Mark England is a man used to success and he wants more of the same at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

entirely COVID free.The Commonwealth Games has always been a straight shoot-out between England and Australia

have finished at the summit, with the exception of Canada at the first edition in Hamilton in 1930.Australia

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

In this particular calendar year it has been congested," he said.England battles for supremacy with Australia

 "When you see the team Australia has put out, the swimmers they have put out, it has relevance

Victoria 2026 chief executive Jeroen Weimar has revealed at the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) General Assembly here that he expects "three or four additional sports" to be added to the current 16 sports and six Para sports on the initial programme.

swimming, lawn bowls, triathlon, table tennis and powerlifting.A campaign has been launched by Shooting Australia

politicians from Victoria are attending Birmingham 2022.Victoria 2026 is set to mark the sixth time that Australia

Dominican Republic’s Meclao’ produced a stunning performance in their final Pool A fixture to upset competition first seed BFG at the World Flying Disc Federation's World Ultimate Club Championships here at the Lebanon Sports Complex.

number one rank.The Americans pierced their rivals' defences enough to claim a 15-11 triumph.Sunder of Australia

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chief operating officer Darren Hall has claimed at the organisation's General Assembly here that awarding the 2026 Commonwealth Games to the Australian region of Victoria has secured its "financial stability for a number of years".

increase in reserves over the last few years, together with the award of the 2026 Games to Victoria, Australia

Dame Louise Martin, President of the Commonwealth Games Federation (GCF), Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, former Deputy Prime Minister of South Africa, and Prince Feisal Al Hussein of Jordan will be key international speakers at this year’s International Working Group (IWG) World Conference on Women & Sport.

Zealand will be Raelene Castle, chief executive of Sport New Zealand and former chief executive of Rugby Australia

Hosts Colombia reached the final of football's Copa América Femenina, as well as securing a place at the Paris 2024 Olympics, with a 1-0 win over Argentina in the first semi-final in Bucamaranga.

América Femenina finalists will also earn spots at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, due to be held in Australia

Australian side Sunder battled fiercely to progress to the next phase of the World Flying Disc Federation's (WFDF) World Ultimate Club Championships in Cincinnati in the United States as the top seeds.

Colombia's Revolution obtained first in Pool B and Canada's retained the same position in Pool E.Ellipsis of Australia

Netball captain Bongiwe Msomi and Para swimmer Christian Sadie are to carry the South African flag at the Birmingham 2022 Opening Ceremony at the Alexander Stadium on Thursday (July 28).

World Para Swimming Championships in Madeira last month ©Getty ImagesSouth Africa's group also includes Australia

Carla Guerrero ensured Chile finished fifth at this year's Copa América Femenina and can still reach the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup by scoring the winning penalty in shootout victory over Venezuela.

fifth-place finish, Chile advance to inter-continental playoffs for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia

Representatives from Hamilton's bid for the 2030 Commonwealth Games are set to attend Birmingham 2022 here as observers.

Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games are due to be held from Thursday (July 28) until August 8.Victoria in Australia

Shooting Australia has launched a social media campaign in a bid for the sport to be included on the

rank second on the all-time medals table for Commonwealth Games shooting, with 63 golds, behind only Australia

, who have won 70.So, it is little wonder that Shooting Australia is keen for the sport to be reinstated

Shooting Australia is calling on its community to get behind "Shoot for the Games 2026" by sharing the

its collective voice and expresses its strong desire for Shooting’s inclusion in VIC 2026," Shooting Australia

Dawn Fraser's first major disappointment in her stellar swimming career was failing to qualify for the 1954 Vancouver Commonwealth Games as a 16-year-old, when she had cramps in the Australian trials. 

liked to keep everybody in their place.Fraser and her team-mates had endured a 50-hour journey from Australia

and in and out of the pool ©Getty ImagesShe won four more Commonwealth Games golds in Perth, Western Australia

with the flag by apologetic Japanese police.Bill Berge Phillips, a lawyer who controlled the sport in Australia

In various other polls Fraser was named a national treasure, the person who best symbolises Australia

The concluding day of the World Athletics Championships in Eugene produced one of the great athletics sessions of all time.

While it lacked the profound dimension involved in Cathy Freeman winning 400m gold for Australia - and

Lee Kang-chul has been named South Korea's manager for next year's World Baseball Classic.

Classic in 2017 ©Getty ImagesSouth Korea are in Pool B along with co-hosts and Olympic champions Japan, Australia

Japanese team Buzz Bullets began their quest for the open title with back-to-back wins at the World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) World Ultimate Club Championships in Ohio in the United States.

following a 15-10 win against Stella from Canada and a 15-6 triumph over Dublin Gravity.Ellipsis of Australia