60-year-first as medals for scaled-back Games confirmed
The Commonwealth Games had to be scaled back to survive, but there will still be loads of gold medals on offer for Australians.
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Big change to Comm Games after snub
The almost death of the Commonwealth Games prompted a significant change that officials believe will take the event beyond its 100th year.
Will Victoria join nation as Comm Games co-host under radical plan?
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.
How Glasgow ‘reset’ can future-proof Commonwealth Games
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.
Sport’s legend loses mother hours before Hall of Fame honour
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.
Chief declares Commonwealth Games will live on
Australia’s Commonwealth Games head is confident the event will survive a reduced program in 2026 missing several key sports.
Critics call out mass Commonwealth Games cull
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.
How axed sports reacted to Games oblivion
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.
Bridge to tomorrow: Glasgow defends trimmed-down Games
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 strikes historic deal to avoid suspension
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.
More of Australia’s strongest sports axed from Glasgow Games
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.
Fleeing war, chasing gold: Congo refugee fastest in Queensland
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.
‘Portfolio of events’: World Netball reveals plans for more World Cups
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.
Biggest loser from Comm Games revamp
Cricket’s future in a more “sustainable” Commonwealth Games is murky as other sports also face the chop in a streamlined format.
‘Sad day for Victoria’ as we pay Glasgow to host Comm Games
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.
What $20m Glasgow fire sale means for future of Comm 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.
Commonwealth Games saved as Australia pays the price
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.
Ditched Comm Games rescued by new host
The 2026 Commonwealth Games’ lifeline has officially been locked in, however some big changes will be coming to the troubled event.
Major change as Comm Games secured
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’s bid to save plagued Comm Games
Australia is set to save the tortured 2026 Commonwealth Games after stepping in with a multimillion-dollar assistance package.
Commonwealth Games Australia offers millions to help save Scotland event
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.
Which sports face the chop for 2026 Comm Games
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.
Comm Games ‘host’ hits immediate setback
The anxious search for a 2026 Commonwealth Games host isn’t ending soon, despite shock reports a nation had secured the job.
Shock city linked with 2026 Comm Games
Marred by uncertainty for over a year, the 2026 Commonwealth Games may have inched closer to a new host.
Saviour steps in to mop up Daniel Andrews’ Comm Games mess
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.
‘I didn’t know what to do’: Sport star’s bold career move
A former professional athlete player who competed at the Commonwealth Games has taken a bold career step.
Legendary Aussie swim coach reveals plans to quit after Paris
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: Mortal tries to turn table on Aussie champ
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.
World Netball makes transgender ruling
Global sports have been updating transgender athlete policies and World Netball has now made a ruling with immediate effect.
2026 Comm Games replacement flagged after $589m Vic blunder
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.
New blow for Commonwealth Games
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.
‘Liar’: Comm Games exposed as $590m farce
A damning Auditor-General report has exposed Victoria’s Commonwealth Games debacle as one of the greatest blunders in Australian sport.
Coates calls for frugal Brisbane Olympics
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.
McKeon shares her life with Cody Simpson
Aussie swimming great Emma McKeon has opened the door to her relationship with Olympic hopeful Cody Simpson.
‘I had to be all-in for this’: Aussie Olympian’s huge risk to chase gold
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.
Coach’s ominous Paris warning as Kookaburras squad unveiled
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
‘Tatters’: Gold Coast ditches Comm Games
The future of the Commonwealth Games remains up in the air after the only Aussie city interested in hosting the event backed out.
Major update after AUKUS fight with France
Despite Franco-Australian relations hitting rock bottom after the AUKUS pact was established, the bilateral relationship appears to have turned a new page with a new deal signed-off.
‘May never recover’: Sport body slams Dan
A peak sporting body has delivered a stinging review of former Victorian premier Dan Andrews’ decision to cancel the Commonwealth Games.
Rinehart swoops in to save Comm Games
Australia’s richest person has offered a surprising new solution to save the Commonwealth Games after Victoria left its future in ruins.
Awkward truth behind cancelled Games
Victoria shocked the world by walking away from the Commonwealth Games. Officials are no closer to an answer of what is next.
NSW hockey prodigy set to lead Australia’s next great era
A NSW teenager who is yet to finish his HSC studies has been chosen in Australia’s under-23 World Cup squad in a sign he has been earmarked as a future international star of the sport.
Bombshell claim on Comm Games future
A key official inside Victoria’s abandoned plans for the 2026 Commonwealth Games has painted a bleak future with no host for 2030 either.
Games inquiry reveals brutal Victoria insult
An inquiry into Victoria’s 2026 Commonwealth Games fiasco is unveiling some cold truths about the state’s reputation.
$7m black hole: Rinehart’s bombshell Swimming Australia claims
As crisis-torn Swimming Australia faces the threat of expulsion from its sport, former billionaire sponsor Gina Rinehart dropped a funding bombshell which could prove to be the final nail in the governing body’s coffin.
Premier refuses to front Games committee
The premier has again declined to front an inquiry into the cancellation of the 2026 Commonwealth Games despite new requests she appear.
New bombshell in Comm Games axing
The conduct of the new Victorian Premier is under scrutiny after the first day of an inquiry into the Commonwealth Games fiasco.
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