South Africa’s cricketers have been dealt another huge blow on the eve of the Commonwealth Games after head coach Hilton Moreeng confirmed that star all-rounder Marizanne Kapp will remain in South Africa after her brother-in-law suffered serious injuries in an accident.

gold, begin against Barbados later the same day.They prepared with a tri series in Ireland along with Australia

New Zealand will be aiming to maintain their stranglehold on the rugby sevens competitions at the Commonwealth Games when action starts at the Coventry Stadium tomorrow.

Australia will be looking to gain revenge after losing the women's rugby sevens final at Gold Coast 2018

defending the men’s title.Fiji have been selected in Pool C along with Canada, Wales and Zambia, while Australia

Australia will be seeking to make amends for their defeat to New Zealand in the final four years ago.They

It was a slog, and there were times when I thought I might not make it.

affinity and connection to the varying teams competing at Birmingham 2022.The likes of England and Australia

Chef de Mission Mark England said the host nation's only target at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games is topping the medal table. 

Great Britain Chef de Mission at both Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.He is expecting another tough battle with Australia

If you saw them at the World Swimming Championships recently, Australia are a very good team.

Hosts England are set to dominate the ring when boxing at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games starts at the National Exhibition Centre tomorrow - but Identical twins Garan and Ioan Croft aim to buck the trend by earning glory for Wales.

2018, with England finishing on top with six golds, three more than second- and third-placed India and Australia

be hoping to emulate countryman Frazer Clarke, who won the super-heavyweight final four years ago in Australia

Panama’s Atheyna Bylon 4-1 to win gold.The 25-year-old southpaw had earlier beaten Caitlin Parker of Australia

Kelsey-Lee Barber, the double world women’s javelin champion, has become the first Australian Commonwealth Games competitor to test positive for COVID-19.

has been reported as asymptomatic and is expected to recover in time for her event.Commonwealth Games Australia

Italy overcame the United States to clinch their maiden International Swimming Federation (FINA) Men's Water Polo World League title in Strasbourg.

champions Serbia overcame defending World League champions Montenegro 8-6 in the match for fifth, while Australia

Australia, due to be the first team to enter during the Opening Ceremony of the Birmingham 2022 tomorrow

successive hockey player to carry the Southern Cross after Mark Knowles in 2018 at the Gold Coast when Australia

#BoldInGold #B2022https://t.co/qQpAWpCLhe— Commonwealth Games Australia (@CommGamesAUS) July 27, 2022The

 It is the second time Australia have had joint flag bearers, back in 1978 when cycling twins cycling

The International Cricket Council (ICC) have predicted that cricket will be a "star attraction" of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games when the women’s T20 tournament begins on Friday (July 29).

Commonwealth Games but in 1998, a men’s 50 over tournament was staged in Kuala Lumpur when South Africa beat Australia

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Team England at a practice session at the Lee Valley VeloPark Velodrome ©Getty ImagesKaylee McKeown of Australia

The United States will be aiming to continue their impeccable record at the International Federation of American Football Women’s World Championship as they bid for a fourth successive title in Vantaa in Finland.

are also set to be in the mix for a medal having previously claimed a podium place.Sweden, Britain, Australia

Papua New Guinea and Fiji qualified for the OFC Women's Nations Cup final after beating Samoa and Solomon Islands respectively.

the final will qualify for the inter-confederation play-offs of the 2023 Women’s FIFA World Cup in Australia

A 10-year plan called "Creating a Home Games Advantage for the Pacific Islands 2022-2032" has been launched by the Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) in a bid to produce a 300 to 500 per cent improvement in terms of Olympic medals won at the Brisbane 2032.

organise ourselves and produce the best results ever, by the Pacific Islands, New Zealand and indeed Australia

The 2022 Commonwealth Games bears a greater responsibility than any previous edition in terms of affirming "unity and solidarity" in a world, and a country, riven by natural and political pressures, Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands, has claimed.

And if it can be an England-Australia final, and we win, that will do very nicely."

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has remembered athletes and officials who died in the last year with a moment of silence at the General Assembly in Birmingham.

passed away in Melbourne aged 79.https://t.co/gh0HwGhFUr pic.twitter.com/CkRWS32osr— Commonwealth Games Australia

coach Johnny Dillon, former Commonwealth Sport Canada President Claude Bennett, ex-Commonwealth Games Australia