Commonwealth Games Review

Akos Sandor has won the Men’s 105kg Weightlifting event for Canada. Valeriane Sarava from Australia has won the silver medal and Che Mohd Azrol Bin Che Mat from Malaysia has won the bronze.

Alexandre Despatie has won the Gold medal for Canada in the Men’s 1m Springboard Diving event. Ken Nee Yeoh of Malaysia has won the silver and Steven John Barnett has won the bronze for Australia.

CHIN Eei Hui, CHOONG Tan Fook, JULIA WONG Pei Xian, LEE Chong Wei, OOI Sock Ai, WONG Choong Hann, WONG Mew Choo, WONG Pei Tty, CHAN Chong Ming and KOO Kien Keat
representing Malaysia have won the Badminton Mixed Team event.
The Silver Medal went to ARCHER Simon David, BLAIR Robert James, CLARK Anthony Ian, […]

Malaysia have beaten Australia in the Gold medal match of the Women’s Triples Lawn Bowls event. In the Bronze medal match, England beat Jersey.

Australian Shooters Dina Aspandiyarova and Lalita Yauhleuskaya have won the Women’s 10m Air Pistol Pairs. Joseline Lee Yean Cheah and Bibiana Pei Chin Ng from Malaysia take the Silver while Georgina Geikie and Julia Lydall take the Bronze from England.

English Shooters Glyn Barnett and Parag Patel have won the gold medal for the Open Full Bore Pairs. Australian shooters James Corbett and Bruce Scott have claimed the silver medal while Md Zainal Adidin Bin and Hamsan Zulkeflee Bin have won the bronze medal for Malaysia.

Louise Minett and Becky Spicer have won the Gold medal for England in the Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Position Prone Pairs. Anjali Mandar Bhagwat and Anuja Jung from India have won the silver and Mohamed Nur Suryani Binti and Baharin Nurul Hudda Binti have won the Bronze for Malaysia.

Dina Aspandiyarova and Lalita Yauhleuskaya have won the Gold medal for Australia in the Women’s 10m Air Pistol Pairs on day four of the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Malaysian’s Joseline Lee Yean Cheah and Bibiana Pei Chin Ng have won the silver with Georgina Geikie and Julia Lydall winning the bronze for England.

India and Malaysia have ended their Men’s Hockey pool match with a 1-1 draw. Goals went to Sandeep Singh for India and Amin Rahim Muhamad for Malaysia.

Both Malaysia and Canada have beaten their opponents 4-0 in today’s hockey matches meaning Nigeria and Barbados have a lot of work to do if they want to finish in the top two of their group now that their points difference has taken a hammering.

Josiah Ng, the new overall winner in World Cup keirin, is confident that he will be able to handle the pressure and bring home the Gold for Malaysia at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games track cycling competitions.
A silver-medal finish behind Athens Olympic silver medallist Theo Bos of Holland in the keirin last Friday gave him […]

Malaysian Squash player Azlan Iskander is adamant that his troublesome hamstring problem wont prevent him from winning his first ever Commonwealth Games medal.
Azlan came back strongly to clinch the KL Open title last month and then helped Malaysia make a clean sweep at the Asian Champs in Taiwan.

Shooter Hasli Izwan Amir Hassan plans to quit after the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne next month to look for a job.
The 29-year-old pistol shooter, who has donned national colours since 1997, has never held a job since he left school 10 years ago.

Malaysia predicted on Tuesday its 163-strong team would win 10 gold medals at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne next month.
Malaysia are expecting to win gold in Squash, Badminton, Diving and Lawn Bowls and will compete in 15 of the 17 events.

‘The Malaysian contingent to the Commonwealth Games is all geared up and raring to see action in Melbourne from March 15 to 26, Malaysian chef-de-mission to Melbourne Datuk Seri Kee Yong Wee said Monday.
He said Malaysia had already sent in the entry forms for the Games and done all the preparations.
“I met the squash players […]

Veteran walker B. Thirukumaran will not be considered for the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne next month although he has beaten the qualifying mark twice last year.
Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) secretary Datuk Sieh Kok Chi said the time Thirukumaran clocked in the two meets - in the Negri Sembilan Open last July and […]

Mohamed Hidayat must be a little confused after his exclusion from the Malaysian weightlifting team for the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, considering he was the gold medal winner at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Games and has already qualified for Melbourne.
Instead, the Olympic Council of Malaysia has selected Mohamed Faizal Baharom (56 kg), Naharuddin Mahayuddin (62 […]

Malaysia has confirmed BHP Billiton Ltd as the official sponsors for their contingent heading to compete at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
The sponsorship arrangement will see the Olympic Council of Malaysia receive a sizeable cash injection into Malaysia’s bid to bring home medals.
BHP Billiton Ltd are also partners of the Melbourne Games, providing […]

Manchester 2002 gold medal winners Mohd Hafiz Hashim and Lee Wan Wah will not get the chance to win their event for a second time as selectors left them out of the side heading to the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
All-England semi finalist and world number two Lee Chong Wei will join Wong Choong Hann in […]

Triple jumper Ngew Sin Mei’s dream of at the Commonwealth Games has literally been shattered thanks two hairline fractures in both her legs. The injuries were sustained at training at the SEA Games last year where she won the gold medal in the triple jump and bronze in the long jump.
Sin Mei’s Dream To Jump […]