In 2006, Melbourne hosted its first Commonwealth Games and the country’s fourth. Exactly 50 years earlier, the same city had hosted the biggest sporting event in the world, the Olympic Games.

but not hundreds of millions and not billions like the Commonwealth Games. It didn't put Melbourne at a financial risk. "Melbourne is the sporting capital and we could've done it. You don't have ...

But rather than lament the scaled-down version of the Games, which faced a bleak future under the old, expensive model, the Commonwealth Games Federation has leaned into the new model and ...

Paul Lewis writes about rugby, cricket, league, football, yachting, golf, the Olympics and Commonwealth Games. Someone once ...

QUEENSLANDERS look set to be without any AFL level footy for up to three weeks next season because of public transport demands during next year's Commonwealth Games. The Games will keep Gold Coast's ...

Australia's premier sporting venue, the Melbourne Cricket Ground is ... The G' has also played host to Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games. Home to the Victorian Bushrangers, the MCG was ...