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one-two with Grace Davison, left, in the women's 200m individual medley ©Getty ImagesMikayla Bird of Australia

athletics golds for England on day five in the women's T38 long jump ©Getty ImagesDelta Amidzovski of Australia

Scotland's Matthew Ward completed a stellar Commonwealth Youth Games here with a fourth gold on the final day of swimming competition in the men's 200 metres individual medley.

Kinsman, Nick Finch and Skye Carter.They finished in 3:54.02, beating Scotland around four seconds and Australia

200m butterfly, overcoming compatriot Poppy Stephen by 0.68.Hannah Erin Allen secured another gold for Australia

ImagesThere was further track cycling action at the adjacent National Cycling Velodrome today, with Australia

7.5 kilometres scratch race for Australia.Scotland's Millie Thomson earned silver and Keria Will of Australia

England enjoyed a highly successful penultimate day of athletics and Para athletics competition at the Commonwealth Youth Games here, clinching four of the available seven gold medals.

Akalanka Kuda Liyanage by 0.10, with Oliver Parker of England placing third in 52.36.Delta Amidzovski of Australia

Commonwealth Games England chair John Steele says it is "too early to say" whether an English city will step in to host the 2026 or 2030 editions of the Commonwealth Games.

for 2030 in the Canadian province of Alberta.Last month, there was widespread shock when Victoria in Australia

The International Boxing Association (IBA) has announced the date for the organisation’s Ordinary Congress, which is set to be its first meeting of National Federations (NFs) since its expulsion from the Olympic Movement in June.

rival to the IBA, announced its first six official members - USA Boxing, New Zealand Boxing, Boxing Australia

Australia and New Zealand will seek to join hosts France at Paris 2024 as the 2023 Oceania Cup begins

to conclude on Sunday (August 13), the tournament will feature only the men's and women's teams from Australia

three games and a shootout will determine the winner if the goal difference is the same.Among men, Australia

Australia and New Zealand matches are always spirited encounters and we don’t expect anything different

Australia have a 7-4 head-to-head advantage over New Zealand among women in the Oceania Cup ©Hockey AustraliaThe

1976.The Australian men won a silver medal at the delayed Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021.Among women, Australia

World Boxing, the governing body set up to rival the International Boxing Association (IBA), has announced its first six official members.

Federation to join the new body dismissed by the IBA as a "rogue organisation", New Zealand Boxing, Boxing Australia

Hong Kong pulled back a two-run deficit to beat South Korea 9-8 in a thrilling finale to the opening match of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women's Baseball World Cup Group A in Thunder Bay, Canada.

time they had been ahead in the match since the bottom of the second inning.The United States beat Australia

(@WBSC) August 9, 2023In the next round of group matches, United States face South Korea.Mexico and Australia

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Youth Games in the men's rugby sevens ©Getty ImagesWomen's individual winner Aspen Anderson helped Australia

rugby sevens final in golden point extra-time against Fiji at the Commonwealth Youth Games here, while Australia

Australia dominated the women's rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Youth Games and defended their title

ImagesSouth Africa thrashed Canada 52-0 to win men's rugby sevens bronze.The women's final featured Australia

We were so keen, so pumped up representing Australia out there."

Aspen Anderson, left, and Jack Latham, right, took the mixed team relay triathlon gold for Australia

Aspen Anderson and men's individual bronze medallist Jack Latham combined to win the mixed team for Australia

France and Colombia secured qualification to the quarter-finals of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup after defeating Morocco and Jamaica, respectively.

second half when she headed in from a Vicki Becho cross to seal the victory.They will face co-hosts Australia

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged to call for a national holiday for Australia if

understand how significant this achievement is," he said.Australia defeated Denmark 2-0 at Sydney's Stadium Australia

The successful return of Sam Kerr after injury was a morale boost for Australia ©Getty ImagesAustralia

.Many have likened Albanese's call to that made 40 years ago by then Prime Minister Bob Hawke after Australia

Australia are set to meet France in the quarter-final in Brisbane on Saturday.

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won the first men's T38 100m gold medal at the Commonwealth Youth Games ©Getty ImagesGeorge Wells of Australia

Para athletics was integrated into the Commonwealth Youth Games programme for the first time here, with discus thrower Destiny Nkemakonam Agbo and sprinters Maddie Down and Tomi Roberts-Jones earning gold medals.

record set by Canada's Trinity Tutti at the last edition in the Bahamas six years ago.Xylavene Beale of Australia

the medals table with four golds apiece at the halfway stage of the Commonwealth Youth Games, with Australia

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ImagesThe Matildas win was watched by 75,784 fans - a joint record for a women's football match in Australia

knockout match at the Women's World Cup ©Getty ImagesDenmark's players react to defeat to co-hosts Australia