Papua New Guinea kept their hopes of competing at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup alive by beating hosts Fiji in the final of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Women's Nations Cup in Suva.

winner from one of the smaller Pacific nations would be crowned for the first time.Only New Zealand, Australia

Argentina staged a rousing comeback in the Copa América Femenina third-place playoff to beat Paraguay and earn at place at next year's World Cup.

virtue of finishing third, Argentina have qualified direct to next year's FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia

Australia won five of the seven gold medals on offer on the opening day of swimming action at the Birmingham

came second in 1:54.01, with Wilson finishing in 1:56.17 to clinch bronze.There was also success for Australia

of day one of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games ©Getty ImagesIn the final event of the night, Australia

William Xu Yang.Kyle Chalmers then produced a storming second leg to overtake England's Tom Dean and put Australia

in pole position.Mollie O'Callaghan stayed strong for Australia as England's Anna Hopkin trailed in

second, while Wales and Canada battled it out for third spot.Emma McKeon finished the job for Australia

There will be few greater contrasts with the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games than the settings for beach volleyball.

the women's competition, 2018 silver medal winners Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy of Australia

Australia and Barbados were the big winners on an historic first day of the Commonwealth Games T20 cricket

Ashleigh Gardner struck an unbeaten 52 as Australia staged a grandstand recovery to achieve an unlikely

victory over India in the opening match of the tournament in Group A.Gardner hit the winning runs as Australia

Ashleigh Gardner's unbeaten half century saw Australia to a three wicket victory over India ©Getty ImagesAustralia

she really put the pressure back on the bowlers," Gardner explained.The victory looked in doubt when Australia

Hosts England began the defence of their Commonwealth Games netball title with a thumping 74-22 win over Trinidad and Tobago here.

the title they won for the first time in dramatic circumstances at Gold Coast 2018.They beat hosts Australia

Australia eased past Barbados to begin their tournament ©Getty ImagesThree-time winners Australia began

respecting the opposition and the best way you can do that is by going and playing your best netball," said Australia

Australia and New Zealand set new standards at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in the women's

their neighbours in the men's event, beating England in their final with a new Games record of 3:47.575.Australia

Commonwealth athletics champion Libby Clegg, piloted by Jenny Holl.Finally in the men's team sprint, Australia

Namibia's Helalia Johannes, who will defend her women’s marathon title tomorrow at the age of 41, has her eyes on the 32-year-old Commonwealth Games record.

That mark of 2 hours 25min 28sec, set by Lisa Martin of Australia at the Auckland 1990 Games, is attainable

In Australia [at Gold Coast 2018] the conditions were too hot for fast times and we ran a slow first

will also feature the oldest athletics competitor at Birmingham 2022 - 45-year-old Sinead Diver of Australia

Australia have reported zero positive doping tests from the re-analysis of storage samples of 90 athletes

Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) is a member of the Anti-Doping Taskforce for Birmingham 2022, which was

headed up by UK Anti-Doping and the Commonwealth Games Federation.In partnership with Commonwealth Games Australia

Games Induction course.SIA chief executive David Sharpe praised the leadership of Commonwealth Games Australia

Craig Phillips has been a major supporter of Sport Integrity Australia and the broader integrity framework

, and this is a very important progression in the collaboration between CGA and Sport Integrity Australia

A champion and two silver medallists from last year’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, and two current world record-holders, are among the women who will raise the standard of weightlifting at Birmingham 2022 to "an all-time high".

Coffa, the general secretary of the Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation who has coached athletes from Australia

Commonwealth rankings, Canada and India are expected to vie for top place in the medals table.Nigeria, Australia

eight months ago and has seen Birmingham 2022 as a priority since switching nationality from Fiji to Australia

Australia will be the team to beat in the men’s hockey competition as they aim to secure a seventh successive

Australia have been drawn in Pool A along with South Africa, Pakistan, Scotland and New Zealand - who

will aiming for revenge.New Zealand went down 2-0 to Australia in the men’s final at Gold Coast 2018

Canada, Wales and Ghana.New Zealand are the reigning champions in the women’s event after seeing off Australia

England’s multiple world record breaker Adam Peaty will compete in his first international race since the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, eight years after he marked his arrival on the international stage at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

straight Commonwealth 50 metres freestyle title.Kaylee McKeown is one of four Olympic champions from Australia

inspired other swimmers, among them Olympic and world 200m breaststroke champion Zac Stubblety-Cook of Australia

The 23-year-old is one of four individual Tokyo champions representing Australia in Birmingham, along

to date, Chad Le Clos of South Africa will join shooters Michael Gault of England and Phil Adams of Australia

England's Commonwealth Games netball title defence begins tomorrow at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham.

in the tournament-opening fixture tomorrow.Barbados, Jamaica, Wales, Scotland and South Africa join Australia

semi-finals.Since netball joined the programme as a full medal sport at Kuala Lumpur 1998, powerhouses Australia

The team involved in Hamilton’s bid for the 2030 Commonwealth Games - 100 years after the city created and hosted the inaugural event - has had a strongly positive reaction from Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) executive members to its plan to co-host with other nations.

In April this year the CGF awarded the 2026 Commonwealth Games to Victoria in Australia after federal

Chile has appealed the FIFA Disciplinary Committee's verdict that Byron Castillo is eligible to play for Ecuador, in a last-ditch attempt to qualify for this year's World Cup.

playoff.Peru finished fifth and would stay there were the table changed as the ANFP wants.Peru lost to Australia