England are really coming back into this now. They have cut New Zealand's lead to four. 15-11 to New Zealand now.

I enjoyed that fact so much I've got another one for you. International Volleyball Federation representatives use special sieves to ensure sand courts meet specifications. Sand needs to be soft, sub angular or smooth in shape and have the right particle size to aid drainage.

I do realise I've managed to make one of the coolest sports at these Games dull by talking about sand particle size.

England are pulling back a little. It's 13-7 to the Kiwis.

Dressed in grey shorts, a grey vest and black cap, Sam O'Dea is like a New Zealand concrete wall at the net. He continues to clock everything up there.

England are struggling. New Zealand lead 10-3. This is best of three sets, first to 21 in each.

Here's a beach volleyball fact for you to digest with your cornflakes. The sand at Coolangatta is too fine to meet international standards for player safety and so up to 1200 tonnes of coarser sand has been imported. Who knew ey?

England's Katarina Johnson-Thompson was not at her absolute best but she still moved into the lead of the heptathlon after the first two events overnight.

She also consoled team-mate Katie Stainton who suffered a heavy fall after hitting one of the hurdles in the opening event.

There's quite an atmosphere down on Coolangatta Beach. The music is bouncing and the fans are screaming as New Zealand make a flying start to this match. Sam O'Dea is buzzing around at the net and is blocking everything. England can't get the ball past him.

The Kiwis race into a 5-0 lead in the first set.

Here we go then. It's time for England v New Zealand for the beach volleyball bronze medal.

It's Chris Gregory and Jake Sheaf for England against New Zealand brothers Ben and Sam O’Dea.

Northern Ireland have huffed and puffed but they've been unable to blow Malawi's lead away.

The Queens' superior world ranking started to show in the closing stages as they shut up shop.

It was a clinical performance from Malawi in the end but despite the loss, Northern Ireland can go home happy with their overall showing on the Gold Coast.

Away from the athletics in the Carrara Stadium, here are the other highlights coming up:

06:30 Beach volleyball - men’s bronze-medal match.England third seeds Chris Gregory and Jake Sheaf face a rematch against New Zealand brothers Ben & Sam O’Dea, who came from behind to win their pool match.

08:31: Lawn bowls - women's triples medal matches

The English trio will be looking to defend the title they won in Glasgow when they were led by skip and three-time Commonwealth gold medallist Ellen Falkner.

10:07: Diving - men's 3m springboard final

England's Jack Laugher is an Olympic, European and Commonwealth silver medallist in the individual event - can he make the step up here?

11:30: Beach volleyball - women's gold-medal match

Canada's world number one pair Melissa Humana-Paredes and Sarah Pavan face in-form Aussies Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar in the final of the inaugural Commonwealth Games beach volleyball tournament.

12:17 Diving - women's 10m platform

A medal is not out of the question for English teenager Lois Toulson. She is one of three British finalists, along with her synchro partner Robyn Birch and Scotland's Gemma McArthur.

10:20: Athletics - heptathlon shot put

England's Katarina Johnson-Thompson leads after the opening two events.

10:30: Athletics - women's 400m hurdles final

Scotland's Eilidh Doyle, a silver medallist at the past two Games, is targeting a 15th major championship medal.

10:45: Athletics - men's 400m hurdles final

England's Jack Green is attempting to land a first individual major medal.

11:57: Athletics - heptathlon 200m

12:38: Athletics - women's 200m final

England's Dina Asher-Smith and Bianca Williams are hoping to push for places on the podium.

12:56: Athletics - men's 200m

England's Zharnel Hughes is among the favourites in a final that will also feature Northern Ireland's Leon Reid.

13:13: Athletics - men's 800m

England's Kyle Langford, who finished fourth in last year's World Championships, and Scotland's Jake Wightman compete in the final.

The home nations have won three medals overnight. Here's what's gone on on the Gold Coast while you've been asleep.

• England won their first ever Commonwealth medals in women's mountain biking as Annie Last took gold ahead of team-mate Evie Richards.
• Scotland's Seonaid McIntosh won Commonwealth Games bronze in the women's 50m rifle prone event.
• England's Katarina Johnson-Thompson leads the heptathlon after the first two events of competition.
• Also in athletics, England's Tiffany Porter and Alicia Barrett qualified for the 100m hurdles final.
• England's Alexandra Bell ran a personal best to reach the women's 800m final but Scotland's 2014 silver medallist Lynsey Sharp missed out.
• Scotland reached the final of the women's triples in the bowls.
• Five British divers are into the final of the men's 3m springboard.

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From 06:30 BST, England's Chris Gregory and Jake Sheaf will take on New Zealand at Coolangatta Beach, with a bronze medal awaiting the winners.

You can watch the match live here.

Tin-Tin Ho and Liam Pitchford, England's respective singles champions, are teaming up in the mixed doubles - and they're through to the last eight with a 3-1 win against Australia's Tracy Feng and Trent Carter.

Want to know why Tin-Tin is called Tin-Tin? Clue: it's not because her parents were fans of the comic book character. Find out why here...

England team-mates Denise Payet and Samuel Walker are also through, but Kelly Sibley and David McBeath have been eliminated.

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BBC Sport on the Gold Coast

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The volunteers who have helped deliver this event - known as Games Shapers - have been amazingly helpful.

It’s notable though how plentiful they are. At venues they are almost every 10ft, whooping, hollering, taking photos of people, you name it.

The media bus stop is an example of how abundant they are. I’ve counted 10 here to run a bus stop which I’ve only seen a maximum of half a dozen people waiting at. It’s a three-man job, four at most.

As you can see, the bus is rammed.

Still, they seem to be loving it - chatting, putting the world to rights and probably making a new pal or two. As several Aussies have said this week: “Too easy mate.”

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Northern Ireland managed to cut the lead to just five but were unable to keep up the tempo and Malawi finished the quarter strongly to establish an eight-goal cushion.

It's a finely poised game, with Northern Ireland showing in this tournament they are more than capable of pulling off a win, after they took the third period 12-14 and have the momentum.

Strap yourselves in, everyone...

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BBC Sport on the Gold Coast

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England’s Frazer Clacherty tells BBC Sport he is “happy” with fifth place in the men’s mountain bike race.

“It’s a weird one as it’s a small field but it’s really fast out there,” he explains.

New Zealand’s Sam Gaze is sodden and for a man who just won a Commonwealth gold, seems pretty chilled.

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Scotland's Seonaid McIntosh has won Commonwealth Games bronze in the women's 50m rifle prone event.

The 22-year-old scored 618.1, just 2.9 behind the gold medal winner Martina Lindsay Veloso of Singapore.

She is the third member of her family to win Commonwealth medals after her mum and sister!

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Individual all-around final

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England's Hannah Martin, who is just 15 years old, put in a very mature display in her hoop routine and is fifth so far after the first round.

Laura Halford of Wales, who is bidding to add to the bronze medal she won four years ago, is seventh.

Katherine Uchida of Canada leads. There are three more pieces of apparatus to come, with the ball up next.

Away from the athletics in the Carrara Stadium, here are the other highlights coming up:

06:30 Beach volleyball - men’s bronze-medal match. England third seeds Chris Gregory and Jake Sheaf face a rematch against New Zealand brothers Ben & Sam O’Dea, who came from behind to win their pool match.

08:31: Lawn bowls - women's triples medal matches

The English trio will be looking to defend the title they won in Glasgow when they were led by skip and three-time Commonwealth gold medallist Ellen Falkner.

10:07: Diving - men's 3m springboard final

England's Jack Laugher is an Olympic, European and Commonwealth silver medallist in the individual event - can he make the step up here?

11:30: Beach volleyball - women's gold-medal match

Canada's world number one pair Melissa Humana-Paredes and Sarah Pavan face in-form Aussies Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar in the final of the inaugural Commonwealth Games beach volleyball tournament.

12:17 Diving - women's 10m platform

A medal is not out of the question for English teenager Lois Toulson. She is one of three British finalists, along with her synchro partner Robyn Birch and Scotland's Gemma McArthur.

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10:20: Athletics - heptathlon shot put

England's Katarina Johnson-Thompson leads after the opening two events.

10:30: Athletics - women's 400m hurdles final

Scotland's Eilidh Doyle, a silver medallist at the past two Games, is targeting a 15th major championship medal.

10:45: Athletics - men's 400m hurdles final

England's Jack Green is attempting to land a first individual major medal.

11:57: Athletics - heptathlon 200m

12:38: Athletics - women's 200m final

England's Dina Asher-Smith and Bianca Williams are hoping to push for places on the podium.

12:56: Athletics - men's 200m

England's Zharnel Hughes is among the favourites in a final that will also feature Northern Ireland's Leon Reid.

13:13: Athletics - men's 800m

England's Kyle Langford, who finished fourth in last year's World Championships, and Scotland's Jake Wightman compete in the final.

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The home nations have won two medals overnight, both in mountain biking. Here's what's gone on on the Gold Coast while you've been asleep.

• England won their first ever Commonwealth medals in women's mountain biking as Annie Last took gold ahead of team-mate Evie Richards.
• England's Katarina Johnson-Thompson leads the heptathlon after the first two events of competition.
• Also in athletics, England's Tiffany Porter and Alicia Barrett qualified for the 100m hurdles final.
• England's Alexandra Bell ran a personal best to reach the women's 800m final but Scotland's 2014 silver medallist Lynsey Sharp missed out.
• Scotland reached the final of the women's triples in the bowls.
• Five British divers are into the final of the men's 3m springboard.