Nick Hope
BBC Sport in Glasgow

"It's a royal morning here at the pool as the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh have arrived.

"They're sat at the far end of the complex where the sprint races begin and are just a few metres from the BBC TV presentation team - who are taking photos too!

"The Queen is currently chatting with volunteers about their experience of the Games so far."

Mia Lowndes:, external Will miss you Mo, was looking forward to watching you! Best of luck for getting back to your best.

Pauline King Battenbough:, external You've made the right decision, if you're not ready it's best not to run. The games will not be the same without our Mo, get well soon.

Julie Thornton:, external The guy is a multi medal winner, proven success. He's ill so obviously won't be able to thrash round a track in a long distance race, it's not exactly like turning up to the office with a cold.

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"If you're the tallest, the smallest, if you can beat them all - you're a record breaker!" It's moments like this where we need legendary BBC TV presenters Roy Castle and Cheryl Baker.

Australian Matthew Glaetzer is the latest Record Breaker, setting a new Games record in qualifying for the men's sprint with 9.779 seconds. Olympic champion Jason Kenny surprisingly finished down in 11th and English team-mate Matt Crampton claims the final qualifying spot after finishing 12th.

Triple Olympic medallist Louis Smith on Twitter:, external "Just finished my last training session before I go to the Commonwealth Games. Two clean routines gives me peace of mind."

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Whatever the sport, whatever the venue, England v Wales is always a fixture which gets the juices flowing. An opportunistic strike from Alex Danson separates the sides halfway through the women's Pool B fixture, the England forward pouncing on a defensive error and hammering her shot into the top corner.

Richard Conway
BBC Radio 5 live sports news correspondent in Glasgow

Commonwealth Games organisers have expressed their disappointment that Mo Farah has withdrawn from competing in Glasgow.

David Grevemberg, the chief executive of Glasgow 2014, said: "There's no question that we're disappointed.

"Certainly there'll be some disappointed people but there's plenty of great athletes that are coming and are here. We're looking forward to welcoming people to some great competition over the next few days and when the athletics kicks off on Sunday."

Saj Chowdhury
BBC Sport in Glasgow

Mo Farah's agent Ricky Simms tells BBC Sport it is still the athlete's intention to race at the European Championships. The 31-year-old has been selected to compete in the 5,000m and 10,000m for Great Britain at the Zurich competition, which begins on 12 August.

Simms also looks after Usain Bolt and says the Jamaican double Olympic and world champion remains available to run in the men's 4x100m in Glasgow.

BBC Sport's Ollie Williams on Twitter:, external "As you'd expect, cracking atmosphere at the track cycling. Good roar for Wales' Lewis Oliva, fastest in sprint qualifying."

The 12 teams compete in two pools of six and the top two teams from each group progress to the semi-finals. Teams consist of seven players and matches are played over four 15-minute periods, with the prospect of extra-time if teams are level in a medal or classification match.

The netball competition is under way at the SECC, with Games debutantes Northern Ireland taking on fifth-ranked Malawi in the opening fixture. Watch the match here.

England's Philip Hindes leads the way in the sprint qualifying at the Chris Hoy Velodrome. He whizzes around in a time of 10.108, while Scotland's Chris Pritchard clocks 10.412, the fifth fastest time so far.

Stockport teenager Sophie Thornhill will be favourite in the women's tandem competition where she will be piloted by Helen Scott in the first Para-cycling event at the Commonwealth Games.

The 18-year-old won two world titles earlier this year with Rachel James, who will be representing Wales at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome.

Thornhill, who is a huge fan of the television programme Friends, told BBC Sport before the competition that the thing she would miss most about being in Glasgow is her Jack Russell dog Alfie.

Alfie - if you want to watch Thornhill then I suggest you get your dog sitter to click here. That applies to everyone (human, canine or otherwise). The race starts in about 10 minutes.

World champion Nick Matthew of England predictably breezes past Xavier Koening, a solicitor from Mauritius, in the first round. The Sheffield-based tournament favourite wins 11-3 11-3 11-1 in under half an hour. Back to the courtroom for Koening it is - let's hope he has more success there.

Smash, bang, wallop. Two athletes in the leading pack are down and chewing tarmac after their tyres collide. Australia's Ellen Pennock rams into the back wheel of South Africa's Kate Roberts, as one or two of the other leaders glance back to see what happened. Thankfully, both scramble to their feet eventually and jump back on board.

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The Queen and Prince Philip are among the spectators at the National Hockey Centre as England's women take on Wales, and they see an early blow for the English as key player Georgie Twigg limps off with an injury in the opening minute. Wales make the early running in the Pool B fixture.

Annie Emmerson
Former GB triathlete and BBC Sport triathlon expert

"Australia's Emma Jackson is just little bit off the pace, she will have to work hard to join that leading pack. This part is so tough, just out of the swim, with their heart rates at maximum, they now have to work on the bike and immediately take on a tough climb. Brilliant crowds here."

You can watch the race by clicking through the Live Coverage tab at the top of this page.

Transition time. England's Lucy Hall is still leading the pack as she wades out of the water, sticking on her safety helmet before hitting the pedals hard to start a 40km stint on the bike. So far so good for England, who occupy the top three at the moment. World silver medallist Jodie Stimpson is right on Hall's back wheel, with Vicky Holland not far behind either.

Tom Fordyce
Chief sports writer in Glasgow

"While Mo Farah's withdrawal is not a shock considering his disrupted season since his London Marathon debut in April, it is a blow to both the England team and the Commonwealth Games.

"As one of the bona fide global stars in Glasgow and, along with Usain Bolt, the most instantly recognisable athlete here, Farah's 5,000m and 10,000m finals were among the most eagerly anticipated events. There could be no bigger withdrawal from the home nations."

Annie Emmerson
Former GB triathlete and BBC Sport triathlon expert

"The numbers in this race are a lot less than we would normally see and that will hurt some of the weaker swimmers, who won't be able to get on that big train we see in other events. There is a little break just forming now with the top three swimmers."