After Finnie, the proud Glaswegian unicorn, was unveiled as the Commonwealth Games 2026 mascot, CODE Sports took a trip down memory lane. Click to view the best of the past Games mascots.
The news that sprint star Gout Gout will be competing in an overseas Games funded by Victorian taxpayers has served as a grim reminder that regional cafes, pubs and hotels will miss out on a “once-in-a-generation opportunity”.
The teen running sensation will join Aussie stars including swimmer Ariarne Titmus and long distance runner Jessica Hull at next year’s Commonwealth Games in what’s been described as “a massive missed opportunity’’ for Victoria.
Teen sprint sensation Gout Gout has confirmed his blockbuster next move, proving a shock Aussie move has completely backfired.
Athletics: Fox Sports News presenter Luke Doherty joined Jo Healy to discuss Gout Gout’s preparations and plans for the 2026 Commonwealth Games…
Dan Andrews has denied Victorians a legacy moment, with fewer and fewer opportunities to see Gout Gout run on home soil as he blossoms into a world superstar.
Teen sprint sensation Gout Gout has set his sights on Commonwealth Games gold, declaring he will compete in next year’s event in Glasgow.
The new Commonwealth Games boss has revealed how they’ll change the event forever with a $200m windfall after it was dumped by former Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews.
Australia has a long history of producing parent-child sporting greatness, but which famous name stands above the rest?
Women hold some of the most powerful positions in Australian sport – and boast some of the country’s most recognisable athletes. But who really holds the power?
A Grant Hackett record that stood for more than three decades has been toppled in an “omen” of Olympic potential for the Brisbane Olympics. Meet the 38 record breakers of the GC Long Course Championships.
The Commonwealth Games had to be scaled back to survive, but there will still be loads of gold medals on offer for Australians.
The almost death of the Commonwealth Games prompted a significant change that officials believe will take the event beyond its 100th year.
Under a new plan, the whole of Australia could host an upcoming Commonwealth Games, but will – and should – Victoria play a part after sensationally cancelling the 2026 games? Have your say.
The Glasgow Commonwealth Games will feature just 10 sports but officials expect that to rebound in the future as the slimmed-down model revives interest in the event.
Mick Fanning and Mark Skaife are among Australian Sport’s latest Hall of Fame inductees but another legend had tears flowing for a different reason. Plus, Sally Pearson and Mark Knowles share what it means to take their place among our legends.
Australia’s Commonwealth Games head is confident the event will survive a reduced program in 2026 missing several key sports.
There were some certainties around which sports would be axed for the cut-price 2026 Comm Games but the shock was in some which made the cut.
Confirmation of how the trimmed-down 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will look has provided clarity to those eyeing Glasgow in less than two years – but dashed the dreams of thousands of athletes. Here’s what they said.
Glasgow has defended it’s trimmed-down Commonwealth Games that will feature just 10 sports – with almost half the sports featured two years ago axed in budget cuts. Every sport’s status revealed inside.
Swimming Australia has averted suspension from the sport’s governing body after striking a ground breaking deal with the ASC, ending their long-standing model.
With the Glasgow Commonwealth Games slashed to just 10 sports after being abandoned by the Victorian Government last year, some of Australia’s strongest sports have been given the axe.
Soldiers hunted his family as the bloodshed of the second Congo war reached its peak. Now Queensland’s fastest 15-year-old hopes to honour the nation that saved them by sprinting for Australia at the Olympics. Watch him in action here.
World Netball holds its showcase event once every four years, but knows this is too long between drinks. Its president opens up on future event plans, the Commonwealth Games, Brisbane Olympics and more.
Cricket’s future in a more “sustainable” Commonwealth Games is murky as other sports also face the chop in a streamlined format.
More than $200m of Victorian taxpayers dollars will be handed to Scotland to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games, with the Glaswegians celebrating their free Games.
The Scottish love a bargain buy and they got one. But can the Common-Not-So-Wealthy Games work? ROBERT CRADDOCK analyses what the T20 model means for the future of the event.
The 2026 Commonwealth Games are officially happening, with Australia all but funding the event to take place in a foreign country on the other side of the world.
The 2026 Commonwealth Games’ lifeline has officially been locked in, however some big changes will be coming to the troubled event.
The Commonwealth Games could have disappeared from the sporting landscape, but the revival is now complete with a new-look version set for 2026.
Australia is set to save the tortured 2026 Commonwealth Games after stepping in with a multimillion-dollar assistance package.
Commonwealth Games Australia has offered millions of dollars to the Scottish government — effectively paid for by Victorian taxpayers — to help it roll out the Games in Glasgow.
Glasgow could be confirmed as the host of the 2026 Commonwealth Games as early as this week, but it will be a seriously slimmed down event. Here’s what is could look like.
The anxious search for a 2026 Commonwealth Games host isn’t ending soon, despite shock reports a nation had secured the job.
Marred by uncertainty for over a year, the 2026 Commonwealth Games may have inched closer to a new host.
Just as Australia’s Paris Olympic campaign came to an end, renewed hope that the 2026 Commonwealth Games abandoned by Daniel Andrews and the Victorian Government may be saved.
A former professional athlete player who competed at the Commonwealth Games has taken a bold career step.
The list of swimmers he has guided to the Olympic Games is substantial, and then there are the super stars who claimed multiple gold medals, all of whom owe a debt to Michael Bohl, writes JULIAN LINDEN.
Olympic Try Hard Jon Ralph instructed table tennis star Milly Tapper to give him no easy points when they faced off with paddle in hand, as he sought to gain insight into how the mind of an Olympian truly works.
Global sports have been updating transgender athlete policies and World Netball has now made a ruling with immediate effect.
The show must go on – and so it will, with the Commonwealth Games Federation revealing it is close to announcing the replacement host who will fill the void left by Victoria’s 2026 bid.
There’s been a new setback for the Commonwealth Games after a second country declined an offer to host the 2026 event, citing cost concerns.
A damning Auditor-General report has exposed Victoria’s Commonwealth Games debacle as one of the greatest blunders in Australian sport.
Australian Olympic supremo John Coates says the looming death of the Commonwealth Games is proof that the 2032 Brisbane Games must be delivered to a tight budget.
Aussie swimming great Emma McKeon has opened the door to her relationship with Olympic hopeful Cody Simpson.
Tanielle Crase is a three-time national heptathlon champion, but the financial strains of chasing her Olympic dream forced the Paris hopeful out of the country and to take massive risks in the pursuit of glory on the world stage.
As they try to go one better from their Tokyo silver, the Kookaburras have named a 27-player squad — with an ominous Paris warning from their hard-nosed coach. SEE THE SQUAD
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