England's Jack Oliver wins weightlifting silver

Team England weightlifter Jack Oliver has won silver in the men's 77kg category at the Commonwealth Games.

Oliver - who missed out on a podium place by just one kilogram in Glasgow four years ago - failed with two attempts at 171kg in the clean and jerk but still had enough to seal second place.

The 27-year-old - whose overall total was actually worse than he achieved at the 2014 Games - finished six kilograms behind India's Sathish Sivalingam, who successfully defended his Commonwealth title.

Oliver was still comfortably clear of Australian bronze medallist Francois Etoundi, though, due largely to a competition-best 145kg snatch.

The Englishman's only successful attempt at the clean and jerk was at 167kg - the fourth-best of any competitor - but he rarely looked in danger of letting his silver medal position slip.

Oliver is the first Englishman to win a Commonwealth medal in his weight classification this century.