Hundreds of athletes and officials who went missing after last year's Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast have had their appeals for asylum rejected by the Australian Government, it has been reported.

Venues used for last year's Commonwealth Games generated AUD$62 million (£35 million/$43 million/€38 million) in economic returns in the first six months after they were reopened, Gold Coast City Council has claimed. 

Team England have donated 100 items from last year's Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast to a project designed to combat gang violence in North London through football.

A former inmate of a youth detention centre has pleaded guilty to a hoax bomb threat at last year's Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast but has been spared jail time.

Gold Coast 2018 mascot Borobi, a blue male surfing koala bear, is to have his own special day, it was announced here today.

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President Dame Louise Martin has revealed her delight at returning to the Gold Coast for the SportAccord Summit.

A Ghanaian Sub-Committee investigating the charges of visa fraud in connection with last year’s Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast has claimed its efforts have been hindered by the "uncooperative attitude of the Australian Border Control and the Ghana Immigration Service".

Gold Coast 2018 mascot Borobi, a blue male surfing koala bear, has been bought out of retirement as an animated Indigenous language champion.

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has marked the one-year anniversary of the Gold Coast 2018 Opening Ceremony as the Queensland Government claimed the Games had delivered an AUS$2.5 billion (£1.3 billion/$1.7 billion/€1.5 billion) boost to the state’s economy.

The cyber security team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast reportedly blocked  “about 176,000” potential attacks during the event.

Gold 2018 Commonwealth Games silver medal-winning shooter Tim Kneale is among the seven nominees for the Sportsman of the Year prize at next month's Isle of Man Sports Awards.

Cameroon's Arsene Fosso, one of the athletes who failed to leave Australia after last year's Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, is set to make his professional boxing debut in Canberra in April.

The Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) are set to discuss a 200 page report produced to evaluate conduct at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate has claimed the Australian city's reputation for attracting sporting events and film productions has risen since hosting the Commonwealth Games.