Geelong distance runner Craig Mottram is well on his way to being at his peak for his event at the Commonwealth Games in March, just down the road in Melbourne. On Thursday night, Mottram clocked 3 minutes 58.79 seconds for the mile on a grass track in front of an ecstatic crowd.
Depending […]
According to a discussion on ABC’s 7.30 Report, Victorians are subsidising the Melbourne Commonwealth Games by $500 - $800 a ticket which many critics are calling ridiculous and preposterous.
In the discussion, many thought that $50 - $100 wouldn’t be too much of a problem but when the figure jumps to $300 - $400 a ticket, […]
It looks like there will be a bunch of new faces in the New Zealand bowls team for the Melbourne Commonwealth Games after Val Smith, Sharon Sims, Serena Matthews and Jan Khan were all beaten in the opening four rounds in the women’s singles while Richard Girvan and Danny O’Conner were also eliminated after Graeme […]
Fijian winger Filimoni Delasau will join Rupeni Caucaunibuca in the stands instead of on the field after being handed down a twelve month suspension after being positively identified as taking a banned substance.
Despite losing two key players, Fiji remains a strong contender for their first Commonwealth Gold in the Rugby Sevens.
While the New Zealand Sevens team hasn’t been faring as well as it has on the international IRB Rugby Sevens tournament, Coach Gordon Tietjens is going to have a last chance look at the domestic talent before naming the side to compete at the Commonwealth Games.
Next month in Queenstown, the New Zealand National Sevens championships […]
Rumors that one of Malaysia’s top artistic gymnasts is quitting the national squad have been cast aside by Nurul Fatiha Abd Hamid who says she is wanting to compete at the Commonwealth Games before she even thinks about retiring.
The 19 year old has yet to compete in a Commonwealth Games and any rumors seem a […]
Two time Commonwealth Games, three time World Cup and three time Champions Trophy tournament Hockey Stiker Moira Senior has dropped a bomb on Hockey New Zealand by withdrawing from the squad, effectively ending her 115 internationals career.
The team is expected to be cut on the 16th of February but the 29 year old feels that […]
New Zealand Bowler Gary Lawson who holds eight national titles has missed out on a spot in the Commonwealth Games team after failing to qualify for the men’s singles.
His Games team-mate Justin Goodwin also missed out, failing to qualify. Lawson’s pairs partner however, Rowan Brassey, was undefeated and showed the true form of the […]
The Ugandan Olympic Committee will meet on Saturday to come up with a strategy for the build up to next years Commonwealth Games.
Uganda will be represented in seven disciplines - Rugby Sevens, Athletics, Boxing, Weightlifting, Table Tennis, Shooting and Badminton.
Olympic diving medalists Robert and Chantelle Newbery considered retiring after winning a bronze and gold medal in Athens but have decided to compete for another three years and juggle a medical degree and a young son. The lure back was competing in their home town of Melbourne at the Commonwealth Games in March and […]
Fijian Bowling officials are confident that they have a great chance in winning the tiny Pacific nations first medal at the Commonwealth Game in Melbourne in March with a high calibre of players in their training squad.
The selection process should see the men’s team announced on the 16th of January.
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New Zealand opera singer Dame Kiri Te Kanawa will be one of the leading performers at the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in March. Singing to an audience of 80,000 live at the MCG and millions world wide is nothing new to Dame Kiri who sang to a global audience of 600 million at the […]
Indian Ace Shooters Anjali Bhagwat and Suma Shirur who won the team air rifle gold at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester have missed out on a spot in the team for Melbourne. Instead, they have been replaced by young guns Avneet Kaur Sidhu and Tejaswini Sawant.
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Australia looks set to miss out on medals at the Commonwealth Games now that at least six cyclists have confirmed that they are unavailable due to commitments to their professional clubs.
This similar situation has dogged football for years with players missing the opportunity to represent their country due to their sometimes lucrative contracts that allows […]
For the 16 rifle, pistol and shotgun events at the Commonwealth Games next year India’s selection committee has picked 16 men and 10 women who they are confident will reap a rich harvest of Medals from the Games.
The team consists of:
Men: Free Rifle 3 Position: Gagan Narang and Abhinav Bindra Free Rifle Prone : Sanjeev […]
When the Malaysian hockey team competed at the Manchester Commonwealth Games in 2002, Australia beat them 18 - 0. The score wasn’t much better against South Africa with an 11 - 0 loss. While Scotland defeated them 6 - 0 the Malaysians managed to score 1 goal in their 4 - 1 loss […]
Every year, new routines are introduced for the girls competing in Rhythmic Gymnastics which means Malaysian gold medalist Foong Seow Ting and her teammates will have less than three months to prepare for the Commonwealth Games.
Seow Ting, Durratun Nashihin Rosli, See Hui Yee and Crystal Lim will also have additional pressures as they head back […]
Nigeria’s athletes have expressed delight over the announced resumption of the Commonwealth Games camping in Abuja on January 6th after it was suprisingly called off.
Attending the camp will be Uchenna Emedolu, Endurance Ojokolo, Mercy Nku and Deji Aliu.
After the fiasco at the Athens Olympics, the Indian Weightlifting Federation has decided to conduct two dope tests before clearing lifters for Melbourne.
The first dope test will be on the 7th of February for those selected.
Three Indian weightlifters are currently serving temporary bans for taking banned substances not to mention Pratima Kumari and Sanamacha Chanu […]
Indian Weightlifter Kunjarani Devi is certain to make the Melbourne Games next year although she has been taking some time off to rest. Kunjarani won three gold medals at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester in 2002 and the 37 year old is once again a strong medal prospect for India.
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