Gold Coast 2018 have continued their push for an environmentally friendly Commonwealth Games by ruling out single use plastic bags and helium balloons.

nbsp;The Village achieved a "6 Green Star Communities" pilot rating from the Green Building Council Australia

Scotland came from behind to beat England 12-7 in an all-British final at the World Rugby London Sevens today at Twickenham.

leaderboard for the overall series but lost to England in the quarter-finals today.They recovered to beat Australia

Aspall has been announced as the official cider partner of the 2017 International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy.

cricket.The eight nation event will take place between June 1 and 18.Hosts England will clash with Australia

Poland's Piotr Kantor and Bartosz Losiak will take on home favourites and Olympic champions Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt in the final of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour event at the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, after each won last four clashes.

strong form showed by their compatriots Julie Gordon and Camille Saxton, who won back-to-back events in Australia

Rio 2016 rowing gold medallist Kim Brennan has been announced as Australia's Chef de Mission for the Buenos Aires 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG).

gold at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games ©Getty ImagesThe event has proven to be a pathway to success for Australia

England and New Zealand produced emphatic displays on the first day of the final World Rugby Sevens Series event of the season in London today.

loss to the United States.The other quarter-finals will see New Zealand play Scotland, the US take on Australia

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has unveiled promotional videos for both the Under-12 and Under-18 Baseball World Cups.

Korea are expected to form their primary opposition along with 2015 bronze medallists Nicaragua, and Australia

Serbia’s Borislava Peric-Rankovic and Nada Matic retained their women’s class four to five title on day three of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Para Team World Championships in Slovakia's capital Bratislava.

unbeaten record with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Australia.Rory Carroll and Samuel Von Einem gave Australia

Australia’s head coach Darren Lehmann has said he believes an agreement between the country’s top international cricketers and governing body over new contracts will be reached.

A stand-off has developed between Cricket Australia (CA) and the men’s and women’s players, represented

Samoa will be hoping to secure a 2018 Rugby Sevens World Cup qualification berth at the final round of World Rugby Sevens Series event in London this weekend.

points, which would be their first ever victory.New Zealand, England, Fiji, Kenya, South Africa, Wales, Australia

 Samoa have been drawn in Pool D with hosts England, Australia and Spain this weekend.Pool A will

Legendary Australian sprinter Cathy Freeman has been unveiled as the sixth official ambassador of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games during a public event in Queensland’s capital Brisbane today.

and the rest of the world.She joins three fellow Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) awardees - hurdles

It was an amazing period in my life and Sydney 2000 was a special moment for sport in Australia and I

Australia has a long history of delivering successful major sporting events and the Gold Coast won’t

I encourage fans all over Australia to request tickets for the best chance to secure their place at the

biggest event Australia will see this decade."

Seven Network have been awarded the Australian broadcast rights to show the 2017 Women’s Rugby League World Cup, it has been confirmed.

historic deal that will showcase the Women’s Rugby League World Cup on free-to-air television across Australia

“The agreement to broadcast every match of the tournament across Australia on the Seven Network is a

Stadium in Cronulla over three days, with semi-finals to be played as a double-header on November 26.Australia

Canada, Cook Islands, England, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea are due to contest the competition.Hosts Australia

Swaziland and Lesotho have become the latest African nations to welcome the Gold Coast 2018 Queen's Baton, with South Africa now acting as the final stop on its tour of the continent.

It's every athlete's dream to be at that city in Australia for the Games."

Plans are underway to set-up a formal collaboration group comprised of public authority representatives within the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), it was announced here today.

Studdert, the former adviser to the Minister for Health and Minister for Sport in Australia, Greg Hunt

France's Stephane Houdet eased into the second round of the men's singles event on day two of the Japan Open, part of the UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Tour.

beat Ho Won Im of South Korea 6-4, 6-4 in today's action.Quad singles world number one Dylan Alcott of Australia