Watch: Commonwealth Games lawn bowls - Northern Ireland win men's four

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2. Morning session: 08:30-15:15 BST
3. Australia v England in the women's pairs gold medal match
4. Scotland's Iain Mclean v Australia's Aaron Wilson in men's singles semi-final
5. Northern Ireland's Garry Kelly v Fairul Abd Muin of Malaysia in other semi
6. Afternoon session: 16:30-19:45 BST
7. Medal matches in the men's singles

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You want to get BBC One on right away, with England bidding for lawn bowls glory in the women's pairs final.

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The athletics action will be getting under way shortly on BBC iPlayer and you can also follow that over here.

Aus take lawn bowls lead

That's huge from Australian duo Ellen Ryan and Kristina Krstic who score four points after dominating the 13th end.

They lead England pair Sophie Tolchard and Amy Pharoah 16-12 in the final.

Eng level in lawn bowls final

The tape measure comes out after the end of the 12th and it's Australian duo Ellen Ryan and Kristina Krstic who get the rub of the green.

They've now levelled the final up again at 12-12 against England pair Sophie Tolchard and Amy Pharoah.

Laugher chasing gold number three

Katie Falkingham

BBC Sport at Sandwell Aquatics Centre

It's day number three of the diving and it could see gold number three for Jack Laugher.

The England diver already has two titles from these Commonwealth Games, so can he make it a hat-trick today?

This morning he starts the defence of his 3m springboard title in the preliminary, with the final coming up tonight.

He's joined by England team-mates Dan Goodfellow and Jordan Houlden in the line-up, as well as Scotland's Ross Beattie, James Heatly and Cameron Gammage.

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Later...

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Then, from 19:00 BST, there's all this lot to come:

• 19:00: Women’s hammer final
• 19:10: Men’s pole vault final
• 19:30: Women’s 400m hurdles final
• 19:45: Women’s 800m final
• 20:10: Men’s 5000m final
• 20:45: Men’s 400m hurdles final
• 21:18: Men’s 200m final
• 21:44: Women’s 200m final

Goodness me it's going to be fun.

Final upon final at Alexander Stadium

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It's been a brilliant atmosphere at Alexander Stadium throughout the Games, but it is going to be absolutely rocking there today.

Here's what's on the athletics menu in Saturday's early session (all times BST):

• 10:17: Women’s high jump final
• 10:20: Women’s F55-57 shot put final
• 10:30: Women’s 10,000m race walk final
• 11:48: Men’s hammer final
• 11:50: Men’s 3000m steeplechase
• 12:17: Women’s 4x100m relay heats
• 12:47: Men’s 4x100m relay heats
• 13:10: Men’s 1500m final

A lot to take in...

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There is SO MUCH happening today. You really must cancel all other plans.

Here's a flavour of what's to come on a rather busy day nine at the Commonwealth Games.

• Scotland's world champion Jake Wightman is among the favourites in the men's 1500m;
• England's Emily Borthwick, Laura Zialor and Morgan Lake take on the women's high jump, with Australia's newly crowned world champion Eleanor Patterson for company;
• Jamaica's 100m champion Elaine Thompson-Herah is favourite to win her second gold in the 200m;
• The women's 800m final could come down to England's Keely Hodgkinson or Scotland's Laura Muir and Jemma Reekie;
• The netball semi-finals take place at 09:00 and 14:30 with defending champions England facing Australia;
• England will face India and Australia will take on New Zealand in cricket's semi-finals at 11:00 and 18:00;
• The men's squash doubles semi-finals begin at 18:00, as do the men's hockey semi-finals, where England men will take on holders Australia.

Aus bounce back in bowls

Australian duo Ellen Ryan and Kristina Krstic have bounced back, cutting England's 11-7 lead to 11-10 with a thrilling ninth end.

It's all to play for at the halfway stage of the women's pairs final. How will Sophie Tolchard and Amy Pharoah respond?

How the medal table looks

England are closing in on Australia at the top of the medal table after eight days of competition.

Australia remain in first place on the leaderboard with 50 golds and 140 medals in total, but England are catching up and now have 47 gold medals and 130 overall.

Scotland are sixth in the standings with eight golds and a medal haul of 35.

Wales are in ninth place (four golds, 19 medals), with Northern Ireland sitting in 15th position (one gold, 12 medals).

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Bowls for gold

Jamie-Lea Winch, Natalie Chestney and Sian Honnor beat Malaysia 17-9 to won gold in the women's triples lawn bowls final on day eight of the Commonwealth Games.

And George Miller, 75, said he "never dreamed of being here" after becoming the oldest Commonwealth Games gold medallist when Scotland beat Wales to win the B2/B3 mixed pairs bowls.

England women through to hockey final

England secured their place in the women's hockey final as they beat New Zealand 2-0 in a shootout on day eight of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Watch the best of the action below:

Ekimova's golden moment

Teenager Marfa Ekimova won England's first ever rhythmic gymnastics gold in the individual all-round final.

The 17-year-old led from the start, top-scoring in the hoop and clubs.

Gold for diving duos

England's Matty Lee and Noah Williams won gold in the men's synchronised 10m platform final on day eight of the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

While Jack Laugher earned his second gold medal of the Commonwealth Games yesterday, alongside team-mate Anthony Harding in the men's synchronised 3m springboard.

'That smile said it all'

Denise Lewis

Olympic heptathlon gold medallist on BBC TV

My highlight of the night was Naomi Metzger - a great series in the triple jump and she's finally on that global medal table.

She used the stage to her advantage. She was whipping the crowd up and they were behind her every step of the way. It was great for her - that smile said it all.

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What happened on Friday?

Here are the headlines from yesterday's Commonwealth Games action...

• Marfa Ekimova made history for England by winning their first gold medal in the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around final;
• Para-athlete Nathan Maguire landed men's T53/54 1500m gold for England, pipping team-mate Danny Sidbury;
• England's Lizzie Bird won silver in the women's 3,000m steeplechase, while there were also bronze medals for shot putter Scott Lincoln and triple jumper Naomi Metzger;
• English divers Matty Lee and Noah Williams won synchronised 10m platform gold after team-mate Jack Laugher clinched his second Commonwealth Games title in 24 hours;
• George Miller, 75, became the oldest Games gold medallist in history as Scotland beat Wales in the final of the B2/B3 mixed pairs bowls;
• England's women reached the hockey final with a thrilling semi-final shootout win against defending champions New Zealand;
• England's Jack Hunter-Spivey and Joshua Stacey are guaranteed at least a silver in the Para-table tennis;
• English wrestler George Ramm won bronze in the men's freestyle 65kg.

Eng lead Aus in Lawn Bowls final

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It's an Australia v England final in the lawn bowls women's pairs this morning with the hosts leading 7-2 after four ends.

England’s Sophie Tolchard is looking to go one better than her brother Sam who lost in the final of the men’s pairs on Tuesday.

The Tolchards are from sporting royalty. Aside from her brother, their grandad Tommy represented England at bowls, their dad Ray played at Wimbledon as a junior tennis player and umpired in 40 first class cricket matches.

While uncles Roger and Jeff Tolchard, both played first-class cricket for Leicestershire and Roger featured in four Tests for England.

Both she and partner Amy Pharoah already own Commonwealth golds –Sophie in the triples in 2014 and Amy in the pairs in 2010.

But so does Ellen Ryan of Australia, who won a memorable singles gold earlier this week. She's playing alongside Kristina Krstic.

Where will today's medals be won?

Yes, 33 more gold medals will be settled on day nine of the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Where?

• Athletics: Women's high jump, F55-57 shot put, 10km race walk, hammer, 400m hurdles, 800m and 200m, men's hammer, 3,000m steeplechase, 1500m, pole vault, 5,000m, 400m hurdles and 200m;
• Diving: Women's 3m synchro and 10m synchro, men's 3m springboard;
• Lawn bowls: Women's pairs, men's singles, men's fours;
• Rhythmic gymnastics: Hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon;
• Table tennis: Women's classes 3-5 singles and classes 6-10 singles, men's classes 3-5 singles;
• Wrestling: Women's 50kg, 53g and 76kg, men's 54kg, 74kg and 97kg.

Day nine

We go again!

There are just three more days of competition to come Birmingham 2022 and we're in for quite the final weekend.

A whopping 78 gold medals will be won on Saturday and Sunday, with 33 of those arriving today.

It's going to be brilliant.

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