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Commonwealth Games

Gold Coast Commonwealth Games organising committee chairman Peter Beattie with CISCO Australia vice-president Ken Boal.

2018 Commonwealth Games spectators to get the 5G treatment

Spectators at next year's Commonwealth Games will be able to access 5G mobile technology for the first time, which would allow them to watch events from every Games venue through an app, share videos of their favourite events and track their friends from their mobile phones.

Sheldon College students formed a guard of honour for Cathy Freeman, as she was unveiled as a Commonwealth Games 2018 ...

Cathy Freeman's Commonwealth Games return

In 2000, every Australian watching Queenslander Cathy Freeman win Olympic gold felt the huge weight of expectation slide from her shoulders as she collapsed on the Sydney track.

The moment: Australia celebrate after beating England to win gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Hockeyroos and the magic of the Games

A big Games event brings so much white noise – the politics, the organising, the ticketing, the travelling…the parking! – that the sport, when it finally arrives, can seem like a respite. Logistical gigantism threatens to asphyxiate every Games until sport, wonderful sport, saves the day.

"Pure relief": Sally Pearson enjoys her victory in Glasgow.

Pearson's last laugh in Glasgow

Sally Pearson had to overcome injury, a fast English rival and an extraordinary press release from her sport's head coach criticising her when she raced for gold in Glasgow. She won and silenced them all.