‘Sport is horrible’: Aussie’s medal stolen away
An Aussie star was in tears after he was robbed of gold at the Commonwealth Games in a moment where an Aussie legend said “sport is horrible”.
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Queen of the pool finds her king
AUSTRALIA’S queen of the swimming pool has found her king. Fresh from conquering at the Commonwealth Games Queenslander Cate Campbell has been pictured celebrating her haul of gold and silver with her new beau.
Comm Games exposes confronting truth
THE Commonwealth Games was an undeniable success for our athletes, but it also exposed something about Australia we have no reason to be proud of.
A stumble and stagger at the finish line
THEY always hold the marathon at the end of the Commonwealth Games. At the Gold Coast it was called the Closing Ceremony.
Diamonds loss a ‘defining moment for our sport’
AS the Diamonds struggle to come to terms with their heartbreaking loss to England, Australian coach Lisa Alexander says the result has put the “cat amongst the pigeons” in a new world order for netball.
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.
Hidden dangers after swimming gold rush
WITH 28 gold medals in the bag the Commonwealth Games has been a huge success for the Australian swim team but they mustn’t fall into the same trap of the disastrous London Olympics, writes KIEREN PERKINS.
‘Gutted’: Diamonds shocked in stunning upset
ENGLAND’S netball team has shocked the world after beating Australia in a thrilling last-second to complete one of the biggest upsets in Commonwealth Games history.
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.
New world order in netball after Games shock
AUSTRALIA went in as favourites but a new script was written in world netball at the Commonwealth Games in a thriller that will go down in history.
Boomers complete golden double in spiteful clash
THE Boomers completed a dominant golden double for Australian basketball at the Commonwealth Games with an 87-47 victory over Canada at the Gold Coast Convention Centre on Sunday.
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.
‘Perfect script’: Knowles signs-off with gold
KOOKABURRAS legend Mark Knowles was sent into retirement a happy man as Australia beat New Zealand 2-0 in the Commonwealth Games hockey final.
Local diver Bedggood nails gold
DOMONIC Bedggood has translated his great potential into performance, winning a breakthrough gold in the 10m platform in front of a rapturous home crowd.
Alexander’s plan to turn Diamonds into gold
ENGLAND’S place in Commonwealth Games netball final is no surprise to columnist and Diamonds coach, Lisa Alexander, who has been developing her own strategy to propel the Aussies to victory.
Sad boxer’s wild claims of Aussie bias
A FURIOUS Northern Ireland boxer says she didn’t deserve to lose her gold medal bout, claiming her Australian opponent only won because ‘she’s the face of the Games’.
‘To be honest, silver feels like gold to me’
MADDISON Keeney has just missed gold but her ability to hold her nerve under pressure while injured could prove a turning point in her career.
Boxer’s emotional tribute to brothers she never met
ON a day of tear-jerking emotion Skye Nicolson won Commonwealth Games gold on Saturday night in memory of her two boxing brothers who died before she was born.
Netball final we never saw coming
NETBALL’S new world order will feature a sporting rivalry 140 years in the making with Australia to meet England in Sunday’s gold medal match at the Commonwealth Games.
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.
Leaky Hockeyroos fall to brilliant Kiwis
RIVALS New Zealand have earned bragging rights in the women’s hockey, outclassing Australia all over the park in their gold medal decider.
Gold-winning boxer’s death-defying triumph
IN one of the most courageous displays of the Commonwealth Games, Australian boxer Anja Stridsman has taken gold thanks to a unanimous points decision and some crucial help from beyond the grave.
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.
Bravehearts ‘Thunderstruck’ by Boomers
AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” was an appropriate song to be played inside the Commonwealth Games basketball stadium at halftime as Australia booked its place in the gold medal game, ending the fairytale run of the hoop Bravehearts from Scotland.
‘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.
Comm Games A-Z: B is for Butt-gate
OH the things we have seen: Class, courage, humour, outrage, mystery and controversy … the Gold Coast Games had it all. Robert Craddock runs through his A-Z of the event.
Opals mess around and double up on Kiwis
AUSTRALIA will play for the women’s basketball gold medal after the Opals continued their complete domination of the Commonwealth Games with a 109-50 semi-final smash-up of New Zealand.
Skye carries brother’s memory into final
SKYE Nicolson is poised for one of Australian sport’s great fairytale moments after punching her way into the 57kg final in memory of the two brothers she never met.
Bring on the Kiwis! Hockeyroos ready to get physical
AUSTRALIA’S Hockeyroos are bracing themselves for a fierce physical showdown against New Zealand in Saturday’s Games gold medal match.
NZ will be hurting, this is like a Grand Final: Ravaillion
DIAMONDS centre Kim Ravaillion says a long history of ferocious battles with fierce archrival New Zealand means there is “no way” the Silver Ferns will sneak under Australia’s guard.
‘Disco’ lawn bowler rips off shirt to celebrate gold
HE’S not called ‘discotheque’ for nothing and Friday night Bendigo bowler Aaron Wilson kick-started the party on the Gold Coast by celebrating his gold medal by tearing his shirt off and wowing a packed crowd at Broadbeach.
War still not over in battle of the sexes
WITH Australia’s womens Rugby Sevens team one of the biggest drawcards on the Gold Coast, ARU boss Raelene Castle says the sport has a way to go before men and women are recognised equally.
Family means more than blood for golden boy Remkes
TATTOOED on Chris Remkes’ right rib cage is a quote which has guided him from a Filipino orphanage to a Commonwealth Games gold medal for Australia.
Wu diving with an angel on her shoulder
MELISSA Wu says she is determined to push on to a fourth Olympics after winning a maiden individual title, not just for herself but for her sister Kirsten who died in 2014.
Larkin enjoys life away from the edge
Taking home five gold medals from the Commonwealth Games, Mitch Larkin is looking forward to a week of excess and growing his hair.
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.
Boomers feeling the NBA love
AUSTRALIA coach Andrej Lemanis says the Commonwealth Games squad is feeling the love from their Boomers brethren in the NBA as they eye off a gold medal.
Hockey’s bizarre scheduling slight
THE Hockeyroos have progressed to the Commonwealth Games final despite being treated with bewildering contempt by tournament organisers.
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.
Wu hoo! Melissa lands her first gold
TWELVE years after making her Commonwealth Games debut at age 13, diver Melissa Wu has won her maiden international gold medal.
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.
Wild scenes as veterans claim gold
IT’S been an icon for ironmen for decades but the Coolangatta Gold belonged to Chris McHugh and Damien Schumann in a mixed night for Australia’s beach volleyball teams.
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.
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.
Aussie Connor seals diving bronze
JAMES Connor has sealed his second medal of the diving program after finishing third in the 3m springboard final after a seesawing battle for the minor medals.
‘Man of Steele’ rides incredible journey
SEVEN weeks ago cyclist Steele von Hoff broke four vertebrae in a high speed racing crash but refused to give up on his Gold Coast dream so started training on a recumbent bike lying down in a neck brace.
Ezi call on Opals next big thing
THE Opals have had an eye to the future during their all-conquering Commonwealth Games campaign.
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.
A generation following in Caslick’s footsteps
PRESSURE. What pressure? Charlotte Caslick has taken her game and her profile to a whole new level since Australia won gold at the Rio Olympics.
Games champ Horton laments ‘cruel world’
DUAL gold medallist Mack Horton says he is feeling good on the Gold Coast but admits he wanted more out of his performance at the Games after getting a shock bronze in the 1500m event.
Kooka-miner: Digging for gold instead of coal
FEW can relate the forces that drove Bodyline enforcer Harold Larwood, but Lachlan Sharp – Australian hockey’s Coalmine Kid – has lived it. Whatever challenges the Games bring, they wont be as tough as working deep down a coal mine in Lithgow.
Bearded ’bushranger’ aims for a high price
HE’S a gold medal man but it seems shooter Daniel Repacholi’s thick, luscious orange beard is worth more than his big win.
Poignant pool moment we all missed
IT was the moment never captured by television cameras that embodies how the once-toxic Australian swim team culture has changed so dramatically.
Ripped Aussie athletes shine on glitter strip
THE Gold Coast is heating up and we aren’t talking about the weather, with Australian athletes showing off their washboard abs and insanely hot bods.
‘This is bulls***’: Boxer’s epic meltdown
AUSSIE boxer Clay Waterman’s opponent launched an abusive tirade at the judges after a controversial Comm Games semifinal.
Horton makes decision that will change his career
OLYMPIC champion Mack Horton has made the big call to ditch the fabled 1500m freestyle from his plans for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics even though it was the event that first hooked him on swimming.
‘Not good enough’: Kiwis turn rocks into Diamonds showdown
AFTER two shock losses, New Zealand have narrowly avoided disaster and qualified for the netball semi-finals. Their reward: a clash with an irrepressible Australian team.
“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.
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.
Hockeyroos’ wall stands tall in medal bid
AUSTRALIA’S medal rivals in women’s hockey will have to crack the defensive wall that goalkeeper Rachael Lynch has erected this tournament.
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.
How ‘embarrassed’ Mitch got his mojo back
FIVE gold hero Mitch Larkin has revealed he was driven to become Australia’s most successful swimmer at the Gold Coast Games after returning from last year’s world championships embarrassed at his performances.
Aussies ready to conquer ‘Tower of Terror’
GEORGIA Sheehan has revealed the mantra that will power the Australian dive team this week as they bid to overcome the elements at the Gold Coast venue dubbed the ‘Tower of Terror’.
‘She just broke down in my arms, crying’
THE emotion overflowed when the Australian women’s sevens team hatched a plan to reunite Ellia Green with her sick mother Yolanta.
F***ing awesome: Aussie’s gold redemption
BEARDED and burly shooter Daniel Repacholi has earned shooting redemption after winning the men’s 50m air pistol, his third Commonwealth Games gold medal.
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.
Stannard blow brings Aussies closer together
HE narrowly avoided being yet another hard luck story but Maurice Longbottom says the adversity buffeting the Australian mens sevens team will only make them stronger.
Bronte inspires moment of Aussie team pride
THE Diamonds’ Commonwealth Games simulation camp has kept them cool, calm and in control writes LISA ALEXANDER
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.
Does he not know the words? PM’s Farnham fail
THIS week started on a dampener for Malcolm Turnbull, and last night it got wetter when he got caught in a downpour at the Commonwealth Games and was busted for seemingly not knowing the words to an Aussie classic.
Men and women coast into beach volleyball semis
AUSTRALIA kept up its flawless record in the beach volleyball as the men’s and women’s teams both cruised through to the semi-finals with comfortable victories at Coolangatta.
A mother’s pride that knows no limits
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.
Back off! McKeon’s parents hit out at the haters
THE parents of Aussie swim champion Emma McKeon have called on the haters to stop undermining the Gold Coast’s Commonwealth Games and enjoy the spectacle for what it is.
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.
Gymnast had to break arms to compete
AUSTRALIA’S Alexandra Eade almost gave up gymnastics when she had to have both arms broken to overcome lifelong medical problems.
Born with nothing, Filipino orphan becomes a hero
CHRISTOPHER Remkes started life in a Filipino orphanage before being rescued and raised in Adelaide. Today, he is an Australian gymnastics champion.
‘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.
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