Commonwealth Games: day four live

12.26 New Zealand beat Kenya 19-7 and go through to the semi-finals.

12.23 Could there be a shock on at Ibrox? New Zealand are only 12-7 up

against Kenya with two minutes to… oh no New Zealand have scored again.

17-7 and they should be able to win easily enough from here. Whisper it, but

the All Blacks haven’t been at their best in these games.

12.19 In the women’s team table tennis event, Australia have taken

bronze with a nerve-wracking 3-2 win over India. We’ve also got an email,

courtesy of Graham Wilson.

Great atmosphere. Chaotic ticket arrangements and ill informed stewards.

Had to send tickets back for opening ceremony supposedly because of building

works. Promised upgraded seats. Took three hours on phone to find out what

was happening and had to queue an hour for replacement tickets. Tickets were

not upgraded they were poorer and our original seats appeared to have been

reallocated. Travelled to three venues and been misdirected every time to

buses and facilities.

11.59 We also have a result in the women’s marathon: Flomena Cheyech

Daniel of Kenya has won quite comfortably ahead of her compatriot Caroline

Kilel. Australia’s Jess Trengrove takes bronze.

11.58 Here’s England’s Adam Peaty in record-breaking action.

11.52 Right, Rob Bagchi has relieved me from cricket duty, so what have

we missed here?

- Scotland’s Derek Hawkins came in ninth place in the marathon, with England’s

Stephen Way – who seven years ago weighed 16 stone and smoked 20 cigarettes

a day- finished in a very impressive 10th.

– Northern Ireland have beaten Wales 20-12 in the men’s triples lawn bowls.

– Johnny Belis, the Manx cyclist, has withdrawn from the Games injured

– England’s women lead Malaysia 2-0 at half-time in the hockey

– Barbados’s heartwarming sevens campaign is coming to a close as they trail

the Cook Islands 31-7 with about 20 seconds left.

11.35 Hannah Miley gives the Scottish crowd more to cheer as she wins

her heat in the women’s 200m individual medley. England’s Siobhan O’Connor

also qualifies comfortably.

11.23 England’s Adam Peaty has followed up his gold medal in the 100

metres breaststroke with a Commonwealth Games record in the 50m event. The

19-year-old swam 27 seconds flat to beat world-record holder Cameron van der

Burgh by 0.39secs.

Scotland’s 200m gold medallist Ross Murdoch won his heat ahead of Australian

Christian Sprenger in 27.44. Fellow Scots Mark Tully and Joe Welstead were

also in the top seven while Welshman Rob Holderness, England’s James Wilby

and Michael Dawson of Northern Ireland all made tonight’s semi-finals.

Earlier, English pair Lizzie Simmonds and Lauren Quigley both qualified for

the 200m backstroke final.

Simmonds, who came fifth in the 100m final, was the second-fastest qualifier

behind Canada’s Hilary Caldwell, who swam 2:09.47, while British champion

Quigley was four seconds slower as she grabbed the final place in a race

that will include three Australians and three Canadians.

11.17 It’s marathon gold for Michael Shelley on the streets of Glasgow.

The Aussie missed out four years ago and had to settle for silver, but now

he raises his arms in delight and is crowned the Commonwealth Games

champion.

11.13 Scotland have won the bowls against England16-15. They’ve lost

their netball match though, 26-68 to Jamaica. Michael Shelley of Australia

has taken gold in the men’s marathon.

10.57 We’ve had an email from Ian Beaumont on last night’s

sevens match between England and Australia. I hate to admit this, but I was

actually in bed by then and haven’t even seen what the score was.

Who was the awful referee England penalized at every opportunity, even when

it was not a penalty, ie Tom Mitchell was never held, yet as game progressed

Australia allowed to replicate offences, repeat but no yellow cards

disgraceful!!

10.37 Result in the hockey: Scotland 0-9 Australia.

Meanwhile if cricket is your thing, why not join, er, me for the

liveblog of that? Yes folks, I’m doing both, although this one is

essentially going to get abandoned for an hour or so.

10.34 Gary Lineker is droll.

10.14 Without ceremony, let’s take a quick look at what’s happened in

the wee hours of this morning.

- Both the men’s and women’s marathons are underway – the former has been

since 9am, the latter since 9.30am. Aly Dixon of England leads the women’s

race.

– It’s Scotland 8-11 England in the men’s pairs lawn bowls

– Scotland are also behind in the hockey: 6-0 to Australia. Everyone will

probably be 6-0 down to Australia at some point.

10.05 Morning folks. Here’s what’s in store for us on day four of the

2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games:

SWIMMING

10:30–14:00 Heats. Men: 50m Breaststroke. 100m Butterfly. 4 x 200m Freestyle

Relay. Heats. Women: Para-Sport 100m Breaststroke SB9. 100m Freestyle. 800m

Freestyle. 200m Backstroke. 100m Breaststroke. 200m Individual Medley.

19:00–22:00 Semi-finals. Men: 50m Breaststroke. 100m Butterfly. Finals. Men:

100m Freestyle. 50m Backstroke. 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay. Semi-finals.

Women: 100m Freestyle. 100m Breaststroke. Finals. Women: Para-Sport 100m

Breaststroke SB9. 200m Backstroke.

50m Butterfly. 200m Individual Medley

ATHLETICS

09:00-13:00 Men and women’s marathon

BADMINTON

09:00–13:00 Semi-final. Teams.

18:30–22:30 Semi-final. Teams.

BOXING

13:00 – 17:00 Men: Fly (52kg). Light (60kg). Light Heavy (81kg).

18:30–22:30 Men: Light Welter (64kg). Light Heavy (81kg). Heavy (91kg).

CYCLING

15:00 – 19:30 Q M Keirin. 20km Scratch Race. Semi-final. Men: Keirin. Final.

Men: Keirin. 20km Scratch Race. Final. Women: Para-Sport 1000m Time Trial B

Tandem. Sprint. 25km Points Race.

HOCKEY

09:00–12:30 Preliminaries. Women: Scotland v Australia, England v Malaysia.

14:00–17:30 Preliminaries. Women: Canada v Trinidad and Tobago, India v New

Zealand.

19:00–22:30 Preliminaries. Men: Canada v Trinidad and Tobago, Malaysia v

England.

LAWN BOWLS

08:45–15:45 Men: Fours Round 1. Semi-finals. Men: Pairs. Triples. Women:

Singles. Fours. Final. Women: Fours.

17:30–20:45 Men: Singles Round 1. Final. Women: Singles.

NETBALL

09:30–13:00 Preliminaries. Jamaica v Scotland, Barbados v Australia.

17:00–20:30 Preliminaries. England v South Africa, Northern Ireland v New

Zealand.

RUGBY SEVENS

10:30–14:15 Men: Classifications (6 matches). Quarter-finals (4 matches).

17:15–22:30 Men: Classifications (7 matches). Semi-finals (2 matches). Final.

SHOOTING

10:00–16:30 Qualifiers. Men: Double Trap. Finals. Men: Double Trap. Women:

Double Trap. Qualifiers. Queen’s Prize Individual.

SQUASH

13:00–16:30 Semi-finals. Men: Singles. Singles Classic Plate. Singles

Consolation Plate. Quarter-finals. Women: Singles Classic Plate.

Semi-finals. Women: Singles. Singles Plate. Singles Consolation Plate.

18:00–20:30 Semi-finals. Men: Singles. Singles Plate. Semi-finals. Women:

Singles. Singles Plate. Singles Classic Plate.

TABLE TENNIS

09:30–15:00 Final. Women: Team

16:30–21:30 Semi-final. Men: Team.

WEIGHTLIFTING

10:00–12:00 Preliminaries. Men: 77kg Group B.

15:30–18:00 Finals. Women: 63kg Group A.

19:30–22:00 Finals. Men: 77kg Group A.

Article source: http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jul/26/scotland-new-zealand-rugby-union-sevens-commonwealth-games

Commonwealth Games: day four live