Richard Winton

Eve Muirhead has reversed her retirement from curling after serving as Team GB’s chef de mission at the Milan-Cortina Games rekindled her competitive motivation. The 36-year-old will reunite with Bobby Lammie in mixed doubles, aiming ultimately for the 2030 Winter Olympics, while former team-mate Vicky Drummond is also returning alongside Euan Kyle. Drummond says motherhood has strengthened her desire to compete and inspire her daughter. Muirhead and Drummond, along with Jen Dodds, will now compete for places in Great Britain’s leading mixed-doubles pairing.

Neil Fachie won his sixth Commonwealth Games gold medal for Scotland in the para-cycling tandem B 1,000m at Glasgow's Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome. The 42-year-old, who had largely retired after the Paris Paralympics and now works full-time for Amazon, partnered with English pilot Aaron Pope and prevailed after Australia and favorites Wales failed to match Scotland's time. Scotland also won a bronze medal in the women's team sprint through Lauren Bell, Iona Moir and Maddy Silcock. Fachie plans to race the tandem sprint on Saturday and expects it to be the final event of his career.

Scotland's women's wheelchair 3x3 basketball team, led by Robyn Love, won a Commonwealth Games silver medal after losing 18-10 to England in the final in Glasgow. Love was the only survivor of Scotland's 2022 team and described the medal and her coaching role as a privilege. Scotland's men's team then defeated New Zealand 18-16 to win bronze, ending repeated failures in previous bronze-medal matches. The men's wheelchair team lost its bronze-medal match to Canada 19-9.

The women’s Commonwealth Games 1500m T54 final will be restaged after a first-lap crash and subsequent appeals and protests led Para-athletics authorities to overturn the original result. Scotland’s Melanie Woods had won a Games-record gold, with England’s Ellis Kottas taking silver after Canada’s Nandini Sharma was disqualified, but no medals had yet been presented. Woods and Kottas have expressed distress, while Team England has strongly challenged the decision; both Woods and Scotland teammate Joanna Robertson will compete in Friday’s rerun, shortly before Woods is due to race in the 400m heats.

The women’s Commonwealth Games 1500m T54 final will be rerun on Friday after Para-athletics authorities overturned the result following appeals over a first-lap crash. Scotland’s Melanie Woods had won a Games-record race, with England’s Ellis Kottas taking silver after Canada’s Nandini Sharma was disqualified, but the athletes had not yet received their medals. Woods and Kottas, along with the affected teams, criticised the decision, while Team Scotland confirmed Woods and Joanna Robertson will compete in the replay. Woods is also scheduled to race in the 400m heats shortly afterward.

Stephen Clegg won the Commonwealth Games S14 50m freestyle gold for Scotland in Glasgow in 24.73 seconds, improving markedly on his season-best form after shoulder surgery and adding to his opening-night silver. The emotional victory followed a difficult recovery period and came after Clegg feared his career might be over. Scotland later secured bronze in the mixed 4x200m medley relay, with Matthew Ward, Angharad Evans, Keanna MacInnes and Duncan Scott overcoming a large deficit. The result gave Scott his 15th Commonwealth Games medal and left Scotland with seven golds and 15 total medals after five days.

Ugandan super-heavyweight boxer Aziz Abdul, the grandson of former dictator Idi Amin, is competing at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and hopes to win Uganda's first Commonwealth boxing medal since 1990. Abdul embraces Scotland's cultural significance to his grandfather while avoiding direct judgment of Amin, whose brutal rule led to mass killings, imprisonment, torture and the expulsion of Uganda's Asian population. He says he wants a gold medal to build recognition for himself and make a positive contribution to Uganda's reputation.

Angharad Evans won the women's 100m breaststroke to claim Scotland's fourth gold medal of the 2026 Commonwealth Games, holding off South Africa's Aimee Canny in front of a passionate home crowd at Glasgow's Tollcross International Swimming Centre. The 23-year-old, who chose to represent Scotland after training at the University of Stirling despite being eligible for England or Wales, credited the supporters with helping her through the final metres. Evans had been overlooked before the Games but qualified fastest and is now expected to challenge for another medal in the 200m breaststroke.

Reuben Ward won the men's all-around gymnastics gold medal for Scotland at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, fulfilling a dream that began when he watched Dan Keatings win in Glasgow twelve years earlier. After Scotland finished fourth in the team event, Ward produced strong performances on the pommel horse, rings, vault, parallel bars and horizontal bar to claim victory by a clear margin. The 21-year-old, coached by Jake Seager, was overwhelmed by the achievement and plans to compete in further individual events before celebrating with his Scotland teammates.

Scotland opened the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games with three swimming medals in 45 minutes, led by Duncan Scott’s gold in the 200m individual medley and a new Games record. Stephen Clegg won silver in the S13 100m freestyle after an injury-hit year, while Katie Shanahan took silver in the 200m backstroke. Faye Rogers then added a second Scottish gold in the SM10 200m individual medley, producing a highly emotional and celebratory atmosphere at Tollcross International Swimming Centre.

Scotland opened the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games with three swimming medals in 45 minutes at Tollcross International Swimming Centre. Duncan Scott won gold in the 200m individual medley while setting a Games record, Stephen Clegg took silver in the S13 100m freestyle after an injury-hit year, and Katie Shanahan won silver in the 200m backstroke. Faye Rogers later added another gold in the SM10 200m individual medley, sparking further celebrations from the home crowd.

Josh Kerr targets redemption and a home-soil triumph at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games following his mile world-record performance. He reflects on formative experiences at Scotstoun Stadium, strong ties to Scotland, past disappointments in previous Games cycles, and the importance of representing Team Scotland. With competitors Jake Wightman and Neil Gourley also in contention, Kerr enters the reinstated mile event as the standout favourite and seeks to honour his roots while delivering a major championship victory.

Athletes from Team Scotland gathered in Glasgow for their Commonwealth Games kitting-out day, marked by excitement, camaraderie and the distribution of kit and gifts including kilts and other items. Duncan Scott delivered the King’s Baton, while veteran and first-time participants mixed during presentations and vendor stalls offering free gear. The event unfolded against the backdrop of Scotland stepping in as host after uncertainty over the Games’ future, with athletes praising the country’s role in keeping the event alive.