ALL THE NEWS, ACTION AND REACTION LIVE FROM GLASGOW 2014 AS IT HAPPENS!
By Paul Osborne and Nick Butler in Glasgow
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BREAKING NEWS: Nigeria's 16-year-old gold medal winning weightlifter Chika Amalaha fails drugs test in first positive doping case of the Games. (See 10:56, 10:53, 10:45, 10:36 and 13:25)
Good night!
22:30 Will Australia struggle to hold their lead now swimming has finished? We shall see...with 19 more sets of medals to be won tomorrow, including the start of the diving competition.
Join us at 09:00 for, as ever, all the best of the sport and everything else going on here in Glasgow.
22:28 Australia still hold a lead of the medals table, just, with one gold and eight medals more than England.
22:26 With all the sport over for day six, that special sign of collaboration epitomising these "Friendly Games" seems a good place to finish for the day...
Scotland and Malawi camaraderie
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"Monica Dzonzi, the UNICEF ambassador for Malawi who carried the Queen's baton at the start of the Glasgow 2014 relay, is set to visit Blantyre the birthplace of Scottish missionary and humanitarian David Livingstone at Blantyre on Wednesday. 'People always remember David Livingstone and the kind of work that he did back in Malawi,' she said. 'I call Scotland the warm heart of Europe as Malawi is the warm heart of Africa. We have that strong link.'"
- Olympic and Commonwealth Games historian Philip Barker on a special relationship
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Swimming review after six days of action
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"The Scots have had something to cheer about as 10 medals have been won by home swimmers in total including three golds for Hannah Miley, Ross Murdoch and Libby Clegg. The home nation sit just behind South Africa and Canada on the swimming medal table but it is the big-two of England and Australia who are way out in front.
"England have amassed 28 medals that were highlighted by two golds for Fran Halsall and Benjamin Proud, while Siobhan-Marie O'Connor and Adam Peaty have announced their arrival on the international stage with Commonwealth titles - and with aplomb.
"But it is the Aussie machine that keeps on rolling as they top the medal table at a Commonwealth Games again. The green and gold brigade amassed more than twice as many medals as England with 57 in total including 19 gold, 21 silver and 17 bronze. The likes of James Magnussen, Daniel Tranter, Emily Seebohm, Leiston Pickett, Emma McKeon, Madison Elliott, Ben Treffers and the Campbell sisters of Cate and Bronte have all impressed on their way to becoming Commonwealth Games champions while the Aussie's had near total domination in the relay events. It is rather fitting that the next time an Australian swimmer tips their toe in a Commonwealth Games swimming pool it will be in the aptly named Gold Coast four years from now."
Weightlifting gold for Papua New Guinea
22:21 Some more reaction to the first gold for Papua New Guinea, from the Sports Minister of the Pacific Island, Justin Tkatchenko, who can invariably be spotted inside the Armadillo whenever there is the faintest sniff of a success for his nation
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But remember, the Pacific nation could yet have another gold if Chika Amalaha, the Nigerian weightlifter whose positive test was announced today, is disqualified. Original silver medal winner Dika Toua would be upgraded to gold.
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22:10 So, another exciting evening of athletics comes to an end. A good for Jamica, Canada and Kenya, and one of near misses for England with silver medals, albeit with some very good performances.
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The Canadian's second attempt proved the all-important throw as he finishes with a high of 74.16m.
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Kibiegon finishes 4:08.94 to beat England's Laura Weightman to the line.
Canada's Kate Van Buskirk is just fractions behind in third.
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- Editor Duncan Mackay enjoys the Papua New Guinea after-party at the Armadillo.
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21:44 Australia's Shelley Watts has taken to instagram to reflect on her shock victory over England's Natasha Jonas in the women's boxing earlier today. Here's what she had to say...
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21:37 An update from the hammer throw now and Canada's Jim Steacy leads after the fourth attempt with a throw of 74.16.
England's Nicholas Miller is behind him with a best of 72.99 while Scotland's Mark Dry is in third on 71.64.
Two more English athletes sit fourth and fifth, Alex Smith and Amir Williamson.
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- Editor Duncan Mackay with an update from the Clyde Auditorium.
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Superb stuff at the pool in Tollcross as England pick up their second gold of the night after a dramatic finish in the men's 4x100m medley relay.
Adam Peaty and Adam Brown gave the English a sizeable lead in the second and third legs before another Adam, this time Barrett soared like a salmon into the water to take on the final run. However, the imposing presence of James Magnussen was chasing him down and following the final turn for home the Aussie began eating into the English lead as the everyone rose to their feet in the arena.
Amid deafening noise Barratt pumped and kicked like never before to touch home and break the Games record to boot.
Their time of 3:31:51 took almost two seconds off that set by Australia in 2010.South Africa were distant third.
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That is only the third gold medal won by Papua New Guinea since they made their debut at the Commonwealth Games in 1962. The first they won was by Geua Tau in the lawn bowls at Auckland 1990. They had to wait 16 years for their second, from Ryan Pini in the men's 100m butterfly at Melbourne in 2006.
Of course, the impending disqualification of Nigerian Chika Amalaha means Dika Toua is almost certain to be awarded the gold medal in the women's 53kg weightlifting. But that isn't official yet. Toua and Kari are cousins remember.
The bronze medal was won by India's Chandrakant Dadu Mali
Relay double on the cards at the pool
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Campbell had a slight advantage going into the final 100m but try as she might Halsall could not reel her in while Sandrine Mainville saw Canada home in third.
21:16 Kenyan flags being held high at Hampden Park as we watch the medal ceremony for the women's 10,000m
You're allowed to wave them guys...
21:15 Kari responses by lifting 200kg only for the judges to declare it a 'no lift'. Papua New Guinea Sports Minister Tkatchenko is furious.
But he's soon on his feet celebrating after the jury of appeal reverse the decision and judge it a fair lift.
21:10 Approaching business end of 94kg weightlifting and Ribouem looking like the man to beat. Papua New Guinea's Steven Kukuna Kari really pulled one of the bag by lifting 195kg only for Ribouem to respond with an effort of 196kg. He celebrates his successful light by upper cutting the air and dancing around the stage.
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- It looks like the DJ has felt the threat of editor's Duncan Mackay's DJing skills over at the Armadillo.
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South Africa's Fredriech comes home first in the 1500m but Warner's 4:45.43 in fifth is enough for the overall gold. He finishes on 8282 points.
England's Ashley Byrant taks the silver with 8109 points while Grenada's Kurt Felix seals bronze on 8070.
21:01 The men's 1500m underway now. This is the final event of the decathlon remember...
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- Editor Duncan Mackay could give the DJ at tonight's weightlifting a tip or two.
20:59 We are now into the clean and jerk section of the 94kg weightlifting. Scottish hope Peter Kirkbride has just had a failure at 182kg and is about to have his second attempt. At the moment England's Owen Boxall is leading but the main contenders still have to come.
Kirkbride goes close on his second attempt at 182kg but cannot lock his knees. He seems spent on his third attempt and fails again. There will be no medal tonight for him.
20:51 At the end of the snatch Simplice Riouem, Australia's defending champion, is leading and looking good to retain his title. When he completed his lift of 153kg the Australian coaching staff celebrated like they'd taken the final English wicket at the MCG to win the Ashes.
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Both men were streaks ahead of the rest at the midway point and it was a straight battle between the two but Cochrane showed his power and endurance by pulling away from Horton over the final 200m.
Wales' Daniel Jervis became an honorary Scot for the final 50m as the crowd roared him on in his battle for bronze with Jordan Harrison and that extra wee push made all the difference as he touched home just ahead of the chasing Aussie.
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Andrew Riley comes in first with a time of 13.32, just fractions ahead of England's William Sharman.
Sharman almost had it but stumbled on the final hurdle to hand the win to the Jamaican.
Shane Brathwaite of Barbados takes the bronze.
20:43 We've got the men's hammer throw final currently underway here at Hampden Park, we'll bring you an update on that shortly.
First, though, it's the men's 110m hurdles...
There's no defending champion Adam Turner in this of course after he hit the first hurdle in the heat's this morning and was knocked out.
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- Usain Bolt sounds impressed by the Jamaican domination in the women's 400m final
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- Editor Duncan Mackay enjoying the atmosphere at the men's weightlifting.
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Stephanie McPherson takes the win in 50.67 ahead of team mates Novlene Williams-Mills and Christine Day.
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- Joyce Chepkirui reflects on her women's 10,000m gold.
20:25 The Kenyan one, two, three in tonight's 10,000m final was a first in the event for the nation and means that a Kenyan athlete has won the women's 10,000m in the last five Commonwealth Games.
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- Reporter Gary Anderson reflects on the swimming action at the midway point of tonight's proceedings.
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Six-time Paralympic and world champion Sophie Pascoe claims her second gold medal of the Games and New Zealand's second on the night after an awesome performance in the women's Para-sport 200m individual medley SM10 adds to Lauren Boyle's win earlier.
She was just under four seconds clear of silver medal winner Katherine Downie of Australia while Aurelie Rivard claims bronze.
Pascoe was still well outside her world record of 2:25:65 set on her way to gold at London 2012.
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Earlier, Tkatchenko had written on his Facebook page, following the announcement of Arnalaha's positive. 'Dika your hard and honest work has given you a chance now to receive the GOLD MEDAL Well done we are so proud of you..it clearly shows it never pays to cheat!! Dika that GOLD was always yours...you are our champion...
- Editor Duncan Mackay with the latest update from the Clyde Auditorium.
20:08 England's Olympic champion Greg Rutherford has followed a family tradition by qualifying for the final of the long jump at Hampden Park. His great grandfather Jock played for England at the same stadium against Scotland in 1908 before a world-record crowd of 121,452.
There were about 77,000 less people at Hampden today but Rutherford enjoyed the experience.
And before any readers write in, yes it is confusing that England picked a player called Jock for a match against Scotland. But he was born in Northumberland and during a long career played for a number of English clubs, including Arsenal, where he won three First Divison titles, and Newcastle United, where he played in a remarkable five FA Cup finals.
20:05 We're through nine of 10 event in the men's decathlon now with just the 1500m left to go.
Canada's Damian Warner still sits first with 7,636 points. He's followed by Grenada's Kurt Felix on 7,437 and the English pairing of Ashley Byrant and John Lane on 7,418 and 7,333 respectively.
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Daniel Tranter beats his chest after taking gold for Australia in the men's 200m individual medley breaking the Games record of Delhi 2010 champion James Goddard to finish in a time of 1:57:83.
Daniel Wallace came into the arena clad in his kilt to a raucous reception and he hasn't disappointed by taking silver and Scotland 's first medal on the night with South Africa's Chad le Clos in third.
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- Editor Duncan Mackay has moved from the Hydro to the Armadillo for tonight's weightlifting final.
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The Jamaican had already sealed gold with her opening jump of 14.09m but jumps a 14.21m in her final attempt to really cement her victory.
England's Laura Samuel finishes with silver while Ayanna Alexander of Trinidad and Tobago takes the bronze.
19:48 A brilliantly run race by Joyce Chepkirui in the women's 10,000m it looked like the Kenyans were teasing the field at the front as the made break after break across the distance. Kiplagat must have thought she'd won it but her team mate timed the sprint to perfection.
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What a start for the Welsh Dragons and three races in Australia have yet to register a win.
That's not often been said these past few days at Tollcross.
19:41 The cheers kept ringing out in at Hampden as the crowd had eyes for the battle for fourth and fifth.
England's Kate Avery just beats Beth Potter of Scotland to the line by a mere tenth of a second.
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Florence Kiplagat makes a break on the final bend and looks to have broken clear but Joyce Chepkirui reels her in and pips gold on the line.
A new personal best for Chepkirui with her winning time of 32:09.35
Emily Chebet takes bronze.
19:38 The final lap now at Hampden Park and the Kenyans are leagues ahead. The only question now; which one will take the gold?
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England's Benjamin Proud takes his second gold medal at Glasgow 2014 as he powers to victory in the men's 50m freestyle to add to his 50m breaststroke win from Friday night.
The Australians Cameron McEvoy and James Magnussen take silver and bronze respectively.
19:33 It's a Kenyan one, two, three now as Chebet, Kiplagat and Chepkirui make a break. Beth Potter of Scotland and Kate Avery of England are 50m back in fourth and fifth but it looks like it's going to be a clean sweep here for Kenya.
19:28 Huge cheers at Hampden as Scotand's Beth Potter takes to the front in the women's 10,000m final. There's a group of nine athletes leading this race as they come around to the 6,800m mark.
Gymnastics medals presentation
19:24 A wonderful moment in the medals ceremony for the men's team gymnastics, as England's Sam Oldham is carried onto the podium by his team mates after arriving on crutches. He was injured earlier but won't be too upset. He's just been awarded a Commonwealth Games gold medal!
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19:16 Just four laps later and that gaps been closed as Scotland's Beth Potter leads the chasing pack of Elinor Kirk of Wales and England's Kate Avery and Sonia Samuels back into the breakaway group
19:09 And there's already a massive divide between the African runners and those from closer to home as Uganda's Celementine Mukasakindi pushes the pace after just 400m. She's followed by Kenya's Florence Kiplagat, Joyce Chepkirui and Emily Chebet and Ugandans Toroitich Chebet and Vanis Chemutai
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On the women's the Aussies will be defending their 4x100 medley relay crown while the men will be doing likewise. Meanwhile, in individual events, Ryan Cochrane of Canada is the only defending champion in action as he will be looking to retain the men's 1,500m freestyle title.
The home fans' hopes will be pinned on Hannah Miley in the women's 400m freestyle and Stephen Milne and Daniel Wallace in the men's 1,500m freestyle and 200m individual medley respectively.
- Reporter Gary Anderson is in position for the final day of action in the pool.
Gold medals in gymnastics and wrestling as evening action begins
19:06 Scottish Commonwealth Games and Sports Minister Shona Robison is presenting the medals in the gymnastics. Was she hoping for some Scottish success I wonder? After the crowd clap along to "With A Little Help from My Friends" by The Beatles, fitting considering the English success I suppose, a member of the Australian team, who else, leads the crowd in an enthusiastic rendition of "Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi".
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- Editor Duncan Mackay on the music at the Hydro Arena as we await the medal presentations.
19:01 Action underway now in athletics. As Trinidad and Tobago's Ayanna Alexander moves up into third in the women's triple jump behind Jamaica's Kimberly Williams and England's Laura Matthews, it's time to focus on the track with the women's 10,000m ready to get underway.
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- Reporter Paul Osborne has made his way to Hampden Park
Shooting, weightlifting and wrestling medals action
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Mike Grundy of England and Melvin Bibo of Nigeria won the two bronze medals.
What will BK do next?
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BK, who is a big hit with the kids back in Oz, is looked after during his time at the pool by a "zookeeper", who is generally a rookie in the Australian swimming team.
Undoubtedly the biggest question drifting through the Tollcross stands this evening is, "what next for BK?" with rumours surfacing of a surprise appearance on the podium, or a quick dip in the pool.
- Reporter Paul Osborne bringing us the big news ahead of the final night of swimming action.
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The nation had been suspended since 2006 due to political problems back home. Gary Anderson's report on them being reinstated can be read here.
That is Fiji's first medal since they secured rugby sevens bronze at Melbourne 2006. Could they have upset the New Zealand v South Africa party if they had played here at Ibrox, I wonder?
The team will be gunning for a first Fijian Olympic medal at Rio 2016.
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- Apolonia Vaivai is pleased with her bronze medal in the women's 75kg, the first ever Commonwealth Games weightlifting medal won by Fiji
18:06 England have some catching up to do as far as the medals table is concerned as well. They are two golds and 10 medals behind Australia at the moment.
Only five golds separates the next five countries however. Scotland are still third, but Canada, India, New Zealand and South Africa are chasing fast. India are certainly being helped by the start of the wrestling events.
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge photobomb?
17:58 I wouldn't say it was the best "photobomb selfie" we've seen so far. But England distance runner Emelia Górecka has posted this pic that, just about, has a royal presence in the background.
The English still have some catching up to do to equal the Aussie in this regard, it would appear...
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Gold medals in weightlifting, wrestling and gymnastics
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- England gold medal favourite Natasha Jonas after her shock defeat to Australian Shelley Watts in the women's light boxing
17:44 After the injury for Sam Oldham earlier, English gymnastics team mate Rebecca Downie rolls her foot as he pulls off a double pike in the vault. But the team are leading after the latest rotation. Ahead of Wales and Scotland so a home nations 1-2-3 at the moment.
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- Reporter Nick Butler at the Hydro Arena for the women's team gymnastics final.
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17:28 The action is hotting up now in the gymnastics as the England team take to the beam. Both Ruby Harrold and Hannah Whelan have little stumbles on their dismount, and that will cost them some key points.
English shooting success
17:20 Daniel Rivers became the first Englishman to win the 50m rifle 3 positions in 28 years after triumphing earlier on this afternoon. The last victory also came on Scottish soil, when Malcolm Cooper won at Edinburgh 1986.
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Gold for India in first wrestling final
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16:56 Huge cheers as Scotland's gymnasts compete in the floor event here. It's certainly a more complicated sport to get your head around live than on television, where you can focus on one event, but there is nothing in sport more visually spectacular than a gymnast vaulting at speed through the air.
Scotland are aiming to match their male counterparts, who won their first ever men's team medal, a silver, earlier.
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16:39 Across the short path from the Hydro Arena to the SECC Precinct, women's boxing has got underway a few hours earlier than yesterday. And there has already been a major shock as England's Natasha Jonas lost via a split decision to Shelley Watts of Australia.
That may have opened the draw up for Charlene Jones of Wales who just dominated her opening clash against Hansika Arachchi of Sri Lanka.
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- Reporter Nick Butler at the Hydro Arena
Double rifle gold for England
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On a sadder note, Jersey's 24-year wait for a Commonwealth Games medal continues after Barry Le Cheminant and Daniel Richardson finished down 7th and 16th position. They had been considered outside contenders to reach the podium in the same event Colin Mallett won the the island's only gold medal, at Auckland 1990.
History made in cross country mountain biking
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Gate, aged 18, became the youngest ever Games mountain bike medal winner, while Cooper, who is just one year older, became the youngest champion. It also marked the first ever gold for New Zealand in Commonwealth Games mountain-biking.
Usain Bolt meets Prince Harry
16:09 Remember Prince Harry is one of the very few people who has managed to get the better of Usain Bolt in a race. He famously finished ahead of him, albeit with a slight false start, in a head-to-head race during a tour to the Caribbean in 2012.
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16:04 Sprinter Usain Bolt has had what he described as an "honourable meeting" with Prince Harry this afternoon. He and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have made the most of their time in Glasgow, visiting a number of venues as well as the Athletes' Village today.
15:58 England now establish a 1-2 after 30 of 45 shots, Daniel Rivers on 303.5 from Kenneth Parr on 302.3. Jonathan Hammond of Scotland is third with 301.7 as they prepare for the standing shooting.
15:52 After 20 shots, Daniel Rivers of England has scored 203.3, with Scotland's Jonathan Hammond on 199.5. Kenneth Parr of England is nipping at his heels with 199.3.
15:48 In the final of the men's 50m rifle three positions, England's Daniel Rivers is the early leader after 15 shots of 45.
15:45 That gold puts New Zealand fifth in the medals table, leapfrogging South Africa.
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15:35 Less than two kilometres to go. It's Anton Cooper of New Zealand from Daniel McConnell of Australia and Samuel Gaze of New Zealand, all nose to tail.
15:31 Anton Cooper of New Zealand increases the pace, but his countryman and the Australian stay with him. Canada's Max Plaxton looks beaten.
15:30 This is set to be a thriller of a finish in the mountain biking. No one is yet to make a break for it, but the top four after shuffling into position.
15:29 At the Barry Buddon Shooting Centre, eight men are about to contest gold in the 50m rifle three positions.
15:27 Update from the men's hockey, where Australia lead India 4-2 with four minutes of the second half to play.
15:26 One lap to go in the cross-country. Four in it - two New Zealanders, an Australian and a Canadian.
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- Canadian Kate Van Buskirk has had the low-down from her coach ahead of the women's 1500m final in Hampden Park.
15:16 Still a four-horse race in the mountain biking cross-country, but Canada's Max Plaxton looks like he might be fighting fatigue as he edges off the wheel of the man in third.
15:07 Keeping an eye on some of the other medals to be won in the next couple of hours, the women's 75kg weightlifting will start at 3.30pm, with the men's 94kg at 7.30pm.
The first day of the wrestling competition will see four gold medals won, with the first of those in the men's freestlye 57kg at 4.40pm. The other gold medal matches will follow over the next hour.
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15:01 A number of heavy crashes in the cross-country. It's a testing course lined, as you would expect, with plenty of cheering fans.
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- Australian track cyclist Thomas Clarke has been rubbing shoulders with royalty and the British Prime Minister in Glasgow.
14:56 Back at the mountain biking, and it's Canada's Max Plaxton who now leads the cross-country. But it's still the same group of four that hold a significant advantage over the rest and look set to battle for the medals. Daniel McConnell of Australia, and New Zealanders Samuel Gaze and Anton Cooper sit behind. Three laps to go.
14:54 Sticking with the shooting, the men's 50m rifle three positions final will take place at 3.30pm, with the women's at 5.15pm.
14:52 That's Australia's 32nd gold of these Commonwealth Games, but they've not quite broken free of England, who have them in their sights with 28 gold medals. Plenty more to be won today over the next few hours.
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14:46 Extraordinary, three misses in a row for Adam Vella, but Aaron Heading can't take advantage. He misses too.
14:44 Virtually in the bag for Australia's Adam Vella in the final. Eight from eight. He will need to miss three of his final seven targets to give England's Aaron Heading a sniff.
14:42 Early advantage for Vella, who has hit four targets from four. Heading has missed two of his four. Fifteen targets in total for each.
14:40 The men's gold medal match in the trap shooting is about to begin. It's between Aaron Heading of England and Adam Vella of Australia.
14:29 More mountain biking with the men's cross-country well underway. Daniel McConnell of Australia leads a group of four.
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- Reporter Nick Butler had his spidey-senses tingling at the weightlifting on Friday.
Read Nick's story on Amalaha's drugs scandal here.
14:03 Scotland is still waiting for its first podium place today but is already guaranteed its most successful Commonwealth Games in history following yesterday's gold medals for Alex Marshall and Paul Foster in the lawn bowls and Libby Clegg on the track at Hampden Park, taking their total of medals to 33, 13 of which are gold.
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13:50 In any sporting competition one usually finds what we in the media like to call a 'Group of Death'. The men's bowls singles competition is no different here in Glasgow with section A involving the likes of England's defending Commonwealth champion Sam Tolchard, six-time Commonwealth Games medallist Rob Weale and 2011 World Champion of Champions gold medallist Aron Sherriff of Australia.
Tolchard got his bid to defend the singles title off to the best of starts at Kelvingrove today as he beat Weale 21-12 in the pairs early morning encounter.
The result places him second in the group behind Sherriff who beat Niue's Dalton Tagelagi his opening fixture on Sunday.
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We trained well as a team. I knew from training and the nationals that Emily was on fire, so I'm proud she got silver.
- Canada's Catherine Pendrel after winning gold in women's cross-country.
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The Australian finished with a score of 23 points in the finals, two ahead India's Harpreet Singh in second.
England's Kristian Callaghan secures the bronze.
More on Amalaha
13:25 Nigerian weightlifter Chika Amalaha, who became the first athlete here in Glasgow to fail a drugs test after winning gold in the women's 53kg competition, told reporters after her victory that her next target was gold at Rio 2016.
The 16-year-old indicated that she was already working on her strategy for the Olympics the same way she did for Glasgow, with the five Ps of "Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance".
"Before I landed in Glasgow for this Commonwealth Games, I prepared very well. I always worked with my five Ps, which is 'proper preparation prevents poor performance," she said.
"So, I had to work hard to prevent poor performance and I worked for the gold and for the record.
"The next thing is for me to be determined, discipline and dedicated, which is what I will use to work for the next Olympics."
A bit ironic really considered the ensuing results of her doping test which has seen her provisionally suspended from the Games pending tomorrow's B sample.
Chika, a word of advice for the future. Make sure your "Proper Preparation" doesn't involve taking any banned substances, and "drugs-free" should maybe added to your list of "determined, discipline and dedication."
Injury at gymnastics
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The 21-year-old is in action alongside fellow London 2012 bronze medallists Max Whitlock, Daniel Purvi