South Africa's medallists from the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games have been honoured at a champions' parade in Pretoria.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has hosted a luncheon for members of the country's Gold Coast 2018 team on their return home from the Commonwealth Games.

The Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) is still waiting for official notice of a national athlete, who won a bronze medal at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, violating anti-doping rules.

Australia's Chef de Mission for Gold Coast 2018 Steve Moneghetti has joined in the defence of Commonwealth Games marathon champion Michael Shelley following criticism that he did not stop to help Scotland's Callum Hawkins.

Ghana have revealed that two athletes who represented the country at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast earlier this month have not returned home.

Australia's Commonwealth Games marathon gold medallist Michael Shelley has reportedly been distressed by online abuse received for failing to stop and help Scotland's Callum Hawkins, who collapsed just over a mile from the finish with a lead of more than two minutes at Gold Coast 2018.

Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate has announced he wants the city to bid for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships following the huge success of the Commonwealth Games.

India's Namdev Shirgaonkar, among officials warned by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) after two athletes were sent home from Gold Coast 2018 for breaching a strict no needle policy, is planning to continue his fight to clear his name.

Gold Coast 2018 chief executive Mark Peters has earned more than AUD$3 million (PS1.6 million/$2.3 million/EUR1.9 million) since being appointed to head the Organising Committee for the Commonwealth Games, it has been reported.

Swimming Australia President John Bertrand has hailed the success of the team at the Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast as a positive step towards Tokyo 2020 but warned standard at the Olympic Games will be "dramatically higher".

Boxers Bashir Nasir and Regarn Simbwa and table tennis player Halima Nambozo have become the latest Ugandan athletes to go missing in Australia following the end of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.

A Mauritius team official accused of sexual assault during the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast failed to return to Australia to face the charges in court.

Gold Coast 2018 chairman Peter Beattie has hit out at people who criticised the Closing Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games - calling them "whingers".

Kenyan boxer Brian Agina has gone missing in Australia following the conclusion of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, officials have confirmed.

A Queensland bid for the 2032 Olympic Games would require Federal Government support, according to Gold Coast 2018 officials.