Commonwealth Games 2022: Aug 6 / 7

Here are Commonwealth Games highlights across Seven / 7mate/ 7plus:

Saturday:

7.00pm | Athletics: The final of the women’s high jump will produce an epic battle between Aussie rivals, Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver medallist, Nicola Olyslagers (nee McDermott) and Glasgow 2014 gold medallist, Eleanor Patterson. The final of the men’s 1500m will be one of the highlights of the athletics program. Ollie Hoare shattered the Australian mile record in Oslo in June and is a great chance to receive a medal in the all-important race.

8.30pm | Boxing: Aussie Kaye Scott will meet Mozambique boxer, Alcinda Helena Panguane, in the women’s light-middle semi-final. Then, Callum Peters continues Australia’s medal chances when he takes on Simnikiwe Bongco of South Africa in the men’s middleweight semi-final.

11.20pm | Netball: The Diamonds have never lost a semi-final at the Commonwealth Games. They will come up against the might of England, while Jamaica take on New Zealand from 6.00pm AEST.

Sunday (incl 7TWO)

1.00am | Beach Volleyball: Australia’s men’s and women’s teams have made it through to the semi-finals. In the men’s, Chris McHugh and Paul Burnett will take on Rwanda, before Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar face Vanuatu.

3.00am | Cricket T20: World no.1 Australia are through to today’s semi-finals after navigating the pool stage. They will face Trans-Tasman rivals, New Zealand, while England meet India in the first semi-final.

3.30am | Diving: Tik Tok star, Sam Fricker competes in the men’s 3m springboard finals. Then, at her fifth Games, Melissa Wu will team up with 14-year-old Charli Petrov – Australia’s youngest competitor in Birmingham – for the 10m synchronised platform final. Petrov wasn’t born when Wu competed at her first Games, aged 13, in 2006.

5.00am | Hockey: It’s no surprise to see the Kookaburras in the men’s semi-finals. They will take on the host nation, England.

It’s “Super Sunday” for women’s sport in Birmingham, with the final of the netball, hockey and T20 cricket tournaments. Could Australia take out the historic treble? It’s also the busiest day of the Games, with 46 gold medals decided across 10 sports! Don’t miss a minute of the action on Sunday night and Monday morning on Seven and 7plus.

7.00pm | Athletics: The final of the women’s javelin will feature Doha 2019 world champion and Tokyo 2020 Olympic bronze medallist, Kelsey-Lee Barber. The South African-born Aussie won bronze in 2014 and silver in 2018. Can she complete a full set with gold in Birmingham? Then, we count down to an epic Monday morning of athletics, when Peter Bol hits the track for the men’s 800m final.

11.30pm | Netball: Will we see the Australian Diamonds feature in the bronze medal match at 11.30pm, or will they secure their place in the all-important gold medal match at 5.30am on Monday morning?

12.00am | Hockey: Our very own Hockeyroos meet home-town heroes, England in the women’s gold medal match!

*All times AEST

Full schedule