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Result: England thrash India to win Commonwealth Games bronze

England's women's hockey team wins bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games courtesy of a 6-0 victory over India in their third-place playoff match.

England women have won bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games courtesy of a 6-0 victory over India at the Gold Coast Hockey Centre this afternoon.

It looked as though it might be a tight affair when the opening quarter ended goalless, and the second followed a similar pattern before Hollie Pearne-Webb finally broke the deadlock with just over three minutes of the first half remaining.

India were still very much in the match at that stage, though, and even after Sophie Bray doubled England's advantage in the closing stages of the third quarter the game still looked to be up for grabs heading into the final period.

However, England pulled away in the final 15 minutes to eventually sweep to the bronze medal in style as Bray completed her hat-trick, while Laura Unsworth and Alex Danson also got on the scoresheet during a prolific spell which saw the Glasgow silver medallists score four times in just eight minutes.

The result also earned England revenge after being beaten by India during the group stages of the tournament, ensuring their place on the podium for women's hockey for the sixth Games in a row.

The gold-medal match sees hosts Australia take on New Zealand this afternoon.

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CountryGold medalSilver MedalBronze MedalT
ChinaChina34241674
United StatesUnited States30352792
JapanJapan22101547
Great BritainGreat Britain17181954
AustraliaAustralia1762043
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Friday's key events


HOCKEY
· Great Britain's women aim to secure their place on the podium as they face India in the bronze medal match (2.30am)
· Netherlands - silver medallists five years ago - and Argentina battle for the gold medal in the women's final (11am)

BEACH VOLLEYBALL
· The women's gold medal will be decided as Australia and USA go head to head (3.30am)

BOXING
· Lauren Price will be looking to add to Team GB's success in the ring when she takes on Nouchka Fontijn of Netherlands in the women's middleweight semi-final (6am)

DIVING
· Tom Daley already has one Olympic gold to his name in Tokyo, and he begins his bid for second in the men's 10m platform. Teammate Noah Williams is also involved in the preliminary round (7am)

CYCLING
· Jason Kenny's reign as sprint king may be over, but Jack Carlin looked strong in his bid to succeed his compatriot. He takes on Harrie Lavreysen in his sprint semi-final (8.10am), with the final taking place later in the day (10.35am)
· The women's madison makes its Olympic debut at the velodrome as Team GB duo Katie Archibald and Laura Kenny look to add another medal to their collections (9.15am)

FOOTBALL
· Hosts Japan will look to get themselves on the podium as they face Mexico in the men's bronze medal match (10am)
· The women's champions will be crowned as both Sweden and Canada aim to win Olympic gold for the very first time (1pm)

ATHLETICS
· The men's 5000m final includes Great Britain's Andrew Butchart, but most eyes will be on Ugandan world record holder Joshua Cheptegei (1pm)
· Team GB's Jodie Williams will hope to get on the podium in the women's 400m final, but defending champ Shaunae Miller-Uibo is favourite for gold while Stephenie Ann McPherson should challenge and Allyson Felix is bidding to become the most decorated female track and field athlete of all time (1.35pm)
· Netherlands' Sifan Hassan takes on leg two of her ambitious attempt at a Tokyo treble in a women's 1500m final which also includes Great Britain's Laura Muir and Faith Kipyegon of Kenya (1.50pm)
· A star-studded women's 4x100m relay final will see a Team GB quartet including Dina Asher-Smith look to upset defending champions USA and favourites Jamaica, who boast Elaine Thompson-Herah as she goes for her third gold of the Games (2.30pm)
· Great Britain and Jamaica will also be going for gold in the men's 4x100m relay final, and their medal hopes have been boosted by USA's failure to qualify (2.50pm)

> Today's schedule in full
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