New Opals captain Lauren Jackson is prepared to jeopardise her place in the Commonwealth Games to push the Canberra Capitals to the Women’s National Basketball League championship at Dandenong.
Jackson, 24, regarded as the world’s best player, is not fully fit after missing 16 games because of a shin stress fracture - she has barely trained […]
The Melbourne Age has a warm story about Charles Fuerst who was part of the postwar exodus from Europe to Australia and became a volunteer at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne. At 84, he is now participating in the same role a the Commonwealth Games.
SCOTLAND have targeted 15 medals in Melbourne next month and while team boss Paul Bush won’t name names, it can be assumed Susan Hughes is one of them.
This 23-year-old Glaswegian has risen through the badminton ranks to No.24 in the world and given that most of the names above her won’t be involved in the […]
The Victorian Premier, Steve Bracks, has marked the completion of the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) redevelopment, in time for the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
The $430 million redevelopment is the biggest in the ground’s 150 year history.
The MCG will host the athletics during the Games and will get a test run today when competitors enter the […]
Kenya will be represented by four swimmers at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, next month.
Two swimmers, former Olympic qualifier Ramadhan Vyombo and Nasra Shehan are training in Mombasa under coach Abdulkarim Abdulmalik while David Danford and Amir Shah will prepare for the Games in England.
Powerlifter George Taamaru will line up in his second Commonwealth Games after today being confirmed in the team for Melbourne.
The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) in conjunction with Paralympics New Zealand today confirmed George in the team where he will compete in the Elite Athlete with Disability category.
Four years ago the Bahamas did reasonably well at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester but due to a number of retirements, the tiny island nation does not look as though it will be able to successfully defend any of its titles.
The Malta Olympic Committee yesterday named a 33-strong contingent for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in Melbourne next month.
The 33 athletes hail from eight different sport disciplines, that are basketball, cycling, lawn bowls, shooting, squash, swimming, table-tennis and weightlifting.
Fourteen of them are resident in Australia, among them the well known Simon Gerada who has become Malta’s […]
Sprinter Tyler Christopher and hurdler Perdita Felicien will not race at the Commonwealth Games next month, leaving the Canadian track and field team without two of its biggest stars.
Christopher’s coach, Kevin Tyler, says the decision came down to timing. The Commonwealth Games will run from March 15 to 26, when the Canadian outdoor track season […]
The Tall Blacks go into their Commonwealth Games basketball trial camp in Auckland this weekend, with coach Tab Baldwin and a large number of top players missing.
Tall Black stalwarts Phill Jones, Mark Dickel and Kirk Penney have professional duties in Europe and are improbable starters for the Games while United States college players Craig […]
THE state’s top politicians are lining up for free tickets and corporate hospitality packages to sought-after Commonwealth Games events.
Major companies including sponsors Tabcorp and Telstra have confirmed they plan to invite politicians to the Games as their guests while Toyota and BHP Billiton are also expected to offer MPs free tickets.
AFTER an epic 335-day journey across the globe, the Queen’s Baton Relay has entered the home stretch.
The baton crossed the South Australian border into Victoria just before noon on the 16th of February where it was handed to former fruit grower and Sunraysia councillor John Arnold.
With the start of the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, less than a month away the Bermudan cyclists are making their final preparations for one of the most important competitions of their lives.
Tyler Butterfield, who celebrated his 23rd birthday on Sunday, is presently racing in France with is Vendee U team and finished a creditable […]
Arch rivals and Asian hockey giants India and Pakistan will once again cross swords in the six-match home-and-away hockey series from February 17 to 26.
The current series which will be the eighth one between the two will provide an opportunity for both countries to warm-up for the Commonwealth Games to be held in Melbourne in […]
ARMY bomb disposal experts are already checking buildings in and around Melbourne to ensure they are safe for the Commonwealth Games.
Units to be deployed will include special forces personnel trained to deal with terrorism, jet fighters of the Royal Australian Air Force and naval vessels.
New Zealand’s Commonwealth Games athletes will experience the Melbourne Cricket Ground surroundings for the first time from Friday, though the squad’s two gold medal favourites will miss the familiarisation outing at the Athletics Australia Invitational meet.
Champion shot putter Valerie Vili has been excused to attend the Halberg Awards in Auckland on Friday night, where she […]
Inadequate preparations could mar Nigeria’s chances in athletic events of next month’s Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, says a former national coach, Tobia Igwe.
According to Igwe, “Nigerian athletes will not make much impact in athletics at the Commonwealth Games due to poor arrangements, as well as preparations�.
Star hurdler Perdita Felicien is skipping next month’s world indoor championships and Commonwealth Games.
The former world champion from Pickering doesn’t plan to compete until the late spring, still shaking off the last troublesome remnants from her fall at the 2004 Olympics.
Victoria’s Chief Police Commissioner Christine Nixon has rejected concerns about police resources in country areas during the Commonwealth Games.
Officers and equipment from regional stations will be sent to Melbourne for the Games next month, but the State Opposition says it will compromise safety in the country.
All leave and training has been cancelled to maintain the […]
Athletes from Fiji and Papua New Guinea will be among those to trial the Commonwealth Games track in Melbourne at the weekend.
More than 1,300 athletes will be in action from Friday at the MCG, which has not seen an athletics event since the 1956 Olympics.