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South Africa's men beat the Olympic champions Fiji 31-7 while Australia women beat Fiji 22-12 for their first rugby Commonwealth gold.

Faith Nathan scored two of Australia’s four tries in their 22-12 victory over Fiji in the women’s final. Grace Compton scored twice as England beat Scotland 29-5 in the women’s fifth-place playoff. First-half tries from Muller du Plessis, JC Pretorius and Shaun Williams saw South Africa surge into a 17-0 lead.

Clareburt wasn't the only Kiwi swimmer to snare a surprise gold as Joshua Willmer, the youngest athlete in the swimming team at 17, won on the final stroke of ...

The men's team, meanwhile, won their first match of the Games, defeating Trinidad and Tobago 21-12 which leaves them set to play Canada in a quarter-final early tomorrow morning. Squash superstars Joelle King and Paul Coll kept rolling in their events, both progressing to the quarter finals. The women's team's 19-12 victory over Canada was a defensive masterclass for 13 minutes, until their rivals staged a late point-scoring surge to make it seem close. New Zealand's women's 3x3 basketball team also remain unbeaten after destroying the British Virgin Islands 19-5 in their final pool match. Clareburt wasn't the only Kiwi swimmer to snare a surprise gold as Joshua Willmer, the youngest athlete in the swimming team at 17, won on the final stroke of the SB8 100m breaststroke. Lewis Clareburt cemented his place as one of the supreme stars of this edition of the Commonwealth Games with a second gold medal in the pool, this time in the men's 200m butterfly.

Ellesse Andrews pedals in search of a third gold medal at the velodrome as the Kiwi track cycling contingent look to ice a memorable four days.

7.44am: Women's 50m butterfly final (Helena Gasson) 7.37am: Men's 50m backstroke final (Andrew Jeffcoat) 7.08am: Women's 200m IM final* (Helena Gasson, Mya Rasmussen) Weightlifters Cameron McTaggart, Emma McIntyre and Megan Signal, and judoka Qona Christie, get under way in their respective medal events. 10.31pm: Women's 200m IM (Helena Gasson, Mya Rasmussen) 1am: Women’s 64kg + medals (Emma McIntyre)

Fortunately, those in charge of the New Zealand swimming team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games thought the same when he asked them to be added to the entrants for ...

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The All Blacks Sevens have blown a glorious opportunity for another Commonwealth Games gold. Leading 14-0 with the hooter having sounded for halftime in their ...

Gray also moved into the semifinals of the 100m freestyle, in 14th. Instead, Fiji struck in the second half as well, levelling the scores, before New Zealand's comedy of errors continued. After New Zealand curiously kicked off deep to give away possession, Fiji raced away to move into the gold medal match. Coll stormed back to win the next two games 11-0 and 11-5, but Evans again proved a tough opponent to put away in the fourth game, with Coll having to battle to win 12-10. After a bizarre 5-5 draw with Scotland to start the Games, there was less drama against Pakistan, hitting the front in the second quarter through two goals to Hugo Inglis. Cameron Gray, who won bronze in the 50m butterfly, is also through to the semifinals with the 12th fastest time. Clareburt is not the only medal contender in the pool, with Andrew Jeffcoat qualifying second fastest for the semifinals in the 50m backstroke. Hayden Wilde had the Kiwi squad in second after the first leg, but 20 seconds behind England's Alex Yee as the hosts ran away to a big advantage, leaving the rest of the teams battling for second. There was better news in the qualification for the scratch race, with Campbell Stewart, Corbin Strong and George Jackson all advancing to the final at 5.42am. Rebecca Petch was in line for a bronze medal with just one rider remaining in the women's 500m time trial, after a superb ride. A day of close calls and defeats for New Zealand cyclists on the track has extended in heartbreaking fashion. It was a mistake that proved pivotal in a chaotic conclusion to the clash.

The morning track cycling session at the Commonwealth Games was abandoned after a horrific crash. Olympic champion cyclist Matt Walls and his bike were ...

The two spectators did not require hospital treatment." The three cyclists have been taken to hospital. A Commonwealth Games spokesperson confirmed three cyclists - Walls, Bostock and Gee - were taken to hospital, but said the spectators treated did not require hospital treatment.

SportsBrief.com News ☆ South Africa claimed its fourth gold medal of the 2022 Commonwealth Games out in Birmingham, as the Blitzboks easly defeated Fiji ...

South Africa has its third gold medal in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Golden girl Tatjana Schoenmaker grabbed the gold as she dominated the Women’s 200m Breaststroke event. Their work at the breakdown was crucial with several turnovers turning the game in their favour as the Pacific Islanders struggled to contain the physicality of the Blitzboks on the park. A 7s rugby masterclass by the Blitzboks saw them claim gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham as they swept aside the usually Fiji 31-7 in a one-sided final.

Australia has soared to the top of the Commonwealth Games medal tally, bagging 22 gold medals in just the first three days of competition in Birmingham.

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A track cycling crash catapulted an Olympic gold medalist into the crowd during a Commonwealth Games qualifying race on a high-banked track Sunday.

The final is scheduled for Sunday night. Officials from several teams sprinted towards the stricken riders after the crash on the final lap of the second qualifying heat. Witnesses said that because of the gradient of the banking on the track, spectators in the front row could not see the crash unfolding, nor Walls coming towards them.

Four years ago the women's team suffered Commonwealth Games heartbreak on the Gold Coast; in Birmingham they atoned spectacularly.

“Mum had a bottle of champagne ready at 6am,” she said. “You look at Australian women’s sport right now, there’s so much competition for different sports,” she said. The men’s team settled for fourth place, losing 26-12 to New Zealand in the bronze-medal game. “I don’t know if I can say [what they said] on camera; they were definitely happy. Coach Tim Walsh returned to the program after a stint with the men and was happy to see them play fearlessly after losing to Fiji in the pool stage. But they watched the women in awe.

With 15 metres to race in the 200m butterfly final, having led from the start in search of a fourth straight title in the event, Chad le Clos looked to his ...

Clareburt will be doing the watching in the coming days. "Chad and I were just playing around a little bit in that last lap this morning," Clareburt said. "I always knew he was a good 150-metre swimmer, but not quite able to get to that 200-metre distance. "My role now is cheerleader. I wasn't even entered in it. Your News is the place for you to save content to read later from any device.

Commonwealth Games 2022: Day four (August 1-August 2): New Zealand athletes and events in action, how to watch in NZ, live streaming · Last chance on the track.

7.43am – Swimming – Women's 50m butterfly final potential - Helena Gasson 8.33am - Basketball 3x3 men's semifinal potential 7.03am - Basketball 3x3 women's semifinal potential 6.33am - Basketball 3x3 men's semifinal potential 6.07am - Swimming – Men's 100 freestyle final potential – Cameron Gray 4.22am - Track Cycling - Women's Keirin finals potential - Ellesse Andrews, Olivia King, Rebecca Petch The men play a quarter-final against Canada at 2.03am to keep their tournament hopes alive. 2.33am - Basketball 3x3 women's quarter-final potential 3.47am - Track Cycling - Women's Keirin second round potential - Ellesse Andrews, Olivia King, Rebecca Petch Teammates Olivia King and Rebecca Petch will also be in with a chance. Meanwhile Lewis Clareburt gets a well-earned break as he prepares for the 200 IM heats starting on day five. 2.12am - Track Cycling - Women's Keirin Repechage potential - Ellesse Andrews, Olivia King, Rebecca Petch

CWG 2022 Live News Updates, Birmingham: Weightlifters will be in focus again on August 1. India will lock horns with England in the men's hockey.

Indian boxers will also be in action. Later in the evening, Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinnapa will play their quarterfinal matches in men’s and women’s singles. Commonwealth Games 2022 Live Updates, Day 4 (August 01): All eyes will be on Indian weightlifters again, given this sporting event has given India all three Golds, two Silver, and one bronze so far.

BIRMINGHAM COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2022 – DAY FOUR Full New Zealand schedule and results. COMING UP 7.30pm: Lawn bowls – women's fours semifinal v India, ...

7.44am: Women's 50m butterfly final (Helena Gasson) 7.37am: Men's 50m backstroke final (Andrew Jeffcoat) 7.08am: Women's 200m IM final* (Helena Gasson, Mya Rasmussen) Weightlifters Cameron McTaggart, Emma McIntyre and Megan Signal, and judoka Qona Christie, get under way in their respective medal events. 10.31pm: Women's 200m IM (Helena Gasson, Mya Rasmussen) 1am: Women’s 64kg + medals (Emma McIntyre)

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I have just spoken to Kyle Bruce after his devastating silver medal in the weightlifting. He is extremely gracious but biting his tongue.

Murray was awarded gold with a final lift of 181kg and a total of 325, a Commonwealth Games record. McKeon swam probably the easiest 100m freestyle heat I’ve ever seen. But sometimes this is how sport goes and you know, congratulations to Chris on winning it. “I feel like I genuinely made the lift. It’s the worst feeling. He is extremely gracious but biting his tongue.

After a CG record in the 100 back, Kaylee McKeown takes on a 200 back/200 IM double in prelims on Day 4 of the Commonwealth Games.

The second heat was closer, with Ariarne Titmus just doing what she needed to do. She’ll look to reverse that trend in day 5’s final. Lara van Niekerk continued rolling in the women’s 100 breast. - Abbey Harkin(AUS) – 1:07.85 South Africa’s Rebecca Meder didn’t let her get too far away though, touching .45 behind McIntosh to take second in their heat and overall. - Kaylee McKeown(AUS) – 2:14.23 In that heat, it was Matthew Temple taking the win in 52.28, in front of 200 fly bronze medalist James Guy. - Emma McKeon(AUS) – 55.36 Bronze medalist Sam Williamson got off to a much faster start this morning, hitting 27.20 to qualify third. Atherton put herself in a strong position, but she’ll have to hold of Scotland’s Katie Shanahan, who’s sitting only a tenth behind her. McKeown won gold at 2022 Worlds in 2:05.08 and Masse took fifth in 2:08.00, so they should both have left something in the tank. - Kaylee McKeown(AUS) – 2:10.95

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Meantime, Georgia Godwin of Australia takes the lead in women’s vault, while James Hall of England puts together a lovely horse routine that could well be enough for a medal. But Ellen Ryan of Australia, a genuine great of the game, awaits her in the final. McClenaghan, the defending champ, is second, and Rampersand snaffles a surprise bronze. She’s into the final of the women’s lawn bowls singles, so is guaranteed something. There are four competitors to come. Cycling: Matthew Richardson of Australia has nailed his go at the 1000m time trial. But he’s in nick having already won sprint and team gold, and he’s in the lead here. Archer dabs at her eyes and rightly so. Nicholas Paul of Trinidad and Tobago takes bronze. Gaetzer crashed yesterday in blood-curdling style, so what a comeback that is! - Joe Fraser of England takes gold in the men's pommel horse! - Joe Fraser of England takes gold in the men's pommel horse!

Can Australia's female athletes continue their renaissance in the field events. Who will be the fastest man in the Commonwealth? Can Rohan Browning break 10 ...

The heats will be on Wednesday night (AEST) and the final on Sunday. Brooke Buschkuehl is Australia’s new national record holder in the long jump and in Eugene was just two centimetres away from the medals. In Birmingham the competition will be hot between the two Australian women for the gold. Eleanor Patterson just won world gold and Nicola Olyslagers (formerly McDermott) is the Olympic silver medallist from last year and only just missed out joining Patterson on the dais in Eugene. The women’s high jump final is on Saturday night, AEST. On Tuesday, big Matt Denny will be throwing the plate having finished five centimetres from a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. He is getting better each competition and should be in the medals. This was one of the interesting points of the Eugene world champs, that Australia’s women performed so strongly and led the team.

SportsBrief.com News ☆ The medals are started to flow for all the African countries that are participating at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, ...

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Almost 12 months to the day since Alex Porter's handlebar spectacularly failed at the Tokyo Olympics, AusCycling has been forced to remove another set of ...

Questions will be asked of the timing of the announcement, which was made at the same time that the day's session began in at the Lee Valley VeloPark in London. In a statement released just hours before the event was due to start, AusCycling said the pursuit bars used in Monday's 1,000m time trial "cannot be used safely" and that drop bars would be used instead. - AusCycling released a statement at the same time that competition started at the Commonwealth Games

Ellesse Andrews has won a fourth and final medal - and this one was the most dominant.

Botha came away relatively unscathed compared to Meenakshi, who was stretchered off the velodrome, but Drummond ensured New Zealand's chances didn't go to waste. The rest of the race just follows." Gate, who previously took gold in the team pursuit and individual pursuit, put on a classy showing in the points race, hitting the lead with 100 laps to go and then strategically and consistently picking off points with the help of a perfect team performance. Andrews adds the keirin gold to her golds in the team sprint and individual sprint, as well as the silver medal she was credited with for helping out the team pursuit squad. "I like to put myself in a position to win and to do that you need to do it in every round, you have to qualify in the first and second races to make it to the final so I'm racing every race like it's my last to ensure I can make it through the rounds." In her first heat, she rode the opposition off her wheel on the final lap to win, in the second round she remarkably rode on the front for the final three laps to win in absurdly easy fashion, and in the final she made a move to storm past a pair of Welsh riders and held off England's Sophie Capewell by 0.05 seconds to go one better than her breakout silver medal in the event at the Olympics.

Olympic gold medallist Stuart O'Grady says 'varying ability' of cyclists at the Commonwealth Games is leading to the risk of more frequent crashes.

"You get a mixed bag of riders and ability. And if you're good, that would be annoying to get taken out by some bloke." "We have got a varying ability of athlete at the Commonwealth Games, more so than Olympics and World Championships," O'Grady told Channel 7's Sunrise.

Ellesse Andrews and Aaron Gate have joined a special group of New Zealand sporting legends by winning three gold medals at one Commonwealth Games.

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There were new names on the Commonwealth Games rugby sevens winners board as Australia and South Africa won gold for the first time in the women's and men's ...

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Fresh off a memorable day at Sandwell Aquatics Centre, New Zealand have continued their fine form in the pool with another special session at Birmingham.

Alex Yee put in another spectacular performance to help England secure gold by 46 seconds as Wales claimed a shock silver medal.

“I didn’t want to go through the feeling we had in Tokyo ever again and this is the complete opposite,” he said. “I never expected to win a gold.” “We always knew we’d be in with a shot for a medal if everyone had their perfect leg. “It’s our first major Games together,” Mathias said. “I didn’t shake on that,” he shot back, smiling. Maybe after the Paris Olympics.” Yee’s teammate Sophie Coldwell, however, backed Mattias. “I heard it,” she said.

Kyle Chalmers won his signature race at the Commonwealth Games two days after saying recent "false headlines" about him threatened his future in swimming.

Chalmers said before the meet that he planned to skip the world championships, which would have meant Simpson was upgraded to the second and final spot on the world championships team in the event. Then at the meet (and before the 100m fly final), Chalmers said he had not made up his mind. In the 100m butterfly at that meet, Chalmers took second and Simpson took third. I find that really hard to believe that I didn’t say congratulations after the race.” “Did you watch the whole race?” Chalmers said, according to the newspaper. “It’s special to win, but unfortunately, I think it’s hard to enjoy the moment when all that’s happened has gone on,” Chalmers said on Australia’s Seven Network. “It makes it a very, very challenging time.

It's the end of the men's 67kg weightlifting competition at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and Kiribati's Ruben Katoatau, 25, is one of the ...

"I also come from a society where they don't allow the girls to achieve their dream. "I really love weightlifting because I just want to do everything for my country. But the Malawi Queens are perennial over-achievers in this sport. "That tells us that, if we want to play a lot of games for the girls to be in touch [with the best in the world], that's viable." I really give everything." "I'm really excited and I'm looking forward to win all the matches and win gold medal for my country."

The Black Sticks eye a big one against Australia, sprinter Zoe Hobbs gets under way and squash stars play for spots in the gold medal matches.

7.46am: Women's 50m backstroke semifinals* (Hazel Ouwehand) 7.11am: Men’s 50m freestyle semifinals* (Cameron Gray) 6.13am: Men's 200m backstroke final* (Andrew Jeffcoat) 10.29pm: Women's 50m backstroke (Hazel Ouwehand) 10.06pm: Men's 50m freestyle (Cameron Gray) 9.32pm: Men's 200m backstroke (Andrew Jeffcoat)

Aaron Gate and Campbell Stewart's 1-2 in the men's points race was a fitting finish to a dominant four days at the velodrome. "That one was pretty special," ...

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All you need to know from yet another successful day at the Commonwealth Games for New Zealand athletes as they claimed more gold at the velodrome and in ...

After a close opening half, the Ferns held a five-goal lead with coach Noeline Taurua utilising the depth of her bench well. The women's fours lost their lawn bowls semifinal to India 16-13 and will play for bronze, as will the women's 3x3 basketball team after they crashed to an upset defeat at the hands of Canada - a team they beat by 10 points in pool play. Gymnast Ethan Dick was oh-so-close to the medals with a fourth in the Pommel horse final while Sam Dick was eighth in the rings final. The victory leaves New Zealand sitting equal on points with England at the top of pool B and well on track for a semifinal appearance. New Zealand's netballers entered their third Pool B match of the Games with a disappointing memory at the back of their minds - the humiliating loss to Malawi in the 2018 edition of the Games. Andrews won gold in the women's keirin with a masterclass of power and strategy that added to golds she had already secured in the team sprint and individual sprint, as well as the silver medal she was credited with for helping out the team pursuit squad.

Last week I had the pleasure of welcoming Sports Ministers from across the Commonwealth for the 10th Commonwealth Sports Ministers Meeting (10CSMM).

All in all, the Games and 10CSMM have given me great hope, joy and confidence in the power of sport to inspire, motivate, and empower people across borders. Over the next few days, I got to watch so many events, and meet inspirational athletes, volunteers and change makers. The 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham are truly an example of sport’s inspirational qualities. The 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham are truly an example of sport’s inspirational qualities. I firmly believe that the Commonwealth Model of Legislative Provisions on abuse of Position of Trust will transform the safeguarding of under-18s (in sporting contexts and otherwise) across the Commonwealth and look forward to it being tabled before Commonwealth Law Ministers later this year. I welcomed the adoption of the 10 Guiding Actions for the Implementation of the Commonwealth Consensus Statement on Promoting Human Rights in and through Sport– a list of practical actions member states can take over the next decade until Australia hosts the Olympic Games in 2032.

Botha crashed out of the women's scratch race, where teammate Michaela Drummond won silver, after being unable to avoid a sliding Meenakshi Meenakshi of India.

Botha did not re-enter the race and left holding her ribs. Meenakshi received medical attention and was eventually stretchered off away. The race was briefly stopped as Botha and Meenakshi were helped off the track.

The Australian celebrated his 100m freestyle triumph by bringing his finger to his lips and revealing the personal toll of these Games.

“And we’re heading in the right direction, so that is really exciting to see.” “It is great to finish here and to back it up from four years ago,” Levy said. “That was my goal, to make sure I got into night. “I am grateful that I was able to block it out enough to stand up and win tonight. “It is special to win, but unfortunately I think it is hard to enjoy the moment when all that has happened has gone on. “I appreciate all the support that I have had.

The Athletics action starts on Tuesday, August 2nd and ends Sunday August 7th at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. With England, Scotland, Jamaica, Kenya and Uganda ...

There also is the women’s pole vault and discus finals, plus 110m and 400m hurdles qualifying. With England, Scotland, Jamaica, Kenya and Uganda all in the Commonwealth we’re going to have some pretty good action. TV/Streaming: We’ve got good news/bad news for US visitors.