Australian Athletes Commonwealth Games

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  Athletes Can Take A Knee At Commonwealth Games In Birmingham, Says Chief

  Australian legend Cathy Freeman wrapped herself in the Australian Aboriginal flag after winning 400 and 200 metres gold at the 1994 Games.

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  Ahead Of CWG Opening, Athlete Alleges "Inappropriate Touching" By Official

  Just hours before the opening ceremony, Australian state police said they had launched a criminal probe after a complaint was made overnight.

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  Commonwealth Games 2014: Australian Athlete Fined for Head-Butting Rival

  Australia's Cameroon-born weightlifter Francois Etoundi won bronze medal but found himself in a controversy for assaulting Welsh counterpart Gareth Evans.

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  2014 Commonwealth Games: 'Australian Athlete' Facing Assault Charge, Says Report

  The man was arrested by police on Wednesday following an early-morning disturbance at the site in Dalmarnock in the city's east end.

• No Aus athlete in CWG squad tested positive: Crosswhite

  Australian Commonwealth Games Association Chief Executive Perry Crosswhite has ruled out any participant in the recently-concluded Delhi CWG being among the nine athletes, who flunked dope tests.

• Now nine Aussie athletes test positive for methylhexaneamine

  Nine Australian athletes have tested positive for banned stimulant methylhexaneamine and some of them could be from the Commonwealth Games squads.

• Teen boxer revealed as Oz athlete sent back early from CWG

  Teenage boxer Damien Hooper has been revealed as the Australian athlete sent back home early from the Delhi Commonwealth Games for alleged indiscipline.

• Delhi CWG show makes Aussie swimmer a star

  She went to Delhi in anonymity but five medals at the Commonwealth Games have made swimmer Alicia Coutts a household name in Australia.

• Aussies sorry for CWG damage, offer to pay

  Australia topped the medals tally in the commonwealth games with 177 medals but they are not winning any awards for popularity. Australian athletes vandalised the Games village on Wednesday night, the day Sachin Tendulkar helped India crush the Aussies 2-0 in the test series.Apparently celebrating their victory in an event, some athletes decided to...

• Oz athletes raise Rs four lakh for charity

  Australian athletes, who dominated the just-concluded Commonwealth Games, have raised Rs four lakh for the poor and unprivileged children of the national capital.

• CWG: Did some Australians get rowdy?

  As the Australian contingent left for home after the conclusion of the Commonwealth Games, allegations have surfaced that their athletes at the Games Village indulged in hooliganism and damaged some property.Delhi Police said it has found a broken washing machine from a residential block and it was trying to find out what went behind it.Reports sug...

• Oz athlete sent back home for late-night party

  Australia have sent back an athlete from its Commonwealth Games contingent, ahead of the scheduled departure from Delhi, for late night partying.Australian Commonwealth Games chief Perry Crosswhite confirmed sending an athlete back home but did not disclose the identity of the punished athlete, according to a report in 'Herald Sun'.There hav...

• No Oz involved in Village hooliganism: Crosswhite

  Australia's Commonwealth Games boss Perry Crosswhite on Friday denied involvement of any Australian athlete in the vanadalism at the Games Village.It has been reported that some Australian athletes went on rampage at Village following India's fabulous Test series win over Australia, out of frustration.The report said the Aussies also raised fans ag...

• We were treated like cattle at CWG opener: Australian official

  Australian athletes were "treated like cattle" at the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in New Delhi, said Australia's chef de mission, adding they were forced to wait in a tunnel in "absolute cauldron conditions". Steven Moneghetti criticised the event organisers and said: "I was very, very disappointed with the way that the event staff conducte...

• Australian media denied access to athletes: Report

  Australian media was reportedly denied the permission to interview the Aussie gymnastics team at airport when the contingent arrived in Delhi to participate in the Commonwealth Games to be held from October 3-14.