The derny - the little two-stroke motorcycle - is off and running and the riders are bunched on the start line...

Past it comes and... we're off.

Now then, we're moments away from heat one of round one of the keirin.

England's Harry Radford, Steffan Lloyd of Wales and Scotland's Niall Monks will go in this first heat.

Six riders. One motorbike. Top two qualify for the second round, the rest will go into the repechage round.

All clear? Good. Engines at the ready...

If you haven't watched a keirin before, boy, is this going to be an experience for you...

The keirin is a fast and furious race that typically take place over a distance of around 1.5km. A group of cyclists go around the track, with an electric motorcycle - called a derny - pacing them.

The pace increases until the motorcycle departs with around 600-700m remaining. From then it becomes a sprint race to the line.

We have FOUR rounds of this fun, with four heats in the first round, to look forward to in the session too.

Buckle up...

• 16:00 - Men's keirin first round
• 16:25 - Women's sprint semi-finals
• 16:33 - Women's 400m individual pursuit finals
• 16:47 - Men's keirin first round repechages
• 17:15 - Men's C1-C3 1000m TT final
• 17:56 - Women's 10km scratch race final
• 18:16 - Men's 4000m individual pursuit finals
• 18:31 - Men's keirin second round
• 18:41 - Women's sprint finals
• 19:13 - Men's keirin finals
• 19:23 - Men's elimination race final

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Believe it or not we've already had more than four hours of action in the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome today.

4000m Individual Pursuit

England’s Josie Knight qualified fastest for the final later on, setting a new Commonwealth Games record.

Her time of 4mins 25.719secs was just 0.098s faster than Anna Morris of Wales, whom she will face for gold.

Scotland’s Erin Boothman was third, more than five seconds back, and will race against New Zealand’s Bryony Botha for bronze.

Wales’ Ciara Oliva, Jess Roberts, England’s Grace Lister and Esther Wong of Northern Ireland bowed out in qualifying.

In the men’s event Matt Bostock of the Isle of Man produced a stunning ride to finish third in qualifying, just 0.568s behind Australian Oliver Bleddyn’s new Games record of 4:04.132.

Bostock will now race Australian James Moriarty for bronze while England’s Charlie Tanfield, Ethan Vernon, Josh Charlton, Scotland’s Michael Gill and Tim Shoreman and Rhys Britton and Will Salter of Wales missing out.

Women's Sprint

The first three rounds of the women’s sprint were dominated by the home nations with Wales’ Emma Finucane setting a new Games record in qualifying and then breezing into the semi-finals with a win over Olympic and defending Commonwealth champion Ellesse Andrews of New Zealand (pictured).

She'll be joined in the last four by teammate Rhian Edmunds who saw-off Scotland's Lauren Bell in the best-of-three quarter-final.

England’s Sophie Capewell joined them with a win over teammate Katy Marchant but England's Rhianna Parris-Smith was knocked out by Malaysia’s Nurul Mohd Asri.

Right, we've got athletics, boxing, judo and much more to come, but our main focus for the next few hours is track and para-track cycling...

Let's get you caught up.

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We've got plenty of English representation in the challenge for judo medals this evening, with five athletes eyeing up a spot on the podium.

Acelya Toprak has already guaranteed herself at least silver in the women's -57kg event and will face India's Yamini Mourya for the gold medal.

In the same category, Lele Nairne - who was beaten by Toprak in the semi-final - is hoping to land bronze but must first overcome Frema Agyei of Ghana to do so.

Similarly, Tatum Keen (women's -52kg) Charlie Ayre (men's -60kg) and Michael Fryer (men's -66kg) are also challenging for bronze.

The judo action begins at 16:00 BST.

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England's Chantelle Reid, speaking to TNT Sports, on beating Australia's world number two Lekeisha Pergoliti 5-0 in the women's 70kg semi-final:

"Lekeisha is number two seed in the world so I knew it was going to be a tough fight but we got the win again - second fight in - and I'm just going to try to keep getting these wins in. It's all good preparation for the Olympic Games.

"After going two rounds up, I just got to play around [in the final round] and got to practise one or two things, stuff that I have been working on.

"I just hope my dad is going to be happy with what I did."

On her chances against India's Arundhati Choudhary in Saturday's final: "I've gotten better throughout the competition and I'm looking forward to seeing what I can do in the next fight."

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Northern Ireland's defending champion Michaela Walsh proved far too strong for Fiji's Jasmine Daunakamakama, claiming a comprehensive 5-0 win in the opening bout of the afternoon session in Friday's boxing semi-finals in Glasgow.

Walsh, 33, booked her place in the women's 57kg final, where she will face India's Jaismine, and will aim for a fourth consecutive Commonwealth medal after winning gold in 2022 and silver in 2018 and 2014.

"I was nervous - I am nervous before every fight - but I felt it a bit more today," Walsh told HBO Max.

"I don't know why but I am just happy I got in there and stuck to my gameplan. You box all around the world and you will be in PE halls and there's two or three people clappiing for you so thanks to all my family and friends [that were here] and the rest of my team-mates. It means the world to me."

Walsh fought in her first Commonwealth final in Glasgow 12 years ago, when she was beaten by England's Olympic champion Nicola Adams, and said that her run to another final rekindled great memories.

"I was happy enough getting to the final in Glasgow in 2014 against Nicola Adams," she added. The atmosphere and the people has been amazing. I put in a great fight today."

Northern Ireland's defending champion Michaela Walsh continued the home nations' success with a comprehensive 5-0 victory over Fiji's Jasmine Daunakamakama in the opening bout of the afternoon session to book her place in the women's 57kg final - as she bids for a fourth successive Commonwealth medal.

Rosie Eccles, of Wales, was unable to follow her lead, going down 4-0 to India's Arundhati Choudhary despite a brave effort to come back on her opponent in the third and final round of their women's 70kg semi-final.

Eccles was hoping to set up a final against England's Chantelle Reid, who put in a superb, disciplined performance to win her semi-final 5-0 against Australia's Lekeisha Pergoliti.

The 28-year-old world bronze medallist, who only recently returned to the ring after spending six years out with a degenerative back condition that looked set to end her career, will now go for Commonwealth gold on Saturday.

Selected results from the afternoon session:

• Women's 57kg - Michaela Walsh (NI) won 5-0 against Jasmine Daunakamakama (Fij)
• Women's 70kg - Rosie Eccles (Wal) lost 4-0 to Arundhati Choudhary (Ind)
• Women's 70kg - Chantelle Reid (Eng) won 5-0 against Lekeisha Pergoliti (Aus)

Selected upcoming bouts:

• 16:00 (men's 70kg) Orlando Holley-Sotomi (Wal) v Merven Clair (Mri)
• 16:15 (men's 70kg) Sonny Kerr (Sco) v Jon McConnell (NI)
• 16:30 (men's 90kg) Connor Williams (Wal) v Garyn McAllister (NI)
• 16:45 (men's 90kg) Isaac Okioh (Eng) v Robert McNulty (Sco)

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The men's decathlon has been in full swing across the past two days and here's who sits in the top five of the standings with just two events - the javelin and 1500m - left to come this evening...

1. Lindon Victor (Grenada) - 6704 points
2. Damian Warner (Canada) - 6669 points
3. Sammy Ball (England) - 6650 points
4. Tejaswin Shankar (India) - 6637 points
5. Callum Newby (Scotland) - 6550 points

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A total of six boxers from the home nations took part in the morning session of Friday's semi-finals in Glasgow, and four battled through to earn a shot at gold in Saturday's finals.

England's Sacha Hickey, Patris Mughalzai and Dimeji Shittu all won their bouts, while Northern Ireland's Kaci Rock overcame Scotland's Caitlin Rainey.

Rock will go for gold in the women's 65kg category against England's Hickey, who beat Australia's Eve Bryson.

Mughalzai will fight Australian Jacob Cassar for gold in the men's 65kg after powering past Zambia's Emmanuel Katema for a 4-1 win in his semi-final.

And Shittu enjoyed a comprehensive 5-0 victory over Australia's Paul Trainor to set up a final bout against India's Ankush in the men's 80kg.

Meanwhile, England's Lauren Mackie had to settle for bronze after losing her semi-final in the women's 54kg category 4-1 to Canada's Scarlett Delgado.

• 08:30-14:00 - bowls and Para-bowls
• 09:00-12:30 - netball - classification 11 v 12 and 9 v 10 matches
• 10:00-14:30 - athletics and Para-athletics
• 10:00-14:30 - track cycling and Para-track cycling
• 10:30-12:30 - boxing - four semi-finals
• 11:00-14:00 - judo - quarter-finals
• 14:00-17:30 - netball - classification 7 v 8 and 5 v 6 matches
• 14:30-17:00 - boxing - five semi-finals
• 15:00-22:00 - bowls and Para-bowls
• 16:00-18:45 - judo - five gold medal matches
• 16:00-20:15 - track cycling and Para-track cycling - seven finals
• 18:30-22:00 - athletics and Para-athletics - 10 finals
• 19:00-21:30 - boxing - five semi-finals

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• England's Emily Campbell retained her title and set a new Games record in the women's +86kg weightlifting.
• Cyrille Tchatchet II claimed silver for England in the men's 110kg, while his compatriot Andrew Griffiths took bronze in the men's +110kg.

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• In the velodrome, there was gold for England in the men's 4000m team pursuit.
• Wales defeated England in the final of the women's team sprint, while England's fell to Australia in the gold-medal race in the men's event.
• Scotland's Neil Fachie won gold in the men's tandem B 1000m TT final and

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• At Scotsdoun Stadium, Scotland's Megan Keith impressed the home crowd with bronze in the women's 5000m.
• England's Scott Lincoln secured the bronze medal in the men's shotput, matching his result from Birmingham in 2022.
• Zharnel Hughes of England failed to qualify for the men's 200m final, but Success Eduan scraped through in the women's event.
• England's Zac Shaw won gold in the men's 100m T12 final and dedicated his victory to his late mother.

• And England qualified for the semi-finals of the netball with victory over South Africa.

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It's Day 8 of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and things are bubbling up nicely.

Have we got a treat for you this afternoon and evening, with a host of medals up for grabs across six sports between now and bedtime.

Australia may be leading the way in the medal table but there are a lot of Home Nations prospects coming up in the coming hours - what better way is there to spend a Friday night?

Settle in and let's bring you up to speed...