Key events
Cycling: England’s Sophie Capewell, a gold medal winner at the Paris Olympics, is the penultimate rider on the track … but she can’t get close to Finucane’s time and goes into third.
Cycling: Finucane takes to the track and blitzes past Marcks’s time by 0.322sec – a Commonwealth Games record. She’s in gold medal position with just two riders to come.
Cycling: In the women’s 1,000m time trial, Australia’s Claudia Marcks leads with seven riders still to compete, including Wales’s Emma Finucane.
Boxing: Choudhary does enough to hold off her opponent, so it’s yet another gold for India in the ring – that is their fifth gold in the women’s boxing. They’ve taken the top prize in the 51kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg and now 70kg, which is a remarkable effort.
Boxing: After two rounds Reid is behind on all five judges’ scorecards, so has a mountain to climb in the last. A few boos come from the crowd who reckon this contest is much closer than that.
Boxing: It’s another India v England battle for gold in the ring at the SEC Hall. England’s Chantelle Reid is taking on Arundhati Choudhary in the women’s 70kg.
Cycling: Apparently the Prince and Princess of Wales are known as the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay when they’re in Scotland so … well, now you know.
Cycling: Back to the velodrome and women’s 1,000m time-trial, where TNT’s presenter has just mentioned the “King of Scotland” (referring to Neil Fachie) “being watched by the King of England” (referring to, er, the Prince of Wales, who is in the stands).
Judo: Meanwhile, at the SEC Hall there’s gold for England’s Ethan Nairne in the men’s -73kg judo. And gold for Canada’s Laurence Biron in the women’s -63kg. And more gold for India in the ring, Priya Priya this time in the women’s 60kg.
Cycling: That was a remarkable race, proper sporting drama for the home fans. Fachie, a gold medal winner all the way back at London 2012, is 42 now but clearly still has enough in his legs to fend off his younger rivals.
Neil Fachie takes gold!
Cycling: Already the proud owner of six Commonwealth golds, Scotland’s Neil Fachie has another! The men’s tandem final went down to a decider … which initially ended in a collision, the Scottish pair thumping to the velodrome track. A restart was awarded and this time the riders stay upright, with Scotland holding off their Welsh opponents to take the gold.
Gold for India in women’s 51kg
Boxing: A frustrated White goes on the attack but it’s not enough to turn the contest. Sakshi takes the gold, White a tearful silver. It’s a third women’s boxing gold for India in these Games, and they could add several more in the next hour or two.
Boxing: The more experienced Sakshi remains in control in round two, using her superior reach.
Boxing: England’s Ruby White faces India’s Sakshi Sakshi for gold in the women’s 51kg. The 19-year-old White comes off second-best in the opening round, 5-0 on the judges’ scorecards.
Gold and silver for Wales in the women’s 25km points race
Cycling: Anna Morris wins gold after a dominant display, Jess Roberts hangs on for the silver, with Australia’s Georgia Baker in third. It’s Morris second gold of the Games and Waless fourth in the velodrome.
Cycling: With 25 laps to go Wales’s Anna Morris and Jessica Roberts are the top two in the women’s 25km points race.
Hello all. There’s plenty of action in the velodrome and in the ring to come over the next couple of hours. And if you prefer your two-wheeled action on the road, then Luke McLaughlin is helming our Tour de France Femmes liveblog here:
John Ashdown is back to see you through the next couple of hours.
Cycling: The women’s 25km points race is under way. There are 100 laps, lots of different sprints to earn points and an overall leaderboard. The rider with the most points wins gold.
The winner of each sprint gets 4pts, second gets 3pts, third 2pts and fourth 1pt. Riders will get help from their compatriots.
Wales’ Anna Morris is perhaps the woman to beat here – she gets on the board with a point in the first sprint after 10 laps.
Cycling: Leigh Hoffman wins the all-Australian battle in the semi-finals of the men’s sprint, breezing through to the final after overpowering Tayte Ryan in the second heat to win 2-0.
Hoffman, the captain of Australia’s victorious team sprint squad, will have to wait to find out his opponent in the final later on after England’s Harry Ledingham-Horn holds firm against Trinidad and Tobago’s Nicholas Paul to level their semi up at 1-1.
Cycling: The Glasgow crowd is silenced as Neil Fachie, Scotland’s most decorated Commonwealth Games athlete, and Aaron Paul are denied gold in the men’s tandem by Wales’ James Ball and Matt Rotherham, who hold on during the final lap of their second heat. They’ll need a decider.
Bronze goes to Australia’s Kane Perris and his pilot Luke Zaccaria after they cruised to a 2-0 victory over Malaysia’s Mohd Khairul Hazwan Wahab and Muhammad Nabil Wafiq Zamri.
Cycling: Emma Foy of New Zealand wins gold in the women’s tandem 1000m time trial! Lizzi Jordan could not even break into the medals in that final heat, leaving Australia’s Jess Gallagher with silver and England’s Sophie Unwin with bronze.
Cycling: Sophie Unwin is hanging on to a medal now with Australia’s Jess Gallagher and New Zealand’s Emma Foy going faster. Only England’s Lizzi Jordan remains.
Cycling: England’s Sophie Unwin and her pilot Anna Whitworth-Hay go into provisional gold of the women’s tandem 1000m time trial – and by some distance. She is 6.5sec out in front with three riders to go. Malaysia hold the other two medal spots for now.
One of the more bizarre stories from these Glasgow Games, from Sean Ingle …
Cycling: It’s the men’s sprint semi-finals next and an all-Australian one to start with. Tayte Ryan and Leigh Hoffman keep it slow over the first lap, brows furrowed. Hoffman moves up on the bend and Ryan takes the bait. Hoffman reels him in on the final lap to take a 1-0 lead. Best of three for this, too.
The Prince and Princess of Wales make their way to their seats with their children before the second semi-final. They might be cheering on England’s Harry Ledingham-Horn, led up to the line by coach Jason Kenny. Trinidad and Tobago’s Nicholas Paul, silver in this event in 2022, shows his speed and pips Ledingham-Horn on the line to take the lead.
Cycling: There’s a bit of chest-thumping from Wales pilot Matt Rotherham on the line. Aaron Paul of Scotland gives him a wry smile. Paul and Neil Fachie head off behind the Welsh pair but they zoom past with a lap and a half to go. 1-0 Scotland – it’s best of three heats.
Cycling: We’re straight into the tandem sprint finals. Riders and their pilot are on the same bike, facing off against another pair over three laps. First to cross the line wins. Australia’s pair take the first heat of the bronze ride-off against Malaysia.
Well, that was fun. Time to head over to the velodrome now, with the afternoon session of the cycling about to get under way in style.
Neil Fachie of Scotland – a six-time Commonwealth champion – goes in the first run of the men’s tandem final with his pilot Aaron Pope. They take on James Ball of Wales and his pilot Matthew Rotherham.
Over the next four hours there are six golds up for grabs, culminating in the men’s sprint finals. Other highlights include the women’s kilo, women’s points race and men’s scratch race.
Tomorrow’s netball finals
“We love pressure. Pressure is a privilege,” says Jamaica’s Latanya Wilson. “We knew that Australia is a team that is going to come physical. We knew what their gameplan was because most of us play against them in Australia. And we said, every ball that we got we are going to cherish … and we did a job.”
“There’s still so much to play for,” says a deflated and disappointed Liz Watson of Australia. “There’s still a bronze medal to win. I’m sure the girls will be motivated for a win tomorrow. We’ll go again.”
“We thought that we had to go to war to win this game,” Jamaica’s Shamera Sterling-Humphrey tells TNT Sports. “It’s a big game for big players. Whenever we come to the UK they are always cheering on Jamaica.”
Bedlam! The Sunshine Girls cannot quite believe what they’ve just achieved. They have become the first team in history to stop Australia reaching a Commonwealth Games final.
Jamaica will go for gold in tomorrow’s final against New Zealand. England await Australia in the bronze final.
Jamaica stun Australia to reach netball final!
It’s all over – Australia 45-46 Jamaica! The roof comes off the Hydro! It’s one of the biggest upsets in netball history!
Australia launch a late comeback but Sophie Dwyer fails on her final shot at goal! The buzzer goes and Jamaica’s substitutes and coaches pour on to the court.
Jamaica reach just their second Commonwealth final and exact revenge on Australia, who beat them to gold four years ago.
Netball: Beckford extends Jamaica’s lead to four points – they substitutes can barely contain themselves on the sidelines. Prince William applauds from the crowd after Beckford converts again. The Uganda team are going bonkers in the stands too.
Australia 43-46 Jamaica, 4th quarter, 2min to go
Netball: Australia have never failed to reach a Commonwealth final. Shanice Beckford is keeping her cool as Jamaica’s goal shooter, but she’s upstaged by a sensational goal by Australia’s Cara Koenan from almost off the court.
Wild celebrations as Jamaica force another turnover! Aiken hits the rim on her first attempt but makes no mistake on the second. It’s a three-point gap.
Australia 41-44 Jamaica, 4th quarter, 5min to go
Netball: Kiera Austin and Romelda Aiken are making no mistake for Australia and Jamaica under the goalpost. Some lapse play from Australia gifts Jamaica a turnover – can they capitalise? Yes, Aiken converts for a two-point lead.
Australia 38-40 Jamaica, 4th quarter, 9min to go
Hello everybody. I’ll be keeping a close eye on the netball for the next little while. New Zealand are already through to tomorrow’s final after beating England 61-54 this morning.
Jamaica are looking to reach their second Commonwealth final in a row, having lost out to today’s opponents Australia four years ago.
It is Australia 35-35 Jamaica heading into the final quarter at the Hydro – we’re set for a grandstand finish.
That’s it from the boxing arena, and that’s it from me for now. Billy Munday is your host for the afternoon.
Netball Midway through the third quarter at the Hydro and Jamaica are also doing enough to maintain their lead. It’s 30-28 in their semi-final against Australia.
Gold for England’s Isaac Okoh
Boxing Okoh keeps Williams at arm’s length and does more than enough to secure the gold. That’s England’s 21st of the Games – they’re second in the medal table but well behind Australia who have a dominant 59.
Boxing A quiet second round but Okoh stays in control. He takes it 4-1 with the judges.
Boxing The 23-year-old Okoh gets the nod from all five judges after the first round. “Go and do it again!” says his coach in the corner before the second.
Boxing The final fight of the afternoon is for gold in the men’s 90kg class. It’s Wales’s Connor Williams against England’s Isaac Okoh, a former sparring partner of Anthony Joshua.
Netball Australia have closed the gap at the halfway mark of their semi-final but they still trail Jamaica 23-21.
More golds for Australia
Athletics Australia have hoovered up the final two golds of the afternoon at the Scotstoun Stadium. Matthew Denny took gold in the men’s discus, with Jamaica’s Fedrick Dacres in silver and England’s Lawrence Okoye picking up bronze. And in the women’s T38 200m Australia’s Rhiannon Clarke beat double Olympic champion (and 100m winner earlier in the week) Sophie Hahn to gold.
Netball Midway through the second quarter and Jamaica are still on top. The margin is still three – it’s 19-16 now.
Gold for McConnell and Northern Ireland
Boxing It’s a split decision and Jon McConnell comes out on the winning side of it. That’s Northern Ireland’s second gold of these Games, following Kate O’Connor in the women’s heptathlon.
Boxing Holley-Sotomi dominates the last but has he done enough?
Boxing McConnell takes the second round 4-1, putting the Northern Irishman in pole position for gold.
Netball Australia have been in every Commonwealth Games netball final since it was introduced in 1998 – winning four golds and three silvers in those seven competitions. But they are under a bit of pressure in their semi-final – Jamaica lead 13-10 at the end of the first quarter.
Boxing Back at the SEC Centre it’s Wales’s Orlando Holley-Sotomi against Northern Ireland’s Jon McConnell in the men’s 70kg final. McConnell edges the first round on the judges’ scorecards, 3-2.
Netball Very even in the opening stages at the Hydro. Jamaica have edged ahead 7-6 in the middle of the first quarter.
Netball The second semi-final of the netball is set to kick off, with Australia taking on Jamaica. This was the final in 2022, with Australia coming out on top.
Gold for Mughalzai
Boxing Cassar can’t make up the difference in the last, so Patris Mughalzai takes Commonwealth Games gold, England’s 20th gold of these Games.
Boxing The 24-year-old Mughalzai was born in Russia before moving to Leicester and then Hillingdon in west London, where he trained with the 2008 Olympic champions James DeGale. He takes the second round 5-0 to move to the verge of gold.
Boxing Mughalzai wins the opening round on all five judges’ scorecard in this welterweight battle. The English fighter looks to be in total control.
Boxing Hello all. First up it’s over to the SEC Centre for the men’s 65kg gold medal match between England’s Patris Mughalzai and Australia’s Jacob Cassar.
