The announcement of the death of British Olympian Shaun Pickering at the age of 61 has shocked the athletics world.

A trio of Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) regional meetings have taken place in Trinidad and Tobago and Australia prior to the two countries' hosting of upcoming Games as well as one in Zambia.

As a guest on a podcast this weekend I was asked to name three athletes who had inspired me, and three top athletics moments. How to start? When to finish? A day later I realised with a guilty jolt - I’d forgotten Curtis Robb.

Schoolchildren will be asked to help design a mascot to represent Victoria for the 2026 Commonwealth Games, with the results due to be announced late next year.

Liz Dawson has led her first General Assembly as New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) President in Auckland, where she underlined "exceptional results" achieved in 2022.

The City of Greater Geelong has revealed plans to spend almost AUD $8 million (£4.2 million/$5.3 million/€4.8 million) for the 2026 Commonwealth Games despite facing "enormous" financial challenges.

As the former British colonies in the Caribbean battle with runaway gun violence, youth crime, youth unemployment and under employment that has reached crisis levels, the consequences, scars and burden of the Colonial legacy of Caribbean Chattel slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, modern day slavery, contemporary racism, the social and economic inequalities and injustices continue to be passed on to generations born and yet to be born.  

A study from the International Longevity Centre UK has used Commonwealth Games record to find that elite athletes can live more than five years longer than the rest of the population.

The inaugural meeting of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Coordination Commission for Victoria 2026 has praised "impressive progress" to preparations following a three-day visit to the Australian state.

Christchurch Mayor Phil Mauger has pitched his city to be at the heart of New Zealand’s bid for the 2034 Commonwealth Games.

An update on the progress of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Victoria by its chief executive Jeroen Weimar was one of the highlights of a Commonwealth Sport Regional meetings in Zambia’s tourist capital of Livingstone.

Commonwealth Sport Canada (CSC) has become the latest signatory of the Abuse-Free Sport programme in the country, providing access to the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner's (OSIC) services.

Commonwealth Games gold medallist Ollie Hoare has been named the recipient of the Bruce McAvaney Award for Performance of the Year as part of the Athletics Australia Awards for 2022.

The Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee has ended the latest round of its regional engagement forums intended to bring different aspects of the community together to help prepare for the event.

The regeneration of Birmingham’s Perry Barr - one of the key legacies of last year’s Commonwealth Games - continues to take shape with the first phase of its residential scheme completed.