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Follow the latest standings for the Glasgow Games as 74 countries compete for the 645 medals on offer The 23rd Commonwealth Games are taking place in Glasgow between 23 July and 2 August. There are 74 Commonwealth Games Associations eligible to compete, all of whom are expected to send athletes to the championships. Medals will be available in 215 events, spread across 10 sports. Six of them incl…

The Blues’ 76-point demolition of the reigning premiers Brisbane indicated just how much the club’s young talent is responding to Fraser There’s no real ‘aura’ about him. There’s no corporate speak. There are no vows to ‘lean into it’, to ‘own it’, or to ‘make Carlton great again’. There’s just the most low-key of locums, a very un-Carlton-like figure, a man who’s done the hard slog of coaching a…

We look at the best images from the final day of action in Glasgow, featuring netball, bowls, judo and track cycling Continue reading...

David Crisafulli says ‘Queenslanders will enjoy for generations’ as opponents point to lack of detail Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Queensland government has released new concept images for a parkland precinct to surround the 2032 Olympic stadium, as it seeks to quell concern at the loss of Brisbane’s largest inner-city parkland. But opponents of the plans – now…

Defending champions send prospects to Tigers Cy Young-winning Skubal joins stacked rotation in LA The Los Angeles Dodgers have acquired the biggest prize on the trade deadline market, getting two-time reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal from the Detroit Tigers on Saturday night. Skubal got the news during the Tigers’ 8-6 win over the Athletics and was emotional after the game as he pre…

Para bowler is oldest gold medallist in Games history Hoskins: ‘I never thought I’d win at my age. Never give up’ Louise Hoskins has become the oldest gold medallist in Commonwealth Games history, claiming women’s para bowls pairs glory alongside Serena Bonnell. “It is incredible. I’m still pinching myself,” said 76-year-old Hoskins, who was born during the 1950 Auckland Games and is the oldest c…

Updates from Stage two (148km) to Geneva Stage one: Wiebes claims yellow jersey | Email Alex A quick reminder of what happened on stage one as today’s action gets properly under way. Jeremy Whittle was on the scene for us in Lausanne. Lorena Wiebes took the first yellow jersey of the 2026 Tour de France Femmes after climbing the Côte Saint-François and outsprinting race favourites Kim Le Court an…

Poland striker scores double on his home MLS debut Messi returns as Inter Miami draw 2-2 with Columbus Robert Lewandowski scored two goals on his home debut as the Chicago Fire eked out a 2-1 victory over Charlotte FC on ⁠Saturday. The win is Chicago’s first in Major League Soccer since the end of the international break. Lewandowski, signed in late June as a free agent, produced a vintage perfor…

Updates from Glasgow before closing ceremony Medal table | Kerr storms to gold in mile It’s not the medal Australia wanted, but a 68-50 victory over England means they will take bronze in the netball. There were no signs of a hangover from yesterday’s shock defeat to Jamaica. Josh Kerr’s summer of miracle and wonder continued in front of his adoring home fans as he added Commonwealth gold to his …

Conservatives once demanded sports stay apolitical. Now they’ve embraced a new culture-war politics, and Sophie Cunningham has become one of its most valuable stars Invoking a wounded innocence that their desire for sports to be simple, just like they used to be, conservatives for a decade and a half have dreaded the word “politics”. Now they cannot get enough. Philadelphia Eagles defensive coord…

There was a carnival atmosphere as a packed North Sydney Oval witnessed the first international women’s Australian rules game Australia’s historic AFLW match against Ireland started with a dance party and ended with a chorus of “Aussie, Aussie, Aussie”. On a chilly Saturday afternoon, 9,000 footy fans packed out North Sydney Oval to witness the first international women’s Australian rules game , …

Council wants to trigger emergency general meeting Members demand review of Balogun decision Gianni Infantino is facing a rebellion from members of the Fifa Council who are attempting to force an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) that could develop into a full blown leadership challenge. The Guardian has learned that moves to call an EGM were already under way before the emergence of Infantino’…

Some blame social media and the behaviour of world leaders for a perceived decline in honesty When a cricket team in North Yorkshire became the centre of a cheating scandal that made headlines around the world, it made many think – is this a very British form of cheating? Cricket in England is regarded as a genteel sport, so allegations of cheating tend to reverberate. A video of Saturday’s game …

Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta is perhaps best placed to fill the void but the coaching contenders are legion as another season looms This used to be a land of giants. This used to be a land where big men fought. This used to be a land where Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsène Wenger tussled, then José Mourinho joined the fray. This used to be a land where Jürgen Klopp made Pep Guardiola reconsider, and he chan…

With youth and senior qualifiers on the horizon, Fifa’s aborted plan to sell stakes in its major tournaments would have heavily impacted the women’s game Despite not having been deemed worthy of more than a single mention in Fifa’s 25-page sales deck to its 211 member associations on its doomed proposal to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors, now very expensive waste paper, it w…