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Commonwealth Games 2018 headlines with summaries.
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Sport: Pacific finish Comm Games with 18 medals
16 Apr 2018The Commonwealth Games have concluded with the Pacific recording their best medal haul in 16 years.
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Sport: Samoa tops Pacific medal tally at Commonwealth Games
Team Samoa Chef de Mission Nynette Sass says the 2018 Commonwealth Games can be a launching pad for sport in the country after the team finished highest of the Pacific nations competing at the games.
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Sport: Samoan boxer settles for silver
15 Apr 2018Samoan boxer Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali was forced to settle for a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games after a unanimous points defeat in the men's 81kg final on the Gold Coast.
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Rubbernecking at a table tennis spectacle
16 Apr 2018An 11-year-old Welsh table tennis prodigy was the youngest competitor in the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Kate Newton went to see what the fuss was all about.
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NZ sevens teams to fight for gold
15 Apr 2018The New Zealand men's sevens team have joined the women's team in advancing to the gold medal match at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
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More medal chances as Games wrap up
15 Apr 2018Sevens rugby and squash are New Zealand's best chances for last-minute medals on the final day of the Commonwealth Games. Video
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NZ sevens teams chase Comm Games gold
15 Apr 2018The New Zealand men's sevens team have stormed into the semi-finals at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, crushing Canada 33-7 to go through group play unbeaten.
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Silver Ferns captain - 'a bronze medal is what we need'
15 Apr 2018Silver Ferns captain Katrina Grant says "pride is on the line" when they play-off for a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games today.
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Diving final: Boddington vows to bounce back
14 Apr 2018Diver Shaye Boddington says she will shake off a last placing in the women's one-metre springboard final at the Commonwealth Games.
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Men's sevens open Games with two wins
14 Apr 2018The New Zealand men's sevens team have won their opening two games at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, beating Zambia 54-nil and Kenya 40-7.
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Tall Blacks lose heartbreaker in Commonwealth Games semis
14 Apr 2018The New Zealand men's basketball team have suffered an agonising 88-86 loss to Canada, who scored on the final buzzer of their semi final match to advance to the gold medal playoff at the Gold Coast…
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Redemption time on day ten of Commonwealth Games
14 Apr 2018Both the Silver Ferns and cyclist Sam Gaze will be looking to re-write very recent history at the Commonwealth Games today.
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McCartney, Adams settle for Commonwealth Games silver
14 Apr 2018New Zealand wins five medals on day nine of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
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Black Sticks men to play for Commmonwealth Games gold
14 Apr 2018The New Zealand men's hockey team will play for a Commonwealth Games gold medal after an upset win over India 3-2 tonight.
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Squash mixed doubles pair to play for Commonwealth bronze
13 Apr 2018The New Zealand squash mixed doubles pair of Joelle King and Paul Coll will play for a bronze after a surprise defeat to India in their Commonwealth Games semi final.
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Rooney questions shooting refereeing after missing out on final
13 Apr 2018A controversial refereeing call has seemingly cost Olympic silver medallist Natalie Rooney a spot in the finals of the trap shooting at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
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Injury forces Webber out of Games
13 Apr 2018Injury has forced another change to the New Zealand men's rugby sevens team a day out from the start of their Commonwealth Games campaign on the Gold Coast.
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David Nyika to fight for Games gold medal
13 Apr 2018New Zealand boxer David Nyika will fight for the gold medal in the 91kg class at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
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Second-shot Shaye into diving final
13 Apr 2018New Zealand's Shaye Boddington will compete for a Commonwealth Games diving medal tonight, continuing her rapid comeback after a 13-year absence from the sport.
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Black Sticks advance to final in style
13 Apr 2018The women's Black Sticks captain Stacey Michelsen's moment of brilliance in the semi-final penalty shootout secures a 2-1 win over England at the Commonwealth Games.
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Sport: Samoa to box for gold, Fiji takes bronze
Samoan boxer Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali has a shot at history after advancing to the men's 81kg gold medal match at the Commonwealth Games.
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Sport: Fijiana 7s face tough ask to reach semis
14 Apr 2018The Fiji women's sevens team face an uphill task to qualify for the semi finals at the Commonwealth Games.
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Sport: PNG 7s battle against odds
14 Apr 2018The Papua New Guinea men's sevens team are bracing for another challenging weekend at the Commonwealth Games.
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Gold medallist apologises for outburst: 'I reacted badly'
12 Apr 2018Gold medal winning men's mountain biker Sam Gaze has apologised to silver medallist and NZ team-mate Anton Cooper after accusing him of bad sportsmanship at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
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