Etoundi grabs painful bronze, four years after ‘Glasgow kiss’
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) – Australian weightlifter Francois Etoundi braved the agony of a torn bicep to clinch bronze in the 69kg division at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday, winning a measure of redemption four years after leaving Glasgow in…
World champion Glaetzer eliminated after ‘nightmare’ blunder
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) – World champion Matthew Glaetzer, favorite to win the men’s sprint gold at the Commonwealth Games, crashed out of the preliminary rounds on Saturday after an “embarrassing” tactical blunder against Malaysian rank outsid…
Gentle pushes Australia to mixed-team triathlon gold
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) – Australia’s Ashleigh Gentle pulled away from England’s Jessica Learmonth on the cycle and run sections of the mixed-team triathlon relay to help the host nation to the title at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games on Satu…
Highlights on day three of the Commonwealth Games
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) – Highlights on day three of the Commonwealth Games on Saturday (times in GMT):
Ex-Mauritius chief leaves Australia after sexual assault charge
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) – The former chef de mission of Mauritius has left Australia following his charge for sexually assaulting one of the delegation’s athletes at the Commonwealth Games, police said on Saturday.
Keys outlasts Pera to reach Charleston Open semis
(Reuters) – American Madison Keys claimed a marathon 6-2 6-7(5) 7-5 win over compatriot Bernarda Pera to advance to the semi-finals of the Charleston Open on Friday, keeping her dreams of a maiden title at the Family Circle Tennis Center alive.
Games-Highlights on day three of the Commonwealth Games
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) – Highlights on day three of the Commonwealth Games on Saturday (times in GMT):
Grenada beach volleyballers given police escort after bus mishap
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) – Commonwealth Games organizers have said they will put more staff on buses to avoid navigational mishaps after the Grenada women’s beach volleyball team was late for their event due to a bungled global positioning syste…
Reed storms into Masters lead, Tiger just makes cut
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Reuters) – A red-hot Patrick Reed stormed into a two-shot lead after the second round of the U.S. Masters on Friday, while a struggling Tiger Woods barely kept alive his hopes of a fairytale comeback from injury.
Chaotic McGregor casts shadow over UFC 223
(Reuters) – After a series of plot twists befitting a Broadway production, the UFC had hoped to bring clarity to its disorderly lightweight division with Saturday’s UFC 223 fight card in Brooklyn, but it will be overshadowed by one man not on it — Con…
