Key events

Heat seven features Houlie of South Africa, and he powers through in 26.53; he’ll take some stopping later on.

..and Ramsay-Peaty hangs on, 27.27 to 27.29. He’ll feel better for that, and the final is coming up later this evening.

Ramsay-Peaty leads, but he’s under pressure for young phenom Nowicki of Jersey, who beat him last evening to take silver…

Ramsay-Peaty is out for his head, and they take their marks. Has he got a response to yesterday’s disappointment?

One of my daughter’s netball coaches called me last week and was chatting about how all the England players are tall, apart from one. I told her I knew who she was, for a reason soon to become clear, and she began extolling Alicia Scholes, before telling me who her dad is. I assured her I’m familiar and indeed have a figurine of little Paul on my shelf, then she explained that Alicia is brilliant in the angles she finds, both taking the ball and making passes. This made me very happy: the Scholesy genius works across sports.

It’s been an even start in the netball, Australia 3-3 England, but it feels a bit like the Red Roses are hanging on.

In the poll, the men’s 50m breaststroke heats are under way. Ramsey-Peaty goes in heat six of eight.

In the netball, our teams are coming out, and the arena is bouncing. Can England shock the defending champs?

Mollie O’Callaghan, the Australian star, wins the final heat of the 100m free, easing up, and she’ll fancy herself to take this one home; the semis-finals are coming up later on.

In the heats of the women’s 100m free, England’s Freya Anderson has just won her heat; in four minutes, my highlight of the my morning gets going, Austrealia v England in the netball.

The snatch element of our men’s 60kg weightlifting final is over; the clean and jerk will be away soon enough.

The weightlifting is hotting up, Chananbam retaking the lead with 121, a GHames record. But can Bin Kasdan of Malaysia match it? He can. and on we go, Mboya of Kenya now a way back with 115.

I posted the Ramsay-Peaty report from last evening a few minutes ago, an d he’ll need to have recovered quickly, as he goes in the 50m breaststroke heats in this morning’s sesh. Back with the weightlifting final, meanwhile, Mboya goes for 115kg … and it’s up, but Chananbam of India just about gets there with 116 and takes the lead.

Our first netball match is over, Scotland beating Wales 56-47; they lost to NZ yesterday, but will hope to finish second in Pool B. In Pool A, England beat Norther Ireland 83-34, while Australia thumped Tonga 99-38.

Aha, Mboya of Kenya has banged 108kg and, as I type, hoists 110 – with plenty left in the tank, so it seems. He takes the lead.

Biggup! Niyoyita of Uganda nails 105kg on his last attempt, and he’s still in the competition. Someone has gone better than that, but so fat the’ve not been good enough to let us know who and with what.

In the netball, Scotland have preserved their 11-point advantage, up 50-39 on Wales, and they’re exchanging goals, more or less.

In the final of the men’s 60kg weightlifting, we’re up to 105kg, which is pretty heavy. Lanoue of Canada, the smallest man in the field can’t bang it up,

Why do we not have netball in the Olympics? That feels like a colossal oversight to me, a quick, exciting sport played by millions of schoolkids to which loads of us have a frame of reference. It needs to be there, in mine.

In the netball, with one quarter to go, Scotland lead Wales 42-31. England v Australia is to come, and I can’t wait for that one.

Preamble

Awrite and welcome to the Commonwealth Games 2026 – day three!

We begin today with netball – first we’ve Wales v Scotland, then it’s into Australia v England. At the same time, we’ve the final of the men’s 60kg weightlifting, some swimming heats and some boxing – all before lunchtime.

Then, at midday, we’ve the final of the men’s all-around gymnastics, with the women’s 48kg weightlifting final also getting going, then into the evening we’ve the final of women’s all-around nastics, nine finals in the pool, and the men’s 6t5kg weightlifting final. It’s a lot and it’s all ours.

Nash!