Commonwealth Games 2026: Hunter Bell wins 800m gold; athletics and boxing on day eight – as it happened

Sean Ingle’s report on Georgia Hunter Bell’s 800m triumph is in so I’ll call it a night. Thanks for tuning in! A couple of things to catch up on: And to finish the day it’s a victory for Adaejah Hodge, who was tight with Shaniqua Bascombe entering the straight, but then burst through to finish with a time of 22.07. India’s Neeraj Chopra can’t outdo Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage – with a throw of 89.75m, he’s got gold. Athletics: Yashvir Singh has thrown a personal best of 85.41m in the men’s javelin to move to third place – it’s looking like it’ll be India to take silver and bronze, with Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage on course for gold. Sinesipho Dambile bursts clear on the straight to capture gold and a time of 19.96 – Nigeria’s Udodi Onwuzurike is behind him with 20.09. Athletics: The men’s 200m final it is – here we go. Olivia Breen won silver in the T38 100m – she’s gone one better in the long jump, her 5.09m leap securing gold. Athletics: Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage is leading the way in the men’s javelin after three rounds, having thrown 89.75m. India’s Neeraj Chopra is second with 85.83m. England’s Jake Minshull, 21 years old, pushes to get silver as Ezekiel Nathaniel takes gold with 48.47. Eliza McCartney, having cleared 4.65m with her first attempt, takes gold over Australia’s Nina Kennedy. Imogen Ayris, who got to 4.55m, takes bronze, as she did in Birmingham four years ago. Next on the track – the women’s 400m hurdles final. England’s Emily Newnham delivers a brilliant finish to very nearly threaten Jamaica’s Sanique Walker, who holds on for gold. Canada’s Savannah Sutherland advances on the outside to take bronze. New Zealand’s Max Attwell wins the 1500m race but the key battle overall is between Grenada’s Lindon Victor and Canada’s Damian Warner … Victor has Commonwealth decathlon gold for the third time! He finished second last in the 1500m, but Warner, 14 seconds ahead of him, couldn’t close the gap. Athletics: Here we go then, the final event of the men’s decathlon – time for the 1500m. Scotland’s Callum Newby is up at the front with 1000m to go. Lindon Victor is staying close to Damian Warner. Hunter Bell isn’t letting anyone past and she wins with ease! She puts down a time of 1:59.81, with Kenya’s Lilian Odira taking silver and Australia’s Sarah Billings bronze. Athletics: To the track for the women’s 800m final – England’s Georgia Hunter Bell heads to the front and leads at the halfway mark. Athletics and para athletics: The men’s javelin and women’s long jump T38 finals have begun. England’s Ben East has started with a personal best in the javelin, launching it 81.12m. Athletics: The women’s pole vault final has become a tussle between Australia’s Nina Kennedy – Olympic and Commonwealth champion – and two New Zealanders: Eliza McCartney and Imogen Ayris. Kennedy is the first to have a go at clearing 4.55m, and she does so with aplomb. Athletics: Lindon Victor has extended his lead in the men’s decathlon after throwing 63.06m in the javelin – he’s up to 7488 points. Canada’s Damian Warner is second with 7340, while India’s Tejaswin Shankar has moved up to third, pushing England’s Sammy Ball out of the medal spots. Just the 1500m to go. To the end of the men’s elimination race, with Scotland’s Mark Stewart pushing right to the close … but he has to settle for silver, with Australia’s Blake Agnoletto triumphant. England’s Henry Hobbs has his second medal of these Games after collecting bronze. The men’s 10,000m race walk becomes a contest between Australia’s Isaac Beacroft and Kenya’s Stephen Ndangiri Kihu – Beacroft pushes to the front in the final lap and knows he has the win on the final straight, geeing up the crowd before the finish line. Just 19 years young, he has gold. Azizulhasni Awang is incredibly emotional as he gets off his bike – the 2017 keirin world champion has just secured gold at the age of 38. He speaks to TNT: “This is my last Commonwealth [Games] … I’m so happy, there’s no words to describe it … finally I’ve won a gold medal for my country.” Emma Finucane leads the way in the women’s sprint, not letting Sophie Capewell out of her sight … Finucane leads as we enter the final lap and Capewell can’t get past her at any point. Wales’ Finucane goes 2-0 up to earn another gold medal. Track cycling: Wales’ Rhian Edmunds is 1-0 up against Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri as they fight for bronze in the women’s sprint – Edmunds gains on the final straight to win the second race and celebrate a bronze. She’s already got herself a gold at these Games from the team sprint. Athletics: The action has kicked off at the Scotstoun Stadium with the decathlon javelin. The men’s 10,000m race walk final is about to get going, too. Track cycling: In the women’s sprint finals, Wales’ Emma Finucane goes 1-0 up against Sophie Capewell. It’s an Australian one-two-three in the men’s 4000m individual pursuit, with Oliver Bleddyn setting a Games-record time of 4:03.898. Conor Leahy must settle for his second silver of the week. We’re into golden score (next point wins) in the women’s -57kg judo final, with England’s Acelya Toprak – who won silver in 2022 – up against India’s Yamini Mourya. And Toprak triumphs after her opponent records three shidos! “I felt like I was dying but I don’t know if I looked like it,” Toprak tells TNT. “I’m hoping this time the gold will go up this time in my mum’s house because I think the silver’s in the loft.” Into the final lap and Australia’s Georgia Baker takes control, holding on till the finish line – she takes gold, Wales’ Anna Morris collects silver, her third medal of these Games.* Update: Morris has been relegated to fifth, losing her silver for entering the sprinter’s lane when another rider was present. That means a bronze for Scotland’s Erin Boothman. Track cycling: Over at the velodrome, we’re underway in the women’s 10km scratch final – with 10 laps to go the bikes are all bunched together. With six laps remaining, Wales’ Megan Barker makes a move, pushing through out front. 🏅 Judo: Gold for Canada’s Julien Frascadore in the men’s -66kg final, ending the contest with Cyprus’ Georgios Balarjishvili – the defending Commonwealth Games champion – with a yuko. Taha Hashim is back – enjoy the evening of athletics, cycling and more with him. Cycling: After all the chaos of that second heat (both runs of it), England’s Sophie Capewell tries another track stand in the deciding heat of her sprint semi-final against Malaysia’s Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri, who has to lead from the front. There’s no faffing about this time, with Capewell going high up the banking to pick up some speed. She goes in front after the bell and just about holds on by half a wheel! Capewell will face Wales’ Emma Finucane for the Commonwealth title in just under an hour’s time but, er, good luck with that. 🏅 Devon Briggs wins the men’s C1-3 1000m time trial for New Zealand! He was the last rider out and is the first Commonwealth champion in this category. He pushes Gordon Allan of Australia into silver and Fin Graham of Scotland into bronze. There were two seconds between the top three. A man with a mop has been dancing on court to I Want to Break Free during breaks at the netball. Read all about it … Netball: South Africa have clinched 5th place with a 62-54 victory over Uganda in that playoff. The final standings after today’s matches are … 5. South Africa 6. Uganda 7. Malawi 8. Scotland 9. Tonga 10. Wales 11. Northern Ireland 12. Trinidad and Tobago Tomorrow Semi-finals: New Zealand v England (9am), Australia v Jamaica (1pm) Sunday Bronze final (9am) Gold final (1pm) Para cycling: The C1-C3 category enters the Commonwealth Games for the first time. It is for athletes with physical impairment impacting their upper and/or lower limbs. Six riders will battle for the medals in a 1000m time trial. Cycling: Capewell and Mohd Asri come to a stop in exactly the same place on their second run. This time, the man in the tie blows his whistle instead of shooting his gun – now they move. The Malaysian has to go out in front … but brings it to a stop again. Then they set off at snail’s pace, with Capewell in front. And a gun is fired again and it’s stopped. Mohd Asri is penalised and forfeits the heat. It’s 1-1 and they will face each other in a deciding heat. Well, that was bizarre. Cycling: Capewell and Mohd Asri are given a metaphorical rap on the knuckles as the second heat of their semi-final is stopped midway through after Capewell started a track stand, which drew the race to a standstill to such an extent that some guy in a shirt and tie came out to shoot his gun. Nobody is really sure why it was stopped, possibly for backwards movement. They will restart. Cycling: Emma Finucane sees off Wales teammate Rhian Edmunds with ease to book her place in the women’s sprint final. It wasn’t really a contest – a resigned Edmunds looked to be saving herself for the bronze final. Finucane will better her bronze from this event in 2022. England’s Sophie Capewell has work to do against Malaysia’s Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri, who leads 1-0 after the first heat of the other semi. It’s first to two. Cycling: Pete Mitchell takes the roof off the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome with a sensational performance in the third repechage race of the men’s keirin. The 36-year-old ginger-bearded Scot, who used to ride for England before retiring a few years ago, returned to the sport in 2024. He comes through to beat Njisane Phillip of Trinidad and Tobago on the line and the crowd goes wild. He’ll be the only Scottish representative in the semi-finals. Imagine if he wins a medal. “Pete was from my era!” says Hoy on TV. 🏅 Judo: India have had better luck on the judo mat, taking the first two titles up for grabs today. Asmita Dey beat Canada’s Heidi Quach 2-1 in the women’s 48kg final before Harsh Singh saw off Australia’s Joshua Katz 10-0 in the men’s 60kg final. 🥉 There were ippons in both bronze finals in the women’s 48kg division, with Scotland tasting victory and defeat. Summer Shaw won bronze for the hosts against Botswana’s Botho Babutsi but Eva Ewing lost out to Katryna Esposito of Malta. Charlie Ayre of England beat Kenya’s Regan Wali to bronze in the men’s 60kg while Pedro Antun Neto beat Botswana’s Tumiso Phuthego. Cycling: In the first repechage race of the men’s keirin, the Indian pair of David Beckham Elkatohchoongo and Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam try to work together from the back of the pack but it’s the defending Commonwealth champion Nicholas Paul who takes the final semi-final spot. “It’s all in my legs right now,” Anna Morris says on TNT Sports. “If I bend my knee, my leg’s going to give way.” Cycling: Morris, the reigning world and European champion in this discipline, opens up a 1sec gap after the first 2-3 laps and just keeps extending it. Knight, who is the world record holder and set a new Games record earlier today, has no answer as the gap grows to almost 2sec after 2500m. It’s a 3sec gap with a couple of laps to go and Morris can just about see Knight out in front of her – that’s how far ahead she is. It’s gold for Wales! And just to top it off, she takes a second and a half off Knight’s Games record. 🥉 Cycling: Erin Boothman of Scotland beats New Zealand’s defending champion Bryony Botha to bronze in the women’s 4000m individual pursuit! The 19-year-old Scot, whose coach is standing by the track in his kilt, wins by 1.245sec – what a performance. England’s Josie Knight and Wales’ Anna Morris do battle for gold next … India’s Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam talks to TNT Sports: “It was a little bit tough for me because I was not in my form at the right moment. I’ve got one more chance to qualify for the semi-final. “A lot of youth have been inspired. My family and friends are watching back home. I hope they are not disappointed with my performance.” When asked about his name, he says: “It’s actually from my father. My father was a big fan of Ronaldinho, the Brazilian. I changed my name back in 2007 to Ronaldo.” Laitonjam was born in 2002, so that checks out. The next bit … who knows. Cycling: Emma Finucane takes charge of the first run of the all-Welsh semi-final with Rhian Edmunds, leading from the front and having too much for her compatriot on the final sprint. It’s best of three to advance to the final. It’s Sophie Capewell (England) v Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri (Malaysia) in the next semi … Cycling: Tayte Ryan makes it three in a row for Australia in the final keirin heat, which has no famous football namesakes. Muhammad Sahrom of Malaysia advanced in second place. David Beckham Elkatohchoongo and Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam will head into the repechage. The women’s sprint semi-finals are up next … Cycling: David Beckham Elkatohchoongo of India, that is. He crosses the third keirin heat in fifth after Daniel James (yes) Barber of Australia burst past Mohd Azizulhasni Awang of Malaysia on the last lap. At least David Beckham did better than Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam in the first heat – his compatriot came last. Cycling: Australia’s Leigh Hoffman, who won gold in the team sprint yesterday, blows the field away in the second keirin heat to ease through, with England’s Harry Ledingham-Horn just holding off Scotland’s Lyall Craig on the line to advance. David Beckham’s in the next heat … Cycling: The Derny bike withdraws with three laps to go. England’s Harry Radford hits the front as the bell goes for the last lap and holds on in front of Canada’s Cole Dempster. Radford, who replaced the controversial Matt Richardson on the England team just this week, looked to have initiated a bit of contact on one of the other riders and he gets away with a warning. Nicholas Paul of Trinidad and Tobago, who won gold in this event in 2022, will have to go into the repechage after finishing third. Thanks Taha. We’re heading back to the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome for the afternoon session now, starting with the opening rounds of the men’s keirin. Seven riders head out after that chugging Derny bike piloted by what looks like a cat burglar. Billy Munday’s back for the next couple of hours. Keep him company, please. A reminder of how we’re looking overall: Netball: Scotland have to settle for eighth place – Malawi triumph 54-47 in their playoff game. South Africa will take on Uganda in the fight for fifth place. Boxing: Rosie Eccles, who had to settle for bronze in the women’s 70kg, gives a very emotional interview to TNT: “This last year has been so tough. I’ve talked about all the good people, but this last year there were some awful people, a small handful, who tried to end my career for me. And, do you know what, screw ‘em.” Boxing: England’s Chantelle Reid, who spent six years away from boxing due to a serious back problem before returning in 2023, is going to battle for gold. She secures a unanimous victory against Lekeisha Pergoliti in the women’s 70kg semi-finals. Enjoy these snaps: Boxing: To the women’s 70kg semi-finals as Wales’ Rosie Eccles – who won light middleweight gold in 2022 – battles against India’s Arundhati Choudhary. It’s Choudhary who claims the first round, all five judges giving it 10-9. And it’s a repeat in the second … Eccles shows serious fight in the third but she’ll bow out with a bronze. Boxing: Northern Ireland’s Michaela Walsh is off to the final of the women’s 57kg – she’s just brushed aside Fiji’s Jasmine Daunakamakama. Athletics: Scotland’s Callum Newby is triumphant in the decathlon pole vault, clearing 5.00m. He can’t leap over 5.10m but he’s jumped to fifth in the overall standings. Two events to go. Track cycling: Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri is through to the semis! She’s come back from 1-0 down to beat Rhianna Parris-Smith and make it to the last four of the women’s sprint. Track cycling: Wales’ Rhian Edmunds beats Scotland’s Lauren Bell 2-0 to progress to the semi-finals of the women’s sprint. It’s just Rhianna Parris-Smith against Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri to establish the final four. Track cycling: A real thriller as Malaysia’s Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri forces a decider in her sprint quarter-final against Rhianna Parris-Smith – the former just edged it on the finish line. Track cycling: It’s an all-English battle, Sophie Capewell against Katy Marchant – they secured gold together at the 2024 Olympics in the team sprint. Capewell won the first race of their sprint quarter-final … and she eases to another victory to join Finucane in the semis. Track cycling: Hello, hello, hello. Time for Emma Finucane against Ellesse Andrews in their second race of the women’s sprint quarters … and Finucane thunders past the New Zealander on the final lap to secure a 2-0 victory. Finucane advances to the last four. That’s all from me for now. Taha Hashim is here for the next couple of hours. Athletics: Lindon Victor lets out a roar as he stands at the end of the pole vault runway. After failing on his first attempt, he squeezes over the 4.70m bar to post a season’s best and extend his lead in the overall decathlon standings. Callum Newby and Lewis Church are also clear at 4.70m. Sammy Ball has one attempt left. Here’s what has happened so far on day eight in Glasgow … Melanie Woods wins gold for Scotland – again. Her T54 1500m was rerun after appeals were lodged following Wednesday’s first race, but the Scot repeated her victory before also making through to the 400m final later on. Controversy in the decathlon as defending champion Lindon Victor has his best discus throw chalked off after an incorrect measurement. The Grenada athlete has gone into the overall lead during the pole vault anyway. Wales’ Emma Finucane is up against Olympic champion Ellesse Andrews in the quarter-finals of the women’s sprint in the velodrome and leads 1-0 in the best-of-three tie. Kaci Rock, daughter of former Irish boxer Jim Rock, is through to the final of the women’s 65kg division after beating Caitlin Ramsey in a thriller. Athletics: Lindon Victor’s first attempt at 4.60m in the decathlon pole vault ends with him bringing the bar down with his feet and perhaps landing awkwardly. He hobbles away from the mat and throws his pole to the side. The defending champion from Grenada could do with a clearance at this height to lift him into provisional gold before the javelin – one of his preferred events. Sammy Ball of England goes into provisional silver by clearing 4.60m at the second attempt. Damian Warner of Canada, who was leading the standings, has already bowed out of the pole vault. Victor replaces him in top spot by clearing the 4.60m bar at the second attempt. Cycling: Oliver Bleddyn goes one better than his Australia teammate James Moriarty, whose individual pursuit Commonwealth record lasted about 15 minutes. Bleddyn knocked another second and a half of that at 4min 4.132sec. Athletics: The pole vault of the decathlon is keeping Scotstoun Stadium entertained. Clear at 4.50m so far are Lindon Victor (defending champion), Sammy Ball (currently 3rd), Lewis Church, Jami Schlueter and Max Attwell. Overall leader Damian Warner fails at his third attempt at 4.50m and that gives those chasing an opportunity to close the gap. Tejaswin Shankar (currently 2nd) has gone clear in his first attempt at 4.10m. Cycling: A Games record falls in the men’s 4000m individual pursuit qualifying as Australia’s James Moriarty posts a time of 4min 5.677sec, taking a couple of seconds off Aaron Gate’s previous record from 2022. England’s Charlie Tanfield also goes quicker than Gate’s old record, but not the new one, in the next pairing. Josh Charlton, a world silver medallist in the pursuit two years ago, is unlikely to make the medal races now. There are reports of an illness in the England camp. Athletics: Lindon Victor isn’t giving up on his decathlon title, posting a season’s best in the pole vault by going clear at 4.40m. Sammy Ball of England, in provisional bronze, does the same. TNT Sports find Ball’s dad, Lincoln, in the crowd. He’s asked if the Ball family have been able to see much of Glasgow this week. “I spent two hours yesterday getting him a nice warm coat because he didn’t bring one. It’s been pretty chilly,” he replies. Netball: Tonga have beaten Wales 63-53 to secure 9th place in their first Commonwealth Games. Afternoon fixtures coming up include Malawi v Scotland for 7th place and South Africa v Uganda for 5th. Athletics: In the decathlon, Grenada’s defending champion Lindon Victor – hard done by in the discus earlier after his best throw was measured incorrectly and chalked off – goes over in his second attempt at 4.20m in the pole vault. Of the athletes in the medal positions, Damien Warner (Canada) and Sammy Ball (England) have got points in the bag. Tejaswin Shankar (India) is yet to jump. Cycling: Sophie Capewell (Eng) and Rhianna Paris-Smith (Eng) get themselves on the board with wins in their quarter-final first runs. The fourth tie sees Rhian Edmunds try a track stand on Scotland’s Lauren Bell, where both riders come to a complete standstill and, well, stare each other down. Once they both get up to full speed, the Scot tries desperately to hold off a late challenge from the Edmunds, who eventually takes it on the line by eight-thousandths of a second! The second runs come after qualifying for the men’s 4000m individual pursuit. Cycling: Emma Finucane 1-0 Ellesse Andrews. It’s best of three now we’re at the quarter-finals of the women’s sprint. Finucane heads out in front and keeps a close eye on Andrews as they roll around the first lap. As they cross the line, Finucane lets her go past and they up the ante. Finucane is on her shoulder at the bell and slips past her on the first bend. It’s a straightforward first run for the Welshwoman. Athletics: Nandini Sharma of Canada, who was disqualified in that controversial and eventful 1500m T54 race two days ago, has made it into the final of 400m after coming third in the second heat won by Mauritius’s Noemi Alphonse, who she cut across on the first bend of that 1500m race. They’ll have to find a way to beat Scotland’s Mel Woods tomorrow evening. Cycling: After Katy Marchant (Eng) edges out Molly McGill (Aus) in the women’s sprint, the final last-16 tie is between Olympic champion Ellesse Andrews (NZ) and Alessia McCaig (Aus). Andrews shows her class by surprising McCaig early on the final lap, moving past her on the bend, and easing across the line. Andrews must now go again – she might not even get off the bike – in the quarter-finals against Emma Finucane. Andrews beat Finucane in the semi-finals of the Olympics two years ago. Time for revenge? Athletics: Mel Woods, who won gold in the rerun of the women’s T54 1500 earlier this morning, eases through in her heat of the 400m. The Scot is looking to do the double this week – that final is in the final evening session on the track tomorrow. Marie Desirella Perrine of Mauritius and Eliza Ault-Connell of Australia are also through from that heat. Cycling: The women’s sprint last-16 match-ups continue as England’s Sophie Capewell just pips Malaysia’s Nur Alyssa Mohd Farid to the line by 0.05sec. Her England teammate Rhianna Parris-Smith is also through after seeing off NZ’s Olivia King. Lauren Bell then sends the home crowd wild with a battling victory over Lowri Thomas of Wales, holding off a late challenge to win by the length of a wheel – if that. Athletics: Ben Jefferies runs an excellent third leg for England to set up Laviai Nielsen to glide home ahead of Kenya’s Mercy Okech in the second heat of the mixed 4x400m relay. Georgina Adam comes through in third for Scotland to book their place in the final. India and Zambia will also be there as fastest losers. That is tomorrow evening. Cycling: England’s Josie Knight and Wales’s Anna Morris will contest the gold medal in the women’s 4000m individual pursuit after topping the qualifying standings out of 18 riders. Scotland’s Erin Boothman and Australia’s Felicity Wilson-Haffenden will contest bronze. Those finals are this afternoon. Emma Finucane of Wales is safely through to the women’s sprint quarter-finals after coming past New Zealand’s Rebecca Petch on the final lap after some cat-and-mouse riding until then. Athletics – 4x4oom relay: Delano Kennedy does well for Jamaica in the opening leg from lane eight before Australia’s Mia Gross leads from front after the lane break. Cooper Sherman and Samuel Ogazi go well clear for Australia and Nigeria on leg three, with Patience George seeing off Jemma Pollard on the final sprint. Jamaica come through in third to qualify as well. Zambia and Sri Lanka will have to wait to see if they have progressed as fastest losers. Athletics: We’ve got a Commonwealth Games first on the track at Scotstoun Stadium with the mixed 4x400m relay. Two men and two women per team, with the men going off first and the women bringing the baton home. Jamaica, Australia and Nigeria are in the first of two heats – the first three qualify automatically for the final and there are two fastest-loser slots too. Athletics: Some major controversy in the decathlon now, with the defending champion Lindon Victor (5th in the overall standings) told his first discus throw was measured incorrectly. It was massive (56.07m – a Games record) and would have given him the overall lead in the decathlon. Victor has been told to throw again, but he falls outside of the circle and it’s a foul. As a result, his best throw of 53.52m only takes him third in the overall standings with three events to go. We’ll see if the Grenada team lodge an appeal because that has major ramifications for the rest of the event, given Victor’s strength in the throwing events. Athletics: England’s Jazmin Sawyers has qualified automatically for the women’s long jump final after recording a distance of 6.80m in her final jump in Group A. Her teammate Lucy Hadaway joins her in the final after reaching the qualification standard as well. The best 12 athletes head through, with Group B to come in a bit. “I dug deep,” Kaci Rock tells TNT Sports. After the first round, I knew I needed to stick to the plan. I was a little bit overwhelmed but we’re here now. This is something I’ve dreamed about for years, so to be here is amazing. But we’re not finished yet. She will face either England’s Sacha Hickey or Australia’s Eve Elizabeth Bryson, who have done their ring walks, for gold tomorrow in the 65kg category. Boxing: Kaci Rock (NI) beats Caitlin Rainey (Sco) to reach women’s 65kg final! After edging the first round, Rainey continues that momentum into the second round, the Glasgow crowd cheering every hit. But Rock fights back in the 30 seconds before the bell, landing a great left hook, to close the points gap to two with the final round remaining. Rainey tries to turn the screw in the final round but it gets a bit messy as both fighters get tired. Both swing like crazy in the final seconds before the bell and when it sounds they both embrace. It’s too close to call, but the referee raises Rock’s glove! She wins on split decision and will fight for gold around this time tomorrow. Rainey must settle for the bronze final. Boxing: Scarlett Savannah Delgado of Canada and Preeti Preeti of India will contest the women’s 54kg final after winning their respective semi-finals. England’s Lauren Mackie and Zambia’s Catherine Mwape will fight for bronze. Up next it’s a 65kg home nations derby between Kaci Rock (Northern Ireland) and Caitlin Rainey (Scotland). Rock is the daughter of the former Irish boxer Jim Rock (the only man to hold Irish titles in four different weight divisions) and idolised Katie Taylor growing up. Initially her father tried to dissuade Rock from taking up boxing. “Sometimes when your mum and dad tell you you can’t do something, you want to do it more and I think that’s what happened,” she told BBC Sport. Cycling: It was an interesting day in the velodrome yesterday as Australia won men’s team sprint gold ahead of England in the final event of the evening. That was an opportunity for Australia to take a pop at Matt Richardson, who switched allegiance to Great Britain after the 2024 Olympics but did not compete for England at these Games owing to injury … Cycling: Emma Finucane’s bid for more medals has begun well this morning in the velodrome – she topped the women’s sprint qualification standings for Wales, an event she won Olympic bronze in two years ago. The 2024 Olympic champion from New Zealand, Ellesse Andrews, was only 9th fastest but is still safely through. Other big names through are England’s Katy Marchant and Sophie Capewell, plus Lauren Bell of Scotland. Ellie Stone missed out on the top 16 by three-hundredths of a second. The quarter-finals are coming up in around an hour and a half. “Luckily, I am pretty chill,” says Melanie Woods on TNT Sports as she talks about how she has dealt with the rerun of a race she initially won gold in. It was going back and forth all night. It was only like 12 o’clock on the night that we found out it was going to be re-run but we don’t know when. You’re trying to stay calm and stay chill – luckily, I am pretty chill. So, I’m like: ‘It is what it is.’ I’m glad those girls were able to come out and get a fair race, be able to show what shape they’re in. I just had to remain confident that I could do it again. Athletics: It’ll be a tough one to take for England’s Ellis Kottas and Australia’s Mikaela Dingley who came away with silver and bronze after Wednesday’s original race but leave today empty-handed. Kottas finished 4th, 23sec out of the medals, and Dingley was over a minute slower in last. Woods gets to win it twice in front of a home crowd in Glasgow. She’s got about an hour and a half to prepare for the 400m heats. Alphonse wins Mauritius’s first medal of these Games. Athletics: Melanie Woods leads from the start, with Noemi Alphonse and Eliza Ault-Connell following in her slipstream in a breakaway group. The Australian falls behind with 600m to go, with Alphonse sticking behind Woods as they go past the bell. Alphonse launches an attack on the final bend but Woods sees it off and crosses the line in a Games record – just like she did on Wednesday. Athletics: Up next is the rerun of the women’s T54 1500m, with Scotland’s Melanie Woods trying to repeat her win in the controversial original race on Wednesday. The race goes ahead without Canada’s Nandini Sharma, who was disqualified after a pile-up on the first bend. Sharma cut across Mauritius’s Noemi Alphonse and was disqualified after the race. Appeals were lodged and the race will now be replayed … Athletics: Action on the track has started with the heats of the 110m hurdles in the decathlon. Canada’s Damian Warner has extended his lead at the top of the overall standings with the best time of all 16 athletes (14.04sec). A good time from England’s Sammy Ball (14.61sec) keeps him in third place with four events to go. Overall standings (top five) 1. Damian Warner (Canada) – 5322pts 2. Tejaswin Shankar (India) – 5261 3. Sammy Ball (England) – 5146 4. Jami Schlueter (Nigeria) – 5099 5. Lindon Victor (Grenada) – 4941 Netball: Northern Ireland are on course to finish 11th in the netball final classification – they lead 65-28 in the fourth quarter against Trinidad and Tobago in that placing final. Places 5th-12th will be decided today, with the semi-finals tomorrow and the final on Sunday. Tomorrow Semi-finals: New Zealand v England (9am), Australia v Jamaica (1pm) Sunday Bronze final (9am) Gold final (1pm) Hello and welcome to day eight of the Commonwealth Games. It’s all coming to a head in Glasgow with a raft of medal events and finals across all sports – the highlights being the women’s 800m and both 200m finals in the athletics, the sprint events and men’s Keirin in the cycling, and semi-finals and finals in boxing and judo. The medal ceremonies will be coming thick and fast. At the morning session at Scotstoun Stadium we have the continuation of the decathlon, plus some relays and the rerun of the women’s 1500m T54 final. In the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome we’ll pedal through a few rounds of sprint qualifying and the start of the individual pursuit. There are also more bowls (there’s always bowls) and netball placing finals. Whether you’re just waking up, following from work or settling in for the evening, join us – and get in touch via the email link at the top of the page.