Greg Rutherford to miss Glasgow International Grand Prix - hopes to be back for UK Indoors

Olympic and world long jump champion Greg Rutherford has pulled out of Saturday's Glasgow International Grand Prix with a "minor injury" sustained in Albuquerque, USA, last Friday.

Greg Rutherford, Grand Prix, NIA Birmingham, Feb 2014

He had been set to face Paralympic long jump champion Markus Rehm this weekend but we're all hoping that he will be fit to compete at the UK Indoor Athletic Championships in Sheffield on 27-28 February.

Nick Matthew wins British Squash Grand Prix

Sheffield's Nick Matthew became only the ninth player to win 30 Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Tour titles by beating Mathieu Castagnet in the British Grand Prix final.

Nick Matthew winning gold at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.  See more at: http://www.peverilphoto.com/section665568_622920.html

Three-time world champion Matthew beat the Frenchman 11-7 11-6 11-5 in 50 minutes in Manchester to cap a great year for him after he won gold in Glasgow following knee surgery.

Athletics at the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow

A selection of images from the evening athletics session at the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Monday 28th July 2014.

 Ashley Bryant (England) on his way to clearing 1.99m in the Men's Decathlon where he went on to win silver behind Damien Warner of Canada.

 Libby Clegg (Scotland) and Mikail Huggins (guide) on a celebration lap having won the Women's Para-Sport 100m - T12 in a time of 12.20 seconds ahead of Maria elisa Muchavo (Mozambique) and Anelton Tinga (guide) and Lahja Ishitile (Namibia) and David Ndeilenga (guide).

 Margaret Adeoye (England) on her way to a season's best time of 52.48 in the 3rd semi-final of the Women's 400m

 The second semi-final of the Men's 100m, won by Adam Gemili (England) in 10.07 seconds, and followed by Jason Livermore (Jamaica) 10.11; Mark Jelks (Nigeria)10.13 and Ramon Gittens (Barbados) 10.15

O'Dayne Richards (Jamaica) lit up the stadium with his smile on his celebration lap having won the Men's shot put in a Games record distance of 21.61m

Nick Matthew retains his gold medal in the Men's Singles Squash at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow

Nick Matthew retains his gold medal in the Men's Singles Squash at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Having beaten Peter Barker in the semi-finals 11-3; 13-11; 11-6, he had a tougher final against James Willstrop which went to five sets 11-9; 8-11; 11-5; 6-11; 11-5

Men's Marathon, XX Commonwealth Games, Glasgow

Well, I've finally got round to processing some photos from the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and these are some from the Men's Marathon, won by Michael Shelley of Australia:

Andrew Davies (Wales)

Ben Moreau (England)

Derek Hawkins (Scotland)

Francis Khanje (Malawi)

Martin Dent (Australia)

Michael Shelley (Australia) leading from the front

Ross Houston (Scotland)

Tsepo Ramonene (Lesotho)

The full results were:

1	Michael Shelley	Aus	02:11:15
2	Stephen Chemlany	Ken	02:11:58	+0:43
3	Abraham Kiplimo	Uga	02:12:23	+1:08
4	Munyo Solomon Mutai	Uga	02:12:26	+1:11
5	John Ekiru Kelai	Ken	02:12:41	+1:26
6	Erick Ndiema	Ken	02:13:44	+2:29
7	Liam Adams	Aus	02:13:49	+2:34
8	Philip Kiplimo	Uga	02:14:09	+2:54
9	Derek Hawkins	Sco	02:14:15	+3:00
10	Steven Way	Eng	02:15:16	+4:01
11	Fabiano Joseph Naasi	Tan	02:15:21	+4:06
12	Tsepo Ramonene	Les	02:16:21	+5:06
13	Nicholas Torry	Eng	02:16:34	+5:19
14	Ben Moreau	Eng	02:16:50	+5:35
15	Ramolefi Motsieloa	Les	02:17:12	+5:57
16	Ross Houston	Sco	02:18:42	+7:27
17	Andrew Davies	Wal	02:18:59	+7:44
18	Dieudonne Disi	Rwa	02:19:04	+7:49
19	Martin Dent	Aus	02:19:22	+8:07
20	Jean Vilbrim	Mri	02:25:39	+14:24
21	Jean Pierre Mvuyekure	Rwa	02:26:40	+15:25
22	Francis Khanje	Maw	02:31:19	+20:04
23	Mohammed Kassim	Gha	02:33:37	+22:22
24	Tongia Vakaafi	Tga	02:58:57	+47:42
DNF	John Leonard Karori	Tan
DNF	Namupala Reonard	Nam
DNS	Ying Ren Mok	Sin

Visiting the Main Press Centre at the Commonwealth Games

Had a day out to Glasgow yesterday to get the photo accreditation done and dusted for the Commonwealth Games.  After an early start and a long train ride to wet and windy Glasgow (they are keeping the good weather for 23.07-03.08) it was off to the Main Press Centre (MPC) at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) which was eerily quiet.  The photo repair firm Fixation were there and kindly stuck down a little edge of rubber-coated body on my D700 which had worked loose after many years of good service.  Check them out if you ever need gear replacing.

Then a short train ride out to Scotstoun which is hosting the table tennis and squash competitions.    Will be back next weekend to photograph the main matches in the Team competitions.

I've been given bib #844 for the duration, along with a natty rucksack, a water bottle, a Longines pen and a wee dram of whiskey.  The photo accreditation looks good, and gives free transport on buses and trains til the end of the games.  All in, very impressive.

Jessica Ennis, a new reason to smile

Congratulations to Jessica and Andy Ennis-Hill on the announcement of their happy news that Jess is pregnant.

Bit of a disappointment for all those athletics fans who were hoping to see her compete this year, especially at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this summer.  All the best, and look forward to see you trackside again soon.

Going to the Commonwealth Games!

A happy start to the week as I have been told that I have been accredited as a photographer at the Commonwealth Games next year in Glasgow!  The English Table Tennis Association were kind enough to support my application which means that I will be able to take my camera into the Scotstoun Sports Centre next July and cover some of the tabel tennis matches for them.

There is now a lot of paperwork to sift through and get checked and sent off - worst bit will be getting a mugshot done for the photo pass.....