there's a hatrick of golds for wales at the commonwealth games as swimmer alice thomas leads the way in the pool. don't give up when you are young. there is plenty of time, you have just got to be patient and it will come. just work hard and be patient. but it's a shock silver for adam peaty. the world record holder was beaten into second in the 50 metre breastroke final. and yohan blake blows it in the men's 100 metres final, south africa's akani simbine runs clear to win gold. also coming up: liverpool bossjurgen klopp insists his team aren't thinking about being favourites as they head to manchester city with a three goal advantage in the champions league. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm sarah mulkerrins.

let's start at the commonwealth games, where wales have taken their gold medal haul to six, after victory in three events on day five. there were also nine medals for the home nations in gymnastics with two gold for england. however there was a big shock in the pool, as the world record holder adam peaty was pipped to gold in the 50 metre brea kstro ke. adam wild rounds up the action. if these games are about putting sporting talent in the spotlight, he was a final chance for the gymnasts to shame. it is going to be a thrilling afternoon. the beam a fitting enough place for more sparkling success. alice already had a bronze and silver, now a moment to stay focused. well done, alice. will

it be good enough? yes, it is! 13.7! i was expecting a medal, but when that's working through, oh, my god, ididn't that's working through, oh, my god, i didn't know what to do. when they saidl i didn't know what to do. when they said i got cold, i was over the moon. joined on the podium by kia leigh zimmerman, the success did not end there. niall wilson is already one of the sport's leading lights, used to success. on the horizontal bar, he knew this was good. that was absolutely phenomenal. so, it seems, did his parents. there is started doing the routine for him, love it! that is what is about, that feeling you get when you land. it has been one of the greatest competition experiences i have ever had. the la st experiences i have ever had. the last five days, we absolutely smashed it. i just last five days, we absolutely smashed it. ijust want last five days, we absolutely smashed it. i just want to thank eve ryo ne smashed it. i just want to thank everyone back home. back at home, england's james will strop is an

aspiring actor. today, centre stage on the squash court he was the leading man, taking the top prize. outside, it was the hottest day so faron outside, it was the hottest day so far on the gold coast. the lawn may have been parched, but wheels would not wilt. victory over scotland in the men's pairs. wales have won the gold medal. what a turn up. and in the pool, more surprises to come. england's adam beattie is one of the wo rld ‘sve ry england's adam beattie is one of the world'svery best. when he is beaten, it is always a shock. silver vest time in the 50 metres breaststroke. his team—mate bronze. alice thomas would shortly after court one better, four wheels. victory in the 200 metre butterfly was not a surprise for many, although it did need a moment to sink in. elsewhere, we'll wales were still waiting. hollie arnold needed a world record with the throw of the javelin. it looks

huge! it is a world record! four wheels and hollie arnold, the wait was worth it. —— wheels and hollie arnold. elsewhere at the games, there was drama in the weightlifting as the eventual silver medalist in the men's105kg category lauititi lui injured himself on his last lift. he attempted to clean and jerk 228kg but as you can see here he gets through the first phase but fails in the second. replays seemed to show the bar hitting his chin but he actually twisted his knee. the samoan was able to collect his silver medal in a wheelchair but he had to go some lengths to win that medal. england have made it through to the semi finals of the women's hockey tournament. they beat malaysia 3—0 so the glasgow 2014 silver medallists have reached the last four for the sixth successive games. on the track, the blue ribband event the 100 metres took place. england's asha phillp

was going in this one. she's there in lane 6. she could only finish fourth with trinidad and tobago's michelle lee ahye winning gold. she won in 11.14 seconds ahead of jamaica's christania williams and gayon evans. in the men's race, the gap in the line up was because england's adam gemili had to pull out due to an injury. so it was all eyes on favourite yohan blake in the yellow vest forjamaica. but, he struggled after a bad start. south africa's akani simbine ran clear to claim gold. ahead of compatriot henricho bruinchees, blake came through for bronze. so a big shock there for yohan blake, stepping out of the shadow from usain bolt. bolt actually tweeted his support afterwards, saying well done. "keep putting in the work. you know your journey". shortly after both those finals, i spoke to former british sprinter darren campbell — twice a gold medallist at the commonwealth games,

and we began with the disappointment of a fourth place finish for asha phillip. she will be heartbroken. after focusing on the world indoors, that happened in birmingham, she would have hoped to have really nails that first 60 metres. she got a really good reaction, ithink first 60 metres. she got a really good reaction, i think the fastest in the field, but her strength is what she does offer that 60 metres, andi what she does offer that 60 metres, and i think she would have anticipated maybe before the race either being in first place at 30—110 metres, definitely in the mix with two or three people. but she got to that point in the race, she was maybe fifth, and then there is a problem, because in her mind and heart she will now be last part of her race is not the strongest part. it is going to be difficult, really, to claim a medal, and i think that is why we saw hurdles —— so disappointed at the end. it is one of those opportunities that might

not come again and i think she really went there with big expectations to medal. looking at the men's race, then, before we deal with ready medals went. adam had to pull out due to injury. do we know that was something that was affecting him before this? he would have been targeting this.|j affecting him before this? he would have been targeting this. i have been reading different bits and bobs and certain comments have been that he has suffered over the past couple of days. it was a straight after the semifinal that he said he could feel it but he will be on the track. he is the type of athlete that will not let illegal or injury hold him back, but of the medical team have said, listen, it is not great and if you tear it or damage it is going to finish season, knowing adam, he would have needed that type of conversation this will endure season. conversation this will endure season. but yes, yes. ultimately, the if that is what happened, pulling out of the right thing to do. he will be disappointed, especially having to watch the final. lake messed it up, did he not? he was going for gold, all of

the pressure was on him, it was his moment, and he stumbled and staggered out of the start. yes! that is the thing with the 100 metres. we have been very fortunate in witnessing what usain bolt does. it is kind of taken a lot of pressure off the rest of the field, because you're not expected to win, usain bolt is. all the pressure is on him. the tables turned, all of the pressure was on blake. everybody was expecting him to win. usain bolt himself said in the text, if you do not win, do not come back to jamaica. i think that was supposed to be motivation but it might have been detrimental! in that, he looked like a been detrimental! in that, he looked likea man been detrimental! in that, he looked like a man in those first 15, 20 metres that had felt the pressure a little bit. he tried too hard, which is why it looked like his legs were not underneath him. he was time to catch up with his legs, he got it wrong and that can sometimes be just the amount of power that you have put in to try to get out of the blocks ahead of the field. if it is

too much, everything ends up behind you. then your legs are trying to catch back up. he did really well to adjust his body position and come back with the rest of the field. former sprinter darren campbell speaking to me a little bit earlier. still to come: we return to the gold coast, and find out how bowls in australia is broadening its appeal in the country. i challenge you. three each, one end for $5. what do you reckon?” i challenge you. three each, one end for $5. what do you reckon? i will play. it isa play. it is a young american dream as the four majors are now all held by golfers under the age of 27 from the us. well, there's no doubt what the biggest story in football will be over the next 2a hours. what will the next act in this pair's rivalry serve up? jurgen klopp doesn't want to call his liverpool side favourites, despite heading to the etihad with a three—goal advantage. pep guardiola meanwhile says his extraordinary

manchester city side must have the perfect game in order to progress from their champions league quarter final second leg. andy swiss reports. only this time last week, it seems nothing could go wrong for manchester city. they know they will need some comeback if they are to keep their champions league hopes alive here tomorrow night, after that dramatic defeat at anfield last week. they followed that up, of course, by throwing away a 2—0 lead against manchester united at the weekend. for the first time this season, they are of invincibility seems to have deserted them to stop their manager was in an upbeat mood in front of the press today, praising his players, but he knows that tomorrow night only perfection will do. to go through, you have to

make almost the perfect game. create chances, but clinical, when you create them, the chances we are going to receive, defend well and are keepers save it. all the conditions, we have to make the almost perfect game to go through, because the result is tough. but you have 90 minutes. in football, in all the sports, basketball, everything can happen. only we can do and a lwa ys can happen. only we can do and always we are going to do is try. city with it all to do. liverpool will remember only too well what happened on their last visit to the eddie had back in september last year, when they were thrashed 5—0 in the league. they know they cannot afford a similar or —— similar results tomorrow. despite their advantage, their manager is taking nothing for granted. we are all in the league. no problem with that, it is better than i could've expected, but we all know, and i think you all

know, that is still a lot of work to do. that is why we are here, and not thinking about who is now favourite or whatever. 0r about going to the next round. we will try tomorrow. the only guarantee tomorrow night will be a pretty passionate atmosphere. obviously that has spilled over in the first leg, wendy city bus was pelted with missiles thrown by liverpool fans at it as —— as it arrived. pep guardiola says he is confident city fans will not do the same. the only drama, hopefully, will be on the pitch. liverpool with one foot in the champions league semifinals, but city hopeful that they can conjure something very special. let's round up some of the day's other sports news now and west bromwich albion have failed in an attempt to introduce "safe standing" at their stadium next season. the government has rejected its application, saying there are no plans to change the all—seater stadia policy that applies to english football's top two divisions. the move would have affected about 3,600 seats, impacting both home and away fans.

and west brom have accused government of being "short sighted." italy's valentino rossi has accused marc marquez of deliberately crashing into riders at the argentina motogp, saying he is "scared" to race with him. spain's marquez finished 18th after being given a 30—second penalty for clashing with rossi, as he tried to overtake during the race, which was won by britain's cal crutchlow. harlequins director of rugby, john kingston, is to leave the club at the end of the season, by mutual consent. kingston was promoted from head coach two years ago and he led the club to sixth in the premiership and qualification for the european champions cup during his first season in charge. but a poor run of form this season has seen his side winjust seven premiership matches out of 19. england's women have beaten india to level their one day international series at 1—1.

teenage spinner sophie ecclestone followed up taking four wickets in the defeat last friday with another four in today's win in nagpur. our reporter henry moeran was watching the action. well, this was a dominant performance from england. they lost the toss, were asked to bowl first, but there spinners excel. two picking up career besting figures. the run chase was reasonably trouble—free, and england could welcome back —— could welcome back their captain to decide. the bowlers really said the team. i thought we had a good training day yesterday, the bowlers knowing what sort of pitch were going to come on. worked really ha rd on pitch were going to come on. worked really hard on the link their skills on containing the batters and i think it paid off today, backed up brilliantly in the field. he's really set the tone for the spinners and sophie ecclestone had labelled

bad ball. to finish it off and chase it quite easily on what was quickly had pitched about on was very pleasing. england have never won a one—day series here in india. the conditions are difficult for players that are used to the ball coming onto the bat. the service is very slow, it is all about working the opportunities, trying to find the ankles. england, their performance today so much better than the first odi. it could better than the first odi. it could bea better than the first odi. it could be a chance to change that unwanted record. rory mcilroy‘s wait to complete a career grand slam goes on. he started the final day of the masters yesterday in second and very much in contention. three shots off the lead. but he fell away and eventually finished six shots off the lead and tied for fifth place. the young american took his first

major title by getting to a score of 15 under par, one shot clear of the american rickie fowler. jordan spieth also had a great late charge. earlier, i spoke to bbc golf pundit and former european tour player andrew murray. he did have the run of the ball, to be fair. he had a putt—mac are going in at record speed at the third, going down the hill six or eight feet past. he definitely had the run of the ball. it stayed on the bank on the par—5/13 and he made it five. that could have easily been in the water and made six. when he headed the hall from 70 feet or something, probably more, at the 17th, that really halted that ball‘s one word going journey. he was a slightly fortu nate. going journey. he was a slightly fortunate. it could have gone ten feedback that at the 17th and he held his nerve on the return putt

from a5. you got the run of the ball but he is a tenacious golfer. surely they will be getting behind him ahead of the ryder cup. we now have all four major champions american and under the age of 27. it is tough for europe ahead of that. there was a point was thinking last night maybejohn a point was thinking last night maybe john was a point was thinking last night maybejohn was going to make a bit ofa maybejohn was going to make a bit of a real move on that back nine, and what a story that would've been, and what a story that would've been, a spaniard putting the greenjacket on another spaniard. that would have some story. hejust on another spaniard. that would have some story. he just faded a little bit, i think, some story. he just faded a little bit, ithink, towards some story. he just faded a little bit, i think, towards the end. garcia, casey, justin rose and rory, of course, all europeans. they are all fantastic players. i do not think the fact that the americans hold the majors at this time has any bearing whatsoever. let's end the programme back at the commonwealth games where bowling has proved a big hit, with fans young and going to watch a sport which has undergone a big revamp over the last decade. our reporter chris mitchell has been

to meet one of the most colourful characters on the queensland bowling circuit. you might think that lawn bowls is not a cruel sport, but you could be wrong. i have come here in the suburbs of the gold coast to find out a little bit more about how they've play lawn bowls in australia. it is not what you might expect. let's go in and take a... a closer look. junior, i challenge. three bowls each, one end, for $5. what do you reckon? yes, i will play at. he was going to win? i won't give it to you. can i borrow three bowls, is

that all right? i have got to beat junior, $5 going on this. first ball, here we go. they didn't tell me about...! you tell me about the bias now! you're telling me that, you know, it is over the last ten yea rs 01’ you know, it is over the last ten years 01’ so you know, it is over the last ten years or so that things have really started changing for long balls? yes, it has become more of a young man's sport. just to get more involvement, i suppose, to get a lot of people back into the game. you're nervous, aren't you? what is the most exciting one ball smacked you have been involved in? it would have to be my recent victory with bob at the cement master pairs. we just re ce ntly the cement master pairs. we just recently won that in februaryjust gone. that was a pretty exciting victory. how much did that win? 1200. that is like two or three weeks rent. yes, i

would say so. happy days. look at that! you have thrashed me. and left—handed! that! you have thrashed me. and left-handed! how did you think i did? all right for the first time. apart from the first time. apart from this one over here. laughter you have converted me. it is a good fun game, isn't it? it is addictive. and i all you $5. you have won the inaugural bbc world news one balls challenge. congratulations. i let you win, of course. so, lawn bowls. it is not as uncool as you might think. lucky you didn't put more than a fiver on that one! that is it from us, we will have much more throughout the evening for you.