and Canada’s Lauren Gale (52.05) also qualify as the fastest women outside the top two across all the heats. But don’t quote me on that, because it hasn’t been confirmed on the website yet.

Cycling: Wales will face England for gold, while Australia and Scotland will face off for bronze in the Women’s team sprint. The four squads could only be separated 0.646 of a second. Those races will be at 18.10 BST later today.

Cycling: Wales have just set a new Commonwealth Games record in the Women’s team sprint qualifying at 46.972. England and Australia are still to race.

Men’s decathlon: The next event in the decathlon is the shot put, which should start in about ten minutes time. After two events, the standings are:

1. Damian Warner (🇨🇦 CAN) – 2046
2. Sammy Ball (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ENG) – 1893
3. Tejaswin Shankar (🇮🇳 IND) – 1885
4. Callum Newby (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿SCO) – 1837
5. Lindon Victor (🇬🇩 GRN) – 1828

Netball: Uganda have beaten Scotland in the netball, 65-56.

Hi everyone, good afternoon (or evening or morning, depending etc). Netball! Cycling! Athletics! Bowls! It is all happening on my shift today. Although Scotland might be wishing the netball wasn’t happening as the hosts are 54-41 down to Uganda in the fourth quarter. P.S. do my quiz!

It’s time for Martin Belam to run the show.

Netball: It’s the end of the pool stage, with Uganda and Scotland locked in battle. Uganda are up 36-22 at the halfway mark – the victors are set to play in the 5th-6th playoff.

Track cycling: England are up in qualifying for the men’s 4000m team pursuit, and they’ve recorded a time of 3:50.892, quicker than Wales and Scotland. Australia and New Zealand are still to come – the two fastest nations will compete for gold.

Weightlifting: In the men’s 110kg final, England’s Cyrille Tchatchet II has delivered the biggest lift of the snatch section, pulling off a Games-record lift of 166kg … scrap that, Fiji’s Taniela Rainibogi has just lifted 170kg.

Tchatchet has a remarkable story to tell:

Track cycling: It’s a hypnotic watch as we head to qualifying for the women’s 4000m team pursuit. There are five teams – Kenya, Wales, England, Australia and New Zealand – setting their times, with the two fastest to take on each other in the gold final. Australia are the defending champions.

Catch up on yesterday’s action:

Para track cycling: To the velodrome, for qualifying in the women’s tandem B sprint. There are six pairs in action, with the four fastest advancing to the semi-finals. England’s Elizabeth Jordan – an Olympic champion – with Sylvia Misztal as pilot, finishes at the top of the pile with a time of 10.87sec.