McKeown and Kelly beat Pakistan while O’Neill remains unbeaten in singlespublished at 18:12 BST 30 July
18:12 BST 30 July
Nigel Ringland BBC Sport NI Senior Journalist in Glasgow
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World pairs champions Adam McKeown and Gary Kelly were in dominant form as they beat Pakistan 11-1, 16-0 to make it two wins to start their men’s pairs campaign.
Maqsood Waseem Khan and Mohammed Ayub Qureshi were no match for the Northern Ireland duo who have started the competition in fine form.
However, only the group winners will qualify for the semi-finals so Thursday night's game against the New Zealand pair of Tony Grantham and Ali Forsyth will be crucial as they have also started with two wins.
Meanwhile Shauna O’Neill remains unbeaten after three games of the women’s singles group stages.
The Limavady bowler had a comfortable 9-2, 10-2 win over Catherine Papani from Niue Island.
It’s sets up a clash with Guernsey’s Ali Merrien on Thursday that could well determine who advances to the semi-finals.
Australia thrash winless Northern Ireland in netballpublished at 18:05 BST 30 July
18:05 BST 30 July
Lauren McCann BBC Sport NI Journalist
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Northern Ireland finished bottom of Pool A and without a win
Winless Northern Ireland suffered another heavy defeat in netball as they lost 88-27 against world number one ranked Australia at the Hydro.
Australia raced out of the blocks and led 27-6 after a dominant first quarter and they further extended their advantage in the second to lead 47-10 at half-time.
The Warriors, as they have done in previous games, rallied in the third scoring 12 times, but Australia regained control in the final period to ease to victory.
The big victory gives Australia a four-point cushion at the top of Pool A over England, having played a game more.
NI prop up the pool and are set to play the 11th/12th classification match on Friday against Trinidad and Tobago, who also lost all five group games, at 09:00 BST.
O’Neill beats world champion for second singles winpublished at 18:17 BST 29 July
18:17 BST 29 July
Nigel Ringland BBC Sport NI Senior Journalist in Glasgow
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Shauna O’Neill remains unbeaten in women’s singles
Shauna O’Neill remains unbeaten after two games of the group stages of the women’s singles after a sudden death extra end win over the current world outdoor champion Tayla Bruce from New Zealand.
It leaves the Limavady bowler tied at the top of her group with Guernsey’s Ali Merrien and Serena Tiong from Singapore while Bruce, one the pre-competition favourites is in trouble after two defeats.
Watched on in the stands by Northern Ireland team mates Chloe Wilson, Gary Kelly and Adam McKeown, it wasn’t a good start for O’Neill as the New Zealander led 6-0 after three ends.
However, O’Neill found her length and weight and closed that gap to just a shot and then she lay two more in the final end that would have taken the set.
Bruce then got lucky with the final bowl that saw her strike the jack, rebound of a bowl and head back towards her, where she had another bowl, that had been woefully short, suddenly in the perfect place.
O’Neill lost the set 5-7 but was bowling much better than her opponent and she opened the second set with a full house of four shots. That became 6-1 and then 9-2 and finally 10-6 to send the game to the one-end shootout.
With a measure to decide who would win looming, Bruce’s luck finally ran out. With her last bowl, she caught the edge of the jack, moving it no more than an inch, but a vital inch that gave O’Neill the shot and the win.
She will next face Catherine Papain from Niue Island on Thursday
O'Connor strengthens hold on Commonwealth goldpublished at 13:02 BST 29 July
13:02 BST 29 July
Lauren McCann BBC Sport NI Journalist
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Kate O'Connor is aiming to win her first senior outdoor medal
Team Northern Ireland's Kate O'Connor is on course for a first Commonwealth Games gold medal as she continues to lead the heptathlon with just one event remaining in Glasgow.
O'Connor topped the standings after the first four events on Tuesday and increased her advantage on Wednesday morning as she moved to 5611 points with good displays in the long jump and javelin.
She is 258 points clear of England's Jade O'Dowda, sister of Republic of Ireland football international Callum, who is second in the overall standings.
The event concludes with the 800m at 20:55 BST at Scotstoun Stadium on Wednesday evening.
O'Connor, 25, finished first in the long jump with a 6.37m leap and followed that up by topping the standings for the javelin as she threw a season's best 52.85m as the only athlete to clear the 50m mark.
Her NI team-mate Anna Macauley is eighth in the overall standings.
She had a good performance in the long jump, recording a personal best of 6.23m but she could only manage 36.99m in the javelin as she finished ninth in the event.
McCartney and McMillan advance to finalspublished at 11:38 BST 29 July
11:38 BST 29 July
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Team Northern Ireland swimmers Ellie McCartney and Jack McMillan both came through heats to qualify for Wednesday evening finals at the Tollcross Swimming Centre.
McCartney was finished second in her women's 200m breaststroke heat with her time of 2:28.18 the sixth fastest among the eight qualifiers.
The final will take place at 19:13 BST.
Like McCartney, Olympic gold medallist McMillan finished his heat in second. In his case, in the men's 200m freestyle.
His time of 1:46.72 was fifth fastest among the qualifiers with the final taking place at 19:21.
The men's 4x100m medley relay team 3:41.06 were sixth fastest in the heats and will compete in the final at 21:31.
Crymble and Saunders fail to finish weightlifting finalspublished at 11:02 BST 29 July
11:02 BST 29 July
Lauren McCann BBC Sport NI Journalist
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Crymble and Saunders both failed to finish their respective finals
Hannah Crymble and Katilin Saunders both failed to finish their respective women's weightlifting finals at the SEC Armadillo.
Crymble, who was competing in her second Games, did not place in the women's 63kg final on Tuesday while Saunders on her Commonwealth debut in Glasgow did not finish the women's 77kg final on Wednesday.
Crymble, 30, was unable to lift 84kg in the snatch as she exited the competition before the clean and jerk phase.
Saunders, a former gymnast and CrossFit athlete, successfully lifted 82kg with her first snatch attempt before failing in her next two attempts at 85kg.
In the clean and jerk, she did not complete an attempted lift of 106kg in her three efforts as she bowed out of the competition.
McKeown and Kelly make winning start to pairs campaignpublished at 10:26 BST 29 July
10:26 BST 29 July
Nigel Ringland BBC Sport NI Senior Journalist in Glasgow
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Gary Kelly and Adam McKeown
Adam McKeown has been waiting to make his first appearance at these Commonwealth Games and along with singles bronze medallist Gary Kelly, they made an impressive start to the men’s pairs beating Tonga’s Chad Nathan and Liam Hill 8-2, 8-2.
McKeown has been in a supporting role for Kelly during the first few days of competition but let loose on the rinks for the first time, his impressive play helped put Northern Ireland on the road to victory.
Time and time again the end was set up for Kelly by McKeown as he out-bowled Nathan and despite the valiant attempts of 17 year-old Hill to rescue a losing position, Kelly came up with some big shots when they were required the most.
Th duo’s next game is against Pakistan on Thursday morning but with New Zealand and Australia in the same group, they know tougher games are to follow.
What's on for Team NI on day six of Commonwealth Games?published at 07:35 BST 29 July
07:35 BST 29 July
Lauren McCann BBC Sport NI Journalist in Glasgow
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O'Connor sits top of the standings in the heptathlon after four events
It's day six at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and there are plenty of Team Northern Ireland athletes in action.
Bowlers Gary Kelly and Adam McKeown play their first men's pairs match at the SEC Centre from 08:30 BST against Tonga.
Shauna O'Neill is also in women's singles action against New Zealand at 16:25.
At the SEC Armadillo, Kaitlin Saunders will compete in the weightlifting 77kg final from 09:30.
It's a busy day of athletics action at Scotsoun, with Kate O'Connor vying for a gold medal in the second day of the heptathlon.
O'Connor and Anna Macaulay will go in the women's long jump at 10:05 and javelin at 12:05.
The 800m will take place in the evening session at 20:55.
Commonwealth Games debutant James Gormley will go in the first round of the men's one mile at 11:10.
There are some more swimming heats at the Tollcross Swimming Centre from 10:30.
Ellie McCartney will go in the women's 200m breaststroke at 10:34 and Olympic champion Jack McMillan in the men's 200m freestyle at 11:02.
Northern Ireland's men's and women's sides will both go in the 4 x 100m medley relay heats at 11:40 and 11:58.
If they progress the finals will take place from 19:00 the same evening.
Daniel Wiffen will go in 1500m final at 20:44 as he aims to add a Commonwealth medal to the Olympic bronze he won in the same event two years ago.
It's a busy day for the boxers, with six of the squad in action at the SEC Centre and all of them are just one win away from securing a medal.
Caitlin Fryers will fight in the women's flyweight 51kg quarter-final at 12:15 against India's Sakshi Sakshi.
Reigning champion Michaela Walsh takes on Scotland's Lara Brown in the women's featherweight 57kg quarter-final at 12:45.
At 19:15 Janssen Hill comes up against England's Chantelle Reid in the women's light-middleweight 70kg.
Jude Gallagher, who won bronze in 2022, is in action at 19:30 in the men's lightweight 60kg against Albert Ngulube from Zambia.
Jon McConnell fights Bahamas' Carl Hield at 20:15 in the men's light-middleweight 70kg while Willie John McCartan is up against Ghana's Daniel Plange in the men's super-heavyweight 90+ kg at 21:00.
Hill finishes fourth 50m backstroke finalpublished at 20:46 BST 28 July
20:46 BST 28 July
Lauren McCann BBC Sport NI Journalist at Tollcross Swimming Centre
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Hill was 0.55 seconds off a bronze medal
Team Northern Ireland swimmer Danielle Hill just missed out on a medal in "heartbreaking" fashion in the women's 50m freestyle final as she finished fourth at Tollcross Swimming Centre.
The 26-year-old clocked a time of 27.87, 0.55 seconds behind England's Lauren Cox, who took the bronze medal and just outside of her Irish record.
The race was won by Canada's Kylie Masse with Australia's Iona Anderson claiming silver.
"It's a world-class field. You have the British record holder, the reigning Commonwealth champion in there and the Australian record holder, so I'm up against the best of the world in that field," Hill told BBC Sport NI.
"Walking away with fourth is heartbreaking, but I can be proud of what I've done. Someone text me last night saying 'leaving no stone unturned' and that's what I did.
"I have a European title to defend now, I have to use this frustration and anger and learn from it, I never want to be in this position again."
Grace Davison's time of 26.48 was not good enough for a place in the women's 50m freestyle final as she finished fifth in her semi-final.
Matthew Hamilton also failed to qualify for the men's 50m butterfly final as he finished eighth in his semi-final in a time of 24.29.
Northern Ireland's mixed medley 4 x 100m relay team, which consisted of Lottie Cullen, Adam Bradley, Matthew Hamilton and Grace Davison, finished sixth in the final in a time of 3:49.10.
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