Gold and bronze in the velodrome as the cycling competition got underway and 5000m bronze for Megan Keith were the highlights of Day 7 for Team Scotland at Glasgow 2026, with action across five sports…

Cycling

Neil Fachie OBE became Team Scotland’s most successful athlete of all-time as he took gold alongside pilot Aaron Pope in the Men’s Tandem B 1000m Time Trial. There was also a brilliant bronze for the Women’s Team Sprint of Lauren Bell, Iona Moir and Maddy Silcock. Read more HERE.

Athletics

Megan Keith was roared home by the crowd as she raced to a magnificent bronze in the 5000m on a chilly night at Scotstoun. Several Scots booked their place in finals and decathletes Newby and McFarlane powered to first and second in their 400m, the final event of the first day, to place 6th and 8th at the halfway stage. Read more HERE.

Weightlifting

The ninth and final weightlifter for Team Scotland – Drew Burns – got the Armadillo crowd going this morning in the Men’s 110kg competition.

In the snatch Drew looked overjoyed with his three clean lifts of 140kg, 143kg and 146kg, finishing that portion of the contest in 6th place.

The 22-year-old from Glasgow started that clean & jerk at 168kg. With his confidence growing he stepped up to 173kg for another clean lift. He increased to 176kg in his third and final attempt which he wasn’t able to complete but he finished with a total of 319 for fifth place in his first Commonwealth Games.

Drew said: “To come out to that crowd was incredible. I just want to do it all over again. Having people that don’t even know you shouting your name was unbelievable. Coming out to that, the bar definitely felt lighter. I was unsure how I was going to react to that but I definitely fed off it.”

Bowls

Garry Brown and Stuart Sloan fell short in their third outing in the Para Men’s Pairs B6-B8, with a tie breaker defeat to Kurt Smith and Mark Noble of New Zealand.
There was nothing between the teams in the early stages of the match until Smith and Noble turned up the heat in the latter ends, and took the first set 4-3.

Brown and Sloan started the second set on top but the Kiwis were hot on their coattails, but the kept their composure to win the set 4-2, and take the match to a tie breaker.
It went to the last bowl and it went the way of New Zealand to give the Scots their first defeat of the tournament.

Brown and Sloan take on England tomorrow at 9:55.

Paul Foster MBE, and Alex Marshall MBE, made it three wins from three in the Men’s Pairs with a 2-0 victory over Jeht Nobbs, and Michael Trickey, of Norfolk Island.
Foster and Marshall surged into an early lead, going 4-1 ahead in the first three ends, before completing the set comfortably with a 7-1 win.

In the second set it was the turn of Norfolk Island to start strong with a 3-0 lead, forcing a chase from Foster and Marshall. It was a chase the Scots duly accepted and they fought back to take the lead 5-3 by the third end, then going onto to clock up an excellent 8-3 success to win the match.

Despite having a lengthy history with the sport, the spark of excitement hasn’t dulled for these two. Marshall said: “You get the thrill from just putting on the Team Scotland shirt. I think it just gets better all the time. To put the shirt on, get out there, and represent Team Scotland is a massive honour. I’ve still got the will to win and until I lose that, I’ll just keep going. Glasgow done us proud the last time in 2014 and this is every bit as good as the last time.”

Foster and Marshall next face Canada tomorrow at 16:25.

Sophie McGrouther defeated Diana Viljoen of Namibia 2-0, in the Women’s Singles, to keep her Glasgow 2026 100% win record intact.

It was a tight opening to the contest with McGrouther edging ahead in the early stages. She moved into a 3-2 lead after three ends before moving into a 5-2 advantage as the set entered the latter stages. McGrouther consolidated the advantage in the last two ends to win the set 11-3.

The Scot started the second set strong and sailed into a 4-0 lead in the opening few sets. Like the opening set, she kicked on and won the set convincingly 7-1 to take the tie.
McGrouther is back in action at 17:50 tomorrow.

Pauline and Mary Wilson, in the Para Women’s Pairs B6-B8, lost a nail-biting tie breaker against Julie O’Connell and Teri Blackbourn of New Zealand.

There was nothing between the pairs as they entered into the final end at 3-3. Both had cancelled each other out in a tight and tentative opening set. Pauline Wilson snatched the set for Scotland with an outstanding last bowl to make it 4-3.

New Zealand stepped up their game in the second set and burst into a 5-1 lead after three ends. The successful second set for the Kiwis ended 7-1 in their favour taking the match to a tie-break.

The tie-break couldn’t be any closer, and it took a measurement of bowls to the jack to separate the pairs, with the result tipping in favour of the Kiwis.

Netball

Scotland lost to Uganda 65-56 in their final pool match and will play in Friday’s 7th/8th playoff. It means the team will achieve its highest ever finish at a Commonwealth Games, surpassing Scotland’s previous best ever finish at ninth.

The Ugandans came into the match fresh, after a day off, and started strong with Mary Cholhok causing a lot of the damage with excellent shooting, and took the opening quarter 17-12.

Niamh McCall and Emma Barrie were connecting well in the second quarter, and scoring goals, but Uganda was able to maintain its five goal advantage. As the game got closer to half time Uganda began to pull away and ended the half 35-22 up.

Cerys Cairns came on in the second half and made an impact as Scotland began to dig themselves back into the match, but Uganda bit back and finished the third quarter 52-38 ahead.

Into the final quarter and Barrie scored some early goals for Scotland but Cholhok kept the goals coming at the other end too. Cairns led the charge as Scotland staged a late fightback, but there wasn’t enough time to claw it back and Scotland took the 65-56 defeat.

Nicholl said: “We didn’t lean into the challenge at the start of the game but then our Scottish grit came through. It really shows the character of the Scots the way we attacked that second half and won it. If anybody knows a Scot, especially the Thistles, they’ll know that we never roll over. We’re a beastly little team. We were able to bring on every player. Some, like Jaz Moore, have not had much experience [but] she came on and absolutely tore it apart. Really really proud of them.”

Boxing

It’s semi-final day on Friday where three Team Scotland boxers have the chance to change the colour of their guaranteed bronze medals with another win in the ring.

Caitlin Rainey versus Kaci Rock of Northern Ireland at 11am (Women’s 65kg); Sonny Kerr versus Jon McConnell also of Northern Ireland at 4.15pm (Men’s 70kg) and Robert McNulty versus Isaac Okoh of England at 4.45pm (Men’s 90kg).

Judo

Scotland’s Judoka have had to bide their time before taking to the tatami, but their patience will pay off on Friday when three days of top-level Judo begins in Glasgow.

Most of the 13-strong squad took part in a familiarisation training session on Thursday, ahead of weigh-in for Friday’s fighters, with a palpable feeling of positivity and eager anticipation amongst the group.

Neil MacDonald will kick things off for Scotland, and for the whole tournament, as he takes on Nigeria’s Kehinde Aremu in the -66kg category in the Round of 32 in the first match of the day. Teammate Aidan Moffat gets a by to the Round of 16 in the same weight category, where he awaits his first opponent of the competition.

In the lightest female category, -48kg, Commonwealth debutants Eva Ewing and Summer Shaw are straight into Quarter Final fights, as their competition begins around midday. Eva will go head-to-head with India’s Asmita Dey, whilst Summer will go up against fellow Home Nation challenger Ashleigh Barnikel of Wales.