Not too sure the likes of House of Pain and Kanye West are going to be boomed out of the speakers at Victoria Park for the women's triples final, but you never know, might be good motivation.

Up and running now and England are 3-0 up on Malaysia after the first end.

Follow along to see who will win the gold medal here

Rhythmic Gymnasticspublished at 16:39 British Summer Time 5 August 2022

16:39 BST 5 August 2022

Individual all-around final

We're three rounds down at the Arena Birmingham and England's Marfa Ekimova is still going strong in the rhythmic gymnastics - she tops the table after the hoop, ball and clubs with 85.200, having scored 28.350 in the clubs. Australia's Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva, who is second, is 0.700 points behind.

Scotland's Louise Christie is in eighth with Wales' Elizabeth Popova and Gemma Frizelle are 11th and 12th with England's Alice Leaper in 10th.

Last up is the ribbon. Can Ekimova hold onto that slim lead? It's going to be tight.

Watch it here.

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Sharyn Renshaw
Australian Commonwealth triples silver medallist

Certainly a lot of experience in this rink - but it easily take a few ends to find your way and get used to the weight of the ball.

England v Malaysia - first end

Brilliant from England's Liam Pitchford and Tin-Tin Ho who take the fourth game 13-11 to force a decider against India's Achanta Sharath Kamal and Akula Sreeja.

The two-time silver medallists are targeting a spot in the semi-finals.

There's something for everyone on day eight at Birmingham 2022...

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Vanuatu have done it! It may have been a straight-sets victory but what a match this has been at Smithfield.

Final score in the second set was 30-28. Miller Pata and Sherysyn Toko faced 19 set points but the 'super mums' grabbed the advantage with both hands when it arrived and have booked their place in women's semi-finals on Saturday.

Fantastic play, however, from the Cyprus duo of Manolina Konstantinou and Zoe Konstantopoulou.

England's Liam Pitchford and Tin-Tin Ho are up against it in their table tennis mixed doubles quarter-final against India's Achanta Sharath Kamal and Akula Sreeja.

The two-time silver medallists are 2-1 down in their best of five encounter.

Meanwhile England's other pair Charlotte Bardsley and Tom Jarvis have just lost 3-0 in their last eight match to Australia duo Nicholas Lum and Minhyung Jee.

Drama at Smithfield!

Vanuatu are celebrating as they believe they have sealed this quarter-final on match point.

But Australia are challenging the block. The crowd are waiting patiently....

England’s four are in fine form as they head into their semi-final against India (16:30 BST).

Jamie Chestney, Louis Ridout and Nick Brett won triples gold earlier in the week and they are joined by Sam Tolchard, who claimed silver in the pairs.

They won all three of their group matches and made it past Malaysia 16-10 in the quarter-finals earlier today.

This match is ridiculous!

Vanuatu and Cyprus are well-matched in every department and just as one pair managed to grab set point, the other side is able to draw back level.

We're now on set point number 10 with the score tied at 27-27.

The DJ might run out of tunes at this point.

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There's a pause in the wrestling action until 17:00 BST this evening.

When it resumes, there will be SIX gold medals up for grabs in the women's 57kg, 62kg, 68kg, and men's 65kg, 86kg, and 125kg categories.

Fred Sirieix, the star of the TV show First Dates, had a beaming smile on his face at the aquatics centre yesterday as his daughter, Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix, won women's 10m platform gold on her Games debut.

"I feel like the king!" he said.

"It can't get better than this."

Anna Thompson
BBC Sport at Smithfield

Who doesn’t love a conga? The beach volleyball dancers are entertaining the crowd in between sets and given the amount of fun the crowd seem to be having, I wouldn’t put it past them to start their own soon.

What a brilliant atmosphere and it’s lovely and warm too when the sun’s out.

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Michael Morrow
BBC Sport NI at Victoria Park

Is this the moment?

Northern Ireland's men's fours came from behind to get past Scotland in the quarter-finals, in doing so advanced to the last four with a chance to create quite a significant piece of history.

If they beat Wales they'll secure Team NI's 16th medal of Birmingham Games, making the class of '22 the most successful ever.

Of course even if they lose, they'll still have a chance to claim bronze tomorrow so all will not be lost.

But they're here now, so they might as well make it at least a silver.

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Scottish champion Kieran Malone walks out to Guns N' Roses' Sweet Child O' Mine being pumped out inside the Coventry Stadium and Arena complex.

Malone, a late addition to the Scotland squad, has gone from watching the Commonwealth Games to competing in it.

"It's been a lifelong goal of mine to compete for Scotland at the Games, since I went to watch the Manchester Games in 2002 as a kid," he says.

Unfortunately Malone is unable to get the better of his opponent as Australia's Jayden Lawrence goes through.

Lawrence will face South Africa's Edward Lessing in the bronze medal match later.

It was once again a brilliant atmosphere at Alexander Stadium for the early athletics session on day eight.

BBC commentator Rob Walker said he had never heard noise like it for a decathlon pole vault clearance, as England's Harry Kendall recorded a personal best to the delight of the home crowd.

The event will continue from 19:00 BST this evening, with the javelin and 1500m to come, and it's not one to be missed.

Australia's Cedric Dubler has just a 39-point lead over Grenada's defending champion Lindon Victor and it could all come down to a dramatic final race.

Sensational play by Konstantinou and Konstantopoulou to keep the ball moving under pressure and eventually nick a point from the tightest of angles.

Cyprus and Vanuatu trade a few more blows and the second set is at 9-7 in favour of the Cypriot duo.

Feeling Hot Hot Hot by The Merrymen is next up on the playlist. The sun is peeping out at Smithfield... sort of.

All over in the netball and after taking that early lead Wales couldn't hold on against Malawi.

It's promising stuff from Wales though, who recently moved up in the world rankings to eighth, just below Malawi in seventh. They have shown that they can compete at that level and head coach Sara Moore will be pleased with what she's seen from her side this tournament.

Wales finish the competition in eighth overall with Malawi seventh.

South Africa will play Uganda in the fifth place play-off in the final match of the day.

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Team-member Robert Barr said: "To win six out of six - you are always thinking that the wheels might come off the bogey so that was added pressure and we had already won two gold medals. That set the standard so absolutely delighted.

On being beaten by Wales in the previous Commonwealth Games, he added: "It's been a long four and a half years so absolutely delighted to get that."

And Sarah Jane Ewing said: "It was absolutely great to have everybody here. It was like a home games for us. Every bowl was getting cheered on from the crowd. The Gold Coast was difficult with the finish that we had and we had limited family and friends over there so it was absolutely brilliant to perform in front of them.

"(The team) are absolutely great, they've played really hard, I'm really proud of them and I think that everything fell into place at all the right moments."

Kerri Pottharst
Australian Olympic beach volleyball gold medallist

She's done it! What a turnaround for Vanuatu, who take the first set 29-27.

What an incredible result. Eight set points Cyprus had on their serve, but then when Vanuatu got the chance on their own serve it took them just two tries.