;Closing Ceremony: Both the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the Yarra River were again centrepieces for the ceremony.
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;Basketball: The Australian men's team beat New Zealand 81–76 to win the first gold medal in this sport at the Commonwealth Games.
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; Athletics: Australian Kerryn McCann successfully defends her 2002 Commonwealth Games gold medal title by winning the women's marathon event with a time of 2:30:50.
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Both the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the Yarra River were centrepieces for the ceremony, which included many fireworks, and other spectacle.
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