Sporting Digest: Commonwealth Games

ENGLAND TEAM (First selections for Commonwealth Games, Victoria, Can, 18-28 August): Athletics: MEN: 100m: L Christie (Thames Valley). 200m: S Wariso (Haringey). 400m: R Black (Team Solent), D Ladejo (Belgrave). 800m: C Winrow (Wigan). 1500m: K McKay (Sale). 10,000m: R Denmark (Basildon). 110m hurdles: A Tulloch (Wolverhampton). 400m hurdles: P Crampton (Spenborough), S Coupland (Sheffield). 3,000m steeplechase: S Duval (Cannock), C Walker (Gateshead). High jump: B Reilly (Loughborough). Long jump: B Williams (Cannock). Triple jump: J Edwards (Gateshead), J Golley (Thames Valley), F Agyepong (Shaftesbury). Pole vault: A Ashurst (Sale). Shot: P Edwards (Belgrave). Hammer: P Vivian (Thames Valley). Discus: R Weir (Birchfield), K Brown (Birchfield), G Smith (Solihull). Javelin: M Hill (Leeds), S Backley (Cambridge). Marathon: D Buzza (Cornwall), M Hudspith (Morpeth), C Moore (Bingley). 30km walk: C Maddocks (Plymouth). WOMEN: 100m: K Merry (Birchfield). 200m: Merry, S Douglas (Sale). 400m: T Goddard (Basingstoke). 800m: D Modahl (Sale). 1500m: K Holmes (Ealing). 3,000m: S McGeorge (Brighton). 10,000m: Z Hyde (Woking), C Greenwood (Bingley), S Rigg (Warrington). 100m hurdles: C Court (Birchfield). 400m hurdles: S Gunnell (Essex), G Retchakan (Thurrock), J Parker (Essex). High jump: J Bennett (Epsom), D Marti (Bromley). Long jump: Y Idowu (Essex), D Lewis (Birchfield). Shot: J Oakes (Croydon), M Augee (Bromley). Discus: S Andrews (Essex), D Callaway (Aldershot). Javelin: S Holroyd (Sale), S Gibson (Notts). Marathon: Y Danson (Formby), S Ellis (Birchfield), S Eastall (St Edmund's). 10km walk: K Smith (Coventry).

NORTHERN IRELAND TEAM: Athletics: Men: 800m: D Wilson. 1500m: Wilson, B Tracey, G Loughck. 5,000m: D Donnelly, J Campbell. Triple jump: M McDonald. Women: 800m: J Latimer. 400m: S McCann, S Llewellyn. 400m hurdles: McCann, Llewellyn. Discus: J McKernan. Badminton: B Topping, M Watt, G Henderson, A Stephens, J Plunkett, C Russell. Bowls: Men: Singles: J Smith. Pairs: S Adamson, S Allen. Fours: V Dallas, J McCloughlin, I McClure, N Graham. Women: Singles: M Johnson. Pairs: B Camerson, W Elliott. Boxing: D Kelly (flyweight), T Waite (bantamweight), A Patterson (featherweight), M Renaghan (lightweight), M Winters (light-welterweight), N Sinclair (welterweight), J Webb (light-middleweight), D Ryan (middleweight), P Douglas (heavyweight), D Corbett (super-heavyweight). Cycling: Road race: C Henry, M Kane, I Chivers, T Evens. Team time trial: C McCann, A Moss, D McCann, J McClelland. Track: A Irvine. Gymnastics: Men: Artistic: C Close, N Dunn. Women: Artistic: S Cairns, F Burgess, J Dwyer. Rhythmic: H McGarry. Shooting: Olympic trap: T Hewitt, T Allen. Smallbore rifle: D Baker, C Ogle. Fullbore rifle: D Calvert, M Miller. Air pistol: M McFarland. Air rifle: R Clarke. Swimming: Men: 100m backstroke: R Gheel. 200m backstroke: Gheel. 100m butterfly: G Walker. 50m and 100m freestyle: Walker. Women: 100m and 200m butterfly: M Madine. 50m freestyle: E Robinson. 200m and 400m freestyle: Madine, D Simms. 800m freestyle: Simms. 100m and 200m breaststroke: Robinson, S Brown. Weightlifting: E Byrne (64kg), B Cooke (70kg). Wrestling: J O'Rawe (62kg), M Bowman (68kg).