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Gold Coast 2018 confirm departure of head of sport

  • Gold Coast 2018

Gold Coast 2018 have confirmed the departure of their head of sport, Anita Palm, with one year to go until the start of the Commonwealth Games.

The Volleyball Australia vice-president had served in the role for three years but Gold Coast 2018 said


South Korea win on home ice in Pyeongchang 2018 test event

  • Ice Hockey

South Korea’s men’s team got their first win of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Under-18 World Championship Division II Group A competition today.

Vasile got a brace for the Romanians and Andrei Filip also scored.South Korea's women's team will play Australia

Korea take on Croatia.Matches will also be played in the women’s competition with the hosts playing Australia


Albasini sprints to Tour of the Basque Country stage two win

  • Cycling

Switzerland's Michael Albasini managed to sustain an early sprint to win the second stage of the 2017 Tour of the Basque Country today.

as the group made their way from Iruñea to Eltziego.Albasini’s former team-mate Michael Matthews of Australia


Lottery funding loss forces England to withdraw from Sudirman Cup

  • Badminton

England have withdrawn from this year’s Badminton World Federation (BWF) Sudirman Cup as the fall-out from the loss of National Lottery funding continues.

The mixed team championship is taking place in Gold Coast, Australia, next month and England were due



Bach meets Los Angeles and Paris Mayors as 2024 and 2028 talks gather pace

  • Paris 2024

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach met with the Mayors of both Los Angeles and Paris on a busy day marking another important step towards the potential awarding of both the 2024 and 2028 Summer Games this year.

Samaranch of Spain, Yu Zaiqing of China and Uğur Erdener of Turkey, but not the absent John Coates of Australia



Gold Coast 2018 welcome Commonwealth Games Associations on eve of one-year to go celebrations

  • Gold Coast 2018

Gold Coast 2018 have officially welcomed representatives from Commonwealth Games Associations (CGA) on the eve of the one-year to go milestone for the Games.

Coast 2018 chairman Peter Beattie and the organisation's chief executive Mark Peters.Commonwealth Games Australia

illuminate the sky.The free celebration will be one of several activities held by the organisers across Australia


Isle of Man Commonwealth Games Association appoints new President

  • Commonwealth Games

Basil Bielich has been appointed as the new President of the Isle of Man Commonwealth Games Association (IOMCGA). 

Association especially at such an exciting time as we approach the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia

including important fundraising, travel arrangements and other administration in order to get the team to Australia

points race.Their best performance at the Commonwealth Games was the last time the event was held in Australia


Defending champions Germany drawn in Group B at IWBF Men's Under-23 World Championship

  • Wheelchair Basketball News

Defending champions Germany have been drawn in Group B of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) 2017 Men's Under-23 World Championship in Canada after organisers revealed the schedule for the event.

8 to 16.Asia Oceania Zone winners Iran have been pitted against European champions Turkey, Brazil, Australia


Westlake causes upset to claim women's crown at World Youth Bowls Championships

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Canada's Pricilla Westlake beat defending champion and home favourite Ellen Ryan to secure the women's singles crown at the World Youth Bowls Championships in Australian city Gold Coast today.

gold medal match at the Broadbeach Club having earlier overcome 2014 winner Chloe Stewart, also of Australia


Rugby in Oceania to receive pre-Tokyo 2020 funding boost

  • Rugby Sevens

Oceania's rugby sevens teams have been handed an increase in funding as they seek to replicate the achievement of the Fijian men's side at Rio 2016.

Australia, Fiji and New Zealand represented Oceania in the men's and women's competitions at last year


Wedlock wins section one of men's singles at World Youth Bowls Championships

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Home favourite Corey Wedlock secured top spot in section one of the men’s singles competition at the World Youth Bowls Championships in Australian city Gold Coast after winning his final round-robin match today.

defeating New Zealand’s Tayla Bruce 21-16 in the elimination finals.Section two winner Ellen Ryan of Australia