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Commonwealth Games 2014
Commonwealth Games 2014 headlines with summaries.
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Para-triple wins silver in Glasgow
1 Aug 2014The New Zealand open para-triple lawn bowls team has won a silver medal at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
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Black Sticks men unbeaten at Games
1 Aug 2014The New Zealand men's hockey team finished top of their pool at the Glasgow Commonwealth games after going unbeaten with a 6-1 win over Malaysia in their final game.
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Smit and Hamblin into 800 final
1 Aug 2014New Zealand will have two athletes in the Commonwealth Games women's 800 metre final in the athletics at Hampden Park.
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Adams wants to keep on winning
1 Aug 2014The New Zealand track and field star Valerie Adams has no plans to slow down after winning her 54th straight international shot put competition.
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Northern Ireland has nine boxers in medal contention
2 Aug 2014Northern Ireland are guaranteed nine medals in the ring at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games after five more boxers reached the semi-finals.
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Bauer to captain NZ in road race
3 Aug 2014After narrowly missing out on a stage win on the Tour de France, Jack Bauer will go into Sunday night's Commonwealth Games road race as New Zealand's designated top rider.
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Silver Ferns predict 'fierce' final
3 Aug 2014The Silver Ferns take the court on Sunday night at the Commonwealth Games in what they say will be a fiercely contested gold medal final against their old rivals Australia.
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THE BIG "G"
31 Jul 2014Instructions to spectators at the Hampden Park athletics stadium in Glasgow are either to "Gie it laldie", or to "Hod your wheest" ... and then there's the "Weegie Wave".
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THE BIG "G"
31 Jul 2014As has been the case at many previous Commonwealth Games, it is volunteers who are greasing the wheels to ensure the smooth running of Glasgow 2014.
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Val Adams delivers in Glasgow
1 Aug 2014Valerie Adams has won the shot put title at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, and in the process given New Zealand its 600th medal since the Games' inception in 1930.
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Chalaev wins silver in Glasgow
2 Aug 2014The New Zealand weightlifter Stanislav Chalaev has won a silver medal in the 105-kilo class at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
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Two bronze medals for NZ wrestlers
1 Aug 2014The Canterbury wrestlers Tayla Ford and Sam Belkin have won New Zealand's first wrestling medals in 28 years at a Commonwealth Games, both taking bronze in Glasgow.
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Bronze for Auckland weightlifter
1 Aug 2014The Auckland weightlifter Tracey Lambrechs has won a bronze medal in the over 75-kilo class at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
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Silver Ferns' planning out the window
31 Jul 2014The Silver Ferns coach Wai Taumaunu says she's been impressed with the resilience her side has shown, in reaching the Commonwealth Games semi finals unbeaten.
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Aussie athletics coach sacked
31 Jul 2014The head coach of Australian athletics team at the Commonwealth Games has been suspended for publicly criticising the Olympic 100 metres hurdles champion Sally Pearson.
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Silver Ferns beat Jamaica
31 Jul 2014The New Zealand netball team put injuries behind them to beat Jamaica 50-42 in their final pool match at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
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Bolt dismisses report that he's not having fun in Glasgow
31 Jul 2014The Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt has described claims he made disparaging comments about the Commonwealth Games as "nonsense".
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NZ badminton combinations progress in Glasgow
31 Jul 2014Five of New Zealand's seven badminton players have progressed to the last 16 in their respective individual competitions at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
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David Light into boxing semi-finals
1 Aug 2014The Auckland heavyweight David Light is guaranteed a medal in the boxing ring at the Commonwealth Games.
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Black Sticks push for final on day nine
1 Aug 2014The national women's hockey team face England in a Commonwealth Games semi-final, while bowls, boxing and athletics all offer chances for New Zealand to increase its medal tally.
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Black Sticks push for final at Games
1 Aug 2014The New Zealand women's hockey team face England in a Commonwealth Games semi-final, while bowls, boxing and athletics all offer chances to increase the medal tally in Glasgow.
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Smit and Hamblin into 800 semi-finals
31 Jul 2014Angie Smit and Nikki Hamblin have both made it through to the semi-finals of the 800 metres at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games athletics programme.
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Gold and silver in mountainbiking
30 Jul 2014A day to remember for New Zealand at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games mountain bike park, with Anton Cooper winning gold and Sam Gaze silver in the men's competition.
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Boyle, Pascoe earn swimming golds
30 Jul 2014The New Zealand swimmer Lauren Boyle set a new Commonwealth Games record as she swam to the gold medal in the 400 metres freestyle, her second medal in Glasgow.
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