Comm Games Gold 'gift' wrap
IT IS rare in sport to truly get a “sure thing” but nothing was surer than Australia’s Opals and Boomers claiming Commonwealth Games basketball Gold Medals.
Woe Canada, as Boomers go golden
AUSTRALIA’s Boomers today claimed the Commonwealth Games men’s basketball Gold Medal 87-47 from Canada, teaching it the three “Rs” of international basketball in a ruthless, relentless performance filled with the right stuff.
Opals hit the Gold motherlode
AUSTRALIA's Opals, polished and efficient, tonight claimed their second Commonwealth Games women's basketball Gold Medal to match 2006's inaugural success, belting England 99-55 at Gold Coast Convention Centre.
Aussies home scot free but NZ out!
AUSTRALIA today produced a 3-point clinic to massacre Scotland in their Commonwealth Games semi final but it was a huge shot by Canada’s Mamadou Gueye which turned the tournament on its head.
One to go as Opals prune Tall Ferns
AUSTRALIA's Opals continued their undefeated march into tomorrow's Commonwealth Games' Gold Medal match with a fourth straight "ton" in a 109-50 semi final win over cross-Tasman rival New Zealand tonight at the Gold Coast.
Look out, Tall Blacks take no prisoners
YES, it's still only the semi final stage tomorrow of the men's basketball at the Commonwealth Games but Australia's Boomers and New Zealand's Tall Blacks have been heading for the Gold Medal confrontation since Day One.
Tall Ferns to get an Opals trim
THE Commonwealth Games' women's basketball draw means Australia's Opals will meet New Zealand's Tall Ferns in a semi final, instead of fighting for the Gold again on Saturday.
Opals, Boomers rule pools
WHITE hot favourites before the Commonwealth Games even tipped off, Australia's Boomers and Opals have won their respective men's and women's Pool A intrapool play to storm straight into the semi finals.
After swatting Mozzies, Opals pluck Canucks
HAVING swatted Mozambique to open their Commonwealth Games campaign, the Opals tonight belied Canada's high international ranking with a 100-61 cruise at Townsville Entertainment Centre.
Kay's day as Boomers escape NZ
THE Pool A thriller between Australia and New Zealand balancing on a knife’s edge, it was Boomers forward Nick Kay who cut the cord and set the Tall Blacks adrift with a monster 3-pointer inside the final two minutes.

