{"id":554355,"date":"2026-08-01T07:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T07:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/554355\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T07:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T07:45:08","slug":"commonwealth-games-silver-ferns-face-england-in-netball-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/554355\/","title":{"rendered":"Commonwealth Games: Silver Ferns face England in netball semis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">So far, so good for the Silver Ferns, as they try to overcome netball disappointment at the last two Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Previously, netball gold had been split between Australia and New Zealand, before the Ferns were shockingly ousted from the podium at Gold Coast 2018 and had to settle for bronze at Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Unbeaten through pool play, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/sport\/850091\/silver-ferns-to-meet-england-in-commonwealth-games-semi-finals\" class=\"underline-brand-hover visited:text-foreground-secondary hover:visited:text-foreground-primary\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">they face England in the semifinals<\/a>, as they try to return to the gold-medal game at Glasgow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Our powerful track cycling team race for more medals at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, with blind para-cyclist Emma Foy chasing her second victory of the programme over the kilo time trial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Here&#8217;s how the penultimate day of competition at Glasgow unfolds for New Zealand:<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, 1 August<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Men&#8217;s pairs &#8211; Ali Forsyth &amp; Tony Grantham v Australia 8.55pm<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Para men&#8217;s pairs B6-B8 &#8211; Mark Noble &amp; Kurt Smith 11.45pm<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Semifinal 1 &#8211; NZ v England 8pm<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Track cycling &amp; para cycling<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Men&#8217;s sprint qualifying &#8211; Sam Dakin 9pm, 1\/8 9.57pm, QF 10.33pm<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Men&#8217;s 10km scratch race qualifying 10.49pm<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Women&#8217;s 25km points race qualifying 11.56pm<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Athletics &amp; para athletics<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Men&#8217;s triple jump final &#8211; Ethan Olivier 9.10pm<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Men&#8217;s U73kg R16 &#8211; Joel Robinson v Trinidad &amp; Tobago 10.12pm<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Women&#8217;s U70kg QF &#8211; Moira de Villiers v Gibralter midnight<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Men&#8217;s U90kg QF &#8211; Elliott Connolly, Noah Walliss 12.06am<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, August 2<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Track cycling &amp; para cycling<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Men&#8217;s sprint SF &#8211; Sam Dakin 2.08am, final 4.32am<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Women&#8217;s tandem B 1000m time trial &#8211; Emma Foy &amp; Jessie Hodges 2.16am<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Women&#8217;s 25km points race final 2.55am<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Women&#8217;s 1000m time trial final 3.33am<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Men&#8217;s 10km scratch race final 5.20am<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Para women&#8217;s pairs B6-B8 &#8211; Teri Blackbourn &amp; Julie O&#8217;Connell v England 2am, SF 7.40am<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Men&#8217;s pairs SF &#8211; Ali Forsyth &amp; Tony Grantham 6.15am<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Para men&#8217;s pairs B6-B8 SF &#8211; Mark Noble &amp; Kurt Smith 6.15am<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Women&#8217;s singles SF &#8211; Tayla Bruce 7.40am<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Men&#8217;s U73kg medals -Joel Robinson 3am, final 3.12am<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Women&#8217;s U63kg medals &#8211; Qona Christie 3.18am, final 3.30am<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Women&#8217;s U70kg medals &#8211; Moira de Villiers 4.18am, final 4.30am<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Men&#8217;s U90kg medals &#8211; Elliott Connolly, Noah Walliss 5am, final 5.12am<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Athletics &amp; para athletics<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Men&#8217;s pole vault final &#8211; Nick Southgate &amp; James Steyn 6.05am<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Women&#8217;s javelin final &#8211; Tori Moorby 6.35am<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Men&#8217;s mile final &#8211; Sam Tanner 7.55am<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"So far, so good for the Silver Ferns, as they try to overcome netball disappointment at the last&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":554356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-554355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}