http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/commonwealth_games/ en Copyright 2007 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:18:49 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://news.bbc.co.uk/sol/shared/img/sport_120x60.gif http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport/default.stm It is the end of the blog as we know it and I feel tired - so dozy I managed to sleep through a pneumatic drill outside my window this morning. Still, of course, I have enough energy left to... http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/commonwealth_games/2006/03/post.html http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/commonwealth_games/2006/03/post.html Sports Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:18:49 +0000 The Commonwealth Games are over and already Melbourne's attentions have moved on to Formula One and this weekend's Australian Grand Prix. But I thought I'd use my last blog entry of the Games to look back at some of my... http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/commonwealth_games/2006/03/goodbye_from_melbourne.html http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/commonwealth_games/2006/03/goodbye_from_melbourne.html Sports Mon, 27 Mar 2006 05:12:31 +0000 It was not the end the Australia home crowd wanted but then they have gorged themselves on the gold rush as it is. New Zealand's women took the final gold of the 2006 Commonwealth Games in an electrifying netball final... http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/commonwealth_games/2006/03/golden_ending.html http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/commonwealth_games/2006/03/golden_ending.html Sports Sun, 26 Mar 2006 07:14:09 +0000 I've just seen my last live event of the Commonwealth Games - the final of the mixed doubles badminton - and I've got to say it was great to see Gail Emms and Nathan Robertson win it. They were both... http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/commonwealth_games/2006/03/golden_finish_with_gail.html http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/commonwealth_games/2006/03/golden_finish_with_gail.html Sun, 26 Mar 2006 05:10:56 +0000 I can see things are beginning to unravel on the final day of competition here in Melbourne. After treking all the way up to the State Netball & Hockey Centre, I find out the netball medal matches have been transferred... http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/commonwealth_games/2006/03/wrong_place_wrong_time.html http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/commonwealth_games/2006/03/wrong_place_wrong_time.html Sports Sun, 26 Mar 2006 04:53:18 +0000 It is 32 degrees in Melbourne (sorry do I say that every day?) and I am off to spend the final day of action at the State Netball & Hockey Centre to watch the closing stages of the netball competition.... http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/commonwealth_games/2006/03/ball_games_and_beetles.html http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/commonwealth_games/2006/03/ball_games_and_beetles.html Sports Sun, 26 Mar 2006 02:16:05 +0000 It's the last day of action at the Commonwealth Games and I've sauntered down to the women's road race. Nicole Cooke was among the pre-race favourites but she's not had the ideal start and is two-and-a-half minutes off an early... http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/commonwealth_games/2006/03/the_final_countdown.html http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/commonwealth_games/2006/03/the_final_countdown.html Sports Sat, 25 Mar 2006 22:51:15 +0000 I'm feeling a tad sentimental with the boxing having finished and organisers already packing away everything. It proved a stunning night for the British boxers, with England winning five golds and the Scots one amid a truly awesome atmosphere. Since... http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/commonwealth_games/2006/03/bowing_out_of_the_boxing.html http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/commonwealth_games/2006/03/bowing_out_of_the_boxing.html Sports Sat, 25 Mar 2006 11:12:30 +0000 It was nice to see the MCG folk had rolled out the red carpet for me in the media area. Oh, it turns out it was for Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie instead. Mr & Mrs Blair... http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/commonwealth_games/2006/03/tonys_perfect_timing.html http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/commonwealth_games/2006/03/tonys_perfect_timing.html Sports Sat, 25 Mar 2006 10:29:21 +0000 British javelin hero Steve Backley was back in the centre field as the men's javelin competition kicked off the final night of athletics at the MCG. But there was to be no second swansong for the 37-year-old - he had... http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/commonwealth_games/2006/03/backleys_back_at_the_mcg.html http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/commonwealth_games/2006/03/backleys_back_at_the_mcg.html Sports Sat, 25 Mar 2006 07:42:13 +0000 Australian boxer Brad Pitt lived up to his nickname "Hollywood" with a fairytale ending to his Commonwealth bid - a gold medal. But it was hardly a blockbuster as he and India's Harpreet Singh fought a tentative bout. The session... http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/commonwealth_games/2006/03/hollywood_ending.html http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/commonwealth_games/2006/03/hollywood_ending.html Sports Sat, 25 Mar 2006 05:56:52 +0000 I have been lured back to the hockey, to sit in sizzling 32 degrees of sun and watch the England women come through a nail-biting match with New Zealand to take bronze. Steeling their nerves after 70 minutes of tense... http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/commonwealth_games/2006/03/the_red_eyes_have_it.html http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/commonwealth_games/2006/03/the_red_eyes_have_it.html Sports Sat, 25 Mar 2006 03:53:28 +0000 There's just 15 minutes to go before the boxing finals get under way in Melbourne. There's a potential for seven golds from British fighters tonight, with one already guaranteed. Jamie Cox, who has been boxing under the name James Russan... http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/commonwealth_games/2006/03/seconds_out_for_the_boxing_fin.html http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/commonwealth_games/2006/03/seconds_out_for_the_boxing_fin.html Sports Sat, 25 Mar 2006 03:39:21 +0000 Mark Nicholas, the host presenter for Channel 9's Commonwealth Games coverage, may be smoothness personified when on camera. But it transpires that's not always the case in every day life. This morning he was spotted entering the media centre here... http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/commonwealth_games/2006/03/smoothly_does_it.html http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/commonwealth_games/2006/03/smoothly_does_it.html Sports Sat, 25 Mar 2006 01:06:28 +0000 Fab Flournoy will be delighted to come away with a bronze medal for England as basketball made its Commonwealth Games debut - and with great success too, judging by the packed crowds at the multi-purpose venue. Fab has another first... http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/commonwealth_games/2006/03/fabs_ridiculous_question.html http://blogs.bbc.co.uk/commonwealth_games/2006/03/fabs_ridiculous_question.html Sports Fri, 24 Mar 2006 10:32:33 +0000