Tumaini Carayol’s report from the dramatic 3x3 basketball:
That will be all for today’s live blog. Thanks for reading – and why not read Sean Ingle’s report of Adam Peaty’s gold medal win in the men’s 50m breaststroke right here:
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Gold for Hannah Cockcroft of England in the women's T33/34 100m final!
That’s a first Commonwealth Games gold medal for Hannah Cockcroft! She powers away from the field and it’s a one-two with Kare Adenegan winning silver in 17.79sec.
The winning time is 16.84sec, a Commonwealth Games record.
Gold for Emmanuel Oyinbo-Coker of England in the men's T45-47 100m!
Wow, that was some performance from Oyinbo-Coker, who scorches to a gold medal in 10.94sec, a personal best. Jaydon Page wins silver in 11.10sec, with Ola Abidogun (England) third in 11.13sec.
“I’d say it went perfectly to plan,” Oyinbo-Coker tells the BBC. “It almost feels like a dream ... last night, I was just thinking about different scenarios ... the main thought that I had was as long as I came here and gave it my best effort, I’d be satisfied.”
Women’s netball: New Zealand have beaten Trinidad and Tobago 80-24 to seal their semi-final place. They still must face England on Thursday in a match that will decide top spot in Pool B. Australia and Jamaica will be the semi-finalists, being the top two teams in Group A.
The England men’s 3x3 team is asked on the BBC who is in charge of the celebrations tonight. Orlan Jackman, the captain, answers in style: “We all are,” he replies. “Listen, we’re a team. My name might be captain on paper, but we do everything by committee, so whatever we decide is whatever we decide. But I do know one thing though ... We are celebrating for sure.”
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Myles Hesson speaks to the BBC after that jaw-dropping shot that won gold for England’s men’s 3x3 team: “I’m still lost for words. I couldn’t have wrote a better story. In overtime, it was such a close game, there were so many points we thought we’d lost it ... we stuck through ... My shot was just the icing on the cake.”
Mollie O’Callaghan has shocked Emma McKeon and Shayne Jack to clinch Commonwealth Games gold in the women’s 100m freestyle as Cody Simpson finished fifth in the men’s 100m butterfly final on the penultimate day of swimming.
Gold for Canada in the Women’s 3x3 basketball!
Yet more drama in the 3x3! With a couple of seconds left on the clock, Sarah Te-Biasu has the ball for Canada, and she manages to get her shot off just before the buzzer ... the officials double check it, so ensure the ball left her hand before the buzzer sounded ... and indeed it did. Canada win gold! England are devastated!
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Gold for Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda in the men's 10,000m!
Kiplimo, the Olympic bronze medalist, runs a time of 27min 09.19sec, breaking Joshua Cheptegei’s Commonwealth Games record that he set in 2018.
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Women’s T20 cricket: New Zealand (147-7) have beaten Sri Lanka (102-8) by 45 runs in Group B.
New Zealand and England have both won two from two, South Africa and Sri Lanka have both lost two from two. Which means England and New Zealand are both into the semi-finals.
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Women’s 3x3 basketball: The gold medal match between England and Canada has begun. It’s 8-8 with five minutes to play.
Silver for England's Molly Caudery in the pole vault!
Nina Kennedy of Australia wins gold, Molly Caudery of England wins silver and Imogen Ayris (Australia) won bronze.
“[The World Championships in] Eugene was such a disappointment and that makes it all the sweeter,” Caudery tells the BBC. “It feels like a dream ... Last night I had a vivid dream that I came third, and I woke up, and I was like: “Oh, it was a dream.” ... and now I’m here, and I came second!
“After Eugene, me and my coach went through everything, what I did wrong, what we could change, changing my mindset and refocusing.”
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Fantastic replay pictures from the BBC studio of Ovie Soko, the pro basketballer, and the presenter Ayo Akinwolere celebrating the winning moment.
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WE WIN OUR FIRST EVER GOLD!!!! 🏀 🥇 #GameTime | #TeamEngland pic.twitter.com/cwdZIpyLM0
— Basketball England (@bballengland) August 2, 2022
Gold for England in the men's 3x3 basketball!
Whoah! An attempted Australian two-pointer seems to bounce around the hoop for an age before staying out ... Myles Hesson gathers himself and nails his own two-pointer and England are champions! Final score: 17-16 in overtime.
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Men’s 3x3 basketball: It’s overtime! Kayne Henry nails a two-pointer for a one-point lead ... Australia hit back immediatley and it’s Australia 15-15 England.
Men’s 3x3 basketball: 11-10 to Australia with two and a half minutes left. England miss two free throws to take control of the game ...
And now Australia miss two free throws! It’s 11-11.
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The Commonwealth Games’ stayaway stars will regret missing out on glory in Birmingham, defiant organisers have insisted.
Four world champions from Eugene have swerved the Games, including women’s 100m gold medallist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who is in Birmingham to train but has chosen instead to race in Europe next week.
Men’s 3x3 basketball: The final, between Australia and England, is go. Australia lead 9-8 with nearly four minutes left.
Women’s netball: Chloe Merrell reports from England’s win against Uganda:
Peaty speaks to the BBC: “A much happier man. I had two options this morning: I either fight, or I don’t fight. And if anyone knows me, I fight. That means so much to me because of what I’ve been through these last months, the last year, the last five years ... I lost my spark at the start of the week, so to have it back now ...
“I’m very happy ... A lot of emotions yesterday ... I reached the bottom of the bottom yesterday ... I had to bring myself up, in my own mind, and that’s the result ... That’s the only one I hadn’t won in my career ... I can retire now [he’s joking] ... I don’t care about the stats.
“You know what, I’m so glad I got that loss earlier in the week, because these wins feel so much better.”
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Peaty tries to throw his swimming hat into the crowd as he celebrates ... and he fails. He has another go, and makes it this time.
There is also, commendably, a bronze medal for Ross Murdoch from lane eight – Sam Williamson wins silver for Australia.
1) Adam Peaty (ENG) 26.76sec
2) Sam Williamson (AUS) 26.97sec
3) Ross Murdoch (SCO) 27.32sec
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Gold for England's Adam Peaty in the men's 50m breaststroke!
He’s done it! He has won every medal there is to win. That, the Commonwealth Games 50m is the only gold medal that has eluded him so far. He said he would fight back, and he was as good as his word.
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Swimming: Here we go then. The swimmers are ready to go ... Peaty looks like he’s up for this, and that is an understatement.
Swimming: The pool lights have been dimmed and some coloured spotlights are roaming around the arena before the emergence of Adam Peaty and his 50m breaststroke final rivals ...
Women’s netball: New Zealand lead Trinidad and Tobago 22-5 after the first quarter in their Pool B tie.
Swimming: Adam Peaty will be up soon in the 50m breaststroke. It’s business time! (Nearly.)
T20 cricket update: Sri Lanka are in fact 23/3 now, chasing 148 to win, after New Zealand posted 147-7.
Women’s T20 cricket: New Zealand and Sri Lanka are battling it out at Edgbaston. Sri Lanka are 18-2 after six overs.
There really is a lot going on tonight.
Early strike from Jensen! Brakes are on at Edgbaston with Sri Lanka 18/2 after the six over power play 🏏#EarnTheFern #WeAreTheNZTeam #KoTātauTeKapaOAotearoa pic.twitter.com/30H0YLwNwc
— WHITE FERNS (@WHITE_FERNS) August 2, 2022
Gold for Joshua Edwards of Canada in the men's 100m butterfly!
James Guy (England) is second, Matthew Temple (Australia) is third.
Geoff Lemon reports on England’s win against South Africa in the women’s T20 cricket:
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Gold for Olivia Breen of Wales in the women's T37/38 100m final!
She came out on to the track smiling, and she finishes the race smiling too after a fantastic run. She hugs her competitors, then runs into the stands to hug her family, friends and team.
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Gold for Australia's Mollie O'Callaghan in the women's 100m freestyle swimming!
It’s a one-two-three for Australia:
1) Mollie O’Callaghan 52.63sec
2) Shayna Jack 62.88sec
3) Emma McKeon 52.94sec
Close!
Anna Hopkin and Freya Anderson of England are fourth and fifth, respectively.
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Women’s heptathlon: After three events, Katarina Johnson-Thompson leads by a narrow 11pts in front of Kate O’Connor of Northern Ireland.
Swimming: A break in the action for some medal ceremonies. The BBC main coverage has switched to the athletics arena for now, but will for sure be back in the pool for Peaty and co.
Gold for England's Lachlan Moorhead in the men's -81kg judo!
Moorhead defeats François Gauthier-Drapeau of Canada in the final, and it’s yet more judo joy for England.
Our Judoka 🤝Commonwealth Gold#BringitHome pic.twitter.com/mW3mpNA6Pm
— Team England (@TeamEngland) August 2, 2022
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Women’s netball: England close out a 56-35 win against Uganda so that is four wins from four, with 267 points scored and 125 conceded.
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FYI, Adam Peaty is due in the pool at 8.20pm UK time, so about 45mins.
Laura Stephens has a chat with the BBC: “I just went out there and enjoyed it and gave it all I had down that last 50 ... the crowd were incredible, I could hear them the whole way ... I’m super happy to come away with a medal ... I’ve had so many ups and downs, and it feels more like downs than ups ... everyone’s here [family and friends] ... that’s what makes these home Games so special ... I’m so happy to have so many people ... share the moment with me.”
Gold for Australia's Dekkers in the women's 200m butterfly!
And silver for Laura Stephens with a superb swim.
1) Lizzy Dekkers (AUS) 2min 07.26sec
2) Laura Stephens (ENG) 2min 07.90sec
3) Brianna Throssell (AUS) 2min 08.32sec
Brodie Williams speaks to the BBC: “I just tried to work that last 50m, and obviously I’m happy to get the touch ... it’s a shame not to have Luke on the podium with me ... I know he’s had Covid recently, so ...”
Greenbank: “Frustrated. I know I’m better than that. I died on the last length. But I am so pleased for Brodie.”
Gold for England's Brodie Williams in the men's 200m backstroke!
Incredible! Williams reaches for the finish and takes it by 1/100th of a second from Woodward of Australia! What a race.
1) Brodie Williams (ENG) 1min 56.40sec
2) Bradley Woodward (AUS) 1min 56.41sec
3) Pieter Coetze (RSA) 1min 56.77sec
Luke Greenbank of England is fifth having led for much of the race.
A SENSATIONAL SWIM! Brodie Williams takes the GOLD🤩🥇#BringitHome pic.twitter.com/TpJtpjzEAP
— Team England (@TeamEngland) August 2, 2022
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Gold for Lara van Niekerk of South Africa in the women's 100m breaststroke!
A dominant win by a second-and-a-half for the South African, Van Niekerk.
1) Van Niekerk (RSA) 1min 05.47sec
2) Tajana Schoenmaker (RSA) 1min 06.68sec
3) Chelsea Hodges (Aus) 1min 7.05sec
England’s Molly Renshaw fourth. All eight swimmers huddle together in the pool, smiling and laughing, after the race, which is nice to see. #SwimmingValues
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Hello again everyone.
Clare Balding, on the BBC, labels this ‘a terrific Tuesday’. I’d go further and say it’s the terrific Tuesday. But I am prone to hyperbole.
Luke is back to guide you through the evening’s events so I’ll hand back to him. Bye.
Swimming: The evening session will begin shortly with the women’s 100m breaststroke final. The field will do well to keep pace with South Africa’s Lara van Niekerk, who qualified for the final two seconds faster than anyone else. England’s Molly Renshaw has a chance of a medal (she finished fourth in the 200m) and Australia are well represented, with Chelsea Hodges, Abbey Harkin and Jenna Strauch. Later Adam Peaty will go for gold in the 50m breaststroke final. Can he bounce back after his disappointing fourth-place finish in the 100m?
Netball: England are looking good value to maintain their 100% record in Pool B. They lead Uganda 25-15 at the break with sharpshooting Eleanor Cardwell having nailed 19 of 20 goal attempts. There’s also a very nice light show at half-time.
3x3 wheelchair basketball: England’s women have matched the bronze medal won by the men’s team earlier, narrowly beating Scotland 12-10 at Smithfield in an entertaining match.
🥉 🥉 🥉 🥉 #BringItHome | #Birmingham2022 | #B2022 pic.twitter.com/nAGrpCWI24
— Team England (@TeamEngland) August 2, 2022
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Netball: Back to the NEC and England lead Uganda 18-12 in the second quarter of their Pool B game. They’re starting to take control after a tight start.
Judo: It’s another gold for Australia! Aoife Coughlan has beaten Jamaica’s Ebony Dysdale-Daley by Ippon in the women’s 70kg category. Both athletes walk off with arms around each other after an attritional battle. Lovely to see.
Jake Jarman is England’s Mr Bling at these Games. The gymnast has four gold medals dangling from his neck and is understandably chuffed with his haul.
It’s always very challenging no matter how well you might do. You are under just as much pressure at big and small competitions. To be able to come and enjoy everything and produce an amazing result I’m absolutely delighted.
You can read more in Tumani Carayol’s gymnastics report here:
Netball: Hello everyone. Over at the NEC, England’s netball team – the reigning champions, no less – are in action. They’re up against Uganda and lead 9-5 in the first quarter. They’re in for a test, with Uganda ranked sixth in the world. England are currently the world’s third best team, in case you were wondering.
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Over to Gregg Bakowski, who is here to guide you through the next little bit.
Women’s hockey: South Africa have just handed out a 15-0 drubbing to Kenya in Pool B, which means the RSA team have a chance of progress, despite losing their first two matches.
Gold for England's Daniel Powell in the –73kg judo!
The score was 10-0, and it’s another gold medal for England.
That could have been Gambia’s first gold medal at the Commonwealth Games for their beaten finalist, Faye Njie. Instead it’s a first silver in their history.
What a performance from our judoka champ Daniel Powell🤩🥇#BringitHome pic.twitter.com/KcT4pCkOaE
— Team England (@TeamEngland) August 2, 2022
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Britain’s 800m world silver medallist Keely Hodgkinson says she always knew her schoolmate Ella Toone would become an England star because she used to “smoke” all the boys at football.
Judo: England’s Gemma Howell has lost out to Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard in the Women’s -63kg final. The result, says the official website, was IPP (10s2 - 0s2).
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Gymnastics: After a one-two in the women’s floor exercise, Ondine Achampong and Alice Kinsella pose for a photo with the royals –
A royal congratulations for @AliceKinsella16 🥇 and Ondine Achampong 🥈 #BringItHome | #Birmingham2022 | #B2022 | @KensingtonRoyal pic.twitter.com/WNs4CCA8mg
— Team England (@TeamEngland) August 2, 2022
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Women’s netball: England have announced their starting seven for the match against Uganda: Mentor, Guscoth, Francis-Bayman, Clarke, Metcalf, Housby and Cardwell.
Here’s your starting seven 💥#MakeYourMark | #B2022 pic.twitter.com/JTvcaOWuQi
— England Netball (@EnglandNetball) August 2, 2022
Men’s 3x3 wheelchair basketball: A 21-11 win for England against Malaysia seals a first-ever medal – bronze – in this competition at the Commonwealth Games.
3 x 3 WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL BRONZE MEDALLISTS 🥉 👏
— Team England (@TeamEngland) August 2, 2022
England take the first ever medal in 3x3 Wheelchair Basketball🙌
— Birmingham 2022 (@birminghamcg22) August 2, 2022
The boys won the Bronze medal with a 21-11 win over Malaysia and will take their place on the podium later this evening. Congrats!🥉
Follow all the action https://t.co/8u2EKSwAjk#CWG #CommonwealthGames #B2022 pic.twitter.com/fAYXfKLEiO
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Our most recent pieces on the Commonwealth Games below – including Adam Peaty’s rousing words last night, when he said he will be like a wounded lion in this evening’s 50m breaststroke final:
Don’t forget, Adam Peaty will be back in action in the pool later in the 50m breaststroke final. There will also be an evening session of athletics, judo and more.
Gymnastics: The women’s floor exercise podium – Alice Kinsella and Ondine Achampong sealed a one-two for England:
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England’s Keely Hodgkinson says she is living the dream with football hero Ella Toone. The 20-year-old, in action at the Commonwealth Games, has been inspired by her lifelong friend Toone’s stunning Euro 2022 success.
Toone scored a brilliant opener in England’s 2-1 extra-time win over Germany on Sunday to help the Lionesses win their first major tournament. It came after Hodgkinson won 800m silver at last month’s World Championships in Eugene.
The pair went to Fred Longworth High School in Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, having grown up together.
“We are just two young girls living their dreams,” said Hodgkinson, who reached Saturday’s 800m final at the Commonwealth Games following Tuesday’s heats. “I was always referred to as the ‘mini Ella’ growing up at school. So we kept in touch from that and she was in Tokyo last year as well with the football.
“Ella did so well to score as well. I know she’s on cloud nine so big congrats to her, it’s good to see. We went to school together. She was two years older than me but somehow we just ended up getting on really well. We did some cross countries - I always tended to beat her on the running, that was my forte, but she was naturally very good, she’s got a lot of talent.
“She used to play on our boys’ football team and she was smoking them, so there was absolutely no way she wasn’t going to make it. She’s very good. We were raised about four miles away from each other, so it’s putting our hometowns on the map and I know they are very proud of us.
“I thought it (Sunday) was absolutely amazing, I really enjoyed watching it. What that’s going to do for women’s football, women’s sport, I’ve seen all the little girls watching it and it’s really nice for them to see that because before they wouldn’t have had that.”
Hodgkinson is joined in Saturday’s final in Birmingham by England teammate Alexandra Bell and Scotland’s Laura Muir. She added: “It’s actually a very world-class field. I feel like the only people missing is probably the Americans and some of the Ethiopians. It’s not going to be easy but I hope I can come away with gold this time.” (PA Media)
Bowls: In the Para-lawn bowls men’s pairs B6-B8 gold medal match, Garry Brown and Kevin Wallace of Scotland trail Australia 4-3 after five ends. Will it be another gold for Australia?
3x3 basketball: As you would expect, the bronze-medal match between Australia and New Zealand is a hard-fought affair. Amazingly, Australia have pulled it back to lead 15-12 after trailing 10-6 ... and they are into the final minute.
And it’s bronze for Australia! They close it out, 15-13, after New Zealand had a chance to go for a two-pointer in the final couple of seconds, but strangely elected not to.
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Gold for Ilias Georgiou in the men's horizontal bar!
An incredibly committed, brave routine from Illias Georgiou, after which he celebrates passionately by punching the air and roaring with exhilaration, nails the gold medal.
1) Ilias Georgiou (Cyprus) 14.466
2) Tyson Bull (Australia) 14.233
3) Marios Georgiou (Cyprus) 14.133
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Gold for Alice Kinsella of England in the women's floor!
That’s a stunning effort from Kinsella after a couple of big disappointments earlier in the week.
1) Alice Kinsella (England) 13.366
2) Ondine Achampong (England) 13.033
3) Emily Whitehead (Australia) 13.000
3x3 basketball: Canada have just edged out Scotland 13-12 to win a bronze medal in the men’s competition. The women’s bronze medal match, between Australia and New Zealand, is coming up now.
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Women’s hockey: England sealed a 3-1 win against India to make it three wins out of two in Pool B. The goals came from Giselle Ansley, Tess Howard and Hannah Martin. That makes it seven points for England, four for India, with Wales third in the group on three points from two matches.
In Pool A, Australia lead the way with two wins from two, followed by South Africa and New Zealand, who are both on four points.
South Africa currently lead Kenya 4-0 going into the second quarter of that one.
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Gymnastics: Kinsella moves into the lead of the women’s floor exercise final with 13.366!
As it stands, Kinsella first, Achampong second, Spence (Canada) third.
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Gymnastics: The women’s floor final is ongoing, and here comes Alice Kinsella of England ... she carries off her routine excellently, and looks highly emotional as she waves to the crowd and walks off. Will it be enough? As it stands, Ondine Achampong of England leads the way with a score of 13.033 ...
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Gold for Samoa's Don Opeloge in the men's 96kg weightlifting!
A remarkable display: a snatch Games record (171kg), a Games and Commonwealth record for the clean and jerk (210kg) for a total, and perhaps needless to say a Games record, of 381kg. Silver for Vikas Thakur of India and bronze for Taniela Rainibogi (Fiji).
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As you may have heard, England’s Lionesses won Euro 2022 by defeating Germany in the final on Sunday. Relive their road to glory, in pictures, right here:
Men’s horizontal bar: Fraser scores 12.266 after that fall ... he shrugs into the camera and looks almost apologetic, applauding the crowd as they applaud him ... he’s been fantastic these past couple of days.
Weightlifting: In the men’s 96kg, England’s Cyrille Tchatchet is out of contention for a medal. It appears he’s carrying an injury from an earlier clean and jerk attempt.
Men’s horizontal bar final: Joe Fraser is up now, the man who has already won two golds ... he executes the first part of his routine flawlessly ... but then fails to catch the bar and ends up on the floor! He picks himself up, dusts himself down and goes again, but that will be a full mark off his total. He rounds off his routine, lands it beautifully, and cracks a knowing smile – that was so nearly good enough for another medal.
How about a collection of some of the most compelling images from day five at the Commonwealth Games? Why not, eh?
Thanks to Tumaini for that update, hot off the press from Birmingham. Now, the England gymnast Giarnni Regini-Moran, on his birthday, speaks to the BBC about how his day has been: “It’s been incredible ... I’ve come away with two silver medals ... the fact that the crowd sang me a happy birthday, I don’t think I’ve ever heard that before, so that was even more special.
“I couldn’t ask for much more today ... I performed to the level I wanted to perform and at the end of the day that’s all that matters, so I got the result I wanted.
“It’s been so special ... the crowd has been really electric ... but to feel happy on a world stage again feels special ... I’ve had a lot of injuries ... [but] everything’s starting to pay off.”
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We’re down to the last two gymnastics finals of the Commonwealth Games in the packed Arena Birmingham: women’s floor and men’s horizontal bar. Today has once again been dominated by Joe Fraser and Jake Jarman, really the two world-class performers of this event.
Jarman won a men’s record fourth gold medal of the Games with some unbelievable vaulting, nailing his Dragulescu (a handspring double front with a half twist), then his Kaz 2.5 (which requires a total of three-and-a-half twists). It is hard not to overstate how incredibly impressive this has all been from 20-year-old Jarman, as that is some of the best vaulting from any gymnast today. For comparison, the 2020 Olympic vaulting champion won with the score of 14.866. Jarman scored 14.916 today.
Then there is Fraser, who will be back out for the high bar as he also chases a fourth gold medal. As the top qualifier, he will be the favourite. This has been an incredible meet in its own way for Fraser considering his recent foot fracture and ruptured appendix. He is such a talented gymnast, now a World and Commonwealth parallel bars champion, and it feels like this event is setting him up for more global success once he is fully healthy.
Alice Kinsella will get one final opportunity at redemption in the floor final, where she was the first qualifier. What started as such a great meet for her with a really impressive performance to lead England to team gold has really fallen apart. Two major errors cost her in the balance beam final, leaving her in fourth place on her best event.
Women’s netball: Final score in Pool A – Jamaica 78-34 Scotland.
As a result, the top of Pool A looks like this:
1) Australia 8pts
2) Jamaica 8pts
3) South Africa 2pts
4) Wales 2pts
Australia and Jamaica have both played four, RSA and Wales have played three. Scotland are second-bottom with zero points from three matches.
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Weightlifting: In the men’s 96kg final, Barredo of (you guessed it) Australia leads the way with a total of 306. Burger (RSA) sits second, with 303 total, Koret of Mauritius is in bronze-medal position with a total of 301.
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A well-known family enjoy the Commonwealth Games action.
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Women’s hockey: England now lead India 2-0 in Q4. The goals came from Giselle Ainsley and Tess Howard. Both teams had a win and a draw in Pool B before this.
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Gold for India in the women's fours lawn bowls!
India see off South Africa 17-10 in the gold medal match. New Zealand defeat Fiji 17-6 to take the bronze.
Men’s parallel bars: The medalists, including England’s Regini-Moran and Fraser, embrace warmly on the podium at the conclusion of the medal ceremony.
Women’s netball: Jamaica now lead Scotland 52-21 in the third quarter of their Pool A clash.
News from the world of women’s football:
England, the newly crowned European champions, are due to host the United States, the World Cup holders, at Wembley on 7 October.
Gold for England's Joe Fraser in the men's parallel bars!
Fraser’s ludicrously good score of 15.000 was not to be beaten. Giarnni Regini-Moran nabs silver (14.733), with the former champion Marios Georgiou winning bronze (14.533).
That is Fraser’s second gold in as many days ... and he had to contend with a ruptured appendix and a broken foot all within five weeks of the Games beginning. Remarkable.
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Gold for Kate McDonald of Australia in the women's balance beam!
Bronze for Emma Spence (Canada) with a score of 13.066 and silver for Georgia Godwin, also of Australia, with 13.433.
Men’s parallel bars: Giarnni Regini-Moran of England, the best of the qualifiers, pulls off a fine display but the commentators reckon it’ll be silver. He slightly fluffed his landing but it wasn’t anything too bad. However, Fraser’s routine looked perfect and is unlikely to be beaten.
Women’s Balance Beam: Emma Spence is the latest athlete to (for want of a better expression) smash her routine. She lands and cracks a huge smile and punches the air. She looks confident of a medal.
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Women’s Balance Beam: Kate McDonald of Australia leads the final! She achieves a mark of 13.466, just ahead of Godwin with 13.433. Alice Kinsella of England is bumped down to bronze-medal position, with a score of 12.933.
Women’s Balance Beam: Kate McDonald of Australia nails an excellent routine which may rival her compatriot, Georgia Godwin, at the top of the final standings. She gives her coach a hug as she comes off the floor.
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Table tennis: The men’s team gold medal match has started and the latest score between Singapore and India is 1-1 in games. England claimed the bronze medal earlier by defeating Nigeria 3-0.
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Women’s hockey: Nearing the end of the second quarter, England hold a slender 1-0 lead against India. Giselle Ansley got the goal for the host nation.
Women’s balance beam: Georgia Godwin of Australia leads the final with 13.433, according to the live scores on the official website.
Men’s parallel bars: Marios Georgiou of Cyprus goes second with 14.533. Felix Dolci of Canada is second with 14.200.
The latest medal table is below. Australia lead the way with an incredible 72 medals in total. England are second with 58 and New Zealand are third with 24.
Women’s balance beam: The final of this event is running alongside the men’s parallel bars. Sofia Micallef of Wales produced an excellent routine a few minutes ago:
Women’s netball: At the break between the first and second quarters, Jamaica lead Scotland 25-6 in their Pool A encounter.
Men’s parallel bars: It’s a score of 15.00 for Fraser of Englland! That’s huge. His teammates, knowing that is going to be tough to beat, congratulate him on another world-class routine.
Men’s parallel bars: Here comes Joe Fraser of England, who won gold on the pommel horse yesterday, despite still recovering from a fractured foot.
Wow! With the usual caveat about not being an expert in this sport ... that was an amazingly clean and spectacular routine from Fraser. He dismounts almost perfectly at the end. Could it be another gold?
“He was absolutely solid ... fantastic tension right through his body,” marvels the commentator on the BBC.
If you missed it, here’s our report of Fraser’s pommel horse gold yesterday:
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Men’s parallel bars: The final has begun. I’ll be keeping a close eye on this event, while desperately trying to keep across matters elsewhere.
Thanks John. In the women’s cricket the final ball of South Africa’s innings was a full toss that was tonked for four, but no matter. England are top of Pool B with two wins from two. New Zealand second (won one, lost one), RSA third (played two, lost two), Sri Lanka fourth (played one, lost one).
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Right, that’s your lot from me. The estimable Luke McLaughlin will be your guide for the rest of the action.
Cricket: England beat South Africa by 26 runs. A routine victory for Nat Sciver’s side, who are well on their way to a place in the semi-finals.
Cricket: England have their second victory in the competition just about tied up – South Africa need an unlikely 41 runs from the final two overs.
Cricket: South Africa need 51 from the final 24 balls for victory over England. A very tall order but not out of the question.
Jake Jarman on his own would be sixth in the medal table. I think it’s fair to say this Games has its first breakout star.
Jake Jarman wins fourth gold of Games in vault
Gymnastics: Samuel Dick of New Zealand is tidy enough but can’t trouble the medal positions. So it’s and England one-two! Jake Jarman takes gold, his fourth of the Games, while his compatriot Giarnni Regini-Moran takes the silver.
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Gymnastics: Canada’s Felix Dolci springs into fourth, so with one gymnast still to go, the English pair are guaranteed at least silver and bronze.
Gymnastics: England’s Giarnni Regini-Moran, already with a couple of Commonwealth medals on his CV (bronze in the floor, gold in the team), gives himself a chance of a third with a couple of terrific vaults and moves into silver medal spot with three gymnasts still to perform. Malaysia’s Muhammad Sharul Aimy is next up but can’t trouble the English pair at the top of the leaderboard.
Gymnastics: Jake Jarman now. He storms into the lead with a massive 14.916 and that could well be enough to secure the 20-year-old his fourth gold of the Games.
Gymnastics: Australia’s James Bacueti moves into early gold medal position, though again his second landing wasn’t perfect.
Gymnastics: Wales’s Emil Barber kicks off the vault competition and fails to nail a landing in either of his two jumps. Northern Ireland’s Ewan McAteer is next up and he moves ahead of the Welshman despite a poor landing with his second jump.
Cricket: South Africa’s progress remains steady – they’re 69 for one after 10 overs.
Over to Arena Birmingham (it’ll always be the National Indoor Arena to me) for the gymnastics. England’s Jake Jarman already has three golds in his pocket from this Games and has the opportunity to bag another today in the vault, first up this afternoon.
Cricket: South Africa’s chase has begun steadily at Edgbaston – they’re 46 without loss after seven overs, chasing 168 to win.
Athletics: Katarina Johnson-Thompson fails with her third and final attempt at 1.87m in the heptathlon high jump.
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Athletics: Katarina Johnson-Thompson goes clear at 1.84m in the heptahlon high jump. That’s already 6cm higher than anyone else.
Table tennis: England have claimed a bronze in the men’s team event with a 3-0 win over Nigeria.
Just to mark your card, a few of the highlights coming up today:
Gymnastics: 1pm: Five golds up for grabs in the final session of the Games
3x3 Basketball: Bronze medal matches: 4pm: Scotland v Canada (men’s); 4.30pm: Australia v New Zealand (women’s). Gold medal matches: 8.30pm: Australia v England (men’s); 9pm: England v Canada (women’s)
Judo: 5pm: Plenty of medals up for grabs in the evening session
Swimming: 7pm: 10 finals, including the mixed 4x100m medley relay
Athletics: Katerina Johnson-Thompson has cleared 1.78m in the heptahlon high jump. Meanwhile on the track Elaine Thompson-Herah, the 100m and 200m Olympic champion, has unsurprisingly eased through the women’s 100m heats.
Cricket: England have registered 167 for five in their T20 fixture against South Africa. 17-year-old Alice Capsey made 50, while there was some hefty lower-order hitting from Katherine Brunt (38 from 23) and Amy Jones (36 from 23).
Hello everyone. Some news from the track to kick us off.
Athletics: Scotland’s Laura Muir, the Olympic 1500m silver medalist in Tokyo and a bronze medalist in the same event at the worlds in Eugene last month, has eased through into the final of the women’s 800m. Keely Hodgkinson, Olympic and world silver medallist in the 800m and favourite to pick up gold in Birmingham, also cruised through in the third and final heat.
Righto, my watch is over; here’s John Ashdown to ease you into your afternoon.
Athletics: With the men’s 100m heats done, now under way we have the heats of the women’s 800m and the long jump of the women’s heptathlon.
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Cricket: England lose another wicket, a mix-up leading to the run out of Maia Bouchier! It’s now 94-5 off 13, and from a position of apparent impregnability, we have ourselves a ball-game!
Cricket: England are now 93-3 off 12.4; Alice Capsey has reached her half-century, but Nat Sciver is out ... and now so is Capsey, flogging Malaba a return catch! Mlaba is delighted!
Maya Lylor of Canada takes gold in the women's 76kg weightlifting!
Taiwo Liadi of Nigeria nabs second, Maximina Nuepa of Nauru bronze – and Deborah Alwode of DEngland is just out of the mdeals in fourth.
Athletics: More sprinting joy for Kenya: Samuel Imeta wins heat nine, Rohan Browning of South Africa taking second.
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Table tennis: In the men’s team bronze-medal match, England have taken the lead against Nigeria thanks to a doubles win.
Cricket: England are going nicely, 78-2 off 9.4; Alice Capsey is 39 not out and Nat Sciver 11 not out.
Athletics: Conroy James of Jamaica wins heat eight of the men’s 100, Adam Thomas of Scotland following him home.
Weightlifting: Deborah Alawode of England takes out 119kg – that puts her second overall – then Taiwo Liadi of Nigeria gets up 120kg.
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Athletics: Ghana’s Benjamin Azamati streaks away with heat seven of the men’s 100m. Three more to go, and I don’t think we’re any the wiser as regards who might win.
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Weightlifting: It’s getting tense in the women’s 76kg final. We’re into the clean-and-jerk portion – mmmm, jerk – and Maximina Uepa of Nauru has just nailed 117kg.
Cricket: i should remind you, England beat Sri Lanka in their first match, while South Africa - who are missing the excellent Marizanne Kapp, home for personal reasons – lost to NZ.
Cricket: England are playing South Africa and, having been inserted, have just lost Danni Wyatt. They’re 43-2 off 5.1.
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Swimming: Kylie Masse, who’s already won silvers in the 100 and 200m back just won her 50m heat.
Athletics: Yupun Abeykoon powers home to win heat six; Oghenebrume comes second. Well done him.
Athletics: Ach, Godson Oghenebrume seems to overbalance on the blocks falling, and will he be disqualified for that? The runners are called back, but he stays. Good. Can he keep the heid?
Athletics: Omanyala’s time of 10.07 is, we’re told, perhaps the fastest recorded at this stage of the Games. He tells BBC he’s hoping to put Kenyan sprinting on the map.
Athletics: Omanyala of Kenya and Esseme of Cameron streak away in heat five of the men’s 100.
Swimming: Ben Proud of England, the world and Commonwealth 50m free champ, has eased through to the semis.
Athletics: Raymond Ekevwo of Nigeria wins the heat in 10.14, a hundredth in front of Kemar Bailey-Cole of Jamaica, who turns to stare as they cross line – essentially saying he could’ve won that race had he chosen to. And it’s a great picture because Ekwevwo is about 5”7 and Bailey-Cole 6”3, so it’s like a Dad and lad.
Athletics: Raphael Ngaguele Mberlina false starts in heat four of the men’s 100m, and really that is a nonsense rule. As far as I recall, it’s to ensure that races fit into prescribed TV schedules, and it makes no sense to punish a slight infraction so severely.
Swimming: Egnalnd’s Holly Hibbert is into the women’s 200m butterfly final, but Australia’s Elizabeth Dekkers is a strong favourite for gold; she was the fastest qualifier, and followed home by her teammate, Abbey Connor.
Athletics: Ojie Edoburun of England wins heat three of the men’s 100m, while Denise Lewis reflects on Johnson-Thompson’s performance. She says the speed between hurdles isn’t there, but she didn’t hit any and it’s not her best discipline. The long jump is next, starting in 15 or so minutes.
Athletics: Johnson-Thompson gets away well, but Taneille Crace of Australia powers through to win, Holly Mills of England behind her; Johnson-Thompson finishes fifth, and didn’t look great in so doing.
Athletics: Ah, the 100m hurdles in the women’s heptathlon have, I think, already been, but we’ve not been shown them until now. So let’s go with them, while also doing the heats of the men’s 100m; Katarina Johnson-Thompson, the defending champion, is taking her mark.
Athletics: Akani Simbine of South Africa doesn’t get a great start, but eases through the field to win heat two of the men’s 10m by a street, in 10.10.
Wales win gold in the men's pairs bowls!
They beat England 19-18; Jarrod Breen and Daniel Salmon go absolutely wild. And rightly so – they almost chucked it away, but responded really well to pressure and potential devastation. Jamie Walker and Sam Tolchard almost pulled off a comeback for the ages, but will have to make do with silver.
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Men’s bowls: TENSION! Wales are in front in the final end. England have one effort to try and steal...
Athletics: Favour Ashe of Nigeria storms out of the blocks and leads England’s Mitchell Blake home, easing up.
Swimming Brodie Williams, silver medalist in the 100m back, has won his head in the 200m version. He’ll fancy himself to podium again, yes I just used podium as a verb.
Athletics: In the women’s T37/38 100m qualifying, Sophie Hahn streaked clear to win in 12.80, her best time of the season.
Athletics: The first round of the men’s 100m is soon to get going; there are 10 [ten] heats.
Men’s bowls: But a terrific saving bowl from Jarrad Breen knocks one of England’s out of the way, taking the end with a oner. Wales now lead 19-17 after 17!
Men’s bowls: England reduce the deficit to 18-17 at 16, and are looking strong through 17, a potential two there for them. The Wales lads look nervous, I must say.
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Women’s hockey: Australias have beaten NZ 1-0. But both will likely make the last four, and could easily meet again in the gold-medal match.
Men’s bowls: Wales respond! They lead 18-16 after 15 ends, which makes some sense: England were so far behind, and though momentum was with them, it’s almost impossible to pile up points with no reply.
Athletics: Sreeshankar of India is first through in the men’s long jump, recording 8.05m – the mark is 8.00m. He’s got a chance of a medal, reckons Rob Walker.
Athletics: We’re away in the stadium, the men’s long-jump heats in progress. The heptathlon will also soon get going; the 100m hurdles is first up.
Men’s bowls: Have a look! Two for England, and the scores are level at 16-16! Wales had the gold in their fingertips, but now have to seize it all over again, in the knowledge that if they cannot, they’ll be haunted by the last four ends until they day they die.
Women’s hockey: Just at the end of the Q3, Australia hit the post, but with 13 minutes left they still lead NZ 1-0 – and are a player down.
Men’s bowls: They cannot! Wales hit all the balls, alter nowt, and after 13 ends, it’s 16-14; not that long ago, it was 15-6, but two fours in three ends and it’s up for grabs now!
Men’s bowls: England are closing! 16-10 behind after 12 ends, a delicious delivery from Sam Tolchard gives them four, and you could cut the atmosphere with an atmosphere cutter. Can Wales find something to disrupt the momentum?
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Athletics: We’re just 15 minutes way from the start of competition. Oooh yeah!
Women’s hockey: With three minutes left in Q3, it’s still Australia 1-0 NZ.
This is an important piece by Kieran Pender.
Men’s bowls: A colossal end for England sees them claw back four points, but with seven ends to play, they still trail Wales 15-10.
Women’s weightlifting: The final of the 76kg is away.
Men’s bowls: Wales are storming away from England now, 15-6 in front of 10 ends – but England are well placed in the 11th, with two on top of the of the jack.
Women’s hockey: It’s still Australia 1-0 NZ at half-time. So far in the competition, Australia have beaten Kenya 8-0 and South Africa 5-0; NZ have beaten Kenya 16-0 and Scotland 1-0.
Women’s hockey: It’s a tight one in Pool B, where Australia lead New Zealand 1-0 with 90 seconds left in Q2.
Bowls: I’m watching the finals of the men’s pairs; Wales lead England 11-6, while Scotland lead Northern Ireland 17-4 in the bronze-medal match.
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Preamble
Morning all, and welcome to day five of the Commonwealth Games! With the track cycling finished, now is the perfect time for track and field to spring into action … and it does, the centrepiece Joshua Cheptegei’s attempt to add another gold to augment the 10,000m gold he won a fortnight ago in the world championships. But we’ve also got Holly Bradshaw and Hannah Cockroft in action, all of which makes for a terrific evening session.
Otherwise, there are absolutely loads of goings-on in the pool – can Adam Peaty rebound from his shock defeat in the 100m breast with gold in the 50m? – in the 3x3 basketball, which has both men’s and women’s finals – and the end of the gymnastics. Jake Jarman, who has three golds already, is after another in the vault, while Joe Fraser, with two, chases a third in the parallel bars.
So, stick with us – this is going to be good.
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