Category: COMMONWEALTH
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Rwanda selected as host of 2019 CGF General Assembly
London, Oct 5, 2018: The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) announced today (5 October 2018) that Rwanda will host the 2019 CGF General Assembly and Strategic Forum (rawanda 2019 CGF General Assembly). The General Assembly, which brings together sports leaders from all 71 nations and territories of the Commonwealth, will be held in the capital city…
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Sport, and Birmingham 2022, Reflects our Common Future
By UK Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Matt Hancock, April 24, 2018: The Commonwealth is an enduring bond that exists between us all. The phenomenal Gold Coast Games showed the strength of this connection and the powerful role sport plays in bringing people together. The Games gave us world-class sport, enthusiastic crowds…
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CGF President calls on Commonwealth Heads of Government to support “recipe for success” Sport Development Programme
London, April 20, 2018: The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President, Louise Martin CBE, today praised the success of the Games Athletes Programme (GAP) that led to five of the Commonwealth’s smallest nations winning their first ever Commonwealth medals at the XXI Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast Australia earlier this month (Commonwealth Heads). A record…
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CGF President declares Commonwealth more relevant than ever before as “Games of Firsts” draw to a close on Gold Coast
The Olympics Sports team Abdul Rahim and Muhammad Sadiq Padela, Gold Coast, Australia, April 15, 2018: The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President, Louise Martin CBE, this evening declared the success of XXI Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia proof of the Commonwealth Sports Movement’s fast-growing stature on the world stage (CGF President declares Commonwealth).…
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Diane Roy’s marathon career is still going strong
The Olympics Sports team Abdul Rahim and Muhammad Sadiq Padela, Gold Coast, Australia, By Fiona Self, April 15, 2018: Diane Roy has raced nearly 100 marathons, competed in five straight Paralympic Games, six world championships and five Commonwealth Games. At 47, the Canadian still has plenty left in the tank. Roy won her fourth Commonwealth…
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Kurt Fearnley wins final marathon in Australian colours
The Olympics Sports team Abdul Rahim and Muhammad Sadiq Padela, Gold Coast, Australia, April 15, 2018: Australia’s Kurt Fearnley signed off an outstanding career for Australia with a comprehensive victory in the men’s T54 marathon. In his final race in the green and gold, Fearnley, 37, opened up a gap on the field at five…
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Australia’s Skye Nicolson’s spirited win
The Olympics Sports team Abdul Rahim and Muhammad Sadiq Padela, Gold Coast, Australia, By Hope Kerslake, April 14, 2018: Australia’s Skye Nicolson did the one thing her late brother never had the chance to, win gold at a Commonwealth Games. Jamie Nicolson was a star in the ring during his career,…
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New Zealand crush Australia in women’s hockey final
The Olympics Sports team Abdul Rahim and Muhammad Sadiq Padela, Gold Coast, Australia, Apr 14, 2018: The New Zealand women’s hockey team won their first Commonwealth Games gold medal by downing defending champions Australia 4-1 in the final at the Gold Coast Hockey Centre on Saturday (New Zealand crush Australia). The Black Sticks, with Stacey…
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Urquhart & Pilley Extend Aussie Ownership of Mixed Doubles Gold Medal
The Olympics Sports team Abdul Rahim and Muhammad Sadiq Padela, Gold Coast, Australia, April 14, 2018: Donna Urquhart & Cameron Pilley, an Aussie pairing that has only been together for eight months, claimed Commonwealth Games Squash gold after winning the Mixed Doubles final in straight games in front of a capacity and partisan crowd at…
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England claim relay double in Gold Coast 2018
The Olympics Sports team Abdul Rahim and Muhammad Sadiq Padela, Gold Coast, Australia, Apr 14, 2018: England’s claimed the relay double at Carrara Stadium on Saturday, winning the men’s and women’s 4x100m relay (England claim relay). The men’s team of Reuben Arthur, Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty and Harry Aikines-Aryeetey had smooth baton exchanges to win…