Tom Bassam, Martin Belam and Luke McLaughlin 

Commonwealth Games 2026: 3×3 basketball golds for England and Australia, Scotland shine in pool on day six – as it happened

Scotland enjoyed an excellent evening in the pool and on the athletics track while Kate O’Connor won gold in the women’s heptathlon
  
  

England’s players (left to right) Joy Haizelden, Charlotte Moore Jade Atkin & Lucy Robinson celebrate their victory over Scotland 18 points to 10 in the women’s wheelchair 3x3 basketball gold medal match.
England’s players (left to right) Joy Haizelden, Charlotte Moore Jade Atkin & Lucy Robinson celebrate their victory over Scotland 18 points to 10 in the women’s wheelchair 3x3 basketball gold medal match. Photograph: Stuart Wallace/Shutterstock

That’s all from us for tonight. Thanks for reading and see you for more tomorrow.

Australia have won a massive 76 swimming medals. South Africa are closest, second on 22.

Check out the best pictures from day six in our freshly updated gallery:

Chad Le Clos becomes most decorated Commonwealth Games athlete

That bronze medal, in the men’s 4x100m medley relay, makes it 21 Commonwealth Games medals for Chad Le Clos. I believe he joined Emma McKeon of Australia, who won 20 medals, with a silver medal in the mixed 4x100m relay. But now on 21, he’s out there alone on 21.

Gold for Australia in the men's 4x100m medley relay

That was never in doubt and it’s a time of 3min 28.71sec, a Commonwealth Games record. England win silver, South Africa bronze.

I don’t know much about swimming but Australia are really good at it.

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The final event in the pool is coming up, the men’s 4x100m medley relay.

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Back in the pool – Australia claim gold in the women’s 4x100m medley relay, in a time of 3min 54.25sec. Scotland silver, South Africa bronze.

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And it’s gold for Australia in the women’s 3x3 basketball: they take a 21-11 win against Uganda in the final. New Zealand take bronze.

In para-athletics, the men’s 100m T47 gold is taken by Dilip Mahadu Gavit of India. Mohammed Basil Morssinganakath, also of India, wins silver.

A very disappointed-looking Kevin Santos of England wins bronze.

“I came for gold,” Santos tells TNT Sports. “Bronze is not what I wanted. I’m happy I have medalled, but I wanted Gold and a games record.

“I’ve come away with a medal. I’ve not gone home empty-handed. Next year at the Worlds I want to medal again. I’ve just got to get back to training.”

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Sarah Mitton of Canada secures gold in the women’s shot put, sealing it with a throw of 19.88m.

Jessica Oji (Nigeria) snaffles the silver, Lloydricia Cameron of Jamaica bronze.

In netball, New Zealand eventually thrashed Wales 65-37 in Pool B.

Australia are currently 19-13 up on South Africa in Pool A.

Gold for Sam Short in the 1500m freestyle, over in the pool. Daniel Wiffen (Northern Ireland) wins silver, Benjamin Goedemans (Australia) claims bronze.

“So happy,” says Wiffen. “Me and my coach were just like, tunnel vision this race … I’m really happy with the time especially.”

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Madias Ngake of England took silver in the women’s 86kg weightlifting.

Eileen Cikamatana (Australia) won silver, Rose Beaudoin of Canada bronze.

“I wasn’t my best performance but I’m OK with that,” Ngake told TNT Sports.

“I was looking for a gold medal … This ranks second behind my Olympic bronze medal.”

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Silver for Jade O’Dowda of England in the women’s heptathlon. Tori West of Australia seals bronze, fighting off a fine effort from Ellen Barber (England). And that’s that.

Women's heptathlon gold for O'Connor

Kate O’Connor wins the race, and wins the gold for Northern Ireland … the podium places are to be confirmed.

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Time for the conclusion of the women’s heptathlon, the 800m has begun, with Kate O’Connor of Northern Ireland in a commanding position for gold.

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Gold for Brittany Castelluzzo (Australia) in the women’s 200m butterfly. A superb result for Scotland’s Keanna Macinnes who takes silver … Lizzy Dekkers, also of Australia, claims bronze.

This is going to be a banked memory,” Mel Woods tells the BBC of winning gold on home soil. “To win out here in front of all my family and friends, on a day like today, feels pretty good. I knew what was going on [with the crash behind]. The girls got caught up, it was about trying to be at the front. It was unfortunate they got caught in a bit of a mashup behind me.

“It was such a roar [from Scottish fans] on the back straight, it gave me such a boost, and this will be a locked memory for me for a long time.”

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Georgia Hunter-Bell wins her 800m semi-final in a time of 1min 59.88sec.

Jemma Reekie of Scotland finished a disappointing seventh. Sarah Billings (Australia) and Oratile Nowe (Botswana) were second and third, Isabelle Boffey of Wales makes the final as one of the fastest non-automatic qualifiers.

In the first semi-final, Lilian Odira (Kenya), Shafiqua Maloney (St Vincent and the Grenadines) and Kelly-Ann Beckford (Jamaica) also went under two minutes.

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Goodness Nwachukwu of Nigeria claims gold in the Women’s Discus F42-44/F61-64. It’s eventually silver for Funmi Oduwaiye of Wales, and bronze for Bree Cronin, also of Wales.

Nwachukwu closed it out with a phenomenal world-record throw of 39.66m: over three metres further than her previous WR.

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Lakeisha Patterson takes gold in the women’s 100m freestyle S9 final, in a time of 1min 02.99sec. Emily Beecroft (Australia) wins silver, Toni Shaw (Scotland) snatches bronze.

The Scottish home crowd love that bronze medal for Shaw.

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In the Women’s 1500m T54, Melanie Woods remains the winner, but Nandini Sharma of Canada has been DQ-ed, so she loses silver. That means silver for Ellis Kottas (England) and bronze for Mikaela Dingley of Australia.

Pieter Coetze of South Africa had a chat after sealing three out of three golds in the backstroke events.

“I’m just relieved, very proud of myself and happy to get the job done,” he said. “It was something I was focused on and believed I could do, so to pull it off is a is a great feeling.

“It helps knowing that I have reached kind of that top level of the races before. That gives me a sense of comfort and can surrender to the experience because I know what my body is capable of, so I just relax and let it happen. So far it hasn’t let me down.”

Wales women trail New Zealand by a very long way in the netball. Victory nailed on for the New Zealanders.

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Lots going on. Gold for Meg Harris (Australia) in the women’s 50m freestyle. Alex Perkins silver, Shayna Jack bronze in an Australian 1-2-3.

Kyle Chalmers & Ben Armbruster (Australia) win a joint gold medal in the men’s 50m butterfly final, with a Commonwealth Games record of 22.73sec. Bronze for Cam McEvoy of, you guessed it, Australia.

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Gold for England men in the 3x3 basketball

It’s over! They’ve done it! A gritty win for England is closed out in regulation time. They win it 19-17 and the celebrations begin as ‘We Are The Champions’ blares out. A bit of confusion from the Aussie team at the end helped England over the line.

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England are in control against Australia in a very exciting men’s 3x3 basketball final … they lead 18-16 but have just been penalised for a technical foul with 38sec on the clock.

Angharad Evans of Scotland has been up on the podium to accept her 200m breaststroke medal – and ‘Flower of Scotland’ has rung around the swimming arena. A lovely moment.

Another gold-medal event that is currently ongoing is the women’s 86kg weightlifting final. More on that as we get it.

Funmi Oduwaiye of Wales is setting the pace in the women’s discus: F42-44/F61-64 final.

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Now it’s England v Australia in the men’s 3x3 basketball final. With 5min on the clock, Australia lead 8-5.

England win gold in the women's 3x3 wheelchair basketball

They’ve taken down Scotland in the final, by a dominant score of 18-10.

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I saw at halfway that Jack [McMillan] and Kai [Taylor] were out in front,” says James Guy of England, silver medallist in the men’s 200m freestyle. “Usually in the outside lane, you can go from the off, fair play, he got his hand on the wall first.

“Happy with that … to be on the podium, last time I did that in freestyle was Commonwealth Games in 2014. It’s nice to be pushing these young guys.

“To get on the wall second is great.”

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The men’s long jump final has begun.

Gold for Kai Taylor of Australia in men's 200m freestyle

Taylor takes the win from an outside lane in a time of 1min 45.22sec. James Guy (England) wins silver (1min 45.72sec), Matt Richards (Wales) bronze (1min 45.72sec).

Gold for Scotland's Mel Woods in the women's 1500m T54 final

It’s a medal rush for Scotland: A Games-record time of 3min 33.39sec for Woods. Nandini Sharma (Canada) takes silver, Ellis Kottas of England bronze.

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Now for the men’s 200m freestyle final in the pool.

Women’s 200m breaststroke podium:

Angharad Evans (Sco) 2min 23.79sec
Kaylene Corbett (RSA) 2min 24.46sec
Ellie McCartney (NIR) 2min 24.73sec

Angharad Evans wins women's 200m breaststroke gold

The Scottish swimmer adds the 200m to the 100m, and the home crowd are going wild! Ellie McCartney of Northern Ireland wins bronze.

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Pieter Coetze (RSA) takes gold in 51.77sec. Oliver Morgan (Eng) wins silver, Ruard van Renen (RSA) bronze. Jack Skerry of England just misses out on a medal.

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And here comes the 100m men’s backstroke final, that’s right, the swimming.

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The women’s F42-44/F61-64 discus final has begun.

I’m quite disappointed to be fair,” says Glynn. “I thought I did enough … but she’s world champion, the judging and reffing here hasn’t been 100%, she’s going to get the nod if it’s close.

“This isn’t the end of Elise Glynn, it’s the start … I thought I did enough. The first round, I thought it was a 5-0 round, to be 3-2 down was a massive shock to me.

“I thought I should have got the win.”

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Elise Glynn of England has just lost out to Jaismine Lamboria (India in their Women’s U57kg boxing quarter-final and it sounded like a very close fight …

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Gold for Australia in the men's 3x3 wheelchair basketball

That was a special performance from Australia. They win it 19-13. They go back-to-back with gold medals. England stayed in it for a while but they were beaten comprehensively in the end. Silver for them.

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Australia 19-13 England and the champions need one basket …

Eithen Leard of Australia has 10 points. He’s been outstanding. It’s 18-13 to the champions and they are closing in on another gold medal … And now an Australian turnover.

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And back out to 15-12 to Australia, who are the more efficient team overall by some distance. 2min 16sec on the clock.

Now 12-12 with 3min 10sec on the clock.

But England fight back with a two-pointer and some strong defence. It’s 12-11 with 3min 30sec on the clock.

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Now it’s 10-7 and Australia are well in control. First to 21 wins.

With 6min remaining in the men’s 3x3 wheelchair basketball final – that’s 4min gone – it’s 8-7 to Australia, who are the reigning champions.

I’ve got the TNT Sports main feed on my telly, and will be dictated to by what they are showing, but will to keep up with things across the board …

The gold-medal match – between England and Australia – in the men’s 3x3 wheelchair basketball is about to begin.

If you’d like to comment on any of this action, offer insight, or tell me I’ve missed something, please mail me.

As Tom mentioned below, there are eight gold medals on offer in athletics and Para-athletics this evening.

There is more boxing to come very soon.

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Can’t believe it,” says White. “I was patient. I showed what I could do, I was catching her with some big shots. I saw her legs buckle, and said it to the ref.

“Bronze secured, but I know I am good enough for gold. Can’t wait to compete in the semi-finals.

“When I get in that ring, everything is silent, I just focus on boxing … it’s turned me into a respectable young woman … I owe everything to boxing.

“I also wanted to say a big thank you to the National Lottery, you are the reason I am here.”

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At the end of the concluding round, White and Katushabe trade some big shots, the Englishwomen unloading some huge right hands … the commentators mention she’s so far ahead, she doesn’t really need to get involved there.

But anyway, no harm done, it’s a unanimous decision in favour of the 19-year-old White, and she’s guaranteed a medal after securing a semi-final.

Ruby White (England) is on top of Angel Katushabe (Uganda) in the final round of their women’s 51kg quarter-final …

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Evening all. Let’s see what’s occurring.

Here is the current medal table. Australia have 35 golds, which is more than Canada, England and Scotland combined.

With that I’m going to sign off. Plenty more action to come, here’s what on the schedule this evening:

Now until 9.30pm BST - 3x3 basketball and 3x3 wheelchair basketball: gold and bronze medal matches
6pm to 9.30pm BST - Boxing: seven quarter-finals
6pm to 9.30pm BST - Women’s 86kg weightlifting final
6.30pm to 9.45pm BST - Eight athletics and Para-athletics finals
7pm to 11pm BST - 11 swimming and Para-swimming finals
7pm to 10.30pm - Netball: New Zealand v Wales, Australia v South Africa

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Men’s 3x3 wheelchair basketball: Scotland’s Finlay Erskine is the lead scorer in this tournament but outside of his shooting the home favourites are not seeing their efforts rewarded. Canada lead 7-6 with 4mins 30secs to go.

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Men’s 3x3 wheelchair basketball: We’re underway in the next bronze medal match, Scotland are taking on Canada in this one. It’s currently tied at 4-4 with seven minutes left.

Netball: England poured in another 25 points in the final quarter to finish 94-32 winners against an outmatched Tonga. The Roses point differential is now +127, with South Africa v Australia to come later, England will end the day in the top two of Group A.

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Women’s 3x3 basketball: That’s the bronze medal for New Zealand, battling back to win 18-13. Jamaica came out fast in that one but crumbled down the stretch.

Women’s 3x3 basketball: New Zealand are turning the screw now, Jamaica can’t get the ball and currently trail 17-12.

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Women’s 3x3 basketball: Jamaica answer with Tiffany Reynolds hitting a huge two-pointer of here own to tie things up at 12 apiece. This is going to the wire.

Women’s 3x3 basketball: New Zealand have put together a decent run and now lead 10-8. Oooft. Sharne Pupuke-Robati just hit a long two-pointer to make it 12-8.

Netball: The third quarter ends with England leading 68-25, the Roses outscoring Tonga 24-11 in that 15 minutes. This is a good tune up for England’s game against South Africa tomorrow that will be crucial in the battle to reach the semi-finals.

Women’s 3x3 basketball: We’re immediately into the women’s bronze medal match and Jamaica have taken an early 7-3 lead against New Zealand.

Kyle Jimenez, who conjured some outrageous points in that bronze medal match, reacts to Scotland’s historic win: “It’s the best feeling ever. The last two [tournaments] have been quite a painful experience. I said at the start of this tournament that we’re going to win a medal and none of us ever doubted it. So we’re just happy we got the win in the end.”

Netball: There’s been no let up from England. With more than six minutes left in the third quarter the Roses lead 59-21.

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Scotland win bronze!

Men’s 3x3 basketball: So many firsts in that performance for Scotland, who have a first ever basketball medal of any format. They beat New Zealand 18-16.

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Men’s 3x3 basketball: Incredible defence from Scotland here, they’re scrapping for everything and New Zealand can’t get a clean shot away. There’s 23secs to go, Scotland have the ball and a two-point lead.

Men’s 3x3 basketball: Scotland’s lead is down to just a single point, it’s 13-12.

Men’s 3x3 basketball: Scotland have stretched their lead to 12-8. There’s 4mins 30secs left in this one. The Armadillo will explode of the home team can see this through.

Netball: England have stretched their lead against Tonga, at half-time its 45-14.

Men’s 3x3 basketball: Scotland are hoping to go one better than four years ago in Brirmingham. They lost to Canada in the bronze medal match then and this time face New Zealand, it’s early stages but the home favourites have a 5-3 lead.

Netball: Funmi Fadoju with another steal in a slick England performance. The ruthless Roses are leading 39-9.

3x3 basketball and 3x3 wheelchair basketball: The medal matches are getting underway shortly, beginning with the running men’s battle for bronze between Scotland and New Zealand.

Netball: England end the frst quarter with a 27-8 lead.

Netball: England proving far too good for Tonga so far. Five minutes left of the first quarter and the Roses have a 18-5 lead.

Bizzare but slightly scary story from Sean Ingle, who is reporting on the games in Glasgow:

Australian runner Hoare clarifies he did not witness murder in Glasgow

It is not every day a reigning Commonwealth Games champion is asked whether he witnessed a murder in Glasgow. Then again, it has been quite a few days for the Australian 1500m runner Olli Hoare. After competing on Wednesday in the heats of the men’s mile – when he finished with bloodied knees after being tripped – the 29-year-old was asked about reports that he had come across a murder scene while out training with his teammate Ky Robinson.

“No, no, I didn’t see a murder,” Hoare said. “The murder that was reported was six miles away and also at a different time.”

Hoare and Robinson were heckled as they ran, though, with at least one of those shouting at the pair holding a knife and, as a result, the Australia team have been told not to wear their kit in the city.

It was thought initially the pair had witnessed the aftermath of the murder of Paul McMinigal, in the east end of the city, on Friday. “I don’t know how that came about because Ky and I were running in the afternoon,” Hoare said. “We’re running on the river. Somehow these Chinese whisperers have come in.”

Full report:

Netball: We’re back underway in the netball at the Hydro. England are taking on Tonga in Group A. The Roses need a big win to get their goal average up if they hope to overhaul South Africa in the table having already lost to Australia.

Nor-Ghazali wins gold for Malaysia!

Men’s 94kg weightlifting final: Mohamad Syahmi Bin Nor-Ghazali sticks his first attempt at 197kg which seals the gold medal ahead of Canada’s Alex Bellemarre. Nor-Ghazali has two more goes at the higher 205kg but can’t extend his winning margin, finishing with a total of 347kg. Oliver Riley Saxton of Australia takes bronze.

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Weightlifting: Controversy in the men’s 94kg final as Scotland’s Tom Wright exits while attempting 166kg in the clean and jerk. On his first attempt, Wright thought he had been given the signal to set the bar down, but the judges ruled against him and he failed with his final two attempts so exited the competition while leading. English hope Josh Hutton is also out of contention, he buckled when attempting 173kg in clean and jerk and limped off stage.

3x3 wheelchair basketball: The Scottish netballers fell just short but in the women’s semi-final of the 3x3 wheelchair basketball the home team got the job done, beating Australia 15-12 to reach the final where they will take on England.

Here’s a look at the best images from day six in Glasgow, featuring heptathlon, 3x3 basketball and boxing, as selected by our picture desk:

Netball: Not to be for Scotland, they can’t quite keep up with the Sunshine Girls and with Jamaica popping the ball around at the end to kill time the Thistles go down 45-43.

Netball: Jamaica beat Scotland 78–34 the last time they played at the Commonwealth Games so however this finishes the Thistles have put in a historic display.

Netball: Jamaica have stepped it up in this final quarter and Scotland’s levels have just dropped off. A couple of missed shots, a couple of balls off the fingertips and Jamaica have a 40-38 lead with about 7mins left.

3x3 wheelchair basketball: In the other women’s semi, Scotland are leading Australia 7-6. This is very tight.

Netball: Scotland are giving this everything and could pull off a shock here. Jamaica are ranked fourth in the world but at the moment the Thistles are more than hanging with them, it’s 35-35 at the end of the third quarter. Centre Hannah Leighton and Emma Barrie, in particular, are having stormers. Momentum very much with the home team.

3x3 wheelchair basketball: That was dominant from England! They’re into the final after beating the Canadians 18-10. The champions at Birmingham 2022 fell behind early on and Kady Dandeneau was forced to take more and more two-point attempts that became increasingly desperate. Stifling defence from England.

Netball: In what is likely to be a battle for second place in Group B, Jamaica lead Scotland 30-26 in the third quarter.

3x3 wheelchair basketball: England’s women are seeking to replicate the success of the men earlier against Canada. It’s looking good right now, England lead 14-5

Commonwealth Games: what is coming up later on …

Here is what you need to know to plan the rest of your day’s watching/reading/listening …

(All times BST)

  • 14.00 – 16.30 Weightlifting, the men’s 94kg final 🥇

  • 14.00 – 17.30 Netball group matches: Jamaica v Scotland, England v Tonga

  • 15.00 – 22.00 Bowls and Para-bowls

  • 16.30 – 21.30 3x3 Basketball and 3x3 Wheelchair Basketball medal matches 🥇

  • 18.00 – 21.30 Boxing

  • 18.30 – 21.00 Weightlifting, the women’s 86kg final 🥇

  • 18.30 – 21.45 Athletics and Para-athletics featuring eight finals including the men’s long jump, the women’s steeplechase, and the conclusion of the heptathlon 🥇

  • 19.00 – 22.30 Netball group matches: New Zealand v Wales, Australia v South Africa

  • 19.00 – 22.00 Swimming and Para-swimming featuring 11 finals 🥇

That is me done for the day, see you tomorrow.

Netball: Scotland v Jamaica has started in Group B. Both sides are on four points, with a further group match remaining after this. New Zealand are heading the group, unsurprisingly, on six points. You feel that the winner today would put themselves in pole position to claim the second semi-final spot available from this group, assuming the Silver Ferns aren’t going to relinquish their top spot.

Track cycling: Australia’s England’s Matt Richardson has withdrawn from the Commonwealth Games with an injury, PA reports.

Richardson, who switched allegiance shortly after winning two silver medals for Australia at the Paris 2024 Olympics, sustained an injury during training in Japan earlier this week. The Commonwealth Games cycling programme gets under way tomorrow.

3x3 wheelchair basketball: England held on to beat Canada. They will play Australia in the final at 6.30pm BST. Canada will face Scotland for bronze an hour earlier.

The women’s 3x3 basketball has also reached the semi-final stage, and Australia are currently giving Jamaica a bit of a baller lesson, leading 19-7 with five minutes to go.

If you didn’t manage to catch much of the action live yesterday – and the fact that the Commonwealth Games are mostly not free-to-air* in the UK this year has caused some controversy – then there is this highlights reel from the organisers which just went up on YouTube.

Commonwealth Games day 5 highlights

[*There are highlights on Five and some non-English language broadcasts available on iPlayer]

3x3 basketball: In the men’s competition the final will feature England v Australia after the earlier semi-finals. That will take place at 7.30pm BST tonight. New Zealand and Scotland will contest the bronze medal match at 4.30.

In the 3x3 wheelchair basketball, England are beating Canada at the moment in the second semi-final – they are four points up with 18 seconds to go. Australia beat Scotland 19-12 in the first semi-final.

Boxing: Northern Ireland’s Michaela Walsh has beaten Lara Brown (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿SCO) in the women’s 57kg quarter-finals, and was effusive in her praise for her young opponent after the bout, saying the 19-year-old gave her “a hell of a fight”.

Mens 200m: The heats have finished now, and these were the fastest qualifiers …

1. Jevaughn Powell (🇯🇲 JAM) 20.28
2. Udodi Chudi Onwuzurike (🇳🇬 NGR) 20.31
3. Christopher Taylor (🇯🇲 JAM) 20.36
4. Zablon Ekwam (🇰🇪 KEN) 20.42
5. Zharnel Hughes (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ENG) 20.45
6. Animesh Kujur (🇮🇳 IND) 20.46

The newly crowned Commonwealth Games 100m champion, Cameroon’s Emmanuel Eseme, is also safely through.

There are still tickets available for lots of the remaining sessions if you are near Glasgow, although I must confess my appetite for introducing my kids to a major athletics games would be somewhat dampened by the prices. If I wanted to dash up to Scotland from London for the track events tomorrow, one adult and one child ticket for the evening would be setting me back something like £160, before I have even thought about travel, food and accommodation costs. That is not cheap.

Women’s heptathlon: Kate O’Connor from Northern Ireland – who don’t have a flag emoji for historical/political reasons – is ripping this contest up. She already had a nearly 200 point lead over Mia Scerri (🇦🇺 AUS) after the long jump, and has now posted a season’s best throw of 52.85m in the javelin. That is more than 8 metres clear of anybody else so far, and vastly superior to the 36.30m that Scerri has thrown. Jade O’Dowda (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ENG) is also in the medal hunt, as is Ella Rush (🇬🇮 GIB) and O’Connor’s teammate Anna McCauley.

Boxing: Amber-Jane Wall (🇨🇦 CAN) has beaten Niamh Brookes (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 WAL) in the women’s 51kg quarter-final. Brookes will be disappointed as she started the bout strongly but faded badly. There are a lot more boxing quater-finals to come, with the session running until 3.30pm BST this afternoon.

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Hiya, good afternoon, or evening or morning, depending on where you are. That was a filthy night of weather on the track last night, wasn’t it? I watched the men’s 10,000m thinking I wouldn’t want to be doing my leisurely plod round my local parkrun in this, let alone try to do an elite race. It doesn’t look like the weather is going to be that clever this evening, either.

To guide you through the next little while is Martin Belam, ta-ra.

Men’s 100m medley relay It’s England, Scotland, Wales as one-two-three in their heat, with Jersey fourth. Australia and South Africa in the next heat to qualify for the final tonight.

Women’s 100m medley relay Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Guernsey have progressed into the final but Australia are heavy favourites after finishing four seconds quicker than any other team in the heats.

Men’s 200m Picking out the Brits, Zharnel Hughes, running for England, dominated his heat. He looked like he was easing down in the last 100m time of 20.42secs. He’ll be in the semi-finals. Asked post-heat about his expectations: “Progress through the rounds.”

Men’s 3x3 basketball Australia have beaten Scotland in the semi-final 21-14. Engand take on New Zealand in the other semi.

Women’s heptathlon In the long jump, Northern Ireland’s Kate O’Connor has gone furthest, with a jump of 6.37m to earn 955 points. That will extend her lead to 4496 points after five events, where she now has a 84-point advantage over England’s Jade O’Dowda, with Australia’s Mia Scerri currently in the bronze medal position, trailing O’Connor by 196 points. We have the javelin and the 800m to come in that one.

Seine Stowers wins 77kg women's weightlifting gold for Samoa!

Stowers topped a podium made up British athletes with Isabella Brown of England taking silver after posting a PB in the snatch and Laura Hughes of Wales taking bronze.

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Men’s mile In the second heat, Scotland Jake Wightman finished behind Australia’s Cameron Myers and just ahead of Jake Heywood of Wales. Wightman and Myers will provide stiff competition for new world record holder Kerr in the final.

Men’s mile Josh Kerr progressed serenely through his heat, safely placing himself on the front and and signalling the crowd to make some noise in the home straight. He’ll be in the final.

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Women’s 200m To tidy up qualification, Jamaica’s Lavanya Williams and Veronica Shanti Pereira of Singapore progressed from heat five. Heat six was quick and saw Jamaica’s Alana Reid win in 22.95, with Frédérique Chiasson (Canada), Anthonique Strachan (Bahamas) and Asimenye Simwaka (Malawi) all run fast times to progress.

Men’s 200m freestyle James Guy qualifies for the final with the quickest time but Scott hasn’t done enough with Tom Dean making it through depsite finishing fourth in his heat.

Men’s 200m freestyle Scott looks like he’ll miss out with heat six seeing three men, including Matt Richards of Wales and Northern Ireland’s Jack McMillan, go faster.

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Men’s 200m freestyle A couple of updates from the pool England’s James Guy won his heat beating Sam Short of Australia. Gabriel Shepherd finished third in that heat with a time of 1min 48.99secs, we’ll have to wait to see if that’s quick enough. Home favourite Duncan Scott could only finish fourth in heat, with a time of 1min 47.83secs, having led at halfway. Wales’ Tyler Melbourne-Smith is in with a chance after fiishing third but Harrison Tyler impressed there, winning heat five in 1min 46.08.

Women’s 200m Heat four is won by Nigeria’s Jennifer Obi Chukwuka ahead of a great run in lane eight by Marie-Éloïse Leclair of Canada.

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Women’s 200m Another heat won by an Australian, this time it’s Monique Hanlon finishing ahead of Zambia’s Edna Ng’andula.

Women’s 200m The second heat is won well ahead of the field by Australia’s Misa Gross in 23.21, with Millicent Ndoro of Kenya in second. That should be good enough to go through.

Women’s 200m breaststroke Angharad Evans, who is emerging as one of the stars of these games with a gold medal and a relay bronze, is in action in the heats, turning on the burners in the last 10m to go through with the fastest time from the three qualifiers. Winning her hear 2mins 26.48secs, ahead of Australia Tara Kinder.

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Women’s 200m Big cheer at the Scotsoun Stadium as Alyson Bell crosses the line just behind heat winner, the fabulously named Beyonce Defreitas of the British Virgin Islands.

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Hello, thanks for joining me this morning. We’ve got some gripping Commonwealth Games action coming up today. Ongoing currently is the women’s 77kg weightlifting final, while out on the track are the heats in the women’s 200m and a intriguing batch of heats from the early session in the pool.

Preamble

Tom will be with you shortly. Here’s what to look out for today:

Morning (10am-1pm BST)
Weightlifting - women’s 77kg final
Athletics and Para-athletics heats
Swimming and Para-swimming heats
Bowls and Para-bowls (through the day)

Afternoon (1-5pm BST)
3x3 basketball and 3x3 wheelchair basketball
Weightlifting - men’s 94kg final
Netball: Jamaica v Scotland, England v Tonga

Evening (5-10pm BST)
3x3 basketball/wheelchair basketball: medal matches
Boxing - seven quarter-finals
Weightlifting - women’s 86kg final
Athletics and Para-athletics - eight finals
Swimming and Para-swimming - 11 finals
Netball: New Zealand v Wales, Australia v South Africa

 

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