Summary

  • Day six of Commonwealth Games in Glasgow

  • LIVE: England v Tonga in netball after Scotland edged out 45-43 by Jamaica

  • From 19:00 BST: Eight swimming golds up for grabs, but Scotland's Duncan Scott misses out on men's 200m freestyle final

  • Heptathlon concludes in athletics later with NI's Kate O'Connor in gold medal position

  • England's Matt Richardson ruled out of track cycling with injury

  1. netball

    Postpublished at 16:27 BST

    Netball - England 38-9 Tonga

    Changes made but the intent and defensive intensity from England has stayed the same.

    This is a ruthless display from the Roses.

  2. netball

    Stembridge switches it uppublished at 16:24 BST

    Netball - England 32-9 Tonga

    Sophia Hartley
    BBC World Service in Glasgow

    A shuffle of the pack for the second quarter. London Pulses' Liv Tchine comes on for Eleanor Cardwell.

    Imogen Allison moves to centre with captain Fran Williams coming into WD.

  3. netball

    Postpublished at 16:23 BST

    Netball - England 31-8 Tonga

    England have made a few changes for the second quarter with Olivia Tchine among those introduced.

    The goal-shooter missed with a tentative first shot but has found her rhythm since, scoring with her next three.

  4. netball

    Cardwell testing the long bombspublished at 16:20 BST

    Netball - England 27-8 Tonga

    Sophia Hartley
    BBC World Service in Glasgow

    The scoreline has blown out in the first quarter to allow England's shooters to have a go at some of the longer range shots.

  5. netball

    England dominate first quarterpublished at 16:18 BST

    Netball - England 27-8 Tonga

    Dominant stuff from England and Sasha Glasgow adds one at the buzzer to make it a 19-goal lead.

    The world number three side were expected to win well today but, as I've mentioned, the need to boost their point average means England will be going all out from beginning to end here.

  6. weightlifting

    'I let it get to my head' - Wrightpublished at 16:15 BST

    Men's 94kg final

    Tom Wright lifting weights for ScotlandImage source, Getty Images

    Scotland's Tom Wright crashed out of the competition when failing to complete a lift in the clean and jerk.

    He has been talking to TNT Sports: "I let it get to my head on the first attempt where I thought I stabilised and got the green signal but they overturned it.

    "I should have stuck with it a bit more, have a bit more self belief which will come with time.

    "I've been in the sport for under two years, I'm happy where I'm at and there's a lot more to do, definitely."

  7. netball

    Postpublished at 16:13 BST

    Netball - England 22-6 Tonga

    Uneeq Palavi is yet to miss for Tonga but they just can't get the ball to the goal-shooter anywhere near as often as they'd like.

    England continue to stretch their lead and are showing no signs of letting up.

  8. netball

    Postpublished at 16:10 BST

    Netball - England 16-5 Tonga

    Suffocating defence from England is helping them stretch that lead ever further.

    With six minutes left of the first quarter, the advantage is into double digits.

  9. netball

    Postpublished at 16:07 BST

    Netball - England 10-5 Tonga

    England have stretched the lead to five with some sharp shooting from Eleanor Cardwell and Sasha Glasgow.

    Sasha GlasgowImage source, PA Media
  10. netball

    Postpublished at 16:03 BST

    Netball - England 4-1 Tonga

    Fast start from England and racking up a big score could be important.

    A place in the semi-finals may come down to point average and a heavy defeat by Australia put a dent in the 2018 champions'.

  11. netball

    Postpublished at 16:02 BST

    Netball - England 3-0 Tonga

    Sophia Hartley
    BBC World Service in Glasgow

    This is only the second meeting between these two nations. England and Tonga Tala met for the first time at the World Cup in 2023 where the Roses comfortably beat The Tala 72-46.

  12. netball

    Postpublished at 16:01 BST

    Netball - England 1-0 Tonga

    Away they go and England very quickly take the lead through Eleanor Cardwell.

  13. gold-medal

    Gold medal - Mohamad Syahmi Bin Nor-Ghazali (Malaysia)published at 15:59 BST
    Breaking

    Men's 94kg weightlifting final

    Mohamad Syahmi Bin Nor-Ghazali celebrates his gold medalImage source, Getty Images

    Mohamad Syahmi Bin Nor-Ghazali has won a fifth gold medal for Malaysia's weightlifting team.

    He totals 347kg across the snatch and clean and jerk.

    Canada's Alex Bellemarre (346kg) takes the silver.

    Oliver Saxton of Australia (336kg) has claimed the bronze medal.

    England's Josh Hutton limped out of the competition with an injury while Tom Wright of Scotland failed to complete a successful lift in the clean and jerk section of the competition.

  14. netball

    Postpublished at 15:58 BST

    Netball - England v Tonga

    Head coach Anna Stembridge says that Uneeq Palavi is the Tonga player that England need to be wary of.

    She tells TNT Sports that preventing the ball getting to her will be a key part of the plan.

  15. netball

    Sometimes you just need your grandma to callpublished at 15:54 BST

    Netball - England v Tonga

    Sophia Hartley
    BBC World Service in Glasgow

    Uneeq Palavi wasn't going to play for Tonga. Then her grandmother called.

    Born in Australia to a Samoan mother and Tongan father, Palavi was coming through the Australian netball system when Tonga Netball approached her about representing the national team.

    She ignored the calls.

    She didn't feel ready for international netball.

    But Tonga Netball wasn't prepared to give up. So they called her grandmother.

    "The CEO of Tonga Netball does know my grandma," Palavi recalls. "Pretty much everyone in Tonga knows my grandma."

    "I used to think she was the Queen of Tonga."

    Her grandmother made sure the message got through.

    "She cared enough to have called my grandma to get a hold of me and really slap me in the face and say, 'This is an opportunity, so take it.'"

    Palavi listened.

    She made her debut for Tonga at the 2019 Pacific Games and became part of one of the most remarkable stories in international netball.

    For Palavi, representing Tonga became about more than netball.

    "Playing with girls of your ethnicity, your culture, your country, that's above and beyond."

    Since then, Tonga Tala have risen from international outsiders to one of the world's leading netball nations, winning gold, qualifying for their first Netball World Cup since 1999 and reaching the world's top 10.

    Sometimes, all it takes is a phone call from grandma.

    Uneeq Palavi with her GrandmotherImage source, Uneeq Palavi
  16. netball

    Postpublished at 15:51 BST

    Netball - England v Tonga

    I'm not sure the Hydro will be quite as loud as it was for the Scotland game but it should still be a good atmosphere given the importance of this one for Anna Stembridge's side.

  17. netball

    Empty cupboards to full hearts - Tonga's remarkable road to Glasgowpublished at 15:47 BST

    Netball - England v Tonga

    Sophia Hartley
    BBC World Service in Glasgow

    Tonga's Marie PaynImage source, Getty Images

    No team. No coach. No training facilities.

    No problem.

    When Salote Sisifa became CEO of Tonga Netball in 2014, she had a blank canvas. Some would call it an empty cupboard.

    Twelve years and much upheaval later, the Pacific Islanders are ranked eighth in the world. For context, that's just behind Wales and ahead of Scotland and Northern Ireland.

    Tonga launched their first Commonwealth Games netball campaign on Saturday in Glasgow when they faced Australia, the world's preeminent team.

    Their story is remarkable. It tells of how TV anchor Sisifa went from reading the news to making the news, changing her country's sporting future.

    Read more here.

  18. netball

    Must-win game for Englandpublished at 15:43 BST

    Netball - England v Tonga

    England's Lois PearsonImage source, Getty Images

    Right then, next up at the Hydro it's England's turn in the netball.

    They take on Tonga and need to win to keep their hopes of making the semi-finals alive.

    Victory here would set up a huge game against South Africa tomorrow evening with a place in the last four on the line.

  19. weightlifting

    England's Hutton limps out of competitionpublished at 15:38 BST

    Men's 94kg final

    England's Josh Hutton lifting weightsImage source, Getty Images

    England's Josh Hutton has limped out of the weightlifting men's 94kg competition.

    In third place after the snatch, he was attempting 173kg in the clean and jerk but quickly put the bar down and hobbled off the stage.

    He has had to withdraw and his medal hopes are over.

  20. netball

    'Gutted but proud we pushed them that far'published at 15:32 BST

    Netball - Scotland 43-45 Jamaica

    Scotland centre Hannah Leighton, speaking to TNT Sports: "A little bit gutted because we pushed them so close but so proud we pushed them that far.

    "We were all absolutely going for it because we knew we were good enough to push them all the way.

    "We went for everything, tried to challenge but couldn't quite get over the line.

    "Today was a really good show of what we can do defensively and how clinical we can be in attack. So we have to take that into tomorrow against Uganda."

    Hannah LeightonImage source, Getty Images