And with that, day 10 of these Games draws to a close. One more to go. Thanks for joining us, let’s do it again tomorrow. I’ll leave you with Sean Ingle’s take from the track, including that drama in the women’s 4x400m relay.
And a wrap from Courtney Walsh focusing on Australia’s achievements on day 10 of the Games:
Here’s Tumaini Carayol on some of today’s boxing:
Beach volleyball: Canada are Commonwealth champions! The team of Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes prove too strong for Australian duo Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy in the final set and it’s gold for the Canadians.
Athletics: A bit more detail on that earlier drama at the track at the end of the women’s 4x400m relay, when England’s Victoria Ohuruogu, Jodie Williams, Ama Pipi and Jessie Knight were stripped of gold. The team were disqualified after Williams stepped out of her lane. A subsequent appeal was rejected, and Canada were promoted to the top step of the podium. Jamaica won silver, and Scotland the bronze.
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Beach volleyball: The gold medal match is heading for a third set after Canada level at 1-1 all, winning the second set 21-17 against Australia.
England disqualified from women’s 4x400m relay final
Athletics: Over at the athletics track, it’s disaster for England’s women’s 4x400m relay team, who have been disqualified after initially winning a thrilling race that went right down to the final stride. Canada are promoted to the gold medal after an English infringement on the first changeover, and Scotland elevated into the bronze medal position. Drama.
We understand at this point that England have been disqualified from the women's 4x400m relay for a possible infringement on the first leg.
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) August 7, 2022
But, they have lodged an appeal.
A final verdict is expected in twenty minutes or so.#BBCCWG
Australia win netball gold
Netball: There it is! The Diamonds win gold - Australia’s landmark 1,000th Games gold! Revenge is sweet for Stacey Marinkovich’s side after their defeat to Jamaica just days ago. It ends 55-51, Jamaica take silver after a brilliant Games for them.
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Netball: Jamaica have thrown everything at Australia in this final period, but the Diamonds have managed to hold them off. They are close now, Greta Bueta sinks a shot and they’re up seven with less than two minutes left now.
Netball: Back at the netball, Australia’s advantage remains, with just three minutes left. The Diamonds lead 53-47 with a touch over three minutes remaining.
Beach volleyball: Australia’s 1,000th gold could also come in the next little while, with beach volleyballers Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar in the final against Canada. Something of an epic opening set has just finished with Clancy blocking at the net to claim it 24-22!
Netball: Jhaniele Fowler sinks a goal for Jamaica after the siren and Australia will head into the final quarter holding a six-point lead. All to play for then, and an intriguing final stanza coming up, no doubt.
Netball: Australia lead 40-31 with eight minutes remaining in the third quarter. If this match keeps heading in this direction, the Diamonds will win an incredible 1,000 gold medal for Australia, who will become the first Commonwealth nation to reach the milestone.
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Thanks for that Alex. Sydney picking up the blog to see us through this netball gold medal match, with the Diamonds staging an incredible third quarter comeback against Jamaica.
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Phew. What a race. A good note on which to say goodnight. Thanks for reading!
England win women's 4x400 by a nose
An unbelievable finish as Jessie Knight leads the final leg before her Canadian counterpart hits the gas on the last straight, eating up the ground gloriously and crossing the line in side-by-side with Knight, nothing separating them to the naked eye. No one has a clue who’s won until the big screen flashes up the official result: England win by one hundredth of a second: in 3:25.83. Canada second, Jamaica third.
Javelin: Some Herculean hurling from Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem – 90.18m, a Games record, his best – secures him gold, with Anderson Peters and Julius Yego joining him on the podium. Now for the women’s 4x400.
Netball: Jhaniele Fowler scores yet again for Jamaica and, with a converted centre, her side sneak in into the lead against Australia at 19-17. They were 12-7 down not so long ago.
Trinidad and Tobago win the men’s 4x400m relay
Jereem Richards, already a 200m gold medallist, ensures himself a second medal with a stunning final leg, cruising across the finish line with apparent ease while his competitors strained every sinew in his wake. Trinidad and Tobago win with 3:01:20, Botswana are second and Kenya third.
Ese Brume wins the women's long jump
Having put in one 6.99m effort and two more of 6.96m and 6.81m, the Nigerian launches herself to a sublime 7.00 in her final jump to clinch gold. England’s Jazmin Sawyers just misses out on a medal in fourth with a last jump of 6.71m; she trails behind Australia’s Brooke Buschkuehl (silver) and Ghana’s Deborah Acquah (bronze). Meanwhile, Tammara Thibeault of Canada takes gold in women’s middleweight boxing, defeating Rady Gramane of Mozambique in supreme style.
Australia take gold in T20 cricket with India all out
With India needing 10 from four balls, Jess Jonassen traps Yastika Bhatia leg before wicket and, after a lengthy review, India are all out for 152 in 19.3 overs. The Aussies are T20 world champions, 50-over champions and Commonwealth champions. They’re dreamin’.
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Chebet cruises to 5000m gold
Eilish McColgan, who’s led the way all race, approaches the final lap with the two Kenyans on her tail – the favourite Chebet gliding across the ground – those three runners miles ahead of the rest. But McColgan’s running low on gas and with 300m to go Busienei makes her move, the Scot falling back to third. Busienei has barely had time to enjoy her lead before Chebet decides the time is right and floors it, roaring clear to cross the line with the other two barely visible in the rearview. McColgan finds a little extra at the last and goes past Busienei for silver. A stunning triumph for Beatrice Chebet.
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Athletics: It’s a Scots v Kenyans battle for now in the women’s 500m, the rakish Eilish McColgan leading the way and Sarah Inglis in fourth, with Beatrice Chebet and Selah Busienei chugging away tenaciously between them. 1500m or so to go.
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Cricket: In two balls, India’s Pooja Vastrakar and Harmanpreet Kaur both fall victim to the remorseless bowling of Ashleigh Gardner. India are 121-5 and need 41 from 24 balls.
Wyclife Kinyamal wins men's 800m final
The Kenyan steals away early and holds his lead doggedly to clinch gold with 1:47:52, followed over the line by Australia’s Peter Bol. England’s Ben Pattison, who had his sights on the win, run himself into a box towards the back early on but breaks out of it in the final 200m and strains every sinew on the straight to take a hard-fought bronze.
Boxing gold for Northern Ireland's Michaela Walsh
Thee 29-year-old, whose brother Aiden won gold in the men’s light-middleweight a few hours ago, sees off Nigeria’s Elizabeth Oshoba to secure a long-awaited gold in the featherweight – her country’s 18th medal of the games.
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Laura Muir storms to gold in 1500m
Muir hangs back to begin with as expected – right at the back – Jess Hull leading the pack for much of the first lap alongside Ciara Mageean. It’s a cagey start, no one willing to make the first move, and Muir creeps around the outside on the two-minute mark and installs herself in third. But then, going into the final lap, she pounces – and from then on the result is certain. Megeean, by a mile her closest pursuer, busts a gut to stay on her tail but in truth she’s never getting there. Muir strides over the line with barely a competitor in sight, Megeean next across and then, a fair few paces back, and Australia’s Abbey Caldwell puts the burners on at the last second to burst past a cluster of rivals to clinch bronze.
Now for the women’s 1500m. Laura Muir, the overwhelming favourite, limbers up with intent.
Long jump: Ghana’s Deborah Acquah kicks off the women’s final with a personal season’s best of 6.94m. Britain’s Jaz Sawyers does similarly with 6.84m, before Brooke Buschkuehl slots into second with 6.88m.
Right then, here’s what’s coming up in the athletics this evening. Any minute now is the women’s long jump final. Then at 19:20 BST we have the women’s 1500m final, with the indefatigable Laura Muir out for a medal, and 15minutes after that is the men’s 800m final – Australia’s Peter Bol the fastest qualifier – and then the women’s 5000m, featuring Scotland’s majestic 10000m winner Eilish McColgan, sets up both 4x400 relays finals.
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Cassiel Rosseau produces stunning dive to steal gold
Diving: Time for the final dives, and huge 97.20 from Rylan Wiens followed by a 99.90 from Matt Lee leaves Cassiel Rosseau needing something special at the last … and the Australian bounds off the boards, four and a half somersault and glides into the water without disturbing the surface. It’s an absurd, deserved 103.60 to land him an awesomely dramatic gold. Wiens and Lee settle for silver and bronze respectively.
Badminton: Malaysia secure a mixed doubles medal with a straight-games win over Scotland’s Adam Hall and Julie MacPherson. Towards the end of the match, Malaysia’s Lai Pei switched rackets mid-rally – and went on to win the point. Show-off.
Diving: Australia’s Cassiel Emmanuel Rousseau leads the men 10m platform, on 325.75 with two rounds left. Rylan Mackenzie Wiens (304.85) is second on and Benjamin Veillette Tessier (299.00) third – both Canadians – with England’s Matthew Lee (292.10) fourth.
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Cricket: Ashleigh Gardner becomes the latest to fall victim to the fearsome bowling of India’s Sneh Rana, but Beth Mooney gets Australian chins back up by rattling off a no-nonsense four to make it a half-century from 36 balls. Australia are 133-4 after 16 overs.
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Diving: Australia’s Cassiel Rousseau leads at the halfway stage in the men’s 10m platform. England’s Noah Williams started strongly – his inward somersaults drew a 9 from one judge – and sits third.
Badminton: After failing to convert four match points in her semi-final, Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour finishes without a medal after losing the third-place match against Singapore’s Jia Min Yeo.
Netball: A less than ideal day for England.
Cricket: Australia’s Talia McGrath is playing in the gold medal match despite the fact she has tested positive for Covid and is showing symptoms. She is sat alone in the changing room with a mask on. Seems a little odd all round.
Diving: Australia’s Samuel Fricker, who replaces Dixon, goes first. Good job he did not go for a few pints after missing out on the final originally.
Diving: England’s Matt Dixon has pulled out of the 10m platform after hurting his back with the final dive in the preliminaries. That’s a shame.
Boxing gold for England's Williams
Boxing: England’s Lewis Williams defeats Samoa’s Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali in the men’s heavyweight final in some style. It was never in doubt.
The medal ceremony is over in Birmingham. Sam Quek says those moments give you “hope” going forward. A fine moment for all the England players either way.
Spent sprinters and bloodied brows: both make an appearance in our pic of the day’s photos:
And here’s our write-up of the drama in the relays:
🚨 SCENES! ENGLAND WIN! 🥇🏑
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) August 7, 2022
They are Commonwealth champions for the very first time and it's well deserved!
Sticks are flying, tears are flowing and the noise is rising!#BBCCWG pic.twitter.com/STCDrdQ96C
Read all about it. Our report from New Zealand’s victory at Edgbaston:
Boxing gold for Amy Broadhurst in women's lightweight
The reigning world champion breezes past England’s Gemma Richardson – five point the difference in the end – to clinch Northern Ireland’s fourth boxing gold and their sixth of the Games overall, a new Northern Irish record.
England see off Australia in the women's hockey final!
What a finish! With 20 seconds to go and England 2-0 up, Australia claw one back – Rosy Malone’s instinctive finish surviving a lengthy video review to halve England’s lead. And as the crowd count down the final 10 seconds, Australia launch one last attack but England scramble clear and, when the final whistle does sound, congregate in an elated huddle. That was a supremely professional display from the underdogs, who were by turns clinical and cynical in getting ahead and seeing out the game.
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Aidan Walsh wins gold in men's light-middleweight boxing
It’s a unanimous win for the Northern Irishman in the light-middleweight final against Mozambique’s Tiago Osorio Muxanga. In the hockey, Maddie Hinch batters away Mariah Williams’s effort to keep England’s 2-0 lead against Australia intact as the final quarter gets underway.
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Gold for Gate as road race culminates in dramatic sprint finish!
Culverwell and Watson are subsumed into the chasing group to leave it all the play for with 3km left. Then, with 1.7km to go, Geraint Thomas makes his move! The Welshman sails out in front of the chasing pack: spectacularly bold – but has he gone too soon? In a word: yes. He keeps it up for exactly a kilometre before Lucas Plapp pounces 700m from the finish line, reeling in Thomas who has run badly out of steam. But Plapp’s attack triggers a mass-heave and the Australian gives Aaron Gate the nod to deploy his track-sprinting skills and in the end it’s the New Zealander who hurtles over the line first. Daryl Impey of South Africa takes silver and Scotland’s Finn Crockett gets bronze. And breathe!
Cycling: The chasing group are closing the gap – about 20 metres now – so maybe we’ll have a sprint on our hands after all … England still lead 2-0 against Australia in the hockey.
Cycling: 8km to go and Sam Watson and Guernsey’s Sam Culverwell go on the attack - and this time it sticks, they’re away!
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Cycling: Final lap of the circuit in the men’s road race, which could yet come down to a late sprint with the breakaway having been reeled in.
Bronze for England's Bello twins in beach volleyball
England collects its first ever beach volleyball medal at the Commonwealth Games as Javier and Joaquim see off the challenge of Rwanda’s Venuste Gatsinzi and Olivier Ntagengwa 21-11, 21-12. You can be my wingman any time.
Boxing gold for Scotland's Reese Lynch
Scotland collect a third boxing medal of the day as Louis Richarno Colin of Mauritius struggles to respond to his opponent’s strong start. He lands a right hand in the third round but it’s too little too late. And with five minutes to half-time Tess Howard, doubles England’s lead in the hockey final. London buses.
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Table Tennis gold for England's Drinkhall and Pitchford
The English pair rejoice as the curtains close on an epic final, one in which they led 2-0 and eventually won 3-2 against the stubborn Indian duo of Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Sharath Kamal Achanta. In the hockey, Holly Hunt powers England into the lead against Australia!
Cycling: Four have broken away: Northern Ireland’s Matthew Teggart, England’s Sam Watson, South Africa’s Daryl Impey and New Zealand’s Aaron Gate. Geraint Thomas is in the group behind, kicking hard but unable to eat into what stands at an 18-second lead. 27km to go.
Hockey: The deadlock remains stubbornly unbroken as a cagey first quarter draws to a close. England had started to turn the screw with three penalty corners in quick succession but the Aussies have held firm, Aleisha Power forced into one smart save.
Boxing gold for Dylan Eagleson
Northern Ireland get their first boxing gold of the Games as the man from County Down eases past Abraham Mensah by unanimous decision. In the cycling, Ben Turner follows Lucas Plapp on the attack and, eventually, Geraint Thomas follows suit. Seven out in front now, 36km to go.
Squash: England’s Adrian Waller and Daryl Selby book their place in the men’s doubles final with a 2-1 win over Greg Lobban and Rory Stewart of Scotland. Their table-tennissing counterparts, Paul Drinkhall and Liam Pitchford, are paddling towards glory against India, a game away from retaining their men’s doubles table tennis title.
New Zealand edge out England to take netball bronze
England could never truly take hold of the momentum after half-time at the NEC Arena, New Zealand doing just enough to keep them at arms length and clinching an eventual win of 55-48. And that whistle you can hear is to signal the start of the women’s hockey final, where England take on Australia.
Cycling: 50km to go in the men’s road race and the 15-strong leading group start to make their attacks, game faces now firmly affixed. Big last hour.
Zareen Nikhat's takes boxing gold in women's light-flyweight
Carly McNaul has no answer to the Indian’s class and in the end it’s a unanimous decision in favour of the world champion. Her countrymates have England on the ropes in the men’s doubles table tennis, racing into an 8-4 lead in the final. In the cycling, a sapped Cavendish is still in the peloton, lagging over 4mins behind the leaders with 60km to go. And in the netball, England trail New Zealand 41-48 with seven minutes on the clock.
Boxing: India’s Zareen Nikhat starts her light-flyweight final like an attack dog, blitzing Northern Ireland’s Carly McNaul 5-0 on the judges cards. In the netball, England trail the Ferns 34-40 at the end of the third quarter.
Squash: Cordial relations become strained as Scotland concentrate hard to mount a fightback in the men’s doubles, England’s Adrian Waller testing the limits of fair play with a sneaky block that send his opponents into a frenzy. Greg Lobban and Rory Stewart look set to draw level with England on a game apiece, 9-7 up in the second.
Netball: Cheers ring around the arena as Imogen Allison pounces to peg England back to 30-34. In the cycling, there’s 70km to go in the men’s road race and Geraint Thomas is still among those holding firm in the leading pack.
Boxing gold for Jude Gallagher – in bizarre circumstances
Boxing: Ghana’s Joseph Commey had steamed into tonight’s men’s featherweight final in fearsome style, knocking out one opponent and seeing of another two on unanimous decisions. Yet he has apparently been declared unfit to compete this evening, which leaves Northern Irishman Judge Gallagher – who got into the final after his last opponent withdrew just before the fight was due to start – with the gold medal. The summer’s weirdest triumph?
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Netball: The whistle blows for half-time and England have made a further dent in New Zealand’s lead – that now stands at 23-29, Grace Nweke with a not-half-bad 25. All to play for second half – and by “all”, I mean “a bronze medal”.
Afternoon all!
Squash: English pair Adrian Waller and Daryl Selby wipe the sweat off their little plastic visors after taking the first game 11-8 against their Scottish rivals in the men’s doubles semi-final. They’re on track to follow in the footsteps of their female counterparts, who beat Malaysia 2-1 earlier this afternoon. In the cycling, Cavendish and co are still trailing the lead group by a good couple of minutes.
Netball: No sooner do I say that England are keeping New Zealand within reach than they open up a seven-point lead at 26-19.
And with that, I’m handing the baton over to Alex Hess. Thanks for your company and comments.
Netball: England are staying with New Zealand in this bronze medal match, with a couple of telling pieces of defence keeping the Ferns at bay, but they still trail 20-18 midway through the second quarter.
Cycling: No sign of a move from Mark Cavendish yet, with the Manxman trapped in the peloton with 97km to go. His teammates Fred Wright, Ben Turner and Sam Watson are prominent though in the leading group, as is Wales’s Geraint Thomas.
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Netball: New Zealand edge a tight first quarter 14-13 but England ended it pretty strongly. Only once, at 11-9 to New Zealand, did either side have a lead of more than one.
Squash: England’s Sarah-Jane Perry and Alison Waters of England are in the women’s doubles gold medal match after seeng off Malaysia’s Rachel Arnold and Aifa Azman in their semi-final. The English pair will play Joelle King and Amanda Landers-Murphy of New Zealand in Monday’s final.
Here’s a wee recap of some of today’s headlines:
Athletics: there were golds for England and Nigeria respectively in the men’s and women’s 4x100 relays, Zambia’s Muzala Samukonga won the men’s 400m and Barbados’s Sada Williams the women’s 400m while Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan won the women’s 100m hurdles.
Boxing: There were two golds for Scotland – Sean Lazzerini and Sam Hickey – and one for Wales, Rosie Eccles.
Cycling: Australia’s Georgia Baker took gold, just ahead of Scotland’s Neah Evans.
Cricket: New Zealand thrashed England by eight wickets in the women’s cricket bronze medal match at Edgbaston.
Netball: The second of today’s England-New Zealand bronze medal set-tos is about to get under way, with England hoping it won’t go the same way as the earlier one, in the cricket.
Cycling: there’s still a long way to go in the men’s road race, 119km in fact, but Wales are well placed early on. They have three riders in a breakaway group of around 10 and the riders are fairly strung out.
Badminton: England are in the women’s doubles final after a 2-0 win over Australia, Chloe Birch and Lauren Smith prevailing in an epic final rally to clinch the second game 24-22 against Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen and Gronya Somerville.
Athletics: And that’s all the action on the track until this evening, which kicks off with the women’s long jump final and the women’s 1500m at at 7.20pm BST, and thee men’s 800m final at 7.35pm.
Nigeria win women's 4x100 relay gold
England looked well placed for victory as Imani Lansiquot stormed down the back straight, kicking clear of Jamaica, but Nigeria were on the march to their left and a stunning third leg from Rosemary Chukwuma gave them a lead that Grace Nwokocha wasn’t going to relinquish. Daryl Neita put in a strong final leg for England but couldn’t make up the ground and had to settle for silver, while Elaine Thompson-Herah did a repair job for Jamaica to snatch bronze.
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Another boxing gold for Scotland
Boxing: While I was watching that race, Sean Lazzerini has beaten Taylor Bevan of Wales in the light heavyweight final.
England win men's 4x100m gold
The stadium announcer asks “what could possibly go wrong?” after he calls out the teams. In England’s case, the answer is nothing. Kenya drop the baton after a strong start, but confident second and third legs in particular from Zharnel Hughes and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake set up Ojie Edoburun to bring it home for the hosts in 38.35sec. Trinidad and Tobago’s quartet take silver ahead of Nigeria, who had looked a threat until the final leg. Looking at it again mind, Mitchell-Blake was perilously close to straying from his lane and impeding T&T at the final-leg handover there.
But though they were helped by the absences of Jamaica and Ghana, that was an impressive display by the English sprinters.
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Athletics: A one-two for Australia in the women’s javelin, with Kelsey-Lee Barber taking gold with a throw of 64.43m. Mackenzie Little took silver ahead of Annu Rani of India in third.
Cycling: The men’s road race is just under way, and we’ve had an early crash at the back of the pack but no major injury and disruption.
At Alexander Stadium, we’re gearing up for the athletics 4x100 relay finals.
New Zealand beat England in cricket bronze medal match
Cricket: Sophie Devine brings up her 50 with an emphatic mow through midwicket off Issy Wong then completes what can only be described as a thrashing with a straight slog over the bowler’s head that the fielders can’t reach as it plugs the outfield. The Black Caps win by eight wickets, having completely outplayed England, who, after a dominant summer, have seen the wheels come off this weekend.
Gold for Scotland's Hickey in middleweight final
Boxing: Samuel Hickey has won Scotland’s first Commonwealth Games boxing gold for eight years after a gruelling bout against the Australian teenager Callum Peters. The Scot was pushed to the limit but he shaded it in the end.
Crowdsourcing appeal: “Did Jareem Richards get his wish of the National Anthem of Trinidad and Tobago being played on steel pan?” asks Denise Nath. I have to confess I didn’t catch it this morning as I was on the cycling/hockey at the time – can anyone oblige?
Triple-jump gold for India's Eldhose Paul
Athletics: It’s a gold on Games debut for Eldhose Paul after Aboobaker’s final jump falls short. The latter takes silver, with Bermuda’s Perinchief winning bronze.
Athletics: Evan Dunfee of Canada has strolled home to win the men’s 10,000m race walk, with Australia’s Declan Tingay taking silver and India’s Sandeep Kumar in bronze. Callum Wilkinson of England missed out on the medals in fourth.
India could sweep the podium in an engrossing men’s triple jump final. Abdulla Aboobaker has just roared back into second with a leap of 17.02 behind his compatriot Eldhose Paul with 17.03m, while Praveen Chithravel is fourth behind Bermuda’s Jah-Nhai Perinchief in the bronze position.
Cricket: England have been on the receiving end of some carnage from the New Zealand openers Sophie Devine and Suzie Bates, who put on 54 in 4.3 overs but Bates has just been dismissed for 20, caught by Sarah Glenn off Nat Sciver, but frankly, the damage has already been done. The Black Caps are headed for bronze, bar an abrupt collapse.
Badminton: Canada’s Michelle Li has beaten Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour to reach the women’s singles final. She’ll play from Venkata Sindhu Pusarla of India in the gold medal match.
Netball: England may have suffered heartache yesterday, but Australia’s supremacy is not guaranteed, and a Jamaica team who have excelled at these Games can pose a threat in one of today’s most eagerly anticipated finals. Here’s Megan Maurice on how the Diamonds are no longer untouchable:
Thought for the morning:
Charlie says, why do BBC presenters keep telling us about uninterrupted coverage, whilst continually interrupting it ... #BBCCWG #B2022 @BBCSport
— VoiceOfTheMysterons (@Mysteron_Voice) August 7, 2022
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Cricket: Sophie Ecclestone’s frustrated mood won’t have been improved any after her opening over went for 15 in the bronze medal match against New Zealand. The Black Caps are 19 for 0 after two overs.
Boxing gold for Rosie Eccles of Wales
Boxing. An assertive performance from the Pontypool fighter sees off Australia’s Kaye Scott in their light middleweight final. Eccles forced two standing counts prompting the referee to call a halt in the second round. That’s seven golds for Wales in these Games.
Medals table latest: Australia are now ten golds ahead of England, with 60 to the host country’s 50. England have missed out on another boxing gold, with Kieran MacDonald from Sunderland beaten on points in the over 48kg-51kg (flyweight) category by Amit Panghal of India, the English fighter never fully recovering from a nasty eye injury in the second round.
Here’s the scores on the doors:
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Cricket: New Zealand need 111 to win bronze after restricting England to 110 for 9 from their 20 overs. Hayley Jensen took three for 24 while Sophie Devine did some damage with two for 11 from three overs. Nat Sciver top scored with 27 and England were always struggling after her partnership with Sophia Dunkley was broken.
Para-table tennis gold for Wales
Para-table tennis: Joshua Stacey has won Wales’s sixth gold of the Games. He beat Lin Ma of Australia in the final of the men’s singles classes 8-10.
Cricket: You’d have got temptingly long odds on England missing out on a medal but that eventuality is looking increasingly possible – they’ve now lost Amy Jones and Sophie Ecclestone in quick succession, both bowled, with the latter furious with herself and knocking over a dressing-room chair in frustration after trudging off. England 100-9 in the 19th. Hayley Jensen has three wickets.
Athletics: just a look in on the men’s triple jump final, which Jah-Nhai Perinchief of Bermuda currently leads with a best jump of 16.92. Praveen Chithravel of India is second with his compatriot Abdullah Aboobacker third.
Cricket: England need a big finish to their innings, with much depending on Amy Jones (currently 21 not out) and Sophie Ecclestone (16*) – they’re 93 for 6 in the 17th over.
Sada Williams wins women's 400m gold
The Barbados athlete wins in style, as might have been expected, but there’s silver and bronze for England with Victoria Ohuruogu of England (Christine’s sister) running a smart race to come in second with a personal best, and her compatriot Jodie Williams came through in third.
Hockey: India have won bronze, their women upsetting New Zealand on penalties after the Kiwis equalised late on. Something of an upset, that.
Boxing gold for India's Nitu Nitu
England’s Demie-Jade Resztan misses out on the women’s minumweight title on a unanimous decision against India’s Nitu Nitu, and has to settle for silver.
Cycling: Anyway, back to that gripping women’s road race finish. As they approached the last 200m, an Australian 1-2-3 looked on, but Neah Evans of Scotland slipped through on their left to take a brilliant silver, which really wasn’t far off being gold. But Georgia Baker just held on, and her Australian teammate Sarah Roy took bronze. Eluned King of Wales was eighth and the highest placed English rider ended up being Alice Barnes in 10th.
Zambia’s Muzala Samukonga wins men's 400m gold
Athletics: England’s Matt Hudson-Smith is pipped for gold by a barnstorming finish by Zambia’s Muzala Samukonga. Hudson-Smith started strongly and looked to have the race still under control as he came off the last bend, but his own strong run was eclipsed by Samukonga romping through on his outside over the final 20m. What a performance and demonstration of potential from the Zambian 19-year-old. Jonathan Jones of Barbados takes bronze.
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Cycling gold for Australia, silver for Scotland!
Cycling: More on this finish in a bit, as the men’s 400m is just starting.
Cycling: We could be set for an Australia/England/Canada set-to in the sprint finish with 2km to go
The perpetual lament of the cycling fan: “I nipped out the back to glue my new shelves,” writes Ian Bruce, “and came back to find on iplayer the BBC have dumped the last 20k of the women’s road race in favour of Saturday kitchens best bits. What’s going on?” iPlayer is of course your friend, if available, but I empathise. Apart from the bit about doing DIY on a Sunday morning, which I cannot compute.
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Cycling: With 8km to go, you have to fancy Australia, with three riders in the front group, to boss the closing stages. Anna Shackley of Scotland is among them too though.
Cricket: Apologies, England fans, for jinxing it back there. No sooner had I pressed “send” on my last entry then Sciver was castled by Sophie Devine foe 27, and she’s been followed by Dunkley playing on for eight. England 48-4 after eight and in a tricky spot again
Nigeria's Tobi Amusan wins gold in 100m hurdles
Athletics: The favourite smashes the Games record with a comfortable and effortless-looking win in 12.30sec, adding to last month’s world title. Amisan’s win was never in doubt from about 50m and she was comfortably clear of Devynne Chalrton of the Bahamas, who took silver in 12.59. And Cindy Sember came through in third to take bronze for England.
Cricket: Decent recovery from England, Nat Sciver and Sophia Dunkley playing with characteristic fluency and guile to move the score on to 42 for 2 in the seventh over.
Table tennis bronze for England's Wilson
Table tennis: Ross Wilson has won the men’s singles bronze medal match against Tajudeen Agunbiade of Nigeria.
At Alexander Stadium, we’re getting ready for the women’s 100m hurdles.
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Cycling: Now an Australia led-break prompts a response from Canada, but they can’t make it stick and we have a lead group of around seven with 22km to go. An intriguing sprint finish looks likely in Warwick.
Cricket: England are struggling again, 10-2 in the third over against New Zealand, Danni Wyatt spooning Jensen’s slower ball to mid-off, and then Alice Capsey being caught behind by Gaze off Rowe. A big blow to England, and the crowd, given Capsey’s recent form and talent.
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Badminton: the Singapore pair of Hee Yong Kai Terry and Tan Wei Han have completed their win over Malaysia’s Kian Meng and Lai Pei Jeng and will play England’s Lauren Smith and Marcus Ellis in the final tomorrow.
Cricket: England have won the toss and will bat against New Zealand at Edgbaston. While in the hockey women’s bronze medal match, India lead New Zealand 1-0 with just over a quarter remaining, New Zealand having just had a goal disallowed following a lengthy TV review process.
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Cycling: the breakaway group has now been more or less caught by an Australia-led break out from the front of the peloton
A little more recommended reading: esports have made their debut at these Commonwealth Games, and Andy Bull has been soaking it up. His verdict: the kids are alright, but beware besuited adults with pound signs in their eyes.
It wasn’t the gaming, which is as good a way as any to spend your screen time, or the players, who were mostly teenagers, it was all the executives trying to get in on the action.
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Cycling: we have a proper breakaway, of five riders, with 38km to go – comprising Anna Henderson of England, Australia’s Ruby Roseman-Gannon, New Zealand’s Niamh Fisher-Black, Alison Jackson of Canada and Scotland’s Anna Shackley.
Badminton: In the mixed doubles semis, the English pair of Lauren Smith and Marcus Ellis have cruised into the gold medal match, beating Scotland’s Adam Hall and Julie MacPherson 2-0 (21-14, 21-7). In the other semi Singapore’s Hee Yong Kai Terry and Tan Wei Han are a game up on Malaysia’s Kian Meng and Lai Pei Jeng.
Cycling: there’s 47km to go in the women’s cycling road race and we’re yet to see a meaningful breakaway, with England’s Anna Henderson and Maddie Leech prominent at the front of the peloton. Grace Brown of Australia is also well positioned.
Preamble
Morning everyone. And welcome to a ram-packed final full day of action from Birmingham 2022. The women’s cycling road race is already under way, while in the next couple of hours on the track we’ve got the finals of the women’s 100m hurdles (10.25am BST) and 400m (11am), the men’s 400m (10.45am) as well as the men’s triple jump (10.15am), the women’s javelin (11.35am) and the 4x100m relays at 12.40pm (men) and 12.54pm (women).
Elsewhere, there was semi-final heartbreak for England’s women yesterday in the cricket and netball, and they’ll be seeking bronzes in matches against New Zealand in each sport this morning and lunchtime. (And spare a thought for New Zealand’s cricketers facing an early start after a late finish against Australia at Edgbaston yesterday). This morning there’s also boxing, diving and squash, and that’s all before a captivating evening on the track.
To get us in the mood, here’s Sean Ingle’s report from last night’s action at Alexander Stadium, including an extraordinary run from Kenya’s Mary Moraa to pip Keely Hodgkinson to 800m gold:
