Commonwealth Games
Cody Simpson recovers after his men's 100m butterfly heat at the Australian swimming championships in Adelaide, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Taking time out from his singing career to focus on swimming has started to pay off for Simpson, who was selected in the Commonwealth Games swim team after placing third in the 100-meter butterfly event at the Australian trials. (Dave Hunt/AAP Image via AP)
Simpson to swim rather than sing at the Commonwealth Games

May. 23, 2022 01:37 AM EDT

Taylor Campbell, of Britain, competes in qualifications for the men's hammer throw at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Athlete auctions Olympic smartphone to fund training costs

Aug. 07, 2021 08:07 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 9, 2018 file photo, New Zealand's Laurel Hubbard lifts in the snatch of the women's +90kg weightlifting final at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia. Hubbard will be the first transgender athlete to compete at the Olympics. Hubbard is among five athletes confirmed on New Zealand's weightlifting team for the Tokyo Games. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein,File)
Transgender weightlifter Hubbard selected for Tokyo Olympics

By Steve Mcmorran Jun. 20, 2021 07:52 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 28, 2014, file photo, Maddie Groves of Australia swims to win silver in the Women's 200m Butterfly final at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre during the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. Cody Simpson was dominating attention ahead of Australia’s Olympic swimming trials, until Groves pulled out of the six-day meet following a series of social media posts condemning “misogynistic perverts” in the sport. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
Britain Commonwealth Games

Jun. 11, 2021 01:15 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2001, file photo, Australian swimming head coach Don Talbot, second from right, is thrown into the pool by swimmers Geoff Huegill, left, Grant Hackett, second from left, and Brett Hawke, right, following Australia's win over the World All-Stars at the Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia. Talbot, the foundation director of the Australian Institute of Sport and one of the country’s greatest coaches, has died according to a statement by the Sport Australia Hall of Fame released on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020 . He was 87. (AP Photo/Steve Holland)
Don Talbot, Australia's swim coaching great, dies at 87

By John Pye Nov. 03, 2020 08:31 PM EST

New head of 2022 Commonwealth Games after diversity concerns

Jul. 26, 2020 12:21 PM EDT
LONDON (AP) — Commonwealth Games Federation President Louise Martin has resigned from leading the organizing committee for the 2022 event in the central...

British diver Blagg retires at 23 because of shoulder injury

Jul. 06, 2020 06:03 AM EDT
LONDON (AP) — British diver Alicia Blagg is retiring from the sport because of a shoulder injury that has ended her chances of competing in a third Olympics at...

Protesters take a knee during a demonstration calling for justice for the death of George Floyd and all victims of police brutality, in Montreal, Sunday, June 7, 2020. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)
Commonwealth Games open to athletes taking a knee

Jun. 12, 2020 11:12 AM EDT