Canada topped a pair of judo podiums and Damian Warner added a decathlon silver as part of an eight-medal haul Friday at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

Follow live updates and news from the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow which runs until Sunday, August 2

The biggest week of the Games is here. The Commonwealth Games 2026 athletics schedule kicks off Monday, July 27 in Glasgow, and if you have been waiting for the marquee events, this is the stretch that decides gold.

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — At his first Commonwealth Games, Cyrille Tchatchet defected. At his second, he won a silver medal. “I'm very shocked and very happy,” Tchatchet said on Thursday after the weightlifting medal ceremony.

David Liti wins gold for New Zealand in the +110kg weightlifting event at the Commonwealth Games. Photo / Photosport A third straight Commonwealth Games medal —and a second career gold— for Kiwi weightlifter David Liti.

Olivia Breen leapt to Commonwealth Games gold in Glasgow by winning the T38 long jump final at the Scotstoun Stadium. The Team Wales captain secured her country's sixth gold with a jump of 5.09m in the first round.

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — King Charles III took his time before officially opening the 23rd Commonwealth Games in Glasgow after emerging Thursday from the TARDIS of intergalactic adventurer “Doctor Who.

Catch Jadumani Mandengbam vs Philip Haoseb highlights from the Commonwealth Games 2026 boxing semifinal. Get round-by-round updates, key highlights, venue details, and the latest result as it happened

The Pentagon has identified two U.S. Army soldiers killed in an Iranian strike on a military base in Jordan over the weekend. The Pentagon said Monday that 19-year-old Pvt. Isabella Gonzales of Carrollton,