The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) may have portrayed Gold Coast 2018 as an event of firsts but it is an old topic which has been prominent in the build-up to and during the opening days of competition here.

event had even started, making a mockery of the sport and indeed the Games.Athletes in basketball, hockey

Hosts The Philippines edged Mongolia 6-5 to record their second victory at the International Ice Hockey

The Philippines earned their first win of the tournament at the 2018 International Ice Hockey Federation

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe has delivered cautious support for North Korean participation at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo following a phone conversation with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach.

at the Olympic Opening Ceremony.The two countries also joined forces to form a combined women's ice hockey

Mongolia came from behind to beat Kuwait as the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Challenge

Gold Coast 2018 was declared open by Prince Charles after a vibrant Opening Ceremony here today featuring a torrential downpour, sandpaper confetti, a giant whale and - for the second Commonwealth Games in a row - a Queen's Baton which did not want to open. 

the Baton to Buckingham Palace at the very start of this epic voyage, netball player Liz Ellis and hockey

the country in recent weeks due to its use in the cricketing ball tampering scandal.Flagbearer and hockey

Mongolia and Thailand claimed victories as the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Challenge Cup

Current President of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation (RIHF) Vladislav Tretiak is set to continue in

Fame in 1989 ©Getty ImagesTretiak was a highly-regarded goaltender for the Soviet Union national ice hockey

Sarajevo 1984.The 65-year-old was also a ten-time world champion and was inducted into the National Hockey

Tretiak became President of RIHF in 2006, the Russian men's national team have won four International Ice Hockey

Tokyo 2020 President Yoshirō Mori has urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to adopt a "cautious" approach when dealing with North Korea.

at the Olympic Opening Ceremony.The two countries also joined forces to form a combined women's ice hockey

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Athletes Advisory Committee chairperson Rhona Toft insisted the group will be free of influence from the governing body as she heralded a "massive step" forward following their first meeting here today.

Toft, Scotland's most decorated hockey player, pledged the Committee would make a "real difference" to

Five athletes are in the frame to win the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) Best Male Athlete of March award.

a public vote with the male shortlist the first to be announced.In the frame are American Para-ice hockey

Japan's chief cabinet secretary has said the country will pay "close attention" to the relationship between North Korea and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in the build-up to Tokyo 2020.

at the Olympic Opening Ceremony.The two countries also joined forces to form a combined women's ice hockey

Australian swimming legend Dawn Fraser insists the backing of the home crowd can play a major role in home success at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games here this week.

nbsp;she said.It is rare that a bearer of the Queen's message has actually met the sender but Olympic hockey

Hudson, a veteran of three Commonwealth Games, can claim this distinction.Hudson won gold when hockey

Olympic gold medallist Mark Knowles has been chosen to carry the Australian flag at the Opening Ceremony of the 2018 Commonwealth Games here, it was announced today.

The 33-year-old hockey captain, who will retire following the conclusion of the Games, was announced

Knowles is the first hockey player to be named Australian flagbearer at a Commonwealth Games.Two-time

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amplify allegations of domestic violence against a former girlfriend in 2015.India's International Hockey