During the Commonwealth Games 15-kilometre Scratch Race qualifying event, Team England’s Matt Walls was catapulted over the barriers and into the crowd.
A Commonwealth Games gold medal might not be as coveted as Olympic gold, but last night’s win for the Blitzboks over Fiji is well worth a closer look.
After eight athletes were reported missing on Wednesday, a further five have now vanished. Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton is not impressed.
Live reporting is fraught with all kinds of danger, but it’s been a while since we have seen someone take a tumble into a pool.
Yohan Blake was heavily favoured to take the 100m gold, but a stunning South African double act ensured that didn’t happen.
This morning saw the news break that Durban will host the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Competition wasn’t exactly stiff but we’ll take our wins any which way.
Not wanting to be left out of the royal photobombing craze that seems to be happening at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow at the moment, Prince William has put in his own photobomb efforts.
Now this is the royal photobomb we would have expected! After his grandma did such a sterling job of photobombing last week, it was really only a matter of time before Harry HAD to get in on the action at the commonwealth games.
Prior to becoming the Transporter, Jason Statham was a competitive diver for England. Check out Statham competing for England in the 1990 Commonwealth Games.
Why is it that children falling is the most hilarious thing? Especially when it is on live TV. Please enjoy this epic fail.
Designers get away with some horrifically weird things in the name of fashion, but it seems unlikely that this designer will live this choice down. Just… OMG!
DELHI, INDIA – OCTOBER 12, South Africa’s Sibusiso Sithole in action during the Sevens rugby quarter final match against Scotland at the Delhi University Stadium on October 12, 2010 in Delhi, India.Picture by Wessel Oosthuizen / Gallo Images
It’s been an awesome few days for the South African swimmers, but there are more problems for the organisers of the Commonwealth Games, as the warm-up pool in the Aquatics arena is being blamed for causing several upset stomachs. Some of the swimmers have had to withdraw from competition. Pooh.
A similar question has been asked countless times amongst South Africans after we successfully hosted sport’s biggest mega-event. India is the second fastest-growing economy in the world and has had to spend £3bn to host the games, 60 times the original budget!