Another day of the Commonwealth Games means another day of lawn bowls action. And the men's singles is getting serious, with the four quarter-finals being held at Kelvingrove.

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Scotland's world indoor champion Darren Burnett, who normally works as a policeman in Arbroath, faces Martin McHugh of Northern Ireland, while Sam Tolchard (pictured), part of the England duo that won a pairs bronze medal on Monday, faces New Zealand's Shannon McIlroy.

The other ties see 63-year-old Harry Musonda of Zambia take on Ryan Bester of Canada and Australia's Aron Sherriff plays commentator's nightmare Muhammad Hizlee Abdul Rais of Malaysia.

It is also the quarter-finals of the women's pairs with Jersey, Northern Ireland, England and Wales all in action, while the open triples B6/B7/B8 medal matches see England v Scotland for the bronze, and South Africa v New Zealand for the gold.

Watch live coverage of the bowls here.

The finest cuts of audio-visual entertainment for Glasgow 2014? You are in luck we have had a fresh delivery just this morning.

Watch the magic of television come apart at the seams as boxing legend Barry McGuigan inadvertently reveals the result of the next pre-recorded boxing bout during Wednesday evening's coverage.

Clear the dancefloor. Weightlifter David Katoatau breaks out some sweet moves after winning Kiribati's first ever Commonwealth Games gold medal.

Belly-flop with pike. Malaysian diver Ahmad Amsyar Azman ends up falling "flat on his face" in the preliminary round of the men's 1m springboard.

Elsewhere yesterday, England's Claudia Fragapane won the women's all-around final to maintain England's gymnastic domination after Max Whitlock's victory in the men's competition.

Northern Ireland are guaranteed at least nine medals in the ring at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games after five more boxers, including light-flyweight Paddy Barnes and flyweight Michaela Walsh, reached the semi-finals.

There was disappointment for Wales' Dai Greene, however, as his 400m hurdles title defence ended in the first round as his lack of preparation in an injury-hit season caught up with him.

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England's men must pick themselves up after their disappointing defeat by New Zealand two days ago and complete the job of qualifying for the semi-finals. They should not slip up, with Canada requiring a seven-goal victory to overhaul them, but with New Zealand equally unlikely to falter against Malaysia, it looks like second place is the best England can hope for. That will mean a semi-final against Australia, the world champions.

"It would be nice to beat the favourites, wouldn't it?" said captain Barry Middleton. "People try to avoid the best team but if we have to play them so be it. We still have to make it to the semi-final and if it is Australia we'll give it all we got."

You can watch the match here.

Chris Woolaston:, external Greg Rutherford is a star. Olympic champion, world champion, now this. It's great to see all the home nations doing well.

Shane Sowersby:, external So pleased for Greg to win gold. Certainly made up for last year's disappointment at the worlds. Shows that the Olympic success was not a flash in the pan. And getting the British record earlier in the year, which was ratified, proved he was back on track.

England's Rutherford, 27, won Commonwealth gold in the long jump on Thursday, adding to the Olympic gold he won in 2012.

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Longer term, Greg Rutherford wants to see if he can make his runway speed stick on ice though, with a plan to try skeleton at the Winter Olympics.

"Ultimately I'll be a long jumper first and foremost but I am going to give skeleton a go at some point," Rutherford told BBC Radio 5 live.

"Then if I'm good enough I'll do a little bit of training alongside my long jumping and if I can I'd love to go to the winter Olympics and win a medal there too."

Only four other people have won winter and summer Olympic medals apparently. It's one exclusive club.

England's Commonwealth long jump champion Greg Rutherford, speaking to BBC Breakfast: "Two weeks ago at the Diamond League here I had a bad nerve response in my spine. I had been managing it all year but all of a sudden it hit me and I was struck down with pain in my knee and hamstring. I had an epidural to help with it and it worked, the doctors have been fantastic.

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"You do push your body to its ultimate limits, there is always a risk you are going to be hurt. Sadly last year I had nothing but injuries, but for it all to finally come back together here is a really big deal, I am over the moon.

"I can't let it slip now. I've got the European championships in two and a half weeks, so there is no time for partying or celebration yet. In terms of the next Olympics in Rio, I'll be 29, which is a good age for long jumpers. I hope to still be in peak condition and retain my title."

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There was a heavy sense of deja-vu to last night's action at Hampden Park.

Greg Rutherford came into the long jump final unfancied, the Englishman having suffered injury in the build-up and requiring an epidural injection to ease the pain through qualifying.

But in an echo of Super Saturday at London 2012, he pulled a leap of 8.20m out of the bag to pocket gold.

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England's Jack Laugher is on the second leg of a possible hat-trick of golds after winning the 1m springboard title on Wednesday.

The 19-year-old goes in the 3m springboard preliminaries at 10:05 BST this morning ahead of tonight's final at 18:05 BST. He will also compete in the 3m synchronised event tomorrow.

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After England's Max Whitlock's stellar 90+ point performance delivered all-around gold yesterday, he will be hoping to add the specialist titles for floor, pommel and rings to his tally. They begin at 15:00 BST, 16:36 BST and 18:12 BST respectively.

Olympic silver medalist, team-mate and still probably "face of the sport" Louis Smith will be one of Whitlock's opponents on the pommel, making his comeback to major competition after a long and leisurely sabbatical post London 2012.

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Later today there will be more high-profile medals to be won.

Olympic champion and world record holder David Rudisha may be hot favourite for 800m gold but Botswana's Nigel Amos beat the great Kenyan at the Diamond League event in Monaco earlier this month., external

Racing spikes are drawn at 19:50 BST this evening at Hampden Park.

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There is always a sleeper hit of a sport at a Games. At London 2012 it was handball, at pretty much every Winter Olympics the nation develops an itch for curling.

At Glasgow 2014, it may just be bowls. It may be more sensible socks and roll than rock and roll, but it worked its old school charm on our man on the ground.

The first medal action of the day comes on the emerald lawns of Kelvingrove bowls club.

England and Scotland scrap for bronze in the Open triples B6/B7/B8 category while South Africa and New Zealand fight for the top step.

The multi-talented Emma Pooley will be the penultimate rider off the ramp at Glasgow Green shortly after 10:30 BST, with only New Zealand's Linda Villumsen to follow.

She will be trying to beat times set by the likes of England team-mate Joanna Rowsell, Wales' Elinor Barker and Scotland's Katie Archibald.

And it will be Glasgow's chance to prove they can beat Yorkshire's enthusiasm for all things two wheels. The action gets under way at 10:00.

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The Commonwealth Games might be the end of Emma Pooley's cycling career, but it probably won't be the last you hear of her.

After a career that has stretched from an Olympic silver in 2008 to a trio of stage wins in the Giro Rosa earlier this month, the 31-year-old Englishwoman will park up her bike after competing in this morning's time trial and Sunday's road race.

But only to concentrate on marathons and triathlons.

She was one of the 20 fastest British women over 26.2 miles in 2013 and came third in a half-Ironman in the Philippines in February.

And if all that doesn't work out she only has a Phd in geotechnical engineering to fall back on.