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Gold medallist Josh Kerr has revelled in the Commonwealth Games and in competing for Scotland in Glasgow this week.

Ultra-runner Sophie Woods runs 2,000km across eight countries in only 29 days to break the record for completing the Via Alpina - one of the world's toughest endurance challenges.

Some blame social media and the behaviour of world leaders for a perceived decline in honestyWhen a cricket team in North Yorkshire became the centre of a cheating scandal that made headlines around the world, it made ma...

There were no pacers and no wave lights. This was a Saturday night scrap - Glasgow rules - and Josh Kerr wasn't going to let anyone beat him in that fight.

English long jumper Jazmin Sawyers overcomes previous major championship disappointments to win Commonwealth gold.

Josh Kerr leaves Glasgow with a golden moment for Scotland while Australia shocked the field in the mens 4x100m relayBoxing The first hands will be thrown just after 11am in womens 54kg final between Scarlett Savannah De...

9 August 1954 The final made history as the first race in which two athletes ran under four minutesThe mile race has returned to the Commonwealth Games for the first time since 1966. The 1954 final in Vancouver, later du...

Home favourite blazes clear to delight Scottish fansWightman fades to sixth, Myers takes silverJosh Kerrs summer of miracle and wonder continued in front of his adoring home fans as he added Commonwealth gold to his glit...

Updates from Saturdays live action around GlasgowMedal table | How mop man Miller stole the show Boxing The first hands will be thrown just after 11am in womens 54kg final between Scarlett Savannah Delgado and Preeti Pre...

Updates from Saturdays live action around GlasgowMedal table | How mop man Miller stole the show Boxing The first hands will be thrown just after 11am in womens 54kg final between Scarlett Savannah Delgado and Preeti Pre...

Photographers captured the highs and lows of the countrys elite athletes as they competed during the Commonwealth Games in GlasgowCommonwealth Games 2026: day eight - in picturesCommonwealth Games 2026 medal table

The Commonwealth Games men's mile is infused with intrigue and history - and as the event returns in Glasgow it looks set for a compelling final.

Sarah Billings claims Australias first 800m womens bronze in 36 yearsBut disappointment for three other track and field stars in GlasgowTeenage race walker Isaac Beacroft hit the accelerator on a dramatic final lap in th...

Englands Georgia Hunter Bell won the womens 800m final in style to claim her first Commonwealth Games medalBoxing: Scarlett Savannah Delgado of Canada and Preeti Preeti of India will contest the womens 54kg final after w...

Hunter Bell clocks 1min 59.51 to beat world championWin secures full set of major medals for English runnerThere are late developers in sport, and then there is the brilliant Georgia Hunter Bell, who continues to defy sp...

Latest track cycling and athletics action in GlasgowMedal table | In pictures: day eight | And mail TahaBoxing: Scarlett Savannah Delgado of Canada and Preeti Preeti of India will contest the womens 54kg final after winn...

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Rose Davies stayed within the leading group for the entire race before surging past Scotland's Megan Keith with 200m to go to win gold in the 5,000m. A woman had never before completed the 10,000m-5,000m double at th...

Megan Keith claims a memorable Commonwealth Games bronze for Scotland in the 5000m in front of her 100-year-old grandad at Scotstoun Stadium.

Megan Keith claims a memorable Commonwealth Games bronze for Scotland in the 5,000m in front of her 100-year-old grandad at Scotstoun Stadium.