Daily Summary - What was on today at the Games
The last day of competition at Melbourne 2006 sees a total of 19 gold medals on offer to competitors. Squash features its Mixed, Men’s and Women’s Doubles Finals to be held at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatics Centre, as the Table Tennis competition wraps up its Singles competition with bronze and gold medal matches at the same venue.
The highly anticipated finale to competition at the Games—the Australia versus New Zealand Netball Final—is ready to hold centre stage later this afternoon, whilst England and Jamaica will play-off in the bronze medal match.
The Melbourne Exhibition Centre will play host to the Singles and Doubles Finals of Badminton today for both Men and Women, as the Women’s Apparatus Final in the Rhythmic Gymnastics is decided at Rod Laver Arena.
Melbourne’s roads will be alive and kicking as the Men’s and Women’s Cycling Road Races are run and won in the precinct surrounding the Royal Botanical Gardens.
After yesterday’s gold medal performance from the Australian Hockeyroos, the Men’s side, the Kookaburras, is seeking to emulate their counterparts in the gold-medal match against Pakistan at the State Netball and Hockey Centre.
The Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games will then officially close this evening in what will be a spectacular celebration of life, sport and the arts in a fitting culmination of the staging of the 18th Commonwealth Games.
26 March 2006 Day 11 highlights
Bollywood's taste of Delhi 2010
26 Mar 06 23:40
The host of the 2010 Games, Delhi, staged a stunning showcase of Indian culture at the Closing Ceremony, marking the handover from Melbourne 2006.
Melbourne – we did it!
26 Mar 06 22:30
Melbourne's biggest party has closed the Commonwealth Games, as thoughts turn to Delhi 2010.
Gold medal performances
Doubles delight for shuttlers
The final day of Badminton competition has been dominated by Malaysian shuttlers, with wins in the Women’s Doubles and an all-Malaysian Men’s Doubles Final, as England triumphed in the Mixed Doubles.
Gold for Malaysia and England
Malaysian Chong Wei Lee has won the Men's Singles Final and England's Tracey Hallam has won gold in the Women's Singles of the Melbourne 2006 Badminton competition.
Road Cycling gold for Hayman
Australia's Mathew Hayman has crossed the finish line to take gold in the Men's Cycling Road Race, ahead of David George of South Africa and Allan Davis of Australia.
Pedal power for victory
Natalie Bates of Australia has won the Women's Road Race with a convincing ride that saw her break away from the pack with two laps to go.
Gymnast makes medal history
Canadian teenager Alexandra Orlando has created Games history after winning gold medals in each discipline of the Rhythmic Gymnastics competition.
One step closer to clean sweep
Canadian Alexandra Orlando claimed gold on her least favourite apparatus to move one step closer to her goal of clean sweeping the six Rhythmic Gymnastics medal events.
Hockey heroes do it again
Australia won its third consecutive Commonwealth Games gold medal when it defeated Pakistan 3-0 in the Men's Hockey Final.
Malaysia win Hockey bronze
Malaysia have won bronze in the Men's Hockey competition, defeating England 2-0. Australia will play Pakistan in the gold medal match.
Golden Ferns' final fairytale
The long anticipated showdown for Netball gold did not disappoint, as world champion New Zealand defeated reigning Commonwealth champion Australia 60-55.
England win fiery Squash Final
Squash duo Peter Nicol and Lee Beachill of England have won gold in a fiery Men's Doubles Final against Australia’s Stewart Boswell and Anthony Ricketts.
Grinham girls' golden grins
Australian sisters Natalie and Rachael Grinham have won gold in the Women's Doubles Squash match, and have each won a medal in the Mixed Doubles.
India takes Table Tennis gold
The Men’s Table Tennis competition has seen Sharath Achanta defeat Australia's William Henzell to take India’s final gold medal for the Games.
Table Tennis top seed toppled
Xue Ling Zhang has won gold in an upset win over team-mate and top seed, Li Jia Wei, as Singapore snared all three medals in the Women's Table Tennis Singles competition.
Toriola's Table Tennis triumph
Segun Toriola, has added a Table Tennis gold medal to the bronze he won earlier in the Men's Singles, after Nigeria beat England in straight games, 3-0.
View all Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games gold medals on this site.