Simbine upsets Blake to win 100 meters gold
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) – Akani Simbine upset Jamaica’s Yohan Blake to win the 100 meters gold medal for South Africa at the Commonwealth Games on Monday.
Plenty of lessons for Peaty at Commonwealth Games
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) – Adam Peaty came to the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and mostly achieved what he wanted to in his individual events in the pool.
Australia’s ‘Terminator’ wins women’s 800m freestyle
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) – Ariarne Titmus lived up to her ‘Terminator’ nickname and assumed the mantle as the best women’s long-distance freestyle swimmer in the Commonwealth when she won the 800 meters title at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre on …
Motorcycling – Angry Rossi accuses Marquez of ‘destroying’ MotoGP
(Reuters) – Italian MotoGP great Valentino Rossi has accused reigning world champion Marc Marquez of ‘destroying’ the sport by riding dangerously and without respect for his rivals.
Australia’s Titmus wins women’s 800 meters freestyle
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) – Ariarne Titmus assumed the mantle as the best long-distance freestyle swimmer in the Commonwealth when she won the women’s 800m title at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre on Monday.
Highlights on day five of the Commonwealth Games
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) – Highlights on day four of the Commonwealth Games on Monday (times GMT):
Games: Transgender weightlifter withdraws injured, Samoa take gold
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) – Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard withdrew injured during the Commonwealth Games tournament on Monday as an overwhelmed Feagaiga Stowers of Samoa claimed gold in the 90+kg division.
Games: Transgender weightlifter Hubbard pulls out with injury
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) – Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard withdrew midway through the Commonwealth Games tournament on Monday after suffering an arm injury, having led the standings after the snatch in the 90+kg division.
Baseball: Guardian Angel Ohtani maintains Major League magic
(Reuters) – Japanese two-way star Shohei Ohtani continued to display Babe Ruth-like brilliance in the early stages of his Major League career as he flirted with a perfect game while pitching for six-plus innings in a Los Angeles Angels victory on Sunda…
Trudeau attends emotional vigil for Canada bus crash victims
HUMBOLDT, Saskatchewan (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined religious and community leaders at an emotional vigil on Sunday night to honor the 15 members of a junior ice hockey team killed in a bus crash that shocked the hockey-lov…
