“A part of me is glad that it's all done and dusted now,” she said after shedding a few tears collecting her gold medal on the podium. “This has been a long time coming. I've had to have the same conversation a thousand times: 'It's the Commonwealth …

Gibbons was beaten by Wales's Natalie Powell and appeared devastated. Her year has been hampered by injury however, and – although she could not set up a remarkable husband-wife double gold – there was the comfort of Burton's win still to come.

Zoe Smith was famous as a teenager for being dubbed 'Britain's strongest schoolgirl' and last night the weightlifter would give anyone a run for their money as the nation's smiliest gold medal winner. The 20-year-old south London weightlifter, 5ft 2 …

Spare a thought for the person who tries to sneak in a brick of gold by hiding it in the rectum. You've heard of drug mules, people who clandestinely transport drugs at great risk — they have to evade strict laws, including the death penalty in some …

This creek rests at the site of Romarco Minerals' proposed Lancaster County, S.C., mine and could be destroyed. The gold mine would be the largest open-pit gold digging operation ever developed in South Carolina, and the federal government recently …

Wales' Francesca Jones finished her competitive rhythmic gymnastics career by winning her first Commonwealth gold and five silver medals at her third and final Games in Glasgow. The 23-year-old claimed gold in the last final of the competition with the …

Francesca Jones “danced her heart out” to win her first Commonwealth gold medal for competitive rhythmic gymnastics in her third and final Games. The 23-year-old Wales gymnast bowed out on a high, taking the top spot on the podium in the last …

Australia's gold medal winner Jack Bobridge (centre) stands with compatriot and silver medal winner Alex Edmondson (left) and New Zealand's bronze medal winner Marc Ryan during the ceremony for the Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit finals cycling race.

In a nerve-jangling ending which saw Jones left anxiously waiting the outcome of an enquiry by Canadian gymnast Patricia Bezzoubenko, who had won all five other gold medals in the team event, all-around, hoop, ball and clubs finals, the Welsh gymnast …