MELBOURNE (Reuters) – GOLDOC chairman Peter Beattie has apologized for a “stuff-up” at the closing ceremony of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games after athletes were marginalized from the television broadcast and a string of officials hogged the spotlight with ... More »
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) – The Commonwealth Games should be taken for what they are and expectations that every event is going to deliver top notch competition are unrealistic, athletics great Daley Thompson has told Reuters. Considered by some an anach... More »
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) – Indian team officials will appeal a decision to throw athletes Rakesh Babu and Irfan Kolothum Thodi out of the Commonwealth Games after they were found to have breached the Games’ anti-doping ‘no-needles’ policy. Triple jumper... More »
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) – A few minutes’ walk from the Commonwealth Games basketball venue, a deflated Armando Cozzolino surveys empty tables and idle waitstaff at La Roma restaurant, waiting for a promised business dividend that has stubbornly refused... More »
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) – England sprinter Zharnel Hughes said he had no choice but to accept the decision that robbed him of 200 meters gold at the Commonwealth Games, adding that making contact with rival Jereem Richards had been an accident. Hughes ... More »
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) – Double Olympic rowing champion Hamish Bond has reinforced his successful transition to cycling by claiming a bronze medal in the individual time trial at the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday. Bond, who started roughly midway thro... More »
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) – The Commonwealth Games has become a multi-sports party that struggles to pull high-profile guests but enthusiastic host Australia has promised a beach-side bash on the Gold Coast to reaffirm the event’s place in the global lan... More »
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) – Facts on the Commonwealth Games to be held in Australia’s Gold Coast: WHEN April 4-15, 2018 WHERE The majority of the events will be held in three clusters on the Gold Coast, with the opening and closing ceremonies and athleti... More »
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) – Athletes to watch at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games: NICOL DAVID (Squash, Malaysia) The eight-times world champion is facing unknown territory entering a competition where she is not a favorite for the title having had a sl... More »
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) – An undisclosed competing nation has been summoned to explain the presence of discarded needles in the Commonwealth Games Athletes’ Village in contravention of a ban, organizers said on Monday. The needles, which are banned wit... More »
