England disqualified, stripped of gold medal
England’s appeal has been thrown out by officials as the host country had a gold medal taken off them at the Commonwealth Games.
Athletics
‘I’m in shock’: Aussie champ is a freak
Aussie Kelsey-Lee Barber has shown exactly what world champions are made of in an insane finish at the Commonwealth Games.
‘Amateur hour’: Aussie golden boy crucified
No one was as hard on Rohan Browning’s 4x100m relay tumble than himself — that was until a former Aussie Olympic medallist came along.
Aussie stuns the world with insane run
Australian Ollie Hoare has delivered a run for the ages, toppling two world champs as he came from the clouds to win a historic gold medal.
Heartbreaking detail as Aussie wins gold
An Aussie hero has shown raw emotion as she revealed why she races with an item of jewellery that has such a tragic origin.
’Gutted’: Heartbreak for Aussie golden boy
Australian sprinting sensation Rohan Browning was left broken hearted after stumbling at the final change in the relay heat.
Incredible history in Aussies’ heartbreak
There have been wild scenes at the Commonwealth Games as a cult hero and our newest star were left hanging well after crossing the line.
Bruce weighs in on Shirvo’s ‘tight shorts’
Aussie sporting icon Bruce McAvaney couldn’t resist cutting in from out of the blue with a comment on Matt Shirvington’s famous shorts.
‘Not legal’: Ripped Jenneke denied record time
Michelle Jenneke has run the fastest time of her life and her physical condition reflects her stunning result at the Commonwealth Games.
‘Can’t believe it’: Jenneke reacts to shoe storm
Michelle Jenneke is still pinching herself over the race that raised eyebrows around the world and sparked a shoe technology furore.
Two athletes missing, police involved
Three members of the Sri Lankan team have gone missing at the Commonwealth Games and police have launched an official inquiry.
‘The moment of the Games’ stuns world
Eilish McColgan has had an instantly iconic moment with after she shattered her mum’s record in truly remarkable scenes 36-years in the making.
Athlete torched for unforgivable blunder
It was amateur hour at the Commonwealth Games track when a Jamaican star dropped his bundle right on the finish line.
‘Ugly, painful’: Aussie reacts to heartbreak
Aussie cult hero Rohan Browning has had his dreams dashed at the Commonwealth Games in a result that puts him in the record books.
Star in tears after coach steps in mid-event
A Commonwealth Games star was reduced to tears after her coach stepped in and took action before her event had finished.
Star leaves in wheelchair after ‘naive’ act
A teen star at the Commonwealth Games has been taken away in a wheelchair and one TV commentator said he brought it on himself.
Fans puzzled by Aussie’s peculiar look
Australian gold medallist Nina Kennedy left Commonwealth Games fans scratching their heads, all because of her right hand.
‘Don’t like it’: Aussie’s unnecessary gold grab
An Australian star won gold in Birmingham – but not before commentators warned her about taking a huge risk.
Aussie cult hero goes bang after ‘humiliation’
Aussie sprint star Rohan Browning has sent a message that says “I’ve got this” after a blistering run at the Commonwealth Games.
Aussies rocked as world champ tests positive
An Aussie world champion is set to become a guinea pig for the Commonwealth Games’ controversial Covid policy after testing positive.
Awesome Aussies to take the world by storm
Australia is expected to break records with an insane gold rush at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games — but some will be bigger than the rest.
Aussie stars hit hard by Comm Games Covid rules
Australian athletes competing at the Commonwealth Games are set to be hit with strict rules surrounding their movements in Birmingham.
Hughes slams toxic ‘anti-Australian’ attack
DAVE Hughes has blasted Australians for getting on their high horse and attacking someone who should be a national hero.
Marathon runner’s abuse after collapse
HE triumphed at the Commonwealth Games, but Michael Shelley’s gold medal win has been marred by hate from online trolls.
Dumb rule behind Comm Games’ shame
THE world was furious after a horrific collapse at the Commonwealth Games – but officials had an excuse ready. They completely missed the point.
No gold but huge $30M win for women’s rugby
THE silver lining for pigtailed Charlotte Caslick and her teary crew after winning hearts in rugby sevens will be a $30 million coup for Australia’s first women’s rugby hub at Ballymore in Brisbane.
Athletes who defined the 2018 Games
THE Clark Kent of the pool finally found his phone box, a 17-year-old tied the record for most medals at a single Games, and we witnessed one of the most inspiring sporting moments ever.
‘Somebody help’: Games outrage
AUSTRALIA has been accused of a disgraceful, heartless act as a marathon runner collapsed for a second time in distressing scenes.
Fearnley’s advice: ‘Bring the family with you’
AUSSIE Kurt Fearnley was moved to tears when he caught his first glimpse of his wife and young son, following his stunning gold medal performance in the wheelchair marathon. He says his family is ‘everything’.
Aussie wins after leader collapses in marathon
GOLD Coast local Michael Shelley has defended his Commonwealth marathon title in extraordinary circumstances after race leader Scotland’s Callum Hawkins collapsed with just over two kilometres remaining.
Cambage ejection doesn’t stop Opals procession
AUSTRALIA overcame the shock second quarter ejection of Opals star Liz Cambage to cash-in the most bankable gold medal of the Commonwealth Games. Meanwhile, a boxer has accused judges of favouring Aussie athletes.
Lasting legacy to sportsmanship needed
GIVEN Australian sport’s love of a good statue, how about one featuring four female athletes out the front of Carrara Stadium?
Sad end for Aussies as relays fall flat
THE image of Mel Breen face down on the Carrara Stadium track summed up Australia’s relay woes this afternoon, and it wasn’t the only thing that went wrong in a disappointing end to the athletics campaign.
Four in the running for flag bearing honour
WHEELCHAIR hero Kurt Fearnley will vie with swimming superstars Mitch Larkin and the Campbell sisters for the honour of carrying the Australian flag at the closing ceremony farewell party for the Commonwealth Games on Sunday night.
‘She’s more than just a dance’
NO Sally Pearson but Michelle Jenneke has delivered a brave effort to finish fourth in the 100m hurdles. Meanwhile, Bendigo bowler Aaron Wilson kickstarted a party and continued a team tradition by tearing his shirt off after winning gold.
‘Political stuff’ forces exhausted Jenneke to take break
“EXHAUSTED from it all”: Michelle Jenneke will take a break from hurdling after admitting that things behind the scenes are starting to get to her.
Fearnley to give everything to Aussie farewell
Having lived a lifetime of beating odds and expectations, Kurt Fearnley has promised one more enormous effort in his last appearance in an Australian team.
Semenya turns negativity into historic double
CASTER Semenya raced effortlessly into Commonwealth Games history last night, leaving athletics bosses with the tough decision of how much further they will allow her to run.
Cruel twist shatters men’s relay dream
AUSTRALIA has been sensationally disqualified in the 4x400m relay after a mistake by Steve Solomon during the final changeover.
No stopping Mitchell with Tokyo in sight
ENJOYING the growth and success in her thirties she had expected in her twenties, Aussie javelin gold medallist Kathryn Mitchell says there are no plans to stop any time soon.
‘Sport at its cruellest’: Games’ worst blunder
COMMONWEALTH Games officials have come under fire for giving a sprint star an in-poor-taste “bullet” in the cruellest fashion.
Local boy Marschall ‘does a Hooker’ to take gold
SOUTH Australia’s Kurtis Marschall has followed in the footsteps of his idol Steve Hooker to claim gold in the pole vault.
Thor struck by power of lightning Bolt
HOLLYWOOD heart-throb Chris Hemsworth has admitted to feeling star struck as he watched the athletics with sprint legend Usain Bolt, describing the experience as the “highlight of my year”.
Stripped of gold! High drama in crazy 200m final
IN ONE of the most bizarre finishes to a sprint race ever seen, England’s Zharnel Hughes was halfway through his victory lap before he was sensationally stripped of the gold medal for impeding another athlete.
Mum knows best: Mathews earns 800m bronze
LUKE Mathews dedicated his surprise 800m bronze medal to his mother Liz, who has resurrected his career over the past nine months.
Stevens smashes record to leave rivals in a spin
Australian discus thrower Dani Stevens is eyeing Olympic gold after smashing her opponents the Commonwealth Games record at Carrara to win by almost eight metres.
The most emotional gold medal of the Games
HURDLER Kyron McMaster paid tribute to his coach, who tragically died in Hurricane Irma, as he broke through to become the British Virgin Islands’ first ever Commonwealth Games gold medallist.
Marschall ‘does a Hooker’ to take gold
AUSTRALIA’S Kurtis Marschall has followed in the footsteps of his idol Steve Hooker to claim gold in the pole vault.
Brooke bounces back but falls agonisingly short
BROOKE Stratton’s brave campaign to rebound from fractures in both feet finished in tears and 7cm short of a Commonwealth Games long jump gold medal.
‘You think I’m joking’: Bolt plans next career move
WITH the Commonwealth Games giving Usain Bolt “goosebumps” and “the urge to compete”, the world’s fastest man says he wants to return to top-level sport — but not sprinting.
Jiggling Jenneke tone it down? No way
MICHELLE Jenneke has produced her best time in more than a year to make the final of the 100m hurdles with fellow Aussie Brianna Beahan also qualifying.
Stars’ act of class wows Channel 7 icon
BRUCE McAvaney was in awe when “beautiful” sportsmanship took centre stage after a moment of utter devastation on the Gold Coast.
“It’s a fricken kicker!” Heartache for Beaudesert Bullet
IN a race which echoed to the big footsteps beside her, Queensland teen Riley Day last night felt a “a punch in the guts’’ when she missed the Commonwealth Games 200m final by just .01sec.
‘How bloody good’: Brandon is Starc of the show
GIVING Australians a tag for him other than “brother of Mitch’’, Brandon Starc produced a career best performance to secure high jump gold on a night it rained medals at the athletics stadium.
Starc jumps out of brother’s shadow
AUSSIE high jumper Brandon Starc has leapt out of the shadow of Test cricketer brother Mitchell, soaring to the Commonwealth Games high jump gold medal on Wednesday night.
Lightning Holt lights up the track
TEENAGE para-athletics superstar Isis Holt has lived up to her nickname by adding Commonwealth Games gold to her expanding CV of sprint titles, as Australia had more success at Carrara.
Denny in line to hammer history
DARLING Downs thrower Queenslander Matthew Denny will aim to become the first man since 1938 to win a medal in the hammer throw and discus at the same Commonwealth Games.
‘F…ing awesome’: Mitchell spears record
IT was fourth time lucky for Aussie Kathryn Mitchell who smashed the Commonwealth Games javelin throw record on her way to a much-deserved gold medal.
South Africa a new track super power?
WHEN South Africans Akani Simbine and Henricho Bruinjies finished one-two in the men’s 100m on Monday night all the talk was about Jamaican Johan Blake’s shock third placing.
Track athletes win the partying awards
WHILE the swimmers might dominate the medal tally, Tamsyn Lewis has revealed it’s the track and field athletes who know how to party.
‘I can go all night’: Athletes hit Tinder
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”.
No stopping Semenya in 1500m
CASTER Semenya has sealed the first of her planned two Commonwealth Games gold medals, charging home to win the 1500m by a stunning 15 metres.
Fearnley delivers interview of the Games
EVERYTHING we have loved about Kurt Fearnley for more than a decade was on full display at the Commonwealth Games but it was what he said post-race that struck a chord with us all.
Superhero Larkin takes down swim legend Thorpe
IN the 2018 Commonwealth Games, superman of the pool Mitch Larkin has medals falling out of his pockets and even managed to do something the great Ian Thorpe never did.
Hulley handles the step up
SHE’S the most dominant junior hammer thrower in Australian history and now Alexandra Hulley is a Commonwealth Games silver medallist.
Day sprints out of Beaudesert and into semi
WITH legs shaking from nerves, boom Queensland sprinter Riley Day has negotiated her first individual senior race for Australia — but a bigger moment awaits.
Out of nowhere, Aussie jumper smashes Games record
INJURY-prone long jumper Henry Frayne has produced the performance of his life in qualifying, breaking the Commonwealth Games record. We wrap the morning athletics here…
Bolt forgives Yohan as South Africans steal show
YOHAN Blake won’t be going back to Jamaica any time soon given his failure to fulfil Usain Bolt’s orders to deliver Jamaica the 100m Commonwealth title.
Massive selection gamble on Deng pays off
BORN in a Kenyan refugee camp to a South Sudanese mother, Joseph Deng says he’s proud of the Australian colours he wears, as he prepares for the Commonwealth Games 800m final.
Sportsmanship at its best: Aussie girls’ classy gesture
AUSTRALIA’S 10,000m trio finished unplaced in the gruelling track event, but their stunning act of sportsmanship following the race toward the last place-getter didn’t go unnoticed.
‘She’s No.1 now’: Little sis steps out of Cate’s shadow
HER jaw dropped. Her face froze. Not even Bronte Campbell could believe what she had done. For the first time in three years she had beaten her decorated sister Cate in the 100m freestyle.
Future hangs in the balance for dominant Semenya
CASTER Semenya last night impressively started her Gold Coast assault on another slice of athletics history, but is running into an uncertain future.
Games traffic fears put to the test
FORGET public transport, if you want to get to the Gold Coast quickly for your Games event, driving is the clear winner. Our journalists tried out all modes of transport from Brisbane to Carrara, and even cycling technically proved faster than the train.
Evan’s almighty mo steals the show
AUSSIE para sprinter Evan O’Hanlon has set Carrara Stadium alight with his win in the T38 100 metres final. But his performance was overshadowed by the gold medal-worthy moustache he was sporting, and it even has its own Twitter account.
McGowan slams Semenya comparison
AUSSIE 800m runner Brittany McGowan has sensationally slammed having her times compared to the blistering speed of controversial South African star Caster Semenya.
Huge praise as Games embraces the para-normal
THE integration of para athletes onto the main billing at the Commonwealth Games has been more than vindicated by the athletes’ performances and the reaction of crowds, making para-normal the infectious new vibe on the Gold Coast.
Brownlee brothers’ brush with ‘Borobi’
BRITISH triathletes Jonny and Alistair Brownlee have taken their chances with a real-life Borobi as they soak up a little Gold Coast culture, but despite the “amazing experience”, there’s one thing they hope they don’t have to explain when they get home after their encounter.
Triathlete strikes gold with the ultimate lady magnet
FORGET diamonds, it’s clear that on the appropriately named Gold Coast, gold is a girl’s best friend, as triumphant triathlete Matthew Hauser discovered on a night out in Surfers Paradise.
Calm before the storm: Athletes ready to party
IT’S been a slow start to the Games as far as the partying scene is concerned, but clubs on the glitter strip say it’s the calm before the storm as athletes near the end of competition.
Swimmers reign supreme, cycling has its mojo back
NO Big Tuna, no big deal. Cold stricken champion Kyle Chalmers may have suffered a shock loss but a rousing pool rally and Australian cycling’s wheels of thunder made it a night to savour.
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