6.44pmAustralia opens the basketball in GlasgowBy Good evening readers.I’m out at the SEC Centre this morning (Glasgow time), where Australia’s men’s 3x3 basketball team will take to the court in their first game of the tournament, and they’re coming up against our friends across the ditch - New Zealand.Play was due to start at 6.45pm AEDT, but we have a 15-minute delay.Australia’s Jesse Wagstaff and England’s Jamell Anderson do battle during the 3x3 basketball gold medal match.Getty6.18pmHow Snapchat helped ignite Lani Pallister’s careerBy Glasgow: It was Snapchat that unlocked an athlete who is now poised to become Australia’s greatest female distance swimmer.Lani Pallister was relaxing in bed on a lazy Sunday in February, scrolling through her phone. It was about six months on from a deeply disappointing 2024 Paris Olympics. Pallister had contracted COVID-19, finished a distant sixth in the 800m freestyle and withdrawn from the 1500m freestyle.Lani Pallister trains in Glasgow.Getty ImagesNine News can reveal the team of designers chosen to bring the Brisbane 2032 National Aquatic Centre to life, offering an exclusive first look at the locked-in plans for the major venue.6.09pmCatch up: The opening ceremonyBy Gigantic shimmering unicorns, a mythical Loch Ness monster, a dig at Victoria and the monarchs emerging from a Doctor Who Tardis.The 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow might have a reduced roster of sports, smaller stadiums and a shoestring budget, but the opening ceremony was certainly full of, as my mother would say, pizzazz.King Charles III and Queen Camilla wave after walking out of the Tardis.GettyThe only reference to the fact that these Games were originally due to be staged in Victoria came after the two-hour mark, via a subtle, cheeky dig from Commonwealth Games Glasgow chair George Black.6.04pmGood eveningBy Good evening to everyone in Australia as we begin our Commonwealth Games coverage.I’m Roy Ward and I’ll be leading the line for our live blog this evening into the early hours of tomorrow morning AEST as day one of the games plays out.We have a crack team of reporters in Glasgow and my good self back here in Melbourne, where this event could and possibly should have been - but that is water under the bridge now.Competition in the Lawn Bowls is already underway this morning in Glasgow and we will have some 3x3 basketball, swimming and gymnastics from around 7pm onwards.Enjoy the hours to come.1 of 1