Bolt and Daley Prepare for Action

Three athletes who have made as many headlines outside the Glasgow 2014 stadiums as they have for their sporting prowess will compete for Commonwealth glory today. Usain Bolt is appearing in a final of the men's athletics, after leading Jamaica to victory in the qualifying heats at Hampden last night. The much-anticipated appearance of the world's fastest man has been overshadowed by controversial comments attributed to him in The Times newspaper, in which he reportedly said the games were "a bit ****'' and he was "not really'' having fun in Scotland. The six-time Olympic champion made his Commonwealth Games debut after he missed the event in Melbourne in 2006 through injury and opted to skip the 2010 Games in Delhi. Diver Tom Daley will be back in action in the men's 10m final after coming agonisingly close to Commonwealth Games gold in the synchronised event last night after a near-perfect final dive which left Daley and teammate James Denny settling for silver. Daley, 20, a mentor in reality TV show Splash!, has dismissed claims that he is to retire after Glasgow 2014, insisting he is ready to go on as "long my body holds out''. The Team England poster boy, who announced he was in a same-sex relationship in December, has been held up as an example of gay rights at the Games which features Commonwealth countries with poor LGBT - lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender - rights records. And Australia's Sally Pearson booked her place in today's 100m hurdles final after blitzing the heats last night, vindicating her controversial decision to show up late to a Commonwealth Games camp. Athletics Australia suspended its British head coach Eric Hollingsworth after his outspoken attack on Pearson ahead of her Commonwealth Games title defence. Hollingsworth labelled Pearson a "bad example'', highlighting his anger that she did not attend the team's pre-Games training camp. The 27-year-old athlete has arrived in Glasgow as the undoubted star of the Australia track and field team and looking to retain the 100 metres hurdles title she won in Delhi four years ago. Today will also see action in boxing, badminton, hockey, netball, squash and table tennis. High drama on the Glasgow Green hockey pitch yesterday saw England pip New Zealand on penalties to reach today's women's final. And England are certain to top a table tennis podium today after the husband-and-wife team of Paul and Joanna Drinkhall set up a shot at Liam Pitchford and Tin Tin Ho in the mixed doubles final yesterday. Meanwhile, it earlier emerged that Sierra Leone cyclist Moses Sesay, 32, was admitted to a Glasgow hospital last week after feeling unwell and doctors tested him for various conditions, including Ebola - which is blamed for 729 deaths in an outbreak in four west African countries. But Sesay, whose homeland has declared a public health emergency, was given the all-clear and released from hospital in time to compete in the men's individual time trial at the Games yesterday. Confusion surrounded one of his team-mates, Mohamed Tholley, who had been expected to compete in the time trial event in Glasgow on Thursday but failed to turn up, a report in the Telegraph newspaper said. However, Jackie Brock-Doyle, a spokeswoman for Glasgow 2014, said organisers had spoken to the chef de mission, who confirmed they were not concerned about the athlete's whereabouts.