Commonwealth Games 2026 LIVE UPDATES Day 9: Preeti Pawar storms into boxing final, assures India at least a silver

Commonwealth Games 2026 LIVE UPDATES Day 9: Preeti Pawar is through to the final. She is assured of at least a silver here at the Glasgow Games. She will face Scarlett Delgado of Canada in the gold medal bout tomorrow.

Commonwealth Games 2026 LIVE UPDATES Day 9: Preeti Pawar has all but confirmed her spot in the final after two more standing counts in the second round. Preeti maintains her 5-0 lead, with all judges ruling 10-8 in her favour

Commonwealth Games 2026 LIVE UPDATES Day 9: Excellent opening round for world No.3, that is Preeti. Unanimous 5-0 count in round 1, which included a standing count after a left hook shot for Preeti

Commonwealth Games 2026 LIVE UPDATES Day 9: India’s blockbuster day in boxing is all set to begin, with Preeti Pawar taking centre stage up next. The 22-year-old, who won a gold medal at the 2025 World Cup and a bronze medal in the women’s 54 kg event at the 2022 Asian Games, will face Catherine Mwape of Zambia in the Women’s 54 kg Semifinal.

Commonwealth Games 2026 LIVE UPDATES Day 9: The Indian decathlete will be back in action after a while for the discus throw, which will begin at 3:20 PM.

Commonwealth Games 2026 LIVE UPDATES Day 9: Tejaswin Shankar, in the fifth lane, finishes second with 14.41 seconds. Damian Warner, who is currently leading in men’s decathlon, finished first in 14.04 seconds, thus getting 969 points. The Indian got 922 points, implying the gap how increased to 62 points.

Commonwealth Games 2026 LIVE UPDATES Day 9: The Indian is listed on Heat 2 of the men’s decathlon 110m hurdles. His personal and season best is 14.07 seconds, implying he could qualify for the final.

Commonwealth Games 2026 LIVE UPDATES Day 9: The decathlete will be in action right at the start of Day 9 in Glasgow in 110m hurdles. The event will start at 2:35 PM.

Commonwealth Games 2026 LIVE UPDATES Day 9: The Indian stands second in men’s decathlon, standing just 14 points behind Canada’s Damian Warner (4353 points). Tejaswin lost a bit of momentum in the 100m, where his timing of 10.96s fetched him only 870 points. In his weakest event, the shot put, he amassed 673 points only with a mediocre 13.09m throw. In the 400m, he timed 49.51s to finish fifth, which got him 837 points. However, he recovered in his signature high jump event, where he cleared top-ranking 2.15m to log 944 points. He also scooped 1015 points in Long Jump (7.82 metres).

Commonwealth Games 2026 LIVE UPDATES Day 9: With a steady headwind and a temperature of 18 degrees Celsius making conditions difficult on Thursday during the qualification round, none of the competitors was able to breach the automatic qualification mark of 84m. Hence, the finalists were picked on the basis of the top 12 throws. Neeraj was fifth with a best effort of 79.61m, while Rohit Yadav (78.37m) and Yashvir Singh (78.36m) ended the qualification in ninth and 10th positions.

Commonwealth Games 2026 LIVE UPDATES Day 9: The men’s javelin throw final will begin at 12:45 AM. Neeraj will be looking for a second CWG medal, adding to his 2018 gold. His nemesis, Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan, will also be there. India will also have two other participants in the final — Rohit Yadav and Yash Vir Singh.

Commonwealth Games 2026 LIVE UPDATES Day 9: After eight medals from the weightlifters, the spotlight now shifts to the boxing ring. India already have 10 medals assured, but the bigger question is: can all 10 boxers book their places in the finals and stay in the hunt for gold?

Here’s the boxing schedule for the day:

3:15 PM: Boxing – Preeti Pawar vs Catherine Mwape (Zambia) in Women’s 54kg Semifinal

4:30 PM: Boxing – Ankush Panghal vs Joshua Ofori (Canada) in Men’s 80kg Semifinal

7:15 PM: Boxing – Jaismine Lamboria vs Rapelang Maselela (Lesotho) in Women’s 57kg Semifinal

7:30 PM: Boxing – Arundhati Choudhary vs Rosie Eccles (Wales) in Women’s 70kg Semifinal

8:15 PM: Boxing – Jadumani Singh vs Philip Pumulo Mutakela Haoseb (Namibia) in Men’s 55kg Semifinal

11:30 PM: Boxing – Sakshi Choudhary vs Amber-Jane Wall (Canada) in Women’s 51kg Semifinal

12:15 AM: Boxing – Priya Ghanghas vs Lucy Kings-Wheatley (England) in Women’s 60kg Semifinal

12:45 AM: Boxing – Lovlina Borgohain vs Tarona Khanum Badi Pasoni Taafaki (Tuvalu) in Women’s 75kg Semifinal

1 AM: Boxing – Sachin Siwach vs Owain Harris-Allan (Wales) in Men’s 60kg Semifinal

1:30 AM: Boxing – Narender Berwal vs Nigel Paul (Trinidad and Tobago) in Men’s 90+kg Semifinal

Commonwealth Games 2026 LIVE UPDATES Day 9: Take a look at India’s July 31 schedule in Glasgow..

Commonwealth Games 2026 LIVE UPDATES Day 9: India now have 17 medals at the Games – three gold, 10 silver and three bronze. Eight of those medals came in weightlifting, four each in athletics and para-athletics and one in power-lifting.

Commonwealth Games 2026 LIVE UPDATES Day 9: India won two medals on Thursday – Lovepreet Singh won weightlifting silver in men’s +110kg category, while Seema Kaliramna won women’s discus bronze.

Hello and welcome to the Live coverage of Day 9 of the CWG 2026 in Glasgow. Stay tuned for more updates!