Commonwealth Games cricket: England beat New Zealand to top Group B
Results; Medals table; Day-by-day guide; Coverage guide; SA v SL scorecard; Eng v NZ scorecard
Results; Medals table; Day-by-day guide; Coverage guide; SA v SL scorecard; Eng v NZ scorecard
Live Reporting
Jonathan Jurejko, Mike Henson, Becky Grey and Lorraine McKenna
All times stated are UK
Age continues to be no barrier
Para Mixed Pairs B2/B3
Scotland's Rosemary Lenton was crowned as the Commonwealth Games' oldest medallist, at the sprightly age of 72, but her reign is going to be short lived.
Wales' skip Gordon Llewellyn and Scotland's lead director George Miller - both aged 75 - will face off in the gold medal match.
Age is no barrier, folks. Amazing stories!
Powerlifting
Men's heavyweight final
A first attempt is given a red strike for Uganda's Denis Mbaziira, but it's not the athlete's fault the 160kg lift is deemed not good enough.
Mbaziira's coach is told to get out of the way by the centre referee as rules state he should be clear of the para-lifter when the attempt is made.
The coach doesn't seem to have a clue what is going on and fumbles around until he's at a safe distance.
Not the best start for Mbaziira.
'The toast of an island nation'
Men's long jump final
Rob Walker
Commentator on BBC TV
Bahamas' Laquan Nairn will be the toast of an island nation thousands of miles away. He has beaten the second-best long jumper in the world this year in India's Sreeshanker on countback. That doesn't matter - the history books will say the gold medal winner is Laquan Nairn.
Gold medal - LaQuan Nairn (Bahamas)
Long jump
The biggest win of Nairn's career comes by the smallest margin.
The two-time champion of Bahamas jumped a best of 8.08m. But so did India's Sreeshankar Sreeshankar.
Nairn only gets the top step of the podium because his second-best was 7.98m compared to his rival's 7.84m.
Doesn't get much closer than that?
England take lead
New Zealand 4-7 England
Becky Grey
BBC Sport at the NEC Arena
Turnover for England!
They win a penalty in the defensive third and once the ball gets to the other end Eleanor Cardwell - playing at her first Commonwealth Games - slots it home to chants of England from the crowd.
Every single shooter on the court has missed a shot in these first seven minutes. Nerves because of how frantic the crowd is here?
The friendly games
Alistair Watkins
BBC Sport at Edgbaston
Some 30 minutes after completing their seven-wicket victory over New Zealand and quite a few of the England team are still out on the pitch signing autographs and posing for selfies.
Thankfully most of the 10,892 crowd have gone home otherwise they'd be there all night.
Powerlifting
Men's heavyweight final
Thomas Duncan
BBC Scotland at NEC Birmingham
It is LOUD ahead of the men's heavyweight para powerlifting final.
There were chants of "Ohhh Liam McGarry," for the home favourite. His family and friends are here wearing t-shirts bearing his name.
Scotland's flagbearer Micky Yule also goes in this final.
Decathlon 400m coming up
I said they were done for the night. I'm a fool. There is still the 400m to go before the decathlon field can fold their weary selves into bed.
That one is coming up soon.
Grenada's Lindon Victor is top of the overall pops with 3462 points. Cedric Dubler of Australia is going to have to run a heck of a lap to depose him. Dubler is on 3328 points.
Netball begins
New Zealand 0-0 England
Becky Grey
BBC Sport at the NEC Arena
England form a circle in the middle of the court and take a knee as New Zealand wait to get going.
The countdown to the first centre pass begins and... we're off! This is going to be so good.
Day seven headlines
The top of the hour seems a good time to recap the top stories.
Here are Thursday's headlines:
Netball teams on court
New Zealand v England (21:00 BST)
Becky Grey
BBC Sport at the NEC Arena
At the netball, teams are introduced one by one onto the court - it's very fun.
New Zealand take on an arrowhead formation under the spotlight and all have their hands on their hips. If they're trying to look intimidating, it's worked.
Defending champions England step out next and the noise is honestly a bit painful. Loudest I've heard this NEC Arena crowd so far.
Tight at the top
Long jump final
It is tighter than piano wire at the top of the long jump standings.
Bahamas' Laquan Nairn leads with a best of 8.08m, with India's Sreeshankar Sreeshankar, so good they named him twice, having jumped the same, but in silver on countback.
South Africa's Jovan van Vuuren is third on 8.06m and Jamaica's Shawn-D Thompson is fourth on 8.05m
Just three centimetres between the top four with one jump to go...
England team news
New Zealand v England (21:00 BST)
Becky Grey
BBC Sport at the NEC Arena
Five minutes until we get going in the netball- the tunes are loud and the Mexican wave is going strong.
The big news on England's teamsheet is Commonwealth debutant Eleanor Cardwell starting at goal shooter.
She will partner goal attack Helen Housby, with the more experienced Jo Harten playing earlier games with heavy strapping on her knee.
In fact, Harten has been moving a bit gingerly in the warm-up. England won't want to be without her big-game skills in the semi-finals.
Birmingham-born Stacey Francis-Bayman starts at wing defence in what she says is her final tournament before retirement.
New Zealand are missing some big names - star shooter Ameliaranne Ekanasio failed to meet the fitness standard on return from having her second child before these Games.
England: Cardwell, Housby, Metcalf (capt), Clarke, Francis-Bayman, Guscoth, Mentor.
New Zealand: Nweke, Wilson, Crampton (capt), Souness, Johnson, Fitzpatrick, Jury.
Powerlifting
Men's heavyweight final
Right, what have the fellas got for us after the women's final produced a world record lift?
Scotland's Micky Yule, who is the lightest man in the class, is competing in this one along with England's Liam McGarry.
Athletes are just going through their last-minute preparations before we get under way at 21:00 BST.
Watch live using the link here
Okoye makes Commonwealth final debut
Discus
Traves Smikle of Jamaica won silver four years ago – he’ll hope to see the rest of the field in his rear-view mirror this time.
Matthew Denny of Australia and Samoan Alex Rose are likely to mount a challenge.
It’s a Commonwealth Games debut for England’s Lawrence Okoye, a decade after he set a national record and reached the Olympic final before quitting athletics to join NFL team San Francisco 49ers. He gets a big cheer from the stands.
British champion Nick Percy goes for Scotland and Zane Duquemin for Jersey.
Top atmosphere for England's netballers
New Zealand v England (21:00 BST)
Becky Grey
BBC Sport at the NEC Arena
Anticipation for England's netball match at the NEC Arena is HIGH.
These three - Freya, Darcy and Ruby - were some of the many fans flagging up pre-match. Caught them outside painting St George's crosses on their face.
There are flags all over the place in here and the flashing wristbands that have done the rounds at other events in Birmingham have made the trip to the NEC to add to the pop concert vibes.
Even England's warm-up gets huge cheers from the crowd. Gold medal-winning former England coach Tracey Neville comes up on the big screen and the volume goes up another notch.
'I could hear the crowd getting louder and thought come ooonnn!'
Women's T53/54 1500m
Scotland's Sammi Kinghorn on her bronze-medal winning performance: "I came fifth in Glasgow as an 18-year-old, fourth in Gold Coast and now third so I am improving year on year.
"1500m is not my event. I just tried to kick and obviously burned out a little bit in the home strait and got caught but a medal for Scotland - it's a dream come true.
"This crowd!. Most of them are probably English but they are absolutely getting behind the home nations.
"When I started accelerating down that back strait I could hear the crowd getting louder and louder and I thought 'come oooonnn, let's do this'.
"Hopefully I have done all my friends and family as proud as I can.
"I love this, I genuinely love this."
Powerlifting
Women's heavyweight final
Commonwealth champion Folashade Oluwafemiayo takes the applause of the Birmingham crowd inside the NEC as the medals are handed out.
The Nigerian lifted 152.5kg in Tbilisi in December to take the gold in the 86kg division at the World Championships. It was her fourth world record in 2021 and came four months after she won gold at the Paralympics with a lift of 152kg in Tokyo.
Incredible.
Oluwafemiayo finished with a points haul of 123.4, silver medallist Omolayo collected 115.2 and Watson of Australia ended the competition on 98.5.
England face toughest test so far
New Zealand v England (21:00 BST)
Becky Grey
BBC Sport at the NEC Arena
This is by far England's hardest match at the netball so far.
The defending champions have claimed four comfortable wins, but New Zealand have too.
This one has big semi-final implications, but to be fair neither opponent in the knockout stage is that appetising.
The winner of this will face Australia next. They have never failed to make a Commonwealth final.
The loser plays Jamaica, who are the form side and claimed a first win against Australia at a major tournament this morning.
'Kinghorn is improving all the time'
Women's T53/54 1500m
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson
Eleven-time Paralympic champion on BBC TV
For Sammi Kinghorn there is a lot for her to look forward to. She is improving all the time and she should be really proud about what she has been able to achieve today.