That was a real nail-biter. England were were 17-11 down after Q1. Some fightback there. And with that I\u2019ll sign off. Thanks for joining and please come back tomorrow for more Games joy and medals.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a>Netball final score: England 58-54 South Africa<\/p>\n England hold on. The relief is palpable and the emotions raw. The Roses go through to play New Zealand in the semi-final on Saturday.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.41 EDT<\/p>\n Netball: England 56-52 South Africa Down to the final two minutes in the match and it\u2019s slipping away from South Africa now. England are on the verge of the semi-finals. Can they see it home?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Netball: England 54-50 South Africa Five minutes to play in the final quarter and it\u2019s tightened up again.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Netball: England 41-34 South Africa Just under four minutes to play in quarter three.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Netball: England 36-32 South Africa Still a long way to go, over 20 minutes, but this is some fightback from England. Since the start of the second quarter they lead 26-15.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Charlton takes 100m hurdles gold!<\/p>\n Athletics: Women\u2019s 100m hurdles final Devynne Charlton, who won silver in 2022, goes one better this time. She started superbly, led for pretty much the entire race and finished comfortably clear of Megan Simmonds. The defending champion Tobi Amusan had a bad start and never recovered.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Netball: England 32-30 South Africa England have edged in front at the start of the third quarter. I think this might be the first time they\u2019ve been ahead in the match.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Discus gold for Hall!<\/p>\n Athletics The women\u2019s discus has been won emphatically by Jamaica\u2019s Samantha Hall with a best throw of 61.66m.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Women\u2019s 5000m final Rose Davies won gold ahead of her fellow Australian Jessica Hull; there were just eight-hundredths of a second between them.<\/p>\n Scotland\u2019s Megan Keith took bronze and is high on life as she chats to the TNT Sports team.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Half time: England 28-29 South Africa<\/p>\n England are right back in it after dominating the second quarter at the Hydro. It\u2019s literally too close to call.<\/p>\n Amy Carter of England and Jamie van Wyk of South Africa in action. Photograph: Owen Humphreys\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.49 EDT<\/p>\n Netball: England 23-24 South Africa England are having a superb second quarter and have reduced the deficit to one. I should have said that, if this does end in a draw, England will go through by virtue of their superior goal average.<\/p>\n Imogen Allison also seems okay after that injury scare a few minutes ago.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.48 EDT<\/p>\n Weightlifting Another plug for Sean Ingle\u2019s excellent piece on Emily Campbell\u2019s gold earlier today.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Netball: England 17-20 South Africa England have closed the gap to three but they\u2019ve lost Imogen Allison to a potential ankle injury.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Netball: England 11-17 South Africa A terrific start for South Africa, who have a handy lead at the end of the first quarter. There isn\u2019t much in it but they\u2019ve been sharper in a few key moments.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Netball: England 4-4 South Africa<\/p>\n It\u2019s all square with just over 10 minutes left in the first quarter.<\/p>\n Olivia Tchine of England attempts to block a pass from Sanmarie Louise Visser of South Africa. Photograph: Fran\u00e7ois Nel\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.22 EDT<\/p>\n Netball The crunch match between England and South Africa is under way in The Hydro. These are the starting line-ups.<\/p>\n England Tchine, Pearson, Shaw, Carter, Allison, Williams, Pechova.<\/p>\n South Africa Chawane, Mathe, Ngubane, Smith, Van den Berg, Van Wyk, Visser.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Athletics: Men\u2019s 800m semi-final The English pair of Alex Botterill and Ben Pattinson have qualified for tomorrow\u2019s final, but Wales\u2019 Justin Davies missed out by nine-hundredths of a second.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>LaFond takes gold in the triple jump<\/p>\n Athletics Thea LaFond of Dominica extended her lead in the triple jump with a winning leap of 14.60m. The Jamaican pair of Ackelia Smith (14.04) and Shantae Foreman (13.96) took silver and bronze.<\/p>\n Dominica’s Thea LaFond leaps for gold in the triple jump. Photograph: Alastair Grant\/APShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.47 EDT<\/p>\n Enekwechi wins shot put gold!<\/p>\n Athletics The men\u2019s shot put has been won by Chukwuebuka Enekwechi of Nigeria. He threw 21.07m to finish just in front of Tom Walsh (21.03m) and Scott Lincoln (20.99m)<\/p>\n Nigeria’s Chukwuebuka Enekwechi lets go of his emotions after the shot put final. Photograph: Isabel Infantes\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.41 EDT<\/p>\n Weightlifting: Men\u2019s +110kg final<\/p>\n New Zealand\u2019s David Liti has won the gold in this one. He lifted 223kg in the clean & jerk to take gold with one attempt to spare.<\/p>\n Gold David Liti (New Zealand) 389<\/p>\n Silver Lovepreet Singh (India) 388<\/p>\n Bronze Andrew Griffiths (England) 356<\/p>\n It\u2019s been a night to remember for Andrew Griffiths, who probably wasn\u2019t fancied for a medal at the start.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.41 EDT<\/p>\n Athletics The mighty Adaejah Hodge of the British Virgin Islands has broken the Commonwealth Games<\/a> record in the 200m semi-finals. She eased to victory in a cracking time of 22.01.<\/p>\n The British champions Success Eduan made it through to tomorrow\u2019s final as one of the fastest runners to finish outside the first two in their individual semi-final.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.24 EDT<\/p>\n Netball: England v South Africa (9pm) There\u2019s a huge game coming up in the hydro tonight. England and South Africa meet in what is effectively a quarter-final. The winners will go through in second place in Pool A, with New Zealand waiting in Saturday\u2019s semi-final.<\/p>\n The pool winners Australia beat Northern Ireland 88-27 earlier in the day. They finish with five wins from five and will play Jamaica in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Weightlifting: Men\u2019s +110kg final Lovepreet Singh of India has stormed past Andrew Griffiths and into the lead after lifting an eye-watering 205kg with his first attempt in the clean & jerk.<\/p>\n India’s Lovepreet Singh shifts some serious tin. Photograph: Steve Welsh\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.38 EDT<\/p>\n Weightlifting: Men\u2019s +110kg final The Englishman Andrew Griffiths his lifted 191kg with his second attempat the clean & jerk, which gives him an overall lead of 20kg as I type.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Athletics Dominica\u2019s Theo LaFond has a huge lead at the halfway mark in the women\u2019s triple jump final. She has jumped 14.59, with Ackelia Smith currently second on 14.00.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.40 EDT<\/p>\n The women\u2019s 100m T47 final was won by the Canadian Sheriauna Haase in a time of 12.23.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Zac Shaw wins 100m T12 gold!<\/p>\n England\u2019s Zac Shaw storms to victory in the men\u2019s 100m T12 final, clocking a time of 10.89. That\u2019s the fulfilment of a long-standing dream for Shaw, who took silver four years ago, and he\u2019s full of emotion as he celebrates in the Glasgow evening sun.<\/p>\n Zac Shaw with a message after his 100m T12 triumph. Photograph: Martin Rickett\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.34 EDT<\/p>\n By the time Emily Campbell stepped on to the platform for a final time on Thursday, the women\u2019s +86kg weightlifting final had all the fervour of a revivalist meeting.<\/p>\n Everyone was cheering. There were loud shouts and exhortations. And people who didn\u2019t know a snatch from a clean and jerk two hours before had become instant converts. It was the Campbell Effect in action again. But the double Olympic medallist wasn\u2019t finished there.<\/p>\n \u201cEmily is not satisfied with a gold medal,\u201d said the announcer. \u201cShe\u2019s not satisfied with a CWG [Commonwealth Games] record. She wants more!\u201d The clean and jerk bar had been set to 160kg. But the army volunteers whose job it is to add more weights had barely moved, when the announcer piped up again. \u201cStop the clock! 163kg on the bar please loaders. Emily wants a Commonwealth record!\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Athletics The men\u2019s shot put final is just past the halfway point. Tom Walsh of New Zealand leads with 21.03, a nose ahead of England\u2019s Scott Lincoln (20.99).<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n But you can\u2019t win them all<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.39 EDT<\/p>\n Another cycling gold for Australia, who have beaten England in the men\u2019s team sprint final.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Weightifting: Men\u2019s +110kg This is the leaderboard at the halfway stage, with the clean & jerk still to come. Samoa\u2019s Sanele Mao \u2013 who won gold in 2018 \u2013 aimed high in the snatch, starting at 175kg, but failed with all three lifts. That\u2019s a big surprise.<\/p>\n 176kg Lovepreet Singh (India)<\/p>\n 166kg David Andrew Liti (New Zealand)<\/p>\n 165kg Andrew Griffiths (England)<\/p>\n 145kg Sikoti Manumua Jr (Tonga), James Wales (Wales)<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Athletics: Men\u2019s 200m semi-finals Sinesipho Dambile of South Africa stormed to victory in a time of 19.82. Aaron Brown (19.90) also qualified for tomorrow\u2019s final, and Lachlan Kennedy\u2019s time of 20.12 is plenty good enough for him to be one of the two \u2018lucky losers\u2019. The other is Prince Phaezel Selepe from the second semi-final.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Athletics: Men\u2019s 200m semi-finals Joshua Paul Amoah (Ghana) and Jevaughn Powell (Jamaica) are the automatic qualifiers from the second semi-final, both timed at 20.24.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Athletics Time for the men\u2019s 200m semi-finals. The first has just been won by Jamaica\u2019s Chris Taylor (20.20), with Nigeria\u2019s Udodi Chudi Onwuzurike (20.22) also qualifying automatically in second. England\u2019s Zharnel Hughes had a tough race and finished sixth.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.25 EDT<\/p>\n Cycling Wales have forfeited their men\u2019s bronze final against Trinidad and Tobago. One of their riders \u2013 I\u2019m not sure who \u2013 was taken ill before the start, and with no reserve available the race has been forfeited. It looked like the medics made the decision that he should not be allowed to start the race.<\/p>\n![\"Sean](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Sean-Ingle,-L.png\")
Sean Ingle<\/p>\n