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Runaway athletes granted visas
29/03/2006 08:38
All fourteen Sierra Leone athletes who fled the Commonwealth Games have been allowed to remain temporarily in Australia.

  • Runaway SL athletes fear death
  • Sierra Leone athletes arrested
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    Clarke: They were out-raced
    28/03/2006 09:17
    Ron Clarke, one of Australia's most respected athletes, has called for Australia's 4x400m women's relay team to hand over their gold medals.
  • No Games glory for Aus
  • England disqualified in 4x400m
  • Special Report: Melbourne 2006
  • WELL DONE! South Africa's David George proudly displays his silver medal won in the cycling road race at the Commonwealth Games. (Alastair Grant, AP)
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  • Runaway SL athletes fear death
    28/03/2006 09:23
    A group of Sierra Leone athletes, who went missing after the Commonwealth Games, have said they fear genital mutilation and death if they are sent home.
  • Sierra Leone athletes arrested
  • Half of S Leone team missing


  • Games athlete fined for groping
    27/03/2006 14:16
    A Bangladeshi Commonwealth Games athlete has been fined A$1 000 after pleading guilty to grabbing a woman's breast without her consent.
  • Kiwi cyclists in assault claims
  • Indian official denies assault


  • Now time to invest in sport
    26/03/2006 20:07
    It is time for the country to invest more in sport says Sascoc president Moss Mashishi. SA won 38 medals, including 12 gold, at the Commonwealth Games.
  • SA end Games on positive note


  • Sierra Leone athletes arrested
    27/03/2006 08:26
    Police near Sydney have found and detained six runaway athletes from Sierra Leone's team to the Melbourne Commonwealth Games.
  • Half of S Leone team missing
  • Athletes go AWOL
  • Special Report: Melbourne 2006


  • SA end Games on positive note
    26/03/2006 15:48
    David George has ended South Africa's challenge at the Commonwealth Games on a positive note with a silver medal in the 166km men's road cycling race.
  • No Games glory for Aus
  • Road race silver for SA
  • Mwelase ups SA's gold tally


  • No Games glory for Aus
    26/03/2006 10:45
    Australia has fell short of the Commonwealth Games gold medal record but the hosts reconfirmed their place as the event's superpower.
  • Best ever games for Team SA


  • Road race silver for SA
    26/03/2006 08:59
    South African David George has won the silver medal in the men's 165 km road race at the Commonwealth Games.
  • Mwelase ups SA's gold tally
  • Schoeman scoops another gold
  • Brit beats Ryk and Roland


  • Mwelase ups SA's gold tally
    25/03/2006 13:11
    Bongani Mwelase has claimed South Africa's only boxing gold at the Commonwealth Games.
  • Boxers do SA proud


  • England disqualified in 4x400m
    25/03/2006 16:56
    Australia have won the women's 4x400m relay title at the Commonwealth Games after original winners England were disqualified.

    Best ever games for Team SA
    24/03/2006 21:52
    Irrespective of what happens over the weekend the performances of South African athletes at the 2006 Commonwealth Games can already be described as the best ever.
  • Harmse clinches hammer bronze
  • Gallery: Team SA in action
  • Melbourne 2006 medal table


  • Thompson sets long jump record
    24/03/2006 17:11
    Australian Bronwyn Thompson has smashed the Commonwealth Games record to win the women's long jump gold.
  • Australia win basketball gold
  • Harmse clinches hammer bronze
  • Seventh title for Mutola
  • Special Report: Melbourne 2006


  • Australia win basketball gold
    24/03/2006 17:08
    Jason Smith's three-pointer with just over a minute left has helped Australia edge New Zealand for the Commonwealth Games basketball gold medal.

    Mutola flops in 800m
    24/03/2006 13:44
    Keneth Jepkosgei of Kenya has won the women's 800 metres title at the Commonwealth Games leaving the legendary Maria Mutola in her wake.

    Harmse clinches hammer bronze
    24/03/2006 11:50
    South Africa's Christian Harmse has won the bronze medal in the men's hammer final at the Commonwealth Games.
  • Half of S Leone team missing
  • Wow, says new high jump star
  • It was perfect - Van Zyl


  • Half of S Leone team missing
    24/03/2006 08:09
    War-ravaged Sierra Leone has now lost half of its Commonwealth Games squad after another four of its athletes disappeared.
  • Wow, says new high jump star
  • It was perfect - Van Zyl
  • Athletes go AWOL


  • Wow, says new high jump star
    23/03/2006 22:29
    "Wow!" This was the first thing Anika Smith said after winning gold in the high jump at the Commonwealth Games.
  • Smith grabs high jump gold
  • It was perfect - Van Zyl
  • Two shooting medals for SA


  • It was perfect - Van Zyl
    23/03/2006 16:01
    Louis van Zyl, who broke the Commonwealth Games record to win gold in the men's 400m hurdles, says it was "perfect" because of the crowd.
  • Smith grabs high jump gold
  • Van Zyl wins 400m hurdle gold


  • Medal Tables
    23/03/2006 14:23
    The medals table at the end of Thursday's competition at the Commonwealth Games.

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