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EDDIE Ockenden was a fanatical Geelong supporter as a kid – he still is.

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18th May 2013 9:05 AM

THE elevation of Tamika Saxby into Australia’s Commonwealth Games squad is a great boost to the Coffs Harbour product.

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18th May 2013 4:05 AM

SUNSHINE Coast products Brittany Elmslie and Melanie Schlanger have again failed to secure individual berths for the World...

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02nd May 2013 12:05 PM

LAST weekend’s Moranbah Open was the first tournament Commonwealth Games double medallist Robyn Cooper had played in four...

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27th April 2013 7:04 AM

WIDE Bay councils have met in Maryborough to discuss the prospect of the region playing host to visiting athletes ahead of...

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17th April 2013 7:04 AM

Cathy Reardon cyclist may ride in a womens event in Tour of Toowoomba

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12th April 2013 3:04 PM

SPORTS editor Megan McEwan meets two young Gladstone sports stars who already have their sights set on the 2018...

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08th April 2013 5:04 AM

THE emblem for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games was unveiled at Broadwater Parklands on Thursday morning, five years...

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04th April 2013 8:04 AM

FORMER Scots PGC College student Max Ackermann started his career in a 25m pool in Warwick and is still training in a 25m...

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03rd April 2013 5:04 AM

DUNCAN Armstrong believes Rockhampton will be the “one stop shop with the lot” for international athletes competing in the...

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28th March 2013 8:03 AM

THE next generation of track stars will be keen to put their names up in lights when the Oceania Championships start in...

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28th Nov. 2012 12:11 PM

DANE Mulivai turned professional after representing Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games but has struggled to find...

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16th Nov. 2012 6:11 AM

MATILDA, the Commonwealth Games kangaroo, still has it after 30 years.

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29th Sept. 2012 2:09 AM

CYCLISTS taking part in this year’s Queensland Elite Time Trial Championships will get an early look at the course proposed...

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14th Aug. 2012 5:08 AM

COMMONWEALTH Games prospect Larissa Chambers feared her first Oceania Games competition would end in heartbreak after...

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05th July 2012 7:07 AM

SUNSHINE Coast weightlifting coach Barry Harden says a strong work ethic has teenager Jacob Daniels steeled for the big...

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19th June 2012 4:06 AM

IT has been two years since Brad Hore stepped into the ring but he says the fire has returned to his belly.

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23rd May 2012 4:05 AM

AUSTRALIAN soap operas planted the seed in Don Broadhurst's head but he's going to have to endure some pain to live the...

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15th May 2012 6:05 AM

PREPARATIONS for the Commonwealth Games were given a boost on Friday with a Gold Coast MP announced as the games’...

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02nd April 2012 6:04 AM

PLANS are on track to put rail services back on the Casino to Murwillumbah line and extend it to the Gold Coast so...

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14th March 2012 9:03 AM

GIVEN how much she has improved so quickly, Aransia Peters is entitled to aim high.

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28th Feb. 2012 6:02 AM

EXPERIENCED Ipswich athletics coach Vic Pascoe is tipping some of his club charges to challenge for Commonwealth Games...

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21st Feb. 2012 4:02 AM

SHOT putter Justin Anlezark won gold at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England.

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16th Feb. 2012 5:02 AM

AT AGE 49, Commonwealth Games medallist Steve Moneghetti will be in Warwick on May 26-27 for the 10th annual...

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15th Feb. 2012 5:02 AM

AFTER making the New Zealand team for the last Commonwealth Games, Ann Potter reproduced winning form at the Warwick Pistol...

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13th Feb. 2012 7:02 AM

THE Sunshine Coast could bask in the limelight cast by the 2018 Commonwealth Games if the council can build its convention...

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04th Feb. 2012 4:02 AM

TRIATHLON Australia's newly-formed National Talent Academy program will kick start 2012 with its Search for a Star time...

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10th Jan. 2012 1:01 PM

THE wheels are turning towards 2018 with three Toowoomba juniors helping bolster Australia's cycling stocks ahead of the...

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15th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM

PRESENTING any VIP with your artworks is an exciting moment in any artist's life, but for Rockhampton's Robbie Stephenson...

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07th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM

A WORLD-CLASS sporting facility for Ooralea would boost Mackay's chances of attracting Commonwealth sporting teams to train...

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30th Nov. 2011 2:11 AM

THE recent win for 2018 Commonwealth Games to be held on the Gold Coast will not only benefit the Gold Coast, but also the...

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22nd Nov. 2011 2:11 AM

AFTER competing at a record five Commonwealth Games and winning gold at the 1984 Olympics, Glynis Nunn-Cearns OAM has...

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19th Nov. 2011 2:11 AM

THE Gold Coast's successful bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games has sparked euphoria and excitement on both sides of the...

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18th Nov. 2011 9:11 AM

COUNCIL will scrutinise “every opportunity” to cash in as best it can from the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

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18th Nov. 2011 2:11 AM

HOLD onto your Matilda – the Gold Coast has won the bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

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17th Nov. 2011 2:11 AM

DESPITE their 35-foot height difference, Rockhampton's Shirley Mathers and Matilda the kangaroo are old friends.

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17th Nov. 2011 2:11 AM

THE golden girl of Australia's cyclists said she was looking forward to a chance to shine when the eyes of the sporting...

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14th Nov. 2011 9:11 AM

GOLD Coast will host the 2018 Commonwealth Games if domestic betting agencies are to be believed.

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11th Nov. 2011 10:11 AM

THE Sunshine Coast is poised to reap the benefits of two world events possibly at its doorstep in the next decade.

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10th Nov. 2011 2:11 AM

A COUNCIL of Mayors South East Queensland lobbying mission to Canberra has raised little Federal Government action on heavy...

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30th Sept. 2011 10:09 AM

THE man hoping to hit a home run for the Gold Coast's Commonwealth Games bid says the Sunshine Coast will need to work hard...

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29th July 2011 2:07 AM

Queensland premier Anna Bligh thinks the Gold Coast is in with a strong chance to win the bid for the Commonwealth...

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11th July 2011 2:07 AM

RON Clarke and Kipchoge Keino last met as rivals, but yesterday they met to help in the Gold Coast's bid for the...

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05th July 2011 2:07 AM

IT was all smiles yesterday at the end of a visit from the Commonwealth Games evaluation committee, but nothing was given...

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24th June 2011 2:06 AM

LISMORE-BORN Commonwealth Games gold medallist Naazmi Johnston has gone mainstream, appearing in popular entertainment show...

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20th May 2011 2:05 AM

FOR a prime seat at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games, expect to pay more than $600 on the Gold Coast.

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18th May 2011 8:05 AM

THE Tweed and southern Gold Coast were shunned by Commonwealth Games bid organisers with plans to host just two sports in...

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14th May 2011 2:05 AM

MATILDA, the 13 metre high kangaroo who helped introduce Brisbane to the world at the 1982 Commonwealth Games, now stands...

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07th May 2011 2:05 AM

THE kangaroo who helped introduce Brisbane to the world at the 1982 Commonwealth Games, is back and better than when she...

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30th April 2011 2:04 AM