Scotland's women are getting a noisy send-off from their home fans at the Glasgow National Hockey centre. Their final match of the Games is a play-off for fifth place against India.

So far it is scoreless but the Scots have managed more shots at goal with Susan McGilveray twice slapping goalwards from penalty corners, but failing to find the net on either occasion.

God loves a trier apparently. So do Glasgow 2014 crowds.

Here are five athletes that have finished well behind the medallists but were cheered to the rafters as they battled on to the finishline, including Lesotho teenager Ntholeng Lechesa winning a solitary point in squash defeat.

Jersey's last Commonwealth medals came in Auckland in 1990 when shooter Colin Mallett took individual gold and pairs bronze with his father, Cliff.

But the team's general manager Paul de Feu was not feeling the pressure to deliver podium presence before setting off to the 2014 Games.

"You could have the best performance of your life and still not get a medal because we can't stop other people being better than we are," he said.

"If we get a medal then I think that will keep the media happy, it'll keep the record books happy, but the bottom line is we're there to get these people to produce the times and the distances."

That seems a lot more sensible than targets that can be hit or missed on because of a slice of luck or exceptional opposition.

Diving: Women's 1m springboard preliminary round (includes England and Scotland). Watch the action here.

Hockey: India v Scotland, women's classification match for 5th/6th places. Watch the match here.

England have roared back into contention at Kelvingrove and they are now locked at 10-10 with South Africa at the halfway stage. From 7-1 down, the unrelenting accuracy of Natalie Melmore and Jamie-Lea Winch had propelled England into a 10-8 lead, but a good finish to the ninth end from South Africa's Colleen Piketh hauls them level again in this absorbing final.

In the bronze medal match, Jersey have opened up a 9-5 lead against Northern Ireland to raise hopes of their first medal in any sport since 1990.

BBC Radio 5 live

BBC Radio 5 live is the place for all your Commonwealth news and colour as they hop from venue to venue in search of medals and stories.

The BBC Radio 5 live website hosts the particularly sparkling audio nuggets from their time in Glasgow.

Top of the pops today is an interview with the fathers of England divers Tonia Crouch and Sarah Barrow saying they "synchronised" at the pub after their daughters took silver in the pool.

Classic dad support, that.

Neil Johnston
BBC Sport in Glasgow

"How heavy does the rain have to be for a bowls match to be stopped? It's tipping down at Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls Centre but that is not dampening the enthusiasm of the die-hard spectators in the stands. There are cries of 'Come on England!' as Natalie Melmore and Jamie-Lea Winch take the lead against South Africa for the first time in their pairs gold match."

Saj Chowdhury
BBC Sport in Glasgow

"If there was a Commonwealth gold medal awarded for the best name at the Games then surely it should go to Malaysia's Valentino Bon Jovi Bong (not pictured below).

"The squash player told BBC Sport how he became associated with the soft-rock gods: 'I was born in 1989 when they were really big and my mum was a fan, so she decided to give me that middle name. I used to listen to them myself - my favourite song is It's My Life.'

"So is Valentino (born on Valentine's Day) 'halfway there' in the squash doubles and sweeping all aside in a 'Blaze of Glory'?

"I'm out," he said.

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Wales women's hockey player Phoebe Richards:, external "Post-Commonwealth Games treats, muffins in the ice bath!"

Scotland 5000m and 10000m runner Luke Caldwell:, external "Only gained respect for David Rudisha last night. Coming to race against best in the world when not in ideal shape. Gracious in defeat."

Olympic champion Rudisha, 25, lost out to Botswana's Njel Amos for gold in the men's 800m final on Thursday, while South Africa's Andre Olivier took bronze.

England 200m runner Anyika Onuora:, external "Last night's 200m race was bittersweet. Imagine running 22.6 seconds from lane eight and finishing fourth? But then I remember the Moscow world championships and how that ended. I have absolutely no reason to feel annoyed because I know how far I've come."

Onuora, 29, placed fourth in the women's 200m final on Thursday as compatriots Jodie Williams and Bianca Williams took silver and bronze respectively and Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare won gold.

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Tonight Australia team captain and Olympic champion Sally Pearson will go for gold against England's Tiffany Porter in the 100m hurdles in the final event of the night's athletics programme.

Pearson will not just have to overcome her rivals from other nations, but also some sniping from inside her own camp.

Eric Hollingsworth, Australian athletics head coach, has been suspended after accusing Pearson of setting a bad example by not appearing at the team camp last week.

Pearson has told BBC Radio 5 live that the public breakdown of their relationship has been a "huge distraction" in her build-up.

Netball: Northern Ireland play Wales in the 7th/8th place play-off. Watch the action here.

Table Tennis: Women's doubles third round (involving England, Northern Ireland & Wales). Watch the action here.

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England's Commonwealth road cycling time trial champion Alex Dowsett:, external "Can't quite believe it, thank you for all your support, messages and well wishes. What a day."

Dowsett, 25, beat Australia's Rohan Dennis to gold on Thursday afternoon, with Wales' Geraint Thomas taking bronze.

Neil Johnston
BBC Sport in Glasgow

"Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls Centre reminds me of a midweek County Championship cricket match. Pockets of pensioners dotted around the various stands with blankets covering their knees to keep away the cold. Every now and again there's a gentle ripple of applause. Umbrellas are going up as rain starts to fall. If this was a cricket match then they would have been off for bad light a while ago."

An inauspicious start for England's pair of Natalie Melmore and Jamie-Lea Winch over at Kelvingrove as South Africa open up a 7-1 lead after four ends. A big score of four in the second end from Tracy-Lee Botha and Colleen Piketh puts England almost immediately on the back foot, and they have plenty of work to do if they want to emulate the success of their compatriots in the women's triple yesterday.

Meanwhile, Jersey's bid for a first medal in 24 years is off to a better start. They lead Northern Ireland 4-3 in what has so far been a tight encounter.

It's an easy stereotype isn't it?

The University of Notre Dame were so taken by the supposed grit and tenaciousness of the Irish that their sports teams are all nicknamed "the Fighting Irish".

But, as BBC Sport's Ben Dirs explains, this generation of Irish boxing prospects has less to do with a national aptitude and more to do with hard work and high technology.

"The oft-repeated suggestion that boxing is simply in the blood of the Northern Irish people does not stand up to scrutiny," he writes.

"As with British amateur boxing's centre of excellence in Sheffield, which produced five medals at the London Olympics, Ireland's high performance programme involves a crack team of coaches, led by the legendary Billy Walsh, state-of-the-art equipment and the forensic monitoring of athletes."

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If you are a Northern Irish fan at Glasgow 2014 there is really only one place to be today.

At the SECC nine Northern Irish boxers will be in semi-final action including captain Paddy Barnes and women's flyweight prospect Michaela Walsh.

It might be worth bunking down for the night if you are there for the Northern Irish action as well.

When asked how many of his team would convert a last-four spot to top step of the podium over the weekend, Barnes was unequivocal.

"Nine," he replied without hesitation.

The action begins at 13:00 when Walsh fights India's Pinki Rani.

England's Jade Jones, 18, who won her first senior medal with bronze in the women's T54 1500m on Thursday, speaking to BBC Breakfast: "It hasn't sunk in yet. I don't remember anything of the actual race. I remember being on the start-line and being scared of the crowd. I always get nervous but the support was incredible. It follows you round the track and picks you up.

"I was 12 when, in 2008, I met Tanni Grey-Thompson, now my coach, and she asked me if I wanted to try it out. It was different and at first I didn't really like it. I had always walked with a prosthetic or crutches. I went to a mainstream school and had never seen disability sport before. But after a while I realised I wasn't bad and came to love it.

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"Having Tanni as a role model has been incredible, she has been there for me, and after the race she got to present me with my medal, which was amazing."

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Scotland swimmer Lewis Smith:, external "Well done Eilidh Child on your silver medal, thanks for taking time to do the 5-1 with me."

Scotland's Child, 26, won silver in the women's 400m hurdles on Thursday evening. The two athletes are referring to Hearts' 5-1 victory over Edinburgh rivals Hibernian in the 2012 Scottish Cup final. It is a gesture that has made controversial appearances, external in the Scottish capital, external and beyond., external

Neil Johnston
BBC Sport in Glasgow

"Surreal scenes at Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls Centre where spectators are being greeted by music from the Kaiser Chiefs blaring out of the speakers at 08.40 BST. Absolutely no chance of a peaceful lie-in for those living in the flats opposite.

"It's an early start as Lindsey Greechan and Katie Nixon attempt to secure Jersey's first Commonwealth Games medal since 1990 in a bronze pairs match against Northern Ireland.

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"It's damp, there are lots of waterproofs on show and the mobile coffee stall is already doing roaring business."

If you have forgotten your mac at the bowls today, you can always try Australian player Kelvin Kerkow's tactic of climbing into a plastic chest. It's looks as strange as it sounds.

The first medals of today will come on the lawns of Kelvingrove Bowls Club.

Twenty-four years of hurt could come to an end for Jersey, who have not won a Commonwealth Games medal since Auckland 1990 but are represented by Katie Nixon and Lindsey Greechan in the women's pairs bronze-medal match against Northern Ireland.

The scrap for gold is between South Africa's Tracy-Lee Botha and Colleen Piketh and England's Jamie-Lea Winch and Natalie Melmore.

Coverage is already under way on the live streams at the top of this page.