Buchanan, Campbell claim City2Surf honours
Andy Buchanan and Holly Campbell have honed their preparations for races later this month by taking out one of the world’s largest running event:
09 Aug
by Tim McGrath
Twice the climb, half the mercy: Ballarat raises the stakes in 2026
The mud pits, mounds and logs will be familiar. The hills will not. The Australian Cross Country Championships returns to Victoria Park in Ballarat
08 Aug
by Tim McGrath
Five minutes: Australia’s mixed relay broke a World U20 record, then Great Britain bettered it
Australia’s mixed 4x100m relay held the inaugural World U20 record for about as long as it takes to walk from the finish line to
07 Aug
by Tim McGrath
Mixed 4×400 win first medal at World U20s in Eugene
Australia has ended the opening day of the World Under 20 Championships with a bronze medal in the mixed 4x400m courtesy of Dylan Ruming,
06 Aug
by Tim McGrath
Commonwealth Games Photo Galleries
Re-live the highlights from each day, through the lens of Fred Etter. Free downloads using the code you receive when you subscribe to our
02 Aug
by Tim McGrath
Caldwell leads podium sweep; Kerr too classy in men’s mile
Abbey Caldwell didn’t do everything right. But she did do the right things right when they counted. The 25-year-old, who was the bronze medallist
02 Aug
by Tim McGrath
7 Gold on final day as Australia tops medal tally
Has there ever been a more golden day for Australian athletics than the final one at Scotstoun Stadium? With 7 golds and 10 minor
02 Aug
by Tim McGrath
Denny goes back-to-back as discus dominance continues in Glasgow
Matt Denny has defended his Commonwealth Games discus title in emphatic style at Scotstoun, throwing 67.73m to win by more than two and a
02 Aug
by Tim McGrath
“It’s not Little Athletics”: from mum’s heckle to a Commonwealth hat-trick
Twelve months ago, Jemima Montag was recovering from hamstring surgery, watching the world championships from home. On the final day of athletics in Glasgow,
02 Aug
by Tim McGrath
Can Australia sweep the podium in the women’s mile? Kerr vs Myers a race for the ages in the men’s
A rare sweep of the podium is possible for Jess Hull, Abbey Caldwell and Claudia Hollingsworth in the mile on the final night of
01 Aug
by Tim McGrath
The handshake that never came
The women’s 200m final at Scotstoun delivered a Games record, a gold medal, and a silence that said more than any of it. When
01 Aug
by Tim McGrath
A 1:17 last lap: how Beacroft won Commonwealth gold
Australia’s 19-year-old world U20 record holder outkicked Kenya’s Stephen Kihu by just over a second at Scotstoun, while Declan Tingay’s medal hopes died in
01 Aug
by Tim McGrath
Kennedy loses Commonwealth crown on countback
Nina Kennedy has surrendered her Commonwealth title without ever being beaten over a bar, the Olympic champion losing gold to New Zealand’s Eliza McCartney
01 Aug
by Tim McGrath
4×400 team in the mix for medals as favourites survive protest
Australia finished second in their semi-final behind a fast Nigerian quartet, who survived a protest to make the final. Australia’s specialist 4x400m team –
01 Aug
by Tim McGrath
Buschkuehl leaps season’s best in qualifying
Brooke Buschkuehl needed just one jump in the long jump qualifying to move through to tomorrow’s final. A 6.83m with a near perfect 1.8
01 Aug
by Tim McGrath
“One and done”: Ault-Connell salvages bronze from Scotstoun’s strangest race
Eliza Ault-Connell spent the first staging of the women’s 1500m T54 final watching it from the side of the track. Two days later she
01 Aug
by Tim McGrath