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Commonwealth Games 2010
Commonwealth Games 2010 headlines with summaries.
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Willis happy with first run
12 Oct 2010New Zealand defending 1500m champion Nick Willis says he is happy with his first outing at the Commonwealth Games.
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Sevens side unbeaten in Delhi
12 Oct 2010The New Zealand rugby sevens team has swept aside its competition in pool play the Commomnwealth Games in Delhi.
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NZ squash pair into semifinals
12 Oct 2010The women's doubles combination of Jacklyn Hawkes and Joelle King are through to the semifinals at the Commonwealth Games after beating an English pairing 2-1 in a quarterfinal.
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NZ's youngest athlete diving for medal
12 Oct 2010The youngest member of New Zealand's Commonwealth Games team has advanced to the final of the women's 10m platform diving in Delhi.
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Lawn bowler Forsyth remains unbeaten
12 Oct 2010New Zealand lawn bowler Ali Forsyth remains unbeaten in singles play at the Delhi Commonwealth Games after two more wins.
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Ugandan matches NZ athlete's double on track
12 Oct 2010An African runner has completed the first long-distance Commonwealth Games double in 72 years, matching the feat of New Zealander Cecil Matthews.
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Hamblin wins another silver on track
12 Oct 2010New Zealand middle-distance runner Nikki Hamblin has picked up her second silver medal at the Commonwealth Games. Audio
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Chalaev wins weighlifting silver medal
11 Oct 2010New Zealand has won its second weightlifting medal at the Commonwealth Games after Stanislav Chalaev finished second in the 105kg class.
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Roulston wins silver in road race
11 Oct 2010New Zealand cyclist Hayden Roulston shrugged off the effects of the flu to win a silver medal in the 168km men's road race at the Commonwealth Games.
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Last-minute draw sends Black Sticks men into semifinals
11 Oct 2010The New Zealand men's hockey team has scraped into the semifinals at the Commonwealth Games after snatching a last-minute 1-all draw with Canada in their final pool clash.
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Silver Ferns defeat Barbados
11 Oct 2010The New Zealand netball team has crushed Barbados 97-22 in their final Pool B match at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
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Forsyth continues unbeaten run
11 Oct 2010New Zealand lawn bowl's singles representative Ali Forsyth has continued his unbeaten start at the Commonwealth Games with a straight sets victory over Niue's Leslie Lagatule.
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Boxers out of Games
11 Oct 2010Super-heavyweight Joesph Parker and light-heavyweight Reece Papuni have lost their Commonwealth Games matches, meaning the last two New Zealand boxers have been elimated from the event.
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Schoolboy error costs Australian athlete a medal
11 Oct 2010A simple error by Australia's oldest athlete at the Commonwealth Games, Michelangelo Giustiniano, cost him the chance of winning a shooting silver medal on Sunday.
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NZ women's cycling team miss out on medal in road race
10 Oct 2010The New Zealand women's cycling team were shut out in the final sprint to miss out on a medal in the Commonwealth Games road race.
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Gold medal for Adams at Games
10 Oct 2010Valerie Adams has won gold for New Zealand in the women's shotput at the Commonwealth Games. She says the Comonwealth title is a great reward after a hard year.
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Trap shooters 4th and 5th
10 Oct 2010Shooters Nadine Stanton and Natalie Rooney finished fourth and fifth in the women's singles trap shooting at the Commonwealth Games.
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No archery medal for Teasdale
10 Oct 2010Shaun Teasdale was unlucky not to win a medal in the men's individual compound archery event at the Commonwealth Games.
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Women's hockey team beat Canada
10 Oct 2010The New Zealand women's hockey team maintained its place at the top of pool B at the Commonwealth Games by beating Canada 2-1 in pool play.
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Snyders 8th in final
10 Oct 2010New Zealand swimmer Glenn Snyders has finished in 8th place in the 200-metre breaststroke final, on the last day of competition in the pool at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
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Yelavich wins 12th Commonwealth Games medal
10 Oct 2010Shooter Greg Yelavich has won an unprecedented 12th medal at a Commonwealth Games.
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Wiegersma forced to withdraw from swim final
10 Oct 2010New Zealand swimmer Natalie Wiegersma has withdrawn from the final of the women's 400m individual medley at the Commonwealth Games due to ill-health.
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England too good for Black Sticks
9 Oct 2010The New Zealand men's hockey team have lost to England 5-3 in their pool B clash at the Commonwealth Games.
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Khan, Timoti still contenders in bowls competition
9 Oct 2010The New Zealand women's pairs lawn bowlers play their last group match at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday afternoon. Jan Khan and Rawi Timoti are second in Group A.
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