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Dumfries bowler Rosemary Lenton to represent Scotland in World Championships

The Crichton Royal Bowling Club is looking for more glory after winning gold at last year's Commonwealth Games

Daily Record

Tessa Sanderson: how the first Black British woman to win an Olympic title fought her way to the top

In 1984, she became the only Briton ever to win gold in an Olympic throwing event – then went back to work as a typist. She describes her rivalry with Fatima Whitbread, struggles to find funding and life after athletics

The Guardian - UK

On This Day in 2019: Tracey Neville steps down as England head coach

England won Commonwealth Games gold in 2018 under Neville’s direction.

The Independent UK

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The clash of the wingwomen

The ANZ Premiership grand final will be a showdown of netball’s great wing-women – Mystics’ Michaela Sokolich-Beatson vs Stars’ Gina Crampton. Suzanne McFadden speaks to both athletes, on a common mission.

Newsroom.co.nz

Abdulla takes bronze with season-best effort in World Athletics Continental Tour event

Abdulla Aboobacker, the Commonwealth Games triple jump silver medallist, produced a season-best 16.80m

The Hindu

Full steam ahead as Commonwealth Games hero's exhibition opens in Dumbarton

Multi-talented Lachie Stewart combined his career as a dental technician with a love for athletics and model making - with a display of some of his ships taking pride of place at the Denny Tank Museum.

Daily Record

Olympic sprinter claims "betrayal" by friend ruined career after drugs raid

Leon Reid, who competed for Northern Ireland and Ireland at the Olympics and Commonwealth Games, saw his career fall apart after being arrested as part of a drugs raid

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Rarest 10p, 50p and £2 coins revealed - and top one is worth up to £250

The rarest coins have been revealed in the latest ChangeChecker scarcity index, which tracks the most sought after coins in circulation over the last three months

Daily Mirror

Welsh Olympic and Commonwealth Games shot-putter dies

Shaun Pickering won bronze at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur

Wales Online

Chinese athletes closely studying Indian long jumpers

With Indian long jumper Jeswin Aldrin on top of the world list this year, the Chinese recorded Commonwealth Games silver medallist Sreeshankar’s jumps at the US meet on Sunday

The Hindu

Eldhose Paul has 17m on his mind as he heads for the Doha Diamond League

The 26-year-old Commonwealth Games triple jump champion will be making his Diamond League debut in Doha

The Hindu

Abdulla strikes gold in World Athletics Continental Tour meet in Japan

Commonwealth Games silver medallist Abdulla Aboobacker, who had been struggling in national meets this season, wins gold at the Oda Mikio memorial athletics meet, a World Athletics Continental Tour event, in Japan on Saturday.

The Hindu

Glasgow athletes' village second phase to start in August with 125 homes planned

The first phase of the project, following the 2014 Commonwealth Games, saw 700 homes made available, with a mix of private sale and social rent.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow athletes' village site set for more homes if plan agreed

The Commonwealth Games athletes' village become 700 homes for a mix of private sale and social rent and now another 125 houses could be built on the land.

Glasgow Live

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AFP

Top Indian wrestlers demand arrest of ex-federation chief

New Delhi (AFP) - Top Indian wrestlers, including Olympians and Commonwealth Games champions, were on the streets of New Delhi on Monday to demand the arrest of the sport's former federation chief over allegations of sexual harassment and intimidation.

The Independent UK

Eilish McColgan withdraws from London Marathon due to knee injury

The 32-year-old Scot won her first major title on the track at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

The Guardian - UK

Elite sportspeople can live five years longer, study finds

Commonwealth Games medallists since 1930 shown to have greater longevity than general population

Daily Mirror

Record British ultra-marathon runner disqualified after travelling in car during race

Joasia Zakrzewski, who represented Scotland in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, hit the headlines following a controversial ultra-marathon race on Good Friday

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The New Daily

Olli Hoare wins Bruce McAvaney Award for performance of year

Olli Hoare's 1500m win at the Commonwealth Games has earned him the Bruce McAvaney Award for best track and field performance of the year.

The New Daily

Australia will fail at Olympics without action: AOC

Australian sports face failure at the upcoming Olympic and Commonwealth Games without strong government action, the Australian Olympic Committee says.

Dynamite News

Chirag Shetty-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy win Swiss Open men's doubles crown

The Commonwealth Games champions Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy on Sunday defeated China's Tang Qian and Ren Yu Xiang to clinch the Swiss Open men's badminton doubles title in Basel. Read further on dynamite News:

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Australian Institute of Sport funds university study of elite Dota, League of Legends esports gamers

The Australian Institute of Sport has commissioned a study to find out what makes a good gamer as esports becomes a contender for Commonwealth Games inclusion.

AFP

New Zealand runner hit with eight-year ban for doping, fraud

Wellington (AFP) - Commonwealth Games medallist Zane Robertson was banned from all sports for eight years by a tribunal in New Zealand on Wednesday after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug and falsifying documents.

Birmingham Post

Birmingham Law Society unveils winners of its 2023 Legal Awards

Gowling WLG, Irwin Mitchell and Commonwealth Games Organising Committee were among the winners at last night's ceremony

Newsroom.co.nz

Beach Ferns duo block dark day and aim for Paris

Beach volleyball duo Shaunna Polley and Alice Zeimann left last year's Commonwealth Games dejected. But they've bounced back to become Asian champs, with their sights set on the Paris Olympics, and a special appearance on home sand next week.

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