Gold Coast 2018: Day nine of competition
By Duncan Mackay, Philip Barker, Nick Butler, Daniel Etchells, Liam Morgan and Michael Pavitt in Gold Coast
Country | ||||
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Australia | 80 | 59 | 59 | |
England | 45 | 45 | 46 | |
India | 26 | 20 | 20 | |
Canada | 15 | 40 | 27 |
By Duncan Mackay, Philip Barker, Nick Butler, Daniel Etchells, Liam Morgan and Michael Pavitt in Gold Coast
It was all about two superstars of wrestling on the opening day of competition at the Commonwealth Games here.
Eight Cameroonian athletes who have participated at the Commonwealth Games here have gone missing as reports surfaced that competitors from four other African nations have also absconded.
Trinidad and Tobago's Jereem Richards took the men’s 200 metres title following Zharnel Hughes’ disqualification in the Commonwealth Games as Bahamas’ Shaunae Miller-Uibo won the women's title from from a high-class field here today.
Cyprus' Diamanto Everipidou added to her team title by dominating the all-around rhythmic gymnastics final here today to take a second gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.
Chris McHugh and Damien Schumann of Australia were crowned the first Commonwealth Games beach volleyball champions before Melissa Humana-Paredes and Sarah Pavan denied the host nation a golden double by winning the women's event at Gold Coast 2018.
England's Jack Laugher produced a truly dominant performance to win the men's three metres springboard event here this evening and claim his second Commonwealth Games gold medal of Gold Coast 2018.
A dramatic final end saw Australia overturn a one point deficit and seal gold over New Zealand in the open B6/B7/B8 Para-bowls triples at the Commonwealth Games here today.
Martina Lindsay Veloso claimed both her and her country’s Singapore's second gold medal of Gold Coast 2018 after winning the women's 50 metres rifle prone event with a Commonwealth Games record total.
Scotland's Commonwealth Games boxing medallist Stephen Lavelle has been charged with assault following an altercation at a Gold Coast nightclub.
Annie Last produced a dominant performance to triumph in the Commonwealth Games women’s cross-country mountain bike event as England earned a one-two here today.
By Duncan Mackay, Philip Barker, Nick Butler, Daniel Etchells, Liam Morgan and Michael Pavitt in Gold Coast
Olympic gold medallist Jack Laugher of England retained his Commonwealth Games one metre springboard title as expected but revealed that the colour scheme of the pool had caused him problems.
Botswana's Amantle Montsho, sent home in disgrace from the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow four years ago after failing a drugs test, regained her 400 metres title here tonight.
Cyprus were crowned winners of the rhythmic gymnastics team event to surpass their record total of gold medals at a Commonwealth Games here today.