AS THE Glitter Strip basks in the afterglow of 12 days and nights of sporting spectacle, the President of the Commonwealth Games Federation says the Gold Coast has set a new benchmark for the event as it looks forward to Birmingham in 2022.
AFTER the Commonwealth Games delivered Australia a treasure trove of medals and the perfect base for the 2020 Olympics, schoolgirl-turned-golden girl Ariarne Titmus says it best: “It is looking good for Tokyo.”
AFTER a lacklustre opening, the pressure is on some of our top singing names as they prepare to take centre stage and show the world how Australia celebrates at tomorrow night’s Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony.
FORGET Commonwealth Tinder, these lads are on the search for love among the grandstands by throwing their heart on their sleeve at the Rugby sevens.
AUSTRALIA’s triumphant swimmers have let their hair down on the Gold Coast for a first night of partying after a gold rush in the pool.
WHILE the swimmers might dominate the medal tally, Tamsyn Lewis has revealed it’s the track and field athletes who know how to party.
DID Channel 7’s Jim Wilson really just say, “we’re only getting started”? Surely not. There’s only so many renditions of Advance Australia Fair a man can take, writes Mike Colman.
THE world’s greatest athlete has landed in Brisbane before making his way to the Gold Coast for the final days of the Commonwealth Games.
FIT, toned and high-energy athletes are going for Commonwealth Games gold on and off the field, flooding Tinder in search of romance, with revealing photos and boasts about having the ability to “go all night long”.
KATIE Noonan’s manager has come out in defence of the embattled singer, as the feud over her role in the polarising opening ceremony continues to escalate, with an MP adding some strong words to the arguments.
A GAMES boxer who allegedly threw a haymaker at bouncers but missed in a wild Gold Coast nightclub clash, has expressed his “deep embarrassment and remorse”, as witnesses come forward.
LOOK out Mel McLaughlin. Channel 7’s rising reporting star Amanda Abate has stolen the broadcast spotlight during the network’s coverage of the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
NETBALLER Ama Agbeze has given her English Roses teammates a rather special keepsake to commemorate their time at the Commonwealth Games and give them a boost int he lead-up to the knockout stages of the competition.
HER daughter is a five-time Olympian, an Olympic gold medalist and has been dubbed the queen of her sport. Yet Bev Cook can still barely hold it together when anyone asks about her daughter.
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