Visit In the News to view the latest stories from Melbourne 2006.
or
The Helsinki World Championships 100 metre silver and bronze medallists, Michael Frater of Jamaica and Kim Collins of St Kitts and Nevis, are the latest Caribbean sprinters to confirm their place in next year’s Commonwealth Games. Hopeful Australians have gathered to audition for cast roles in either the Opening or Closing Ceremonies of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. Games organisers have set aside Australian athletes' family tickets, who are able to purchase up to four tickets for every session in which their loved ones compete. The Group Ticket Offer Order Form has begun distribution, with supermarket chain Woolworths offering a two free ticket incentive to organisers when 20 group tickets or more are purchased Lisbeth Lenton has again beaten her own 100 metre freestyle world record time, making it twice in two nights, in the finals of the Telstra Australian Short Course Championships. The Ceremonies team is casting wide for people in categories such as dance, acting and physical expression. If you have been informed by email that you have been successful in gaining an audition, visit the Ceremonies section. Australian swimmers Liesel Jones, Danni Miatke, Jade Edmistone and Grant Hackett all triumph at the World Championships in Montreal. Courses for the Marathon, Triathlon, Cycling Road Race, Cycling Time Trial and 20km and 50km Race Walks Road Events will be around many of Melbourne’s iconic landmarks, boulevards and vistas. The Games Chairman and the ACGA President have expressed shock and sorrow at the tragic road accident in Germany which claimed the life of Australian Road Cycling gold medal hopeful Amy Gillett. In a first for the Commonwealth Games, parts of Central and South-East Asia will have both television and radio coverage of the Melbourne Games, adding 500 million television viewers.
Page :
1 ,
2 ,
3 ,
4 ,
5 >>