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CWG 2022: India win toss, opt to bat against Australia

BIRMINGHAM: India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and elected to bat against Australia in their preliminary round group A match of the Commonwealth Games here on Friday.

The Times of India

‘More than UB40 and heavy metal’: Birmingham’s alternative arts and entertainment

The Commonwealth games has kickstarted an explosion of culture in England’s second city, with loads to look at and listen to, as well as eat and drink

The Guardian - UK

Commonwealth Games netball star hopes others look up to her in Scottish Thistles role

Emily Nicholl from Biggar is vice-captain of the Scottish side for Birmingham 2022

Daily Record

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CWG 2022: Lovlina stranded after leaving opening ceremony midway, CDM not pleased

BIRMINGHAM: Olympic bronze medallist Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain was left stranded for close to an hour after deciding to leave the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony midway.

The Times of India

Commonwealth Games events today including Laura Kenny and Alex Yee in action

A number of medals are on offer on day one in Birmingham

The Independent UK

The last conversation a Canadian athlete had with her dad was to tell him she had been picked for the Commonwealth Games

Nandini Sharma said she felt like he was watching over her at the opening ceremony

Wales Online

BBC accused of cutting off Joe Lycett's anti-government jibe at Commonwealth Games

Comedian Joe Lycett took a savage dig at the UK Government as he took to the microphone during the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony on Thursday night, which aired live on BBC One

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Commonwealth Games 2022 LIVE: Swimming updates as Adam Peaty suffers shock first defeat since 2015

Follow the latest updates from day three of the 2022 Commonwealth Games

The Independent UK

Every Manchester athlete competing at Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham

Manchester will be well represented at the games, with the sporting action getting underway on Friday, July 19

Manchester Evening News

West Lothian athletes get ready to compete today as Commonwealth Games kick-off

The opening ceremony took place last night and some of West Lothian's 10 athletes are straight into action

Daily Record

Commonwealth Games 2022 medal table: Final standings as Australia see off England

Despite a late rally from the hosts Team England, Australia have won the Commonwealth Games for the second straight time picking up 67 golds, 57 silvers and 54 bronze medals.

Daily Mirror

AA issues first ever amber warning for eight hours of traffic hell

Perfect storm of holiday traffic, rail strike, Commonwealth Games, football season, and concerns over Port of Dover

Wales Online

Red Arrows seen in skies around Nottinghamshire

They travelled out to Birmingham for the Commonwealth Games

Nottingham Post

Dumfries pensioner set to make Commonwealth Games debut for Team Scotland

At 72 years and 11 months old, para lawn bowler Rosemary Lenton will be one of the oldest to have ever competed in the sport at the event

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Pride House Birmingham creating safe spaces at Commonwealth Games for LGBTQI+ community, as member nations are pressured to reform

The majority of Commonwealth members still criminalise homosexuality. Pride House Birmingham organisers want that to change.

Daily Mirror

Tom Daley goes from voice of protest to messenger of hope at Commonwealth Games

Seven Commonwealth nations have a maximum penalty of life imprisonment under laws imposed by Britain in the 19th century when it was a colonial power. Daley demanded LGBT+ athletes be safe and feel comfortable being their authentic selves without fear of persecution or death

Daily Record

Lanarkshire provost wishes Commonwealth Games athletes good luck

Nine athletes from the area will represent Team Scotland in Birmingham

Al Jazeera

How Ghana’s women beach volleyball team made it against all odds

Without financial support or assistance, Ghana’s women qualified for the Commonwealth Games for the first time.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Birmingham Sparkles as Commonwealth Games Open to Strains of Duran Duran

British pop giants Duran Duran headlined a glitzy Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in Birmingham on Thursday as more than 5,000 athletes braced for battle. Competitors from 72 nations and territories, many of which are former British colonies, will be vying for medals in 19 sports over a jam-packed 11 days…

The Independent UK

Joe Lycett makes dig at government while presenting the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony

He later told Priti Patel it was ‘just a bit of banter’

The National (Scotland)

Switching allegiance was a no brainer for Caity Mattinson as Scots hope to make their mark

THE Commonwealth Games are a huge moment in the career of Caity Mattinson but perhaps even more significantly, they are massive for women’s rugby…

Daily Mirror

Commonwealth Games 2022 live TV coverage and stream: How to watch Birmingham action

The opening ceremony for the XXII Commonwealth Games will take place this evening before the action commences tomorrow morning - and ahead of the world-renowned event getting underway, Mirror Sport has run fans through how they can watch it all unfold

Evening Standard

Commonwealth Games schedule: Day one events and start times at Birmingham 2022

The Commonwealth Games this morning kick off proper after Thursday’s opening ceremony.

The National (Scotland)

Sarah Robertson has sights set on making hockey history at Commonwealth Games in Birmingham

SARAH ROBERTSON knows what it takes to go to a major championship and come home with silverware.

The National (Scotland)

Gymnast Frank Baines back in action after early retirement and targeting Birmingham 2022 success

When Frank Baines retired at the end of 2019, at the age of only 24, he was sure his career as an elite gymnast was over.

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