AUSTRALIA has unveiled its sevens rugby squads for the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, with the code making its women’s debut at the tournament and the men looking to better their bronze medal from four years ago.
STEVE Waugh loved every moment of the 1998 Commonwealth Games but losing the final to below strength South Africa left him furious.
CRAIG Mottram says his kids don’t believe him when he tells them he owned the MCG for a night at the Commonwealth Games in 2006, but he did.
HE is one of the greatest Australian swimmers of all time but qualifying for the 1970 Commonwealth Games was one of the most bizarre experiences of his swimming career.
IT was the event which made her a Commonwealth Games legend but Raelene Boyle cannot hide the truth … she hated it, writes Robert Craddock.
THE next lesson of Queenslander Joseph Deng’s athletics education will be to race two top Englishmen in Brisbane before his Commonwealth Games debut.
ASHLEIGH Gentle’s early disgust at crashing out of the opening round of the world triathlon series has turned to gratitude after she realised how close she came to missing the Commonwealth Games.
SOUTH African Richard Murray may have sealed the win but it’s Aussie young gun Matt Hauser that’s likely to have taken the most confidence from the Mooloolaba World Cup after finishing a close second to the triathlon heavyweight.
ROBERT Whittaker is set to again create history in April when he becomes the organisation’s first champ to compete at a Commonwealth Games.
IT was dubbed “the Miracle Mile”. But by the end of the marathon, a world record holder had wilted in the extreme heat and collapsed — within sight of the finish line — after covering a gruelling 27 miles.
THERE is nothing like a home crowd to spur you on to success. Just ask our history making female gymnasts who dominated in Melbourne in 2006.
WITH a 50m lead heading into the final lap, reigning Olympic 5000m champion John Ngugi looked home for all money, but then Andrew Lloyd dug deep and something special happened. WATCH THE VIDEO.
BRAD Newley is the only player left from Australia’s gold medal-winning Commonwealth Games team from 2006. Twelve years on, the veteran is aiming to become the only Boomer to win two Commonwealth titles.
ANNA Meares won three gold medals at the Delhi Commonwealth Games but she will remember the event fondly for a completely different reason.
AT the 1998 Commonwealth Games Susie O’Neill owned the pool and decided to celebrate in an unusual fashion.
ASHLEIGH Gentle has suffered a major fright on treacherous roads ahead of her bid to win Commonwealth Games triathlon gold.
COMMONWEALTH Games medal hope Ashleigh Gentle has survived a massive scare after coming off her bike on a dangerously slippery course in the opening round of the World Triathlon Series.
AUSTRALIA endured a day to forget on day three of the world indoor athletics championships as main medal hopes Sally Pearson and Ryan Gregson crashed out in their semi-finals.
IN HIS backyard fairytale, Luke Willian joined the Brisbane Lions’ Fab Four to kick them to premiership glory — but it’s the Gold Coast rather than the Gabba that holds the key to Willian’s sporting dreams.
DEFENDING Commonwealth high jump champion, Eleanor Patterson, has been sensationally overlooked for selection in Australia’s 109-member team for next month’s Games.
THE Magnussen swagger is back. Already tagged the “alpha male” of the event, James Magnussen is supremely confident heading into the 100m final despite qualifying third fastest.
MADELINE Groves says she has rediscovered her love of swimming after a tough year battling illness and a possible drug ban.
TAYLOR McKeown will head to the Gold Coast Games with a Commonwealth title, but the breaststroker is going back to the future in 2018 to combat a poor run of ‘terrible’ swims.
JESSICA Peris was caught with evidence of three prohibited substances in her system when ASADA conducted an out-of-competition test in October last year.
A QUARTET of netball stars of the future have been named to cover any injury crisis within the Diamonds ahead of the Commonwealth Games.
AN inspirational speech by world gymnastic superstar Nadia Comaneci has been the secret ingredient behind the rise of Queenslander Georgia Godwin, who is in the box seat to snare Commonwealth Games selection.
AUSTRALIA will look to its own talent for last minute preparations for the Commonwealth Games, avoiding all contact with rivals such as New Zealand and England ahead of the Gold Coast event.
SA POLE vaulter Kurtis Marschall is ready to soar for gold after securing his second-straight national title and confirming his place on the Australian team for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
A RESURGENT Ryan Gregson showed why his name needs to be added to the Commonwealth Games medal chances after a barnstorming victory in the national 1500m final.
RILEY Day will go to the Commonwealth Games reminding herself she is “only 17’’ after racing to automatic selection in the 200m which clinched the sprint double at the national championships.
TWO national titles and two automatic berths for the Commonwealth Games – not a bad day’s work for Darling Downs thrower Matthew Denny.
THEY say you learn a lot about yourself in the darkest times.Luke Mathews is now a believer in that theory after a tumultuous 2017 that he describes as a “rollercoaster”.
AUSTRALIA’S top netball league has helped produce arguably the best netball team England has ever fielded at a Commonwealth Games.
DARLING Downs athlete Matthew Denny has lost 12kg to give himself the best chance at gaining selection this week in two Commonwealth Games field events.
JUST days after Australia lost its men’s javelin record holder Jarrod Bannister, Kathryn Mitchell has broken the women’s mark at an emotional track and field meet.
IN JUST one year South Australia’s Stephanie Davies went from her first weightlifting competition to Commonwealth Games selection.
IT was a phone call Australian netball coach Lisa Alexander first made four years ago but it still ended the same way as it had in 2014 – with one of her players in tears.
SALLY Pearson will throw her hat into the ring for the chance to race a second event at the Commonwealth Games if Australia opts to field a relay team on the Gold Coast.
NETBALL mum Laura Geitz and veteran Susan Pettitt are beneficiaries of coach Lisa Alexander’s proven policy of favouring form over history but fan favourite Sharni Layton is a casualty.
SHARPSHOOTER Caitlin Bassett will lead Australia into battle at the Commonwealth Games with veteran Susan Pettitt and former captain Laura Geitz also making the cut but Sharni Layton missing.
OLYMPIC gold medallist Emma McKeon could tackle the 200m butterfly at the Commonwealth Games and it’s an 18-year-old that could prove to be her biggest challenger in the event.
THE Australian team uniforms for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games have officially been revealed. The question is, are they a surefire winner or another epic fashion fail?
THE Australian men’s team have been given a fighting chance to win a Commonwealth Games sevens rugby medal by avoiding the “big three” in the pool stages.
COMMONWEALTH Games sprint hopeful Alex Hartmann insists his best is yet to come as he prepares for his date with destiny on the Gold Coast this month.
A FORMER coach says the Silver Ferns can no longer consider themselves the second best team in netball but Australian won’t be taking them any less seriously.
SHE’S a multiple world champion, Paralympic medallist and the defending champion of the Oz Day 10km but none of that is helping quell wheelchair racer Madison de Rozario’s nerves.
DIAMOND great Laura Geitz has praised netball’s support of her dream to return to the highest level of the game as a new mother as an “amazing step forward for women’s sport”.
WEIGHTLIFTER Damon Kelly will compete in his fourth Commonwealth Games this year and it’s lucky his love for the tournament buffets is matched by his love of gold medals.
DIAMONDS coach Lisa Alexander says she is working with the strongest Australian squad she has ever seen, making the selection of the Commonwealth Games 12 the most difficult ever.
WHEN Australia beat New Zealand for the historic women’s rugby sevens gold at the Rio Olympics, Bankstown’s Page McGregor and her sister were the only two in the room cheering.
THE NSW Swifts and Giants will limber up for the Super Netball season with matches against an England side hoping to pull off a major netball sting at the Commonwealth Games.
Australian Gabi Simpson says the looming selection for the Commonwealth Games is lifting the Diamond to a new level as they open the Quad series with a 36th straight victory over South Africa — but by their smallest margin in more than half a century.
CATE Campbell is almost certain to add butterfly to her Commonwealth Games program after a stunning outing in the stroke at the NSW state championships.
Australian coach Lisa Alexander says there is pressure on every player in the Diamonds Quad series touring side to perform at their best against South Africa this weekend with Commonwealth Games spots up for grabs.
SURFER Tyler Wright’s return from a potentially season-ending knee injury to win a second world crown and Sally Pearson’s comeback to win another world title has seen the pair nominated for prestigious Laureus world sports awards.
OPALS great Erin Phillips has called time on her extraordinary basketball career and will put all her energies into AFL and a new job as a coach.
AUSTRALIAN netballers will be deliberately distracted and annoyed as much as possible as part of their preparations for the looming Commonwealth Games.
ENGINEERING student Michael Mercieca hopes he has perfected a winning formula for success at this week’s Commonwealth Games gymnastics trials.
QUEENSLANDER Georgia Godwin will have the ideal Commonwealth Games warm-up this weekend when she faces some of the world’s best gymnasts in Japan.
TRIPLE Olympic diver Melissa Wu has been forced to withdraw from selection trials for next year’s Commonwealth Games due to a neck injury.
ASHLEIGH Gentle is leaving no stone unturned in her bid for a medal at a home Commonwealth Games, honing her preparations with a stint in altitude next month.
AUSTRALIAN netballer Sharni Layton is waiting clearance to rejoin the Diamonds as they up their preparations for the Commonwealth Games in the three-Test Quad series in the new year.
It was a golden day for Australia’s beach volleyballers at Manly
SWIMMING Australia is on the lookout for a new CEO just months out from the Commonwealth Games after Mark Anderson’s appointment as Collingwood boss.
TRIATHLON selectors have made the bold call to go with youth at next year’s Commonwealth Games, with three rookies called into Australia’s team for the Gold Coast.
COMMONWEALTH Games gold medallist Shelley Watts has withdrawn from the quest to defend her title after not being able to drop to her fighting weight of 60kg to qualify.
AUSTRALIAN captain Caitlin Bassett predicts the Commonwealth Games will be a battle between the Diamonds and Silver Ferns.
AUSTRALIAN coach Lisa Alexander has revealed the secret of her team’s success as the Diamonds refound their mojo, taking down New Zealand for the second time in five days in the annual Constellation Cup
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