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'My time': young gun usurps Chalmers in 100m free final

'My time': young gun usurps Chalmers in 100m free final

Freestyle king Kyle Chalmers has missed out on becoming Australia's most bemedalled male Commonwealth Games swimmer, finishing third in the 100m final.

Australian 3x3 teams aiming for Glasgow golden sweep

Australian 3x3 teams aiming for Glasgow golden sweep

Australian 3x3 teams aiming for Glasgow golden sweep

Australian 3x3 teams aiming for Glasgow golden sweep

All four Australian 3x3 basketball teams have reached the Commonwealth Games semi-finals after easy wins in the wheelchair categories.

Diamonds address dress, Games debutant stars in big win

Diamonds address dress, Games debutant stars in big win

Diamonds address dress, Games debutant stars in big win

Diamonds address dress, Games debutant stars in big win

Australian netballer Georgie Horjus has pulled off a commanding performance on Commonwealth Games debut to help the Diamonds extend a perfect start in Glasgow.

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Cassar high in the irons as Games medal beckons

Cassar high in the irons as Games medal beckons

Jacob Cassar has plenty of fodder for ribbing his Dad, a successful jockey, after he reached the boxing quarter-finals at the Commonwealth Games.

Marsh mayhem rekindles magical Headingley memories

Marsh mayhem rekindles magical Headingley memories

Mitch Marsh has been at it again at Headingley, smashing English bowlers all round the famous Yorkshire ground in The Hundred franchise competition.

Rare lapse by Aussie ace hands Super Giants victory

Rare lapse by Aussie ace hands Super Giants victory

Meg Lanning's Manchester Super Giants have maintained their winning start to the Women's Hundred, aided by an uncommon dropped catch from Phoebe Litchfield.

'Absolutely wild': Aussie gymnasts top off golden Games

'Absolutely wild': Aussie gymnasts top off golden Games

Minutes after Breanna Scott won balance beam gold for Australia at the Commonwealth Games, Jesse Moore claimed the parallel bars title in Glasgow.

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Disco demolition as Wilson misses Games medal

Disco demolition as Wilson misses Games medal

Disco demolition as Wilson misses Games medal

Disco demolition as Wilson misses Games medal

Australian bowls star Aaron Wilson is weighing up his future in the sport after failing to win a medal at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

Chalmers not ready to pass freestyle baton quite yet

Chalmers not ready to pass freestyle baton quite yet

Chalmers not ready to pass freestyle baton quite yet

Chalmers not ready to pass freestyle baton quite yet

On his day of destiny before the Commonwealth 100m freestyle final, Kyle Chalmers reckoned he wasn't ready to hand over his crown quite yet.

'Brave' Bol leads Aussie charge to 800m semis

'Brave' Bol leads Aussie charge to 800m semis

'Brave' Bol leads Aussie charge to 800m semis

'Brave' Bol leads Aussie charge to 800m semis

Peter Bol has made a strong start at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games as he seeks to go one better than his silver medal-winning performance of four years ago.

Aussie Davies mows down Kenyan for 10,000m gold

Aussie Davies mows down Kenyan for 10,000m gold

Aussie Davies mows down Kenyan for 10,000m gold

Aussie Davies mows down Kenyan for 10,000m gold

Rose Davies has surged clear with two laps to go to claim a historic gold medal in the Commonwealth Games women's 10,000m final in Glasgow.

Tears flow as Aussie turns 'horror movie' into gold

Tears flow as Aussie turns 'horror movie' into gold

Tears flow as Aussie turns 'horror movie' into gold

Tears flow as Aussie turns 'horror movie' into gold

After fearing he'd never walk again following a gruesome knee injury, Australian swimmer Sam Williamson has claimed his another Commonwealth Games gold medal.

'Runway's looking red-hot': Cam's gold Brisbane vision

'Runway's looking red-hot': Cam's gold Brisbane vision

'Runway's looking red-hot': Cam's gold Brisbane vision

'Runway's looking red-hot': Cam's gold Brisbane vision

Australia's dominant Commonwealth Games swimmers are laying down a marker for a Brisbane Olympics super show, says the ever-golden Cam McEvoy.

'All gas': one-time baton kid chasing Games glory

'All gas': one-time baton kid chasing Games glory

'All gas': one-time baton kid chasing Games glory

'All gas': one-time baton kid chasing Games glory

Eithen Leard has lived his life with a spinal cord deformity and is making the most of his chance on the Commonwealth Games stage.

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'My bloodline': teen boxer brings Tuvalu fire to Games

Pasoni Taafaki, the Tuvalu flag bearer at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, is one of eight siblings who all box.

Injury ends 'heartbroken' weightlifter's second Games

Australian weightlifter Brenna Kean was aiming for a medal in Glasgow, but has instead exited the Commonwealth Games on crutches.

Tight win earns Australian boxing quarters berth

Australian light-heavyweight Paul Trainor has reached the quarter-finals at his debut Commonwealth Games after a split decision win.

'Disco' inferno: Wilson falls in Games semi thriller

Aaron Wilson has continued a run of agonising Australian bowls losses in Glasgow, ending his tilt at a third-straight Commonwealth Games singles gold.

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Mollie outgunned, Aussies reach new heights in Glasgow

Mollie O'Callaghan has been dethroned as Commonwealth Games 100m freestyle champ as Australia's swimmers grabbed a staggering 15 medals on day four in Glasgow.

Aussie duo beaten, one bloodied in Hundred thriller

A Marcus Stoinis-inspired Southern Brave have lost a last-ball thriller at the Rosebowl with fellow Aussie Nikhil Chaudhary wounded in body and soul at the end.

Australia's skipper edges Hundred clash of the captains

Australia's Sophie Molineux has proved the most influential of the quartet of international captains featuring in the Women's Hundred clash in Southampton.

'Don't be poo': Aussie gymnast quells doubts with gold

Fighting off the voices in her head that tell her "don't be poo", Kate McDonald won Australia's second gymnastics gold medal at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

Aussie swim star pulls out of backstroke sprint bid

Five-time Olympic champion Mollie O'Callaghan has pulled out of her bid to add a Commonwealth Games backstroke title to her laurels.

Browning slams 'extremely weird' Glasgow Games anomaly

Rohan Browning and Eddie Nketia emerged from a new Commonwealth Games 100m qualifying format to join fellow Australian Lachie Kennedy in the semi-finals.

Wildlife presenter and Goodies star Bill Oddie dies

British comedian Bill Oddie, who became a star in the 1970s as a member of comic trio The Goodies and then presented nature shows, has died at the age of 85.

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