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• Tour de France Femmes: Niewiadoma and Vollering fight for yellow on final stage – live updates

  09-08-2026 16:00
  Live cycling updates from 15.05 BST/16.05 CETFollow us on Instagram | Mail LukeVollering, after taking yellow yesterday: “In a stage race you take it day by day … you can be disappointed in the evening.“But in the morning, you put on a new mask, and you go again.” Continue reading...
  
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• Tour de France Femmes 2026: Vollering wins stage eight after dramatic late break – as it happened

  08-08-2026 19:27
  Demi Vollering took the yellow jersey on the Tour’s penultimate stage via a dramatic finish in Nice113km to go Coston is about one minute ahead of the peloton but sitll more than three minutes behind the lead pair, who will reach the summit Col des Robines shortly.123km to go Morgane Coston (Ma Petite Enterprise) has gone off after the breakaway pair, she has 2mins 35secs to make up. The peloton is more than three minutes behind the leaders. Continue reading...
  
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• Tour de France Femmes: Vollering’s late escape for yellow leaves Niewiadoma fuming

  08-08-2026 19:09
  Victory on penultimate stage secures eight-second leadPrevious leader claims she was blocked by rival’s teamDemi Vollering took the overall lead from Kasia Niewiadoma in the Tour de France Femmes with a vicious attack in the hills behind Nice to lead the race by eight seconds from the 2024 winner, with just one stage remaining.“It’s very special to be back in yellow,” Vollering, leader of French team FDJ United-Suez said. “Tomorrow I start in yellow and I will do ev
  
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• Tour de France Femmes 2026: Kasia Niewiadoma wins on Mont Ventoux and takes yellow – as it happened

  07-08-2026 19:45
  Kasia Niewiadoma sealed an epic solo victory on Mont Ventoux, securing a slim overall lead114km to go Korevaar’s attack couldn’t hold. The peloton is back together as the road starts veering upward before we hit the category three climb up the Colombier.122km to go We are seeing the first attacks of substance on the flat section to Col du Colombier. Jeanne Korevaar (Liv-AlUla-Jayco) has burst clear of the peloton and got herself a lead of about 15secs. Continue reading...
  
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• Niewiadoma crushes Tour de France Femmes rivals on Mont Ventoux and takes overall lead

  07-08-2026 19:43
  
  Pole leaves fellow contenders behind on iconic climbDemi Vollering trails by 15sec, Marlen Reusser by 39secKasia Niewiadoma took a spectacular solo victory on the legendary Mont Ventoux, securing a slim overall lead in the Tour de France Femmes after leaving behind her fellow race favourites Marlen Reusser and Demi Vollering.“It’s hard to describe my feelings because I’m still blown away by what just happened,” Niewiadoma, who won the yellow jersey in 2024, said of the fi
  
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• Niewiadoma-Phinney wins on Ventoux to take Tour lead

  07-08-2026 19:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney produces a thrilling solo ride to the summit of Mont Ventoux to claim her first Tour de France Femmes stage win and the overall race lead.
  
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• Tour de France Femmes 2026: Mont Ventoux finish looms on toughest stage – live

  07-08-2026 14:56
  Updates as the riders head for the formidable Ventoux
  Stage six report | Follow us on Instagram | Mail Tom114km to go Korevaar’s attack couldn’t hold. The peloton is back together as the road starts veering upward before we hit the category three climb up the Colombier.122km to go We are seeing the first attacks of substance on the flat section to Col du Colombier. Jeanne Korevaar (Liv-AlUla-Jayco) has burst clear of the peloton and got herself a lead of about 15secs. Continue readi
  
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• Sports quiz of the week: big deals, bad luck, nicknames and hidden talents

  07-08-2026 09:00
  Have you been following the big news in football, darts, cycling, curling, athletics and golf? Continue reading...
  
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• Tour de France Femmes 2026: Kim Le Court wins stage six sprint after breakaway – as it happened

  06-08-2026 19:59
  Kim Le Court staged a remarkable comeback to take a sprint win while Marlen Reusser stayed in yellow138km to go: Nelson is caught. But two of her teammates – Eleonora Ciabocco and Lene Robyn Clay – have been dropped. Mia Griffin, also of Picnic-PostNL, has been dropped too! Did they neglect to have their Weetabix this morning, or did Nelson steal it all at the Picnic-PostNL team hotel?139km to go: Josie Nelson (Picnic-PostNL) – who hails from Lichfield in Staffordshire –
  
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• Le Court wins stage six of Tour after mechanical failure

  06-08-2026 19:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kimberley Le Court wins a sprint finish to seal victory in stage six of the Tour de France Femmes on Thursday, as Swiss rider Marlen Reusser holds on to the overall lead.
  
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• Tour de France Femmes: Reusser stays ahead as Le Court savours stage win

  06-08-2026 19:50
  Mauritian rider outsprints Kerbaol and Pieterse‘Winning a stage in a Tour de France is very special’Marlen Reusser retained the overall lead in the Tour de France Femmes from rival Demi Vollering after another broiling stage through central France saw Kim Le Court take the second Tour stage win of her career in Tournon-sur-Rhone.The Mauritian rider Le Court recovered from a mechanical problem earlier in the stage on the climb of the Col de Lalouvesc to join the day’s breakaway
  
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• Vollering wins stage five as Reusser retains yellow

  05-08-2026 20:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Demi Vollering wins stage five of the Tour de France Femmes following a sprint victory over yellow jersey holder Marlen Reusser.
  
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• Tour de France Femmes: Demi Vollering wins stage five amid GC shake-up – as it happened

  05-08-2026 19:14
  Demi Vollering won a thrilling sprint after a punishing stage while Pauline Ferrand-Prévot’s title defence collapsed“I’m certain there will be hard attacks … hopefully not heart attacks … and we will try to follow.” (Marlen Reusser).“It’s one of the steps to the main goal,” says Katarzyna Niewiadoma of her individual time trial performance yesterday. “I know the real stuff is ahead of us. We’re definitely happy with the e
  
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• Tour de France Femmes: Vollering victorious on stage five as Ferrand-Prévot’s defence unravels

  05-08-2026 19:07
  Three outstanding riders in race broke clear of pelotonPadding row intensifies after footage of male inspectionPauline Ferrand-Prévot’s defence of her Tour de France Femmes title unravelled among the Beaujolais vineyards as the French rider lost even more ground to rivals Demi Vollering, Marlen Reusser and Kasia Niewiadoma.The three outstanding riders in this year’s race broke clear of the peloton over the final steep gradients of Mont Brouilly, with 2023 Tour winner Vollering
  
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• Riders' clothing checked at women's Tour over bra padding concerns

  05-08-2026 10:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Officials at the Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift will check the clothing worn by riders to prevent attempts to make "aerodynamic gains".
  
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• Fachie bows out as 'Scotland's most successful Commonwealth Games athlete'

  04-08-2026 21:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Neil Fachie confirms his intention "after a magical couple of weeks in Glasgow" to "bow out of elite sport as Scotland's most successful Commonwealth Games athlete".
  
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• Tour de France Femmes cyclists face checks for aerodynamic-boosting chest padding

  04-08-2026 20:47
  Chest fairings could smooth airflow around the bodyWarning came before time-trial stage to DijonRiders in the Tour de France Femmes were examined for hidden aerodynamic enhancements, or chest fairings, before the race’s time trial stage to Dijon on Tuesday, in a clampdown on the latest attempts to circumnavigate cycling’s rules.Changes to body morphology to improve aerodynamics are banned under International Cycling Union rules. The UCI’s commissaires were looking for padded ch
  
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• Reusser takes Tour lead with time trial win

  04-08-2026 19:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Switzerland's Marlen Reusser takes the first yellow jersey of her career by winning a 21km time trial to Dijon in the fourth stage of the Tour de France Femmes.
  
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• Tour de France Femmes: Reusser storms to stage four time trial victory to take yellow jersey – as it happened

  04-08-2026 19:20
  The Swiss rider aced the time trial, with the Dutch pair Lieke Nooijen and Demi Vollering now behind her on GCOver half the field has taken to the course, with 70 riders having started, and 41 of those arrived, with Tas still leading the pack. It may take something to beat her.Sandrine Tas of Lotto Intermarché has set a new benchmark in Dijon: 28’49'’39, just 0.96 second faster than Le Mouël. The Belgian is the one to beat. Continue reading...
  
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• Tour de France Femmes: Reusser speeds to stage four time trial victory and takes yellow jersey – as it happened

  04-08-2026 19:20
  The Swiss rider aced the time trial, with the Dutch pair Lieke Nooijen and Demi Vollering now behind her on GCOver half the field has taken to the course, with 70 riders having started, and 41 of those arrived, with Tas still leading the pack. It may take something to beat her.Sandrine Tas of Lotto Intermarché has set a new benchmark in Dijon: 28’49'’39, just 0.96 second faster than Le Mouël. The Belgian is the one to beat. Continue reading...
  
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• Tour de France Femmes: Reusser aces stage four time trial to snatch yellow jersey

  04-08-2026 19:11
  Swiss rider leads Vollering by 14 seconds overallFerrand-Prévot toils up climbs and loses more groundThe world time-trial champion, Marlen Reusser, took the overall lead in the Tour de France Femmes after winning the fourth stage from Gevrey-Chambertin to Dijon.It was the 34-year-old Swiss rider’s third career win in the Tour and lifted her into a commanding lead over the defending champion, Pauline ­Ferrand-Prévot. Reusser, a specialist in racing against the clock, now l
  
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• ‘They’re not alone’: Chris Hoy on his ambition to stop men dying of prostate cancer

  04-08-2026 07:00
  Cycling legend on living with a stage 4 diagnosis, fundraising with Miguel Induráin and why Andy Burnham could be key to his ambition of helping othersSir Chris Hoy arrives a couple of minutes late and the apologies roll from him. I don’t have a chance to tell the six‑time Olympic sprint cycling champion that waiting an hour for a star interviewee is more common. Hoy is already deep into a story about how he and his wife, Sarra, were walking here when an unknown man stopped hi
  
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• Tour de France Femmes 2026: Sigrid Haugset wins stage three after epic solo breakaway – as it happened

  03-08-2026 20:14
  A ludicrous, historic solo breakaway stage win from Sigrid Haugset saw the Norwegian end the day in the yellow jersey129km to go: Puck Pieterse was first over the Col de la Faucille, bagging 10 points, ahead of Nikola Noskova. The peloton is nearly 1km ahead of the group containing the current race leader, Lorena Wiebes.132km remaining: Dina Boels has abandoned. The Belgian was 139th and last after yesterday’s second stage, and only just crossed the finish line inside the time limit. Conti
  
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• Sigrid Haugset stuns Tour de France Femmes favourites by storming to stage win

  03-08-2026 20:10
  Norwegian breaks clear in stage three to take overall leadHaugset: ‘I never thought it was possible, it’s unreal’Sigrid Haugset, the Norwegian national champion, shocked the established order in the Tour de France Femmes, breaking away alone for 90km, to take the overall lead after winning stage three to Poligny.“I never thought it was possible,” she said, after realising she had taken the biggest success of her career and the overall lead in the sport’s bigge
  
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• Haugset takes shock Tour stage win after huge break

  03-08-2026 19:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Norway's Sigrid Haugset wins stage three of the Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift following a 68km solo breakaway.
  
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• Can cycling's new star Finucane be beaten?

  03-08-2026 15:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Experts explain what sets apart this "generational talent" who is already an Olympic, world and commonwealth champion at just 23.
  
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• Pogacar to ride Vuelta a Espana for Grand Tour treble

  03-08-2026 13:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Newly crowned five-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar will race in this month's Vuelta a Espana in an attempt to win all three of cycling's Grand Tours.
  
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• Tadej Pogacar will ride Vuelta a España in bid to complete Grand Tour treble

  03-08-2026 10:37
  Slovene great last rode in Vuelta in 2019‘Time is right to go back,’ says five-time Tour winnerThe Tour de France champion, Tadej Pogacar, has confirmed that he will race in the Vuelta a España, which starts in Monaco on 22 August. The five-time Tour winner will be ­seeking to match the rare achievement of long-term rival, Jonas Vingegaard, who completed a grand slam of all three Grand Tours, by winning the Giro d’Italia in May.“I’m excited to say I&rsquo
  
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• Australia’s cyclists complete mammoth medal haul at end of Commonwealth Games

  03-08-2026 00:17
  Australia end Games with 171 medals all up, including 70 goldCycling squad contributes 10 gold medals and 28 in totalAustralia’s track cyclists have transformed pure pain, near-retirement and woefully-timed ill health into a dominating Commonwealth Games campaign.Georgia Baker’s history-equalling exploits earned her the honour of carrying the flag at the closing ceremony. She was stunned when team chef de mission Petria Thomas broke the news to her in the middle of the Sir Chris Hoy
  
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• Commonwealth Games day 10: closing ceremony brings Glasgow 2026 to an end after Isle of Man win Games’ final gold – as it happened

  02-08-2026 23:36
  Fireworks bring Glasgow 2026 to a close as the Isle of Man win first gold in 20 years and Scotland’s Mel Woods wins athlete of the Games. Australia delivered an unprecedented podium sweep in the women’s mile on the final day of athletics competition at the Commonwealth Games, after Abbey Caldwell upset Jessica Hull to secure one of seven track and field gold medals including a breakthrough victory for Lachie Kennedy’s 4x100m relay team.The haul exceeds the six gold medals from
  
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• Emma Finucane lands keirin to claim historic fourth Commonwealth gold

  02-08-2026 21:06
  Welsh cyclist had won in two sprints and time trialAustralia dominate Games with 171 medals, 70 goldThe Welsh cyclist Emma Finucane wrote her name into the history books on the final day of the Commonwealth Games, but Glasgow 2026 will be remembered most for Australia’s dominance.Before the Games, the Australia swimmer Sam Short had told reporters: “I’m so pumped – I can’t wait to go over there and smash those Pommies up.” And the whole Australia team seemed t
  
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• UCI president backs night-time drug testing after Tour de France controversy

  02-08-2026 21:00
  David Lappartient says selective night testing is justified‘We always have suspicion in cycling, due to our past’The UCI president, David Lappartient, has said there will “always be suspicion in cycling” and insisted this year’s men’s Tour de France was clean. Lappartient, speaking at the start of stage two of the Tour de France Femmes in Aigle, also said he supported night-time testing during races in “exceptional cases”.Lappartient added that the
  
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• It’s double Dutch as Lorena Wiebes wins second stage of Tour de France Femmes

  02-08-2026 20:24
  Dutch sprinter makes it two from two in GenevaHer team still intend to sue UCI over Giro disqualificationThe Dutch sprinter Lorena Wiebes took her second win in this year’s Tour de France Femmes in Geneva, further extending her overall lead in the nine-day race. Wiebes is proving untouchable in the sprint finishes and her turn of speed in the final 250 metres, on the lakeside finish of the Quai du Mont-Blanc, reduced her rivals to onlookers.Lone breakaway Riejanne Markus had led by more th
  
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• Wiebes claims back-to-back Tour de France Femmes stage wins

  02-08-2026 19:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dutch sprinter Lorena Wiebes claims stage two for back-to-back victories at the Tour de France Femmes.
  
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• Tour de France Femmes: Lorena Wiebes wins stage two as Markus’s brave bid falls short – as it happened

  02-08-2026 19:10
  Lorena Wiebes sprinted clear in the yellow jersey to win in Geneva after Riejanne Markus’s breakaway bid was denied in the final kilometre115km to go: We’re into the hills now, the first of the five climbs well under way as the riders head up to the summit of the Côte de Chexbres (3.2km at a 5.6% gradient). We’re in the hills for the next 70km or so.117km to go: Several more attacks, Alison Jackson pushing again and Idoia Eraso (wearing the green jersey) also involved in
  
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• Robertson breaks Games record to win cycling gold

  02-08-2026 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England cyclist Matthew Robertson broke the Commonwealth Games record for a second time to earn gold in the men's C1-C3 3,000m individual pursuit.
  
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• 'Gutted' Graham settles for cycling silver after 'goalposts change'

  02-08-2026 18:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fin Graham was "gutted" to claim silver in the men's C1-C3 3km individual pursuit final, setting his sights firmly on gold. He was also a bit perplexed at how this race was staged.
  
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• Finucane creates Games history with fourth gold

  02-08-2026 17:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Welsh star Emma Finucane creates history by becoming the first sprint cyclist to win four track gold medals at the same Commonwealth Games.
  
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• Commonwealth Games 2026: Scotland’s Josh Kerr storms to gold in men’s mile final – as it happened

  01-08-2026 23:11
  Josh Kerr leaves Glasgow with a golden moment for Scotland while Australia shocked the field in the men’s 4x100m relayBoxing The first hands will be thrown just after 11am in women’s 54kg final between Scarlett Savannah Delgado and Preeti Preeti. That’s the first of 14 finals day on the last day of boxing at this year’s Games.Men’s 1500m T54 final Nathan Maguire powered to victory in the last lap, with Daniel Sidbury (England) taking silver and Sam Rizzo (Australia)
  
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• I can't believe I'm living this life - Finucane races to third Commonwealth gold

  01-08-2026 22:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Emma Finucane is the first Welsh woman to collect three golds at a single Commonwealth Games.
  
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• Hobbs avoids crash to win second cycling gold

  01-08-2026 21:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England cyclist Henry Hobbs avoids a serious crash to win the men's 15km scratch race at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow
  
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• Fachie survives painful crash to take another gold after Wales 'poke bear'

  01-08-2026 20:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Neil Fachie won his second gold medal of these Commonwealth Games on an afternoon of high drama and painful scrapes in Glasgow.
  
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• Tour de France Femmes 2026: Lorena Wiebes powers to stage one win in Lausanne – as it happened

  01-08-2026 19:52
  Lorena Wiebes sprints to victory on the opening stage of the Tour de France FemmesWe’ve got 500m to the end of the neutralised sector. There will be a large amount of nervous energy in that peloton.Lotte Kopecky, of SD Worx-ProTime, is asked on TNT Sports: What’s the vibe like in the team? Continue reading...
  
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• Wiebes sprints to Tour de France Femmes stage one win

  01-08-2026 19:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dutch sprinter Lorena Wiebes takes the Tour de France Femmes opening stage and first yellow jersey.
  
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• Wiebes outsprints Le Court and Vollering to win Tour de France Femmes opening stage

  01-08-2026 19:05
  Wiebes’ turn of speed too much for 2023 winner Vollering‘It was a long sprint, but I’m super happy’Lorena Wiebes took the first yellow jersey of the 2026 Tour de France Femmes after climbing the Côte Saint-François and outsprinting race favourites Kim Le Court and 2023 champion, Demi Vollering.“The team worked super hard today,” Wiebes said. “When Demi attacked, I knew I had to follow. It was a long sprint, but I’m super happy.”
  
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• History-maker Finucane claims third Games gold

  01-08-2026 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Emma Finucane became the first Welsh woman to win three gold medals at a single Commonwealth Games with victory in the 1,000m time trial.
  
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• Commonwealth Games 2026: New Zealand beat England in netball semis; athletics and cycling updates – live

  01-08-2026 12:56
  Updates from Saturday’s live action around GlasgowMedal table | How ‘mop man’ Miller stole the show Boxing The first hands will be thrown just after 11am in women’s 54kg final between Scarlett Savannah Delgado and Preeti Preeti. That’s the first of 14 finals day on the last day of boxing at this year’s Games.Men’s 1500m T54 final Nathan Maguire powered to victory in the last lap, with Daniel Sidbury (England) taking silver and Sam Rizzo (Australia) the b
  
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• The best captures of Australia’s Commonwealth Games athletes, 2026 – in pictures

  01-08-2026 09:10
  Photographers captured the highs and lows of the country’s elite athletes as they competed during the Commonwealth Games in GlasgowCommonwealth Games 2026: day eight – in picturesCommonwealth Games 2026 medal table Continue reading...
  
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• Commonwealth Games 2026: Hunter Bell wins 800m gold; athletics and boxing on day eight – as it happened

  31-07-2026 23:06
  England’s Georgia Hunter Bell won the women’s 800m final in style to claim her first Commonwealth Games medalBoxing: Scarlett Savannah Delgado of Canada and Preeti Preeti of India will contest the women’s 54kg final after winning their respective semi-finals. England’s Lauren Mackie and Zambia’s Catherine Mwape will fight for bronze.Up next it’s a 65kg home nations derby between Kaci Rock (Northern Ireland) and Caitlin Rainey (Scotland). Rock is the daughter o
  
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• Wales golden girls beat England in cycling duel

  31-07-2026 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wales golden girls Emma Finucane and Anna Morris win the Commonwealth Games battle of Britain by defeating English rivals in Glasgow.
  
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