[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"header-nav":3,"footer-nav":29,"article-england-netball-bounce-back-malawi-commonwealth-games":82,"category-counts-nav":97,"related-england-netball-bounce-back-malawi-commonwealth-games":107},[4,8,11,14,17,20,23,26],{"label":5,"to":6,"exact":7},"Home","\u002F",true,{"label":9,"to":10},"World Cup","\u002Fworldcup",{"label":12,"to":13},"Standings","\u002Fstandings",{"label":15,"to":16},"Football","\u002Fcategory\u002Ffootball",{"label":18,"to":19},"Basketball","\u002Fcategory\u002Fbasketball",{"label":21,"to":22},"Tennis","\u002Fcategory\u002Ftennis",{"label":24,"to":25},"F1","\u002Fcategory\u002Ff1",{"label":27,"to":28},"Long Reads","\u002Fcategory\u002Flong-reads",{"brand":30,"columns":32,"tagline":80,"copyright":81},{"description":31},"In-depth sports journalism covering football, basketball, tennis, F1, and beyond. Daily analysis, long reads, and expert opinion.",[33,51,59],{"heading":34,"links":35},"Leagues",[36,39,42,45,48],{"label":37,"to":38},"Premier League","\u002Ftag\u002Fpremier-league",{"label":40,"to":41},"La Liga","\u002Ftag\u002Fla-liga",{"label":43,"to":44},"NBA","\u002Ftag\u002Fnba",{"label":46,"to":47},"Formula 1","\u002Ftag\u002Fformula-1",{"label":49,"to":50},"Champions League","\u002Ftag\u002Fchampions-league",{"heading":52,"links":53},"Content",[54,56,57],{"label":55,"to":16},"Analysis",{"label":27,"to":28},{"label":58,"to":16},"Data & Stats",{"heading":60,"links":61},"Company",[62,65,68,71,74,77],{"label":63,"to":64},"Terms of Service","\u002Fservice",{"label":66,"to":67},"Privacy Policy","\u002Fprivacy",{"label":69,"to":70},"Editorial Policy","\u002Feditorial",{"label":72,"to":73},"Contact Us","\u002Fcontact",{"label":75,"to":76},"About Us","\u002Fabout",{"label":78,"to":79},"Website Disclaimer","\u002Fdisclaimer","Built for the love of sport","© SportPulse. All rights reserved.",{"title":83,"slug":84,"category":85,"badge":15,"author":86,"excerpt":87,"date":88,"readTime":89,"image":90,"imageAlt":83,"tags":91,"body":95,"_path":96},"England Netball Bounce Back: 73-38 Over Malawai in Glasgow","england-netball-bounce-back-malawi-commonwealth-games","long-reads","Sarah Martinez","After falling to world number one Australia, England respond with a 35-goal statement win over Malawi.","2026-07-27 15:48:36","1 min read","https:\u002F\u002Fichef.bbci.co.uk\u002Face\u002Fstandard\u002F976\u002Fcpsprodpb\u002Fa0ab\u002Flive\u002F3d965780-89cd-11f1-b9d9-13fd1053d899.jpg",[92,93,94],"Commonwealth Games","Netball","England","## England's 73-38 Win Restores Goal-Difference Control After Australia Loss\n\nEngland beat Malawi 73-38 at the Commonwealth Games, a 35-goal margin that repaired some of the damage from their heavy defeat to world number one Australia. Pool positioning feeds directly into knockout seeding, and the Australia result had narrowed England's path through the tournament overnight.\n\nThe loss to Australia remains part of their record. What changes is goal difference and position in the mini-league table, where the selection committee uses margins for seeding. A narrow defeat to Australia followed by a narrow win over Malawi would have left England's qualification arithmetic precarious. The 73-38 scoreline keeps them in control of their own path.\n\nMalawi competed in the moments they could. England's shooters found space early and the gap in execution widened across the four quarters. The defensive unit turned Malawi's possessions into transition opportunities, and by the final whistle the result was comprehensive enough to feel routine.\n\nEngland's next opponent will not be Malawi. The test is whether the rhythm they found here survives a higher-calibre opponent, and that answer will decide how far they go in the tournament.","\u002Farticles\u002Fengland-netball-bounce-back-malawi-commonwealth-games",[98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105,85,106],"analysis","basketball","cricket","f1","football","general","golf","mma","tennis",[108,122,133],{"id":109,"stem":109,"path":110,"title":111,"category":85,"badge":112,"badgeType":113,"author":114,"authorRole":115,"authorInitials":116,"date":117,"readTime":118,"image":119,"imageAlt":111,"tags":120,"excerpt":121},"liam-plunkett-professional-baseball-debut-england-bowler","\u002Farticles\u002Fliam-plunkett-professional-baseball-debut-england-bowler","Plunkett's Pitch: From England's Fast Lane to the American Diamond","Feature","category","Marcus Wright","SportPulse Contributor","MW","2026-06-27 07:19:55","4 min read","https:\u002F\u002Fichef.bbci.co.uk\u002Face\u002Fstandard\u002F976\u002Fcpsprodpb\u002F493b\u002Flive\u002F2e9ff280-71f0-11f1-8546-8f19e4fe30f4.jpg","Baseball, Cricket, Minor League Baseball, England Cricket","Former England fast bowler Liam Plunkett officially begins his pro baseball career, tackling the ultimate athletic pivot.",{"id":123,"stem":123,"path":124,"title":125,"category":85,"badge":24,"badgeType":113,"author":86,"authorRole":126,"authorInitials":127,"date":128,"readTime":129,"image":130,"imageAlt":125,"tags":131,"excerpt":132},"mcintosh-breaks-last-supersuit-world-record-200m-butterfly","\u002Farticles\u002Fmcintosh-breaks-last-supersuit-world-record-200m-butterfly","The Last Supersuit Falls: McIntosh Conquers 200m Butterfly","Transfer Correspondent","SM","2026-07-06 08:31:21","6 min read","https:\u002F\u002Fichef.bbci.co.uk\u002Face\u002Fstandard\u002F976\u002Fcpsprodpb\u002F069e\u002Flive\u002Fd6073ec0-7911-11f1-b02f-7384b6bb008f.jpg","Swimming, Olympics, World Records","Summer McIntosh shatters swimming's final rubber-era benchmark, closing a 15-year chapter of controversy and rewriting what clean swimming can achieve.",{"id":134,"stem":134,"path":135,"title":136,"category":85,"badge":15,"badgeType":113,"author":137,"authorRole":138,"authorInitials":139,"date":140,"readTime":141,"image":142,"imageAlt":136,"tags":143,"excerpt":144},"selling-soul-juventus-crisis-symptom-football-deeper-rot","\u002Farticles\u002Fselling-soul-juventus-crisis-symptom-football-deeper-rot","Selling the Soul: Juventus and the Slow Death of Football's Moral Architecture","Alex Thompson","Tennis & General Editor","AT","2026-06-26 22:38:49","8 min read","https:\u002F\u002Fi.guim.co.uk\u002Fimg\u002Fmedia\u002Fb1cdfa5cb659d1e64afd9db3b4b0f1cf8be44e8b\u002F884_0_3232_2586\u002Fmaster\u002F3232.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=2c9b4687ef6fd0e7f9edc280fab77818","Serie A, Champions League, UEFA, Calcio","The crisis at Juventus is not an aberration. It is the logical endpoint of a sport that sold itself to the highest bidder."]