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  1. Who is in action for Wales on day eight in Glasgow?published at 07:58 BST

    Rhian Edmunds, Emma Finucane, Lowi ThomasImage source, Getty Images

    The Welsh team sprint trio of Emma Finucane, Rhian Edmunds and Lowri Thomas won gold on day seven in Glasgow, but they will go their individual ways on Friday.

    Finucane will aim to add another gold, while look out for Anna Morris in the endurance individual pursuit and scratch events.

    Welsh boxers Rosie Eccles, Owain Harris-Allan, Connor Williams and Orlando Holley-Sotomi are in boxing semi-finals hoping to upgrade already guaranteed bronze medals, while athletics duo Olivia Breen and Issy Boffey are involved in finals.

    Judo is the final of the 10 sports to start with Joshua Bell, Lola Hodson and Ashleigh Barnikel competing, while the netball side will bring their campaign to a conclusion in the 9th/10th place decider against Tonga.

    Athletics

    20:05: Olivia Breen, women's long jump T38 final

    20:25: Issy Boffey, women's 800m final

    Bowls

    09:55: Ross Owen and Daniel Salmon, men's pairs, vs Malaysia

    15:00: Amy Williams, women's singles, vs Caroline Whitehead

    Boxing

    15:00: Rosie Eccles v Arundhati Choudhary, women's 70kg semi-final

    16:00: Orlando Holley-Sotomi v Merven Clair, men's 70kg semi-final

    16:30: Connor Williams v Garyn McAllister, men's 90kg semi-final

    20:30: Owain Harris-Allan, men's 60kg semi-final, v Sachin Sachin

    Judo

    From 11:00: Joshua Bell, men's -66kg

    From 11:00: Lola Hodson, women's -52kg

    From 11:00: Ashleigh Barnikel, women's -48kg

    Netball

    11:00: Tonga v Wales, 9th/10th classification match

    Track cycling

    From 10:00: Emma Finucane, Rhian Edmunds, Lowri Thomas, women's sprint qualifying (semi-finals and finals from 16:25)

    10:30: Ciara Oliva, Jess Roberts, Anna Morris, women's 4000m individual pursuit qualifying (bronze and gold medal finals from 16:33)

    12:29: Rhys Britton and Will Salter, men's 4000m individual pursuit qualifying (bronze and gold medal finals 18:16)

    From 16:00: Ioan Hepburn, Steffan Lloyd, Jonah Jenkins, men's keirin (final at 19:18)

    17:56: Anna Morris, Carys Lloyd, Megan Barker, women's 10km scratch race final

    19:23: William Roberts, Rory Gravelle, Will Perrett, men's elimination race final.

  2. Finalist Henrich gives mother a birthday presentpublished at 22:04 BST 30 July

    Charlotte Henrich running for WalesImage source, Getty Images

    Charlotte Henrich gave her mother a birthday to remember by qualifying for the 400m final in her first Games.

    Henrich finished second in her heat in a time of 52.13 seconds behind Nigeria's Ella Onojuvwevwo to qualify eighth fastest for Saturday afternoon's final.

    Earlier there was delight for Ava Lloyd, who is also on Games debut, when she qualified for the final of the women's mile with a personal best time of four minutes 31.21 seconds.

    But there was disappointment in the same event for athletics co-captain Melissa Courtney-Bryant, who finished seventh in her heat, a spot outside the qualification places.

    The 32-year-old was touch and go to make the start line in the first place after injury-hit preparations.

    Meanwhile, 800m runner Justin Davies missed out on a final despite recording a season’s best 1:45.51 in his semi-final, finishing fifth.

  3. Wales suffer heavy defeat in final pool gamepublished at 21:35 BST 30 July

    Wales v Jamaica Commonwealth GamesImage source, Getty Images

    Wales will contest the 9th/10th playoff after a 74-28 loss to Jamaica in their final pool match.

    This was their fourth defeat of the Commonwealth Games with just a solitary win against Trinidad and Tobago.

    It was a competitive opening quarter from the Welsh Feathers who trailed by just two goals at the first break.

    But Jamaica showed why they are the 2022 silver medallists as a clinical second quarter from the Sunshine Girls saw them pull away.

    Wales tried to compensate by making several changes, with captain Bethan Dyke even dropping to the bench. But the onslaught from Jamaica continued and they extended their lead to 36-18 at half time.

    Despite some positive moments for Wales in the third and fourth quarters, Jamaica proved too strong, converting attacks ruthlessly to seal victory and a place in the semi-finals.

    It's been a disappointing competition for Wales who will finish at least one place lower than four years ago, after finishing eighth in Birmingham in 2022.

    They will need to dust themselves off quickly ahead of tomorrow morning's classification match with Tonga at 11:00 BST.

  4. Weightlifter Wales sets Welsh record in fourth place finishpublished at 20:40 BST 30 July

    Weightlifter James WalesImage source, Team Wales

    Weightlifter James Wales missed out on a podium spot, finishing fourth in the men's 110+kg event.

    The serving Royal Navy commissioned officer managed 145kg with his second attempt in the snatch, before failing to lift 150kg.

    Roared on by the crowd in the arena after failing with his first two attempts, Wales successfully lifted a Welsh record 191kg in the clean and jerk to avoid a 'did not finish'.

    This left him with a total of 336kg, 20kg short of England's Andrew Griffiths who went on to win a bronze medal.

    New Zealand's David Liti's score of 389kg was just enough to claim gold, with Singh Lovepreet just one kilo behind in silver.

    This was the final event of the weightlifting programme at these Games.

    Team Wales finish with one medal in the sport, thanks to Laura Hughes' bronze in the women's 77kg.

  5. Wales sprint team trio win Commonwealth gold published at 19:05 BST 30 July

    Rhian Edmunds, Lowri Thomas and Emma Finucane sing the national antheImage source, Team Wales

    Wales have won Commonwealth Games gold in the women's team sprint at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome by beating England in the final.

    The Welsh trio of Emma Finucane, Rhian Edmunds and Lowri Thomas defeated Katy Marchant, Sophia Capewell and Rhianna Parris-Smith in a new Commonwealth Games record time of 46.760s.

    Wales had set the fastest time in qualifying to set up the gold medal race and delivered the ultimate upgrade on the bronze medal the same trio won in Birmingham in 2022.

    It was the 18th medal for Team Wales with three gold, six silver and nine bronze.

    This was the third medal for Wales on the opening night of track cycling after silver for Para-cyclist James Ball and his guide Matt Rotherham and bronze for the women's team pursuit.

    Unfortunately the men's trio of Lewis Oliva, Steffan Lloyd and Ioan Hepburn could not compete in the team sprint event bronze medal race.

    Hepburn made the start line but pulled out after having medical advice.

    Trinidad and Tobago were awarded the bronze medal.