Thursday’s sport: What’s on and where can I watch it?

The Commonwealth Games continues with men’s and women’s weightlifting as well as medal events in track cycling and athletics.

There is another men’s and women’s double-header in The Hundred as Southern Brave face Birmingham Phoenix, while in the Conference League qualifiers Motherwell take on HB and Hibernian play Malisheva.

Here is where you can watch the major sporting events taking place on Thursday.

Commonwealth Games continues

In weightlifting, the Women’s 86+kg final takes place at 1400 with the men’s 110kg final at 0930 and men’s 110+kg final at 1830.

There is track and field from 1830 with the men’s shot put final, women’s 100m hurdles final and women’s triple jump final amongst the events being contested.

From 1600 in track cycling, the men’s 4000m team pursuit final and Women’s team sprint final are set to take place, with all events on TNT Sports 2 at 0830 and 1800.

Brave face Phoenix

Southern Brave take on Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred (Adam Davy/PA)
Southern Brave take on Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred (Adam Davy/PA) (PA Wire)

In the men’s Hundred, Southern Brave take on Birmingham Phoenix looking to notch their first win of the season at the fourth attempt, as Phoenix also look to move away from the bottom of the table.

In the women’s competition, Phoenix are also looking to climb the table following a winless start, while Brave will be hoping to extend their lead at the top by maintaining their perfect beginning.

The women’s clash is live on Sky Sports Cricket at 1445 and Sky Sports Main Event at 1500, with the men’s action on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket at 1800.

What else is happening on Tuesday?

In the Conference League, Hibernian will try to recover from a poor first leg away in Kosovo when they welcome Malisheva to Easter Road aiming to come back from a 2-0 deficit, on SolidSport from 2000.

Motherwell travel to Torshavn to face the Faroe Island side HB having won 2-0 in the first leg last week, on Premier Sports 1 from 1800.

On this day in history

On this day in 2015, UK Athletics’ investigation into Mo Farah’s coach Alberto Salazar found “no evidence of impropriety” on the part of the four-time Olympic champion distance runner (Bradley Collyer/PA)
On this day in 2015, UK Athletics’ investigation into Mo Farah’s coach Alberto Salazar found “no evidence of impropriety” on the part of the four-time Olympic champion distance runner (Bradley Collyer/PA) (PA Archive)

1930: The first football World Cup came to a close with hosts Uruguay beating rivals Argentina 4-2 in the final in Montevideo.

1966: England beat West Germany 4-2 after extra-time in the World Cup final at Wembley, with Geoff Hurst scoring a hat-trick.

1990: England captain Graham Gooch finished with 456 runs in the match against India at Lord’s, hitting 123 in his second innings having scored 333 in the first.

2015: UK Athletics’ investigation into Mo Farah’s coach Alberto Salazar found “no evidence of impropriety” on the part of the four-time Olympic champion distance runner.