Boxing: Middleweight faces lengthy wait before entering ring

Kaitaia middleweight Kahukura Bentson faces a long wait before he steps into the ring for his second bout at the Games boxing venue tonight.

Bentson, who impressively stopped Junior Greenidge (Barbados) just 1m 34s into the first of the scheduled four rounds on Saturday night, meets the 2005 Commonwealth champion, James Degale (England), in the second-to-last bout on a busy programme.

His bout, scheduled for 11.24pm (NZ time), is the only one involving a New Zealander today.

The small entry for the women's discus has led to the scrapping of scheduled qualifying today.

Beatrice Faumuina will now defend her title in a straight final tomorrow night.

Valerie Vili too will not need shot put qualifying but javelin thrower Stuart Farquhar will have to go through an early round on Thursday before Saturday's final.
Young Auckland decathlete Brent Newdick has an early start this morning with the 100m opening event. Newdick faces 10 rivals in his event which ends with the 1500m tomorrow night.

The New Zealand women's basketball team face one of their severest tests tonight when they meet Nigeria while the men's hockey team meet Scotland in another must-win game if they are to keep their slim medal hopes alive.

The last of the pairs shooting medals will be decided today. The first of the individual medals will also be at stake with New Zealand's Sheryl Glass in the air rifle qualifying this morning and the final this afternoon.

Tonight's penultimate session of swimming finals features the men's 100m butterfly and 200m individual medley.