England netball put together to face Australia in a mouth-watering netball semi-final whereas Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix might be watched by well-known dad Fred as she dives for her second gold of the Games.
Here, the PA information company seems forward to Saturday’s main showdowns and displays on Friday’s motion as we enter the ultimate weekend of competitors.
Netball rematch
England’s Helen Housby celebrates scoring the profitable objective in opposition to Australia within the 2018 Commonwealth last (Martin Rickett/PA)
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England and Australia go face to face of their netball semi-final after the hosts thumped world champions New Zealand by 10 factors to earn their place within the final 4.
Australia limped by to the knockout phases after a shock defeat to Jamaica, however England coach Jess Thirlby is all too conscious that the Australians – nonetheless smarting from their last-gasp loss on the Gold Coast – might be licking their wounds.
Tough check
Harmanpreet Kaur and India stand in England’s approach (Steven Paston/PA)
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England’s cricketers made an emphatic assertion by trouncing New Zealand on Friday, chasing down a paltry 72 with 50 balls to spare in a seven-wicket win to complete atop their group. They have now received six successive T20s and confidence is steadily constructing however Harmanpreet Kaur’s India are prone to current a step up in opposition.
A last in opposition to Australia or New Zealand awaits the winners, with the losers having the comfort of going into the bronze medal match.
Ace Andrea
Fresh from her victory within the girls’s 10-metre platform last – watched by her TV star father Fred – teenager Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix will get the prospect to increase her dream Games debut within the girls’s 10m sychro platform last on Saturday.
The 17-year-old delivered a primary senior worldwide victory on Thursday night at Sandwell Aquatics Centre, ending forward of England’s team-mate Lois Toulson to prime the leaderboard by an enormous 20.20 factors.
Social media second
Canada made England work onerous for each level on the badminton court docket.
Pic of the day
Marfa Ekimova on her strategy to all-around gold (Peter Byrne/PA)
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Friday favourites
More from Muir
Laura Muir is eyeing an elusive Commonwealth medal after reaching her second last. The Scot completed fifth in her 1500m warmth on Friday morning to achieve Sunday’s last on the Alexander Stadium, working 4 minutes 14.11 seconds, having already reached Saturday’s 800m last.
Great Scot
Scotland’s George Miller grew to become the oldest gold medallist in Commonwealth Games historical past after profitable the para-bowls blended pairs last on the age of 75.
Miller, who’s lead director for partially-sighted team-mate Melanie Inness, succeeds his para-bowls team-mate, 72-year-old Rosemary Lenton, who briefly held the file after profitable the ladies’s pairs title on Wednesday.
Magic Marfa
Marfa Ekimova, centre, celebrates together with her gold medal (Peter Byrne/PA)
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Fresh from serving to the England staff win their first rhythmic gymnastics medal since 2010 on Thursday, 17-year-old Marfa Ekimova produced a shocking set of performances to clinch the gold medal within the particular person all-around occasion.
Ekimova, who was born in St Petersburg and moved to the UK on the age of two, produced very good routines on the 4 equipment – hoop, ball, golf equipment and ribbon – to attain 112.300 and edge Anna Sokolova of Cyprus into second place.