Commonwealth Games 2026 LIVE: Hoffman wins more cycling gold, breaks games record; Diamonds win ‘bittersweet’ bronze medal

When we spoke to Australian Leigh Hoffman yesterday, he wasn’t sure he’d do anything special.

Well, he was wrong, because not only has he won gold, he’s also set a new Commonwealth Games record with a time of 58.530.

Unfortunately, that meant he knocked countryman Ryan Tate off the top of the podium, before England’s Joseph Truman bumped him down one more spot, with Tate finishing with bronze.

Australia’s Maria Swan will go for gold in the women’s -78kg judo competition following a win in the semi-finals tonight.

Swan beat Canada’s Coralie Godbut in a tight battle where she was on the attack for much of the contest scoring a waza-ari which was enough to get past the Canadian.

Swan will take on England’s Emma Reid for gold later this evening.

Australia’s Kayhan Ozcicek-Takagi will chase a spot in the gold medal game shortly in the men’s +100kg semi-finals.

Australia’s golden men’s sprinters have been honoured amid the most bizarre late-night medal ceremony, in a deserted stadium two hours after the Commonwealth Games athletics program ended in a touch of farce.

The week-long track meet finished in odd circumstances with the crowd at the Scotstoun Stadium having long departed, but the victorious 4x100m relay team still hanging around waiting for their historic triumph to be confirmed officially after protests over the minor podium placings.

It left the quartet of Lachlan Kennedy, Josh Azzopardi, Calab Law and Rohan Browning, along with heat runner Christopher Ius, all finally collecting their gongs along with the Canadian silver and Nigerian bronze medallists in a makeshift ceremony as the clock ticked towards midnight.

There were less than a hundred people - largely Games or Australian team officials, some volunteers and a few working journalists - left to watch and sing along to ‘Advance Australia Fair’ which was hastily put on the tannoy after the Glasgow Games CEO Phil Batty handed out the medals.

Walking through the mixed media area post-match, many Aussie Diamonds players were in tears.

Jo Weston told us, while the players were obviously proud of their performance today, the bronze was “bittersweet”.

“I guess it’s a lost opportunity for us in a way. But you know, international netball is as competitive as it’s ever been, and Jamaica played better than we did on Saturday,” she said.

Australia’s Maria Swan has won her quarterfinal in the women’s under 78kg judo competition and she will go into the medal rounds.

Swan was businesslike in her take down of Kenya’s Zeddy Cherotich flipping the Olympian onto her back for the cleanest of ippons.

Swan goes into the semi-finals, if she wins she will go for gold, if she loses, she will fall into the bronze medal games.

The Australian Diamonds have secured bronze at the Commonwealth Games, overcoming the heartache of yesterday’s loss and triumphing over England in front of a packed crowd at the Hydro.

Constant cheers of “Let’s go England, Let’s Go” and boos echoed around the stadium but it had no impact on Australia, who cruised to a win 68-50.

“It’s a bit bittersweet, it’s not the game we wanted to play in,” Diamonds vice-captain Kate Moloney told broadcasters.

They will be a little disappointed but the Diamonds will finish with a win and a medal after winning the bronze medal match today.

The Diamonds beat England 68-50 in a comfortable win in which they were never properly challenged by a Roses side who never found a way to replace star goal attack Helen Housby who was out for this competition.

“It’s flat as a tack in this stadium,” Cox said during commentary for Seven.

“Everyone is just holding on for the gold medal game.”

New Zealand and Jamaica will play for the gold medal at 10pm AEST with the game on Seven Plus and Seven.

Just a casual 80 laps later, and all three Australian riders qualify for the men’s points race final.

Blake Agnoletto and Conor Leahy are through in the first heat, before Oliver Bleddyn qualifies in the second heat.

The final will be double the length of qualifying which means it’s a 160-lap race in the final.

Next up, it’s the men’s C1-C3 3000m individual pursuit qualifying.

I don’t think I’ve ever been at a game where the umpire has been so vocal, and he’s focusing a lot of his attention on Aussie defenders.

He reprimanded Australia’s Courtney Bruce earlier in the third quarter, telling the veteran defender, who is playing in goalkeeper to “stop grabbing her opponents”.

Later on, the umpire’s exasperated voice said “Don’t be silly just stand there”, prompting laughs from the crowd.

England looked stunned for much of this match but they’ve found some life in the third term bringing much-loved shooter Eleanor Cardwell on and moving to a sliding, zone-like defence which is making the Aussie feeders second-guess their entry passes.

It might be too little, too late but they have nothing to lose at this stage.

Diamonds 48-35 England with 40 seconds to go in Q3.