Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 8: Neeraj Chopra qualifies for final - Highlights

Bowls, Men's Pairs, Section B, India vs Botswana: India takes a six point lead.!!!!

End 2 completely belonged to India, as they took the lead from the very first bowl. Botswana tried to change the game but were unsuccessful, allowing India to add five more points to their lead.

Bowls, Men's Pairs, Section B, India vs Botswana : India takes a one-point lead.

End 1 was a closely fought one, with almost all the bowls reaching near the jack. However, India had the bowl closest to the jack, taking one point and an early lead in the game.

Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw: For the first time in 8 years, Neeraj hasn't qualified directly

Neeraj Chopra qualified for the men's javelin throw final with a 79.61m by being fifth in the rankings.

The windy conditions in Glasgow played a part, as Neeraj's eight-year streak of qualifying by hitting the automatic qualification mark with his first attempt is broken.

Read more here.

Weightlifting, Women's 86kg: Martina should be in a good stead

The snatch discipline has been an issue for Martina Devi Maibam. She is more comfortable with clean and jerk in general.

Now that she has at least one successful lift in snatch, Martina should be in a good stead for a medal with a good outing in clean and jerk.

My colleague Deepanshu tells that, Martina had three no lifts in snatch at 107kg at the recent Asian Weightlifting Championships in May, which was held in Ahmedabad.

Up Next: Bowls, Men's Pairs, Section B, India vs Botswana

India returns for its third match after registering back to back victories against Namibia and the Cook Islands.

The Indian pair of Navneet Singh (Lead) and Dinesh Kumar (Skip) will now take on Botswana, represented by Kaizer Geche (Lead) and Charles Diteko (Skip). The match will begin at 7:30 PM IST.

India will hope to continue its winning run and remain a strong contender for a place in the semi finals.

Weightlifting, Women's 86kg: Martina Devi comes in clutch!

Despite those two drops, the Indian coaches back Martina Devi Maibam to go up to 105kg for her final snatch attempt.

The 20-year-old meets the expectations. A clean lift and she stays alive.

India's medal hopes in women's 86kg weightlifting stays alive! CLUTCH EFFORT!

Weightlifting, Women's 86kg: Second unsuccessful lift for Martina

This isn't going her way at all. Martina Devi Maibam once again stuck squatting with 103kg, unable to get back to the standing position.

She is under pressure now with just a lift left.

Weightlifting, Women's 86kg: Martina Devi Maibam drops first attempt

Not an ideal start this.

Weightlifting, Women's 86kg: Martina Devi Maibam in action!

Martina Devi Maibam will continue India's weightlifting campaign in women's 86kg.

With a start weight of 105 in snatch and 140kg in snatch, she is a medal contender in this event. It won't be easy though.

Athletics, Men's Decathlon Shot Put: Tejaswin Shankar attains a distance of 13.09m; finishes 7th

Tejaswin produced another average performance, recording a best throw of 13.09m in his three attempts to finish the shot put event in 7th place.

The effort earned him 673 points, which further dropped him to 5th place in the overall standings after three events, with a total of 2,558 points.