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Ian Thorpe
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Deep impact
A delayed taxi ride saved Ian Thorpe from being in the twin towers on 11 September. The phenomenon of the pool tells Tim Adams how that day in New York has changed him - and why he can still manage 4am starts for training
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Top 10
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The 10 greatest Commonwealth Games moments
It is fashionable to deride the Commonwealth Games as being the standard of a school sports day but this list proves that it has served up on many occasions a tasty dish of world-class action, unforgettable moments and unique characters.
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The new generation
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Six to watch
Reputations as well as medals can be won at major championships. As a new generation steps forward, we take a look at the unknowns of 2002 hoping to be the sporting stars of the future.
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Dean Macey
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Ten out of ten
Dean Macey is an international superstar - but he'll drop anything to get home for his mum's lasagne. Beneath the uncomplicated surface, there's another level to Britain's finest decathlete - he's determined to step out of Daley Thompson's long shadow.
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Table tennis
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They also serve
Mao played it. So did Henry Miller. And Bobby Fischer was a demon at it. Table tennis has an exotic and even bizarre past. Now England's 17-year-old Katy Parker tells Will Buckley of her hopes to make a big mark on its future.
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Wrestling
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Indian Summer
In the heat and dust of Delhi young men put in long hours of practice, hoping to win a place on the Indian wrestling team going to Manchester.
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Athletics
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Back on track
Horace Dove-Edwin tells Denis Campbell about the long road back to recovering his reputation, and his hopes for Sierra Leone at the 2002 Games.
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Badminton
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Shuttle diplomacy
Yuan Wemyss came to Britain to learn English. Now married and settled in Dumfries, she is one of Scotland's brightest competitors. But why does everyone call her Rita?
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Frankie Fredericks
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A gentleman and a scholar
Frankie Fredericks has a computing degree, is the most popular of track stars and has paid his own way to be here to save his country money. Here's one nice guy who won't finish last...
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Schedule
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Sport by sport schedule
List of this year's events with the lowdown, a potted history and an analysis of contenders for each one.
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Frozen in time
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Men's 100m final, 1970
The 1970 British Commonwealth Games was the first time that metric distances and electronic photo-finish technology had been employed at the Games and the men's 100m final was a genuinely world-class race.
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December 2007