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The Latest Breaking News from Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games can be ‘game changer’ for women’s cricket, Heather Knight claims

England take on South Africa in three T20 matches before the Commonwealth Games gets under way

The Independent UK

Who is Nottingham-born Jake Wightman? The first British man to win World Championship gold in the 1,500m since Steve Cram

The Nottingham-born athlete stunned the world of athletics with his storming run at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon

Nottingham Post

Sports fans watching more games than ever on mobile phones, study finds

Over a third of fans are following the action through the small screen while on the go - with the Women's Euros and Commonwealth Games the top sporting events of the summer

Daily Mirror

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Commonwealth Games-bound sprinter Dhanalakshmi, triple jumper Aishwarya Babu fail dope test

Both ruled out of Commonwealth Games in U.K.’s Birmingham

The Hindu

Ayrshire bowler kicked off Commonwealth Games team after alleged racist message

Para bowler Garry Hood has been left out of the Scotland bowls team vying for medals in Birmingham.

Daily Record

Australia axe Commonwealth Games swimmer for 'use of medication'

Sydney (AFP) - Commonwealth Games medal hope Isaac Cooper was on Wednesday axed from Australia's swim team and sent home over "wellbeing challenges, including the use of medication".

AFP

Australian swimmer Isaac Cooper to miss Commonwealth Games for disciplinary reasons after being sent home from camp

Cooper had been set to make his Games debut in four events — the 50m and 100m backstroke, 50m butterfly and 50m freestyle.

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Swimmer Cooper banished from Comm Games

Australia's champion backstroker Isaac Cooper has been sent home from a pre-Commonwealth Games camp for misusing a medication.

AAP

Belfast rider Chris McGlinchey overcomes injury nightmare to make Commonwealth Games

Chris McGlinchey has sustained several serious injuries that would have ended many a sporting career

Belfast Live

Katarina Johnson-Thompson on World Championships: ‘I’ve got my hunger back’

Johnson-Thompson was never expected to defend her title

The Independent UK

Netball greats rate Silver Ferns

Short of their best, the Silver Ferns still have work to do before the Commonwealth Games next week. LockerRoom asks four netball greats, who've just played the Ferns, for their critiques.

Newsroom.co.nz

Ryan Owens turns clock back at Commonwealth Games with individual sprint return

The 26-year-old was fourth in the individual sprint at the 2017 World Championships

The Independent UK

Commonwealth Games 2022: Five overseas athletes likely to shine in Birmingham

We have picked out five athletes from abroad to keep an eye on in Birmingham

The Independent UK

Helen Housby keen not to repeat nerve-racking finish from 2018 Commonwealth Games

Housby’s winner with the last move of the match sparked jubilant scenes on the Gold Coast

The Independent UK

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Tom Dean vows to give his all at Commonwealth Games despite ‘tricky’ summer schedule

The 22-year-old Londoner followed up his two golds from last year’s Olympics with three bronze medals at the World Championships last month

The Independent UK

Rosie Eccles hoping to step out of Lauren Price’s shadow at Commonwealth Games

The 25-year-old has suffered illness, injury and Olympic heartbreak in the build-up to Birmingham 2022

The Independent UK

Superstars set to shine at Commonwealth Games in Birmingham

A number of nations including Barbados and Jamaica have declared their intentions to remove the Queen as their respective heads of state.

The Independent UK

Five British stars to look out for at Commonwealth Games in Birmingham

Athletes from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will be among those competing in more than 20 sports

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The Independent UK

Commonwealth Games talking points with new sports and home hopes in Birmingham

England will be bidding to top the medal table on home soil

Liverpool Echo

Commonwealth Games baton arrives in the city

Knowsley community celebrates arrival of The Queen's Baton Relay

Newsroom.co.nz

Silver Ferns must believe they're valuable

Are the Silver Ferns ready to face a battle of wits and endurance at next week's Comm Games? Suzanne McFadden listens to their miracle-worker coach and takes stock after a tough final hit-out.

Manchester Evening News

Queen's Baton Relay tours Greater Manchester - visiting the home of one of Commonwealth Games' newest sports

The baton toured Greater Manchester, visiting the grassroots home of 3x3 basketball - one of the newest sports in the Commonwealth Games

The Hindu

Losing in quarters was upsetting, says a relieved Sindhu

Sindhu managed to stay strong in the key moments to prevail 21-9 11-21 21-15 over 22-year-old Wang Zhi Yi, the reigning Asian Championships gold medallist

Liverpool Echo

Commonwealth Games: Show your support for Team England with a special message

The Commonwealth Games is only weeks away

AAP

Browning switches focus to Birmingham

Rohan Browning still has high hopes for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games despite his disappointing showing at the world championships in Eugene.

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