By Nick Butler on Glasgow GreenGeraint Thomas became the first Welsh winner of the Commonwealth Games men's cycling road race here today after he saw off the conditions, his rivals, and an untimely puncture to win a gruelling contest, hours after England's Lizzie Armistead had secured victory in the women's race.

finish in the individual time trial.A further 46 seconds behind, Ashleigh Pasio was awarded bronze for South

Africa after finishing inches ahead of Tiffany Cromwell of Australia following a thrilling sprint for

By Gary AndersonThe International Wheelchair & Amputee Sports (IWAS) World Junior Games 2014 are officially underway after the Opening Ceremony in the sports hall of the Stoke Mandeville Stadium in Buckinghamshire today.

tennis.Last year the event was held in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico while the Games have also been held in Ireland, South

Africa, the United States, Switzerland, Czech Republic, United Arab Emirates and Czech Republic again

By Philip BarkerThe city of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina has sweet and bitter memories for the Olympic Movement. In 1984, the XIV Winter Games proved a fortnight of tremendous charm and wonderful sport. Tragically, civil war soon ravaged the city and at the 1994 Lillehammer Games, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Juan Antonio Samaranch was forced to make a plea for peace at the Opening Ceremony.Happily, tranquillity has now returned to the region but the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo, had unleashed World War One, the most terrible conflict the world had...

He had demonstrated his talent over one lap in military competitions when he served in South Africa during

Randalstown, along with team-mates Paul Daly and Neil Mulholland, collected silver after losing to South

Africa in the men's triples final last Monday.He had previously won gold medals at Kuala Lumpur, bronze

The South African Pasio is awarded the medal after a photo finish.

By Nick Butler at the Glasgow National Hockey CentreAustralia sensationally avoided a huge shock at the Commonwealth Games here tonight, equalising with 11 seconds to go against England, before winning a penalty shoot-out.

before them to reach the final, scoring 32 goals and conceding just one, in a 7-1 semi-final thumping of South

during the bronze medal match, where two goals from Jordan Grant helped New Zealand to a 5-2 win over South

Africa, which confined their opponents to fourth place for a second successive Games.In the classification

Enjoy...19:59 That 5-2 win for New Zealand over South Africa has been confirmed.

Africa.

Kathleen Taylor has managed an equaliser for South Africa and we are locked at 2-2 midway through the

Not before seeing New Zealand take a 1-0 lead over South Africa in the first 10 minutes of the third

But the hockey itself is hotting up as South Africa draw level, with a penalty shot from captain Marsha

By Nick ButlerOscar Pistorius has sold the Pretoria home in which he shot dead Reeva Steenkamp, it has been confirmed, but only after accepting an offer £100,000 ($168,000/€125,000) less than the initial asking price.

his legal bills, which total up to over £5,000 ($9,121/€6,700) per day.According to the Times Live in South

Africa, the buyer Louwtjie Louwrens plans to retire to the property with his family."

Michael Shelley's shock win in the marathon; New Zealand's first ever defeat in the Commonwealth Games to South

Africa in the rugby sevens; or David Katoatau securing Kiribati's first ever Commonwealth Games medal

South Africa finish second, while it's a national record for Antigua and Barbuda in third.21:53 We haven't

They never gave up today and will still be favourites to claim bronze over South Africa.

Africa.

They now lead South Africa 4-0 after Kellie White grabs a second and Georgina Parker also scores.13:11

Africa.

a hugely embarrassing blow for Brazilian authorities - have emerged in minutes of a WADA meeting in South

Africa now available on the agency's website.

By Gary AndersonFormer Canadian Paralympic champion swimmer Adam Purdy will take to the pool next week at the Para Pan Pacific Swimming Championships for the first time in seven years as he targets a place at Toronto 2015 and Rio 2016. 

Rica, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Ecuador, India, Japan, Mexico, Namibia, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, South

Africa, Trinidad and Tobago and the United States are set to take part.Contact the writer of this story

By Gary AndersonThe penultimate stage of qualifying for Rugby World Cup 2015 is due to take place on Saturday (August 2) as four teams battle it out for a place in the repechage final to determine who will fill the remaining spot in Pool A for next year's tournament.

Namibia, who secured their place as African qualifying winners earlier this month.Two-time winners South

Africa head Pool B along with Samoa, Scotland, Japan and the United States.Pool D features two-time

By Nick Butler at the SECC Precinct in GlasgowIndia's Yogeshwar Dutt provided a highlight on the final day of action on the mat as he earned his country's fifth wrestling gold medal here in the under 63kg freestyle category, but Canada also scooped double gold to end with seven victories overall.

occasions.Seven other nations secured medals on the mat, consisting of England, Cameroon, Wales, Pakistan, South

Africa, Scotland and New Zealand.The loudest cheers of the afternoon came when Scotland's Alex Gladkov

India, New Zealand and South Africa are all chasing hard...22:28 Semi-finals action is also getting underway

Africa and it's delight for Cornel Fredericks as he held on to take the win in a time of 48.50 ahead

Rudisha takes silver while South African Andre Oliver takes bronze.19:51 And David Rudisha is in the

As well as Prawan Kumar's bronze, the other was taken by Armando Hietbrink of South Africa.I was just

We've been wondering a while, could Africa excel in endurance sports other than distance running, given

AndersonFIFA vice-President Julio Grondona of Argentina has died at the age of 82, it was announced by the South

Argentina head coach in 2008 but dismissed him soon after the side's exit of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South

Africa at the hands of Germany in the round-of-16.That led to an ongoing public feud between the two