{"id":839747,"date":"2026-08-01T05:36:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T05:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/839747\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T05:36:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T05:36:28","slug":"commonwealth-games-2026-live-glasgow-live-text-updates-scores-results-medal-table-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/839747\/","title":{"rendered":"Commonwealth Games 2026 LIVE: Glasgow &#8211; live text updates, scores, results, medal table updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>boxingWhy winning a medal without winning a fight means the world to Tuvalu boxerpublished at 22:07 BST 31 July<\/p>\n<p>22:07 BST 31 July<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-fxb76l-Paragraph e14e9ror4\">Boxing &#8211; women&#8217;s 75kg<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tuvalu boxer Tarona Taafaki in action in the Commonwealth Games semi-finals\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5adea9de-e7ea-4956-bbf3-8a459b8759b9.jpg.webp\"  width=\"856\" height=\"481\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A boxer from Tuvalu has claimed her country\u2019s first ever Commonwealth Games medal without winning a fight in Glasgow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Tarona Taafaki, 20, lost her first fight in the women\u2019s 75kg division to India\u2019s Lovlina Borgohain on Friday, losing every round on all three of the judges\u2019 cards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Because there were only five entrants, Taafaki received a bye to the last four, meaning she was automatically guaranteed at least a bronze medal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Her coach and father says the population of the tiny Pacific island nation \u2013 at 10 square miles the fourth smallest in the world \u2013 will celebrate the medal and use it to highlight a climate change emergency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;For the people of Tuvalu, this medal means everything,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We\u2019re one of the smallest nations in the world, so a medal like this is hugely significant.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">And he added: &#8220;If we can win medals, more people around the world will recognise Tuvalu and begin to understand the challenges we face because of climate change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It is very real for us. The coastal erosion is unbelievable, and the countdown is now measured in years, not decades.&#8221;  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"boxingWhy winning a medal without winning a fight means the world to Tuvalu boxerpublished at 22:07 BST 31&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":839748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-839747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=839747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/839748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=839747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=839747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=839747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}