Glasgow 2014 updates throughout the day
All Blacks hang on to beat Scotland in sevens
Australia edge Ashes netball thriller
Rutherford angry at noise in athletes' village
Highlights and schedule for day three
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6.05pm BST
Men's kilometre time trial. Kian Emadi goes third, riding his 1,000 metres in 1.01641.
6.04pm BST
Good evening all. At the velodrome, England's Ed Clancy has pedalled his way into the silver medal position in the men's kilometre time trial, while Matthew Archibald occupies the top step of the podium in-running. British national champion Kian Emadi is currently zooming around the boards.
5.57pm BST
And with that, I'll hand over to Barry Glendenning to guide you through the remainder of the day, with plenty of swimming, cycling, judo and rugby sevens to keep you occupied. Cheers.
5.56pm BST
Cycling: Matthew Archibald of New Zealand has set the fastest time - indeed, it's a Commonwealth Games record - with ten riders gone so far in the 1,000m time trial.
5.48pm BST
Some details on England's gold medal win in the mixed triathlon relay from earlier, via our man there James Riach:
In the end Englands contingent emerged as comfortable winners in a shortened version of the full triathlon. In a repeat of the scenes earlier in the week it was Alistair Brownlee who strolled down the home stretch draped in two crosses of St George, high-fiving spectators and crossing the line 49 seconds ahead of South Africas Richard Murray to secure a memorable gold, taking the spoils in the first relay triathlon at a major championship.
This time, though, Brownlee left the flag of Yorkshire with the waiting crowd before crossing the line. This victory was not his alone but one also with roots in Gloucester and the Black Country, won in a cumulative time of 1hr 13min 24sec as all four athletes completed a 250m swim, 6km cycle and 1.6km run.
5.41pm BST
Cycling: England's Steven Burke is the early leader in that 1,000m time trial - we've only had four riders so far, but that number did include the magnificently-named Alan Baby, from India.
5.34pm BST
Cycling: Next up on the track is the men's 1,000m time trial, which will feature England's Ed Clancy and Kian Elmadi at some stage.
5.32pm BST
A little bit on the rugby sevens earlier, on how New Zealand beat Scotland using some rather scrappy play, and the Scots very nearly had their illustrious opponents beaten:
Colin Gregor believes his Scotland sevens side rattled the all-conquering New Zealand at Ibrox as the All Blacks clung on for a 17-14 win.
The four-time Commonwealth champions, who have won every match they have played at the Games, surged ahead with three tries in a dominant first-half display. But, when the hosts regrouped at the break, the All Blacks resorted to some cynical tactics to ensure they retained their unbeaten record.
5.29pm BST
Cycling: The third and final race in the gold medal tussle in the men's B2 tandem. Scotland's Neil Fachie and Craig Maclean lost the first race against Australia's Kieran Modra and Jason Niblett, won the second and then absolutely slaughtered their opponents in the crucial third race. Great effort to win the gold for Scotland.
5.26pm BST
Weightlifting: Gold for England! Zoe Smith not only wins the the lot, but earns the Commonwealth clean and jerk record with her final lift at 118kg. Michaela Breeze of Wales wins gold.
5.14pm BST
Weightlifting: Apologies for neglecting the weightlifting, but going into the closing stages, Zoe Smith is in gold medal position, with Welshwoman Michaela Breeze in silver at present.
5.10pm BST
Cycling: Now it's the gold medal race (race two of three) in the tandem, and Scotland's Neil Fachie and Craig Maclean face Australia's Kieran Modra and Jason Niblett. And a quite brilliant ride from the Scots gives them the win in race two - that's 1-1, and it'll be a winner-takes-all final race a bit later. Marvellous effort, that.
5.05pm BST
Cycling: Bronze medal race for the men's tandem now, and the Welsh pair of Ieaun Williams and Matt Ellis were just - just, by a foot or so - pipped on the line by Australians Paul Kennedy and Tom Clarke for the bronze medal.
5.01pm BST
Hockey: The men's pool game between India and Scotland has about 25 minutes to go, and it's glum faces all round in the home stands, as India take a 5-0 lead. Ooof.
4.59pm BST
Cycling: Bit of an issue in the velodrome, as in one of the women's minor sprint finals (for 5th-8th place) there's been a fall, with Jenny Davis of Scotland smacking to the floor with a fearful belt. Still, she's back on the bike and seems fine, but in the re-run race can only get 8th, with Victoria Williamson winning and taking fifth spot.
4.50pm BST
Cycling: It's Meares against Varnish now, and another marvellous performance from the Aussie puts her through to the final to defend her title against Morton. Every race in the velodrome since the afternoon session began has been won by an Australian. Damn them for being so good at sport.
4.47pm BST
Squash: England's Nick Matthew, the defending champion, completes his win over Chris Simpson with a mis-hit winner off his frame. A pity to end it like that, but the world No.2 was dominant throughout.
4.45pm BST
Cycling: Second race in the women's spring semis now, and Stephanie Morton is one up over Fatehah Mustapa. A coy affair with neither athlete particularly keen to take the lead, but Morton goes ahead in the end and very much stays there, and she'll race for the gold medal against either Meares or Varnish.
4.40pm BST
Cycling: Well that was insane. The women's scratch ends in a one-two for Australia, with Annette Edmondson winning, Amy Cure taking silver and Elinor Barker taking bronze for Wales. I'm just astonished there wasn't an absolutely enormous pile-up. Katie Archibald looked in a good position in the final lap, but she was just edged out in the final straight. Danielle King finished fourth.
4.36pm BST
Squash: Nick Matthew has taken the second set over Chris Simpson, on his way to what looks like it will be a comfortable win.
4.35pm BST
Cycling: The scratch race is getting 'tactical' with nine laps to go. That's what they're saying, anyway - I haven't the first idea of what's going on.
4.32pm BST
Weightlifting: The women's -58kg competition is underway, and at the end of the snatch phase England's Zoe Smith has a best of 92kg, but is behind Michaela Breeze of Wales who has 93kg.
4.27pm BST
Cycling: The women's scratch race is underway, and it looks like absolute madness. Laura Trott, individual pursuit winner Joanna Rowsell and Danielle King are all in the (very large) field. 33 laps to go. Make yourself a brew for this one.
4.20pm BST
Cycling: In the first of the three gold medal races in the tandem kilo, Scotland's Neil Fachie and Craig Maclean leave themselves too much to do, and Australia's Kieran Modra and Jason Niblett take first blood.
4.16pm BST
Cycling: Back in the velodrome, Australia's Paul Kennedy and Thomas Clarke beat the Welsh duo of Matt Ellis and Ieuan Williams in the first race of three for the bronze medal.
4.12pm BST
Squash: Nick Matthew has taken the first set in his match against Gurnsey's Chris Simpson, 11-7.
4.07pm BST
Cycling: The second sprint semi-final race one now, and it's a tactical tussle between Anna Meares and Jess Varnish. A cracking race but Meares just - just - nicks it at the last.
4.05pm BST
Hockey: Over on the astroturf, Scotland's men's pool game against India has just kicked off. Or pushed off. Yeah, actually, it's 'pushed off', isn't it. Isn't it?
4.04pm BST
Cycling: Australia's Stephanie Morton is up first against Fatehah Mustapa from Malaysia, and Morton judges it perfectly to take the first of the best of three series by about half a wheel.
4.00pm BST
Cycling: Attention turning to the Chris Foy Velodrome now, where it will be the women's sprint semi-finals, featuring Jess Varnish and Anna Meares, followed by the men's B2 tandem final, in which Scotland's Ben Fachie will be going for gold against Kieran Modra from Australia. The women's 10km scratch race is a bit later, too.
3.49pm BST
Shooting: Another gold has been decided, and it's in the women's 10m air rifles, with a one-two for India. Apurvi Chandela takes gold, Ayonika Paul silver and Malaysia's Nur Suryani Mohamed Taibi the bronze.
3.42pm BST
Boxing: In the second stage of the men's light-welterweight (64kg), Sam Maxwell has handed out a very literal pounding to Tonga's Ikani Falekaono, the referee calling a merciful halt to proceedings around halfway through the second round.
3.39pm BST
Hockey: Australia saunter to a rather spicy win over Wales, winning by the rather convincing margin of 7-1.
3.36pm BST
Squash: Peter Barker completes a rather routine victory over Cameron Pilley, winning 3-0. Defending champ Nick Matthew is up next.
3.19pm BST
Want to read a bit more about that Australia v England thriller in the netball earlier? Well you're in luck, because Andy Bull was there and so was his laptop:
Early Saturday morning, and the netball arena is already full. First on court is the latest instalment in one of the rivalries that will shape these Games, with England playing Australia in the group stages. An Ashes encounter, one of many which will unfold over the next eight days. At the start of the day England are top of the table, in front of Australia by a single gold medal.
Truth is this has been a one-sided contest for the best part of a generation. England have not finished ahead since 1986, when the Games were last held in Scotland, and 32 teams did not turn up because they were staging a boycott. This year things may be a little different, if only because, as Ian Thorpe says, the British teams are still enjoying the fruits of the extra investment made in the run-up to London 2012.
3.15pm BST
Oh, come on...
Usain Bolt's reaction when asked about Scottish Referendum at today's Press Conference #soclose #greatguy #worklyf pic.twitter.com/JQ8hEoAjpW
3.10pm BST
Hockey: Wales have just done a goal! Well done Wales! Unfortunately, Australia have five, with 20 minutes to go. I'm no expert, but I'd say the chances are they won't pull this one back.
3.04pm BST
Oh lord. Who asked Usain Bolt about Gaza? What possible connection could he have and what possible contribution could he make to a debate that is so complicated that even people who understand it, don't really understand it?
Bolt is asked for his thoughts on Gaza "For me, I hear about it but I don't follow up on these things so I can't comment on them. "
3.00pm BST
Lawn bowls: A rare jaunt over to the green now, where Scotland's Robert Conway and Irene Edgar took silver in the mixed B2/B3 pairs events for bowlers with visual impairments, losing to South Africa's Gwen Nel and Herman Scholtz.
2.58pm BST
Shooting: More medals for Brits on the old guns. England's Rory Warlow - whose picture on the Games site looks like a mugshot - takes bronze in the men's skeet, while Scot Drew Christie makes off with the silver. Georgios Achilleos of Cyprus won gold.
2.52pm BST
Squash: More from the People Falling Over Files, and Pilley, all 6ft 4 of him, has just stacked it in amusing fashion in his match against Peter Barker. Currently 6-4 to the Englishman in the first set.
2.47pm BST
Looking ahead, from our Lazy National Stereotypes dept:
Usain Bolt confirms he will run heats of 4x100m relay. "I am expecting a lot of rain and seeing a lot of kilts."
2.45pm BST
Squash: Sartorial note: Cameron Pilley is wearing odd-coloured socks. Not on, that. Not, on.
2.36pm BST
Squash: Gold medalist from 2010 and seven-time world champion Nicol David, of Malaysia, is through to the women's semi-final, beating England's Jenny Duncalf 3-1. Next up is the men's quarters, where England's Peter Barker faces Australia's Cameron Pilley. After that world No.2 and favourite for the title Nick Matthew will play Chris Simpson from Gurnsey.
2.25pm BST
Here are some details on that proposal at the rugby sevens, featuring the standard tortured sporting references:
IT worker James Collette, 32, dropped to one knee on the Govan turf to pop the question to 27-year-old girlfriend Lucy Sargison.
Thankfully for James, his army captain girlfriend did not kick his proposal into touch as Lucy, from Bath, said yes.
Her answer prompted a huge cheer which even managed to drown out the roar which met Sri Lanka's lone score in their 62-7 humping by Australia earlier on Saturday.
James said: "We've been together for the past two years but I've only been planning this for the last two or three months.
"The Games organisers have been great and helped a lot. I'm just delighted she said yes."
2.21pm BST
Boxing: One I missed from earlier - Joseph Cordina of Wales beat England's Pat McCormack in the men's lightweight round of 32. Still a bit weird that they don't wear headgear these days.
2.18pm BST
Hockey: Australia are already 2-0 up over Wales in the men's pool game. As the Aussies are ranked one in the world and Wales down in 31st, this could get ugly.
2.16pm BST
Rugby sevens: Gah. The All Blacks held on to win. They also appear to have a player named Kaka.
2.14pm BST
Rugby sevens: Oooh, lively at Ibrox. Scotland have come back from 17-0 down to trail just 17-14 with a minute to go. New Zealand are down to five men...
2.09pm BST
Hockey: Getting underway in the men's tournament is Australia v Wales. Earlier games saw New Zealand give Trinidad & Tobago an 8-0 hosing, while Malaysia beat Canada 2-0,
2.06pm BST
Rugby sevens: In my excitement earlier I shot early, it seems - England actually beat Sri Lanka 57-0, not 52-0, spoiling their symmetrical score. They can't do anything right in this sport.
2.01pm BST
Here's something that would make rugby more entertaining: people falling over in slapstick fashion. Not being knocked over, you understand - we're looking for a genuine pratfall. From the Press Association:
Gavin Hastings was one of the rugby union world's great goal-kickers, but the Scot was left red-faced and sore after attempting to rekindle old glories.
In a kicking challenge with BBC Radio Five's Nicky Campbell and George Riley, amid a forest of tents on the Carther Park Rugby Club pitch, Hastings, now 52, took a nasty fall.
He suffered a badly grazed arm after taking his tumble on the crucial kick, and Riley, who often covers rugby league, took the honours.
Campbell wrote on Twitter: "Glory for georgeyboy in the kicking competition as disaster strikes for Hastings in the crucial kick. A over T."
Brian Moore, the former England hooker, was unimpressed by Hastings' fall, replying: "4.9 - a lack of symmetry and toes not fully extended."
Victorious Riley added: "A huge victory for league over union & England over Scotland. A sporting highlight to beat Gavin Hastings in bbc5live goal kicking comp!"
1.54pm BST
Rugby sevens: John Inverdale describes rugby sevens as a 'non-stop party'. Hmmm. He then compares it to Twenty20 cricket, which must sting a little for those wrong-headed types who prefer rugby to cricket, given that it predates T20 by over a century. England have just pounded Sri Lanka 52-0, by the way, with a pleasingly symmetrical 26 points in each half. Scotland v New Zealand next up.
1.48pm BST
Triathlon: Alistair describes the triathlon as 'fun'. Some people's idea of a good time is...different.
1.46pm BST
Triathlon: Richard Murray takes it home for South Africa for silver, while Ryan Bailey gets bronze for Australia.
1.45pm BST
And there it is. Brownlee quite literally walks over the finish line to claim his second gold of the Games, and indeed Jodie Stimpson's as well. Vicky Holland and Jonathan Brownlee share the glory.
1.43pm BST
Triathlon: Brownlee should really bogle for the last few metres of this. Or do the worm. He'd still win.
1.42pm BST
Triathlon: Brownlee reaches the end of the bike and the rest are dots in the distance, so basically as long as he stays upright he'll take a second gold of the games. The gap between he and the chasing pack is over a minute, and crucially he seems not to have been penalised for being marginally outside the box at the last relay changeover. Murray of South Africa is starting to pull away from the others in second place.
1.36pm BST
Triathlon: Sissons seems to have given up trying to catch Brownlee on the bike, and has now dropped into the chasing pack along with Australia, Canada and South Africa, the latter of which represented by Richard Murray, the best runner of the lot, apparently.
1.31pm BST
Triathlon: Brownlee has added another few seconds to the gap at the end of the swim, now leading New Zealand's Ryan Sissons by about 12 seconds now.
1.29pm BST
Triathlon: Stimpson has opened up an impressive gap on the run (around nine seconds), but England could have some mither after Alistair Brownlee was very, very close to being outside the changeover box as they tagged. We wait to see if the judges take a dim view of that one.
1.27pm BST
Cycling: Did we tell you Jess Varnish was in the sprint semi-finals? Well, she is, along with Anna Meares. Obviously.
1.23pm BST
Triathlon: Samuel and Stimpson end the cycling leg more or less neck and neck, but the Englishwoman powers ahead as the run starts. A pack of Australia, Canada and Seth Efrica are together scrapping for third spot.
1.19pm BST
Triathlon: Nicky Samuels of New Zealand has very impressively closed the gap on Jodie Stimpson, and the pair are currently duking it out for the lead on the bike leg.
1.12pm BST
Netball: New Zealand 71 Scotland 14. Ouch.
1.08pm BST
Triathlon: Brownlee has pulverised the field as he hands over to Jodie Stimpson, very nearly lapping Liam Lloyd of Wales on the run. England are a full 16 seconds of New Zealand as Stimpson flings herself into the water. Northern Ireland are third, Canada fourth.
1.06pm BST
Pride of Wales: emotional Frankie Jones top of the podium in last ever competition #Glasgow2014 @bbc5live pic.twitter.com/QUF5dZQfWG
1.05pm BST
Triathlon: Brownlee makes his move. Jonny B breaks from the leading pack at the end of the cycling leg, moving a few metres ahead of the pack, and despite making a minor fudge of the changeover, is still ahead of Canada, Northern Ireland and New Zealand as the run starts. Scotland's Grant Sheldon very nearly does himself a mischief with a bike dismount snafu, but just about stays on his feet.
1.01pm BST
Judo: Quick update from the mats, where in the men's -90kg semi-final Matthew Purssey of Scotland has beaten Australia's Mark Anthony to reach the gold medal match. Dame Edna, Shane Warne, Bouncer from Neighbours, Steve Irwin, Roy and HG: your boy took etc and so on and so forth.
12.55pm BST
At the rugby sevens? Seriously mate?
These two England fans just got engaged at Ibrox. Tears and kisses and a shimmering engagement ring. #bless pic.twitter.com/2RRJcGS98k
12.54pm BST
Shooting: Bronze for England! And not just any bronze, as 60-year-old Mick Gault wins his 18th (eighteenth) Games medal, which equals the medal record.
He came third in the men's 10m air pistol, with Australian Daniel Repacholi taking gold and and India's Prakash Nanjappa silver.
12.52pm BST
Triathlon: Canada are in the lead at the first changeover, with Sweetland coming in ahead and handing over to Matt Sharpe, while Connor Murphy of Northern Ireland is second and Jonny Brownlee currently third, but there's no more than a few metres between them in the water.
12.48pm BST
Table tennis: Bit of a ding-dong over in the ping pong, where England and Malaysia just fought a fine tussle in the women's team quarter-final, taking it to the very final game, but in the end Ng Sock Khim just edged out England's Tin-Tin Ho.
12.44pm BST
Brief non-Games interlude...
Rickie Lambert and Lucas pay a special visit to Dunkin' Donuts in Boston #LFCTour http://t.co/wSTqbgVcLX pic.twitter.com/sU9R4WQvmN
12.42pm BST
Triathlon: As the first group of women are about halfway through the bike leg, Canada's Kirsteen Sweetland is marginally ahead of England's Vicky Holland, who just very nearly stacked it after almost clipping a fence. Could've been nasty, but those two are a decent way ahead of Northern Ireland's Aileen Reid.
12.39pm BST
Greg Rutherford doesn't mind people having fun, as long as they do it in orderly and quiet fashion.
Being in an athletes village is great until the ignorant athletes make more noise than a herd of elephants startled in a china shop.
The English athlete added, after team-mate Bianca Williams sympathised: "It bloody kills me. I have the noisiest people above me with some serious big feet banging around.
"I think some people are determined to annoy every other athlete around them. Strong words will be said soon."
Mike Hooper, chief executive of the Commonwealth Games Federation, said no complaints had been received.
At a daily media briefing, Hooper said: "It's a great environment within the village. We've had absolutely no complaints whatsoever. It's news to me the tweet that he's made."
The athletes' village is located in Glasgow's East End, and is housing around 6,500 competitors and officials during the Games.
12.36pm BST
Rugby sevens: More joy for the Welsh, who have just smacked Malaysia's bottom to the tune of 42-0 at Ibrox.
12.33pm BST
Rhythmic gymnastics: GOLD! Gold for Wales, as Frankie Jones picks up the shiniest medal in the ribbon event, despite a protest from Canada who scweamed and scweamed until they were sick/protested against an apparently iffy score given to Patricia Bezzoubenko, who had already picked up gold with the clubs and the ball earlier. Seems greedy.
12.31pm BST
Triathlon: It's the mixed team relay final in the triathlon shortly, and the BBC chap has sold it to us by saying Blur, Oasis and Pulp have played at the venue in which it's taking place.
In case you were wondering, the format of the relay is four athletes (two women, two men) doing a shortened triathlon of a 250m swim, a 6kg bike ride and 1mile run, in a weird mix of the imperial and metric. England have the Brownlee brothers and women's gold medallist Jodie Stimpson and bronze winner Vicky Holland, so you'd think unless someone develops rickets halfway round, they will win gold.
12.19pm BST
A quick round-up of some stuff that's been going on this morning:
Swimming: Fran Halsall set a new Games record of 25.64 in the 50m butterfly heat, qualifying with ease for the semis later on tonight. Hannah Miley, who won gold in the 400m individual medley on Thursday, set a personal best of 2:28.22 seconds in the 200m breaststroke final, qualifying for the final later, Chris Walker-Hebburn qualified for the semis of the men's 50m backstroke, while Australia's Daniel Fox set a world record of 1:57.16 in the heats of the men's 200m freestyle.
11.57am BST
Hello, and welcome to another day of red hot sport, sport, sport! The Commonwealth Games - and indeed most international multi-sport events - is of course a rather curious thing in that we are asked to emotionally invest in athletes for a very short period of time, often when we didn't know a single thing about them before, and will not give a couple of hoots about after. Until the next time. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing, of course. Indeed, it's nice to care about something briefly, without the unending pain of that football or cricket team that never wins. Anyway, stand by, updates to come.
11.47am BST
Nick will be here shortly. As it's the first big weekend, why don't you listen to The First Big Weekend by Glaswegian post-folk indie band Arab Strap while you peruse what's going on at the Games today.
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