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  1. Para-mixed bowls teams to battle for bronze medalpublished at 21:58 BST

    Julie Thomas and Steffan James, aided by directors Jamie Jones and John WilsonImage source, Team Wales
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    Jamie Jones, Julie Thomas, Steffan James and John Wilson

    Two Wales bowls teams will battle for a Commonwealth Games bronze medal on Tuesday morning.

    The Para-mixed bowls B2-B3 pair of Julie Thomas and Steffan James, aided by directors Jamie Jones and John Wilson, were beaten 2-0 to the England pair of Rob Homer and Sally Anne Lewis-Wall, who were aided by directors Sue Davies and Elizabeth Shipley.

    Wales face an early start on Tuesday morning when they play the bronze medal match against New Zealand at 08:30 BST.

    The Wales women's pair of Amy Williams and Lauren Gowen also lost to England in the semi-finals on Monday night, when they were dramatically beaten on a tie-break by Amy Pharoah and Sian Honnor in a contest that went down to the final bowl.

    Williams and Gowen will play Northern Ireland at 10:10 BST.

    Amy Williams Lauren GowenImage source, Team Wales
  2. Boxer Pitt wins to continue Wales unbeaten runpublished at 21:42 BST

    Daniel PittImage source, Team Wales

    Wales will have a clean sweep of seven boxers in the Commonwealth Games quarter-finals after light-heavyweight Daniel Pitt defeated Papua New Guinea's Kua Gunua Mua.

    Pitt lost the first round but battled back to force two standing counts in the third round to seal victory.

    Pitt joins Owain Harris-Allan, Orlando Holley-Sotomi, Connor Williams, Rosie Eccles, Niamh Brookes and Helen Jones in last eight bouts that will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday.

  3. Wales wheelchair basketball side suffer Scotland defeatspublished at 20:44 BST

    The Wales 3x3 wheelchair basketball teamImage source, Team Wales

    The Wales women 3x3 basketball team lost their first game in the final group game when they were defeated 16-2 by Scotland.

    After Wales' victories against India and Nigeria, the Commonwealth Games hosts proved too strong.

    Molly Lander scored the two Wales points with Olivia Phillips, Anastasia Blease and Chloe Morgan completing the quartet.

    Scotland top Pool B and head to the semi-finals, with Wales now going into a play-off system to play New Zealand on Tuesday at 21:00 BST to try and qualify for the last four.

    The Wales men's side also lost to Scotland to 21-10 with Dan May scoring seven points and Alex Wilson contributing three.

    The quartet will also be involved in a play-off game against Australia at 18:30 BST on Tuesday.

  4. Weightlifter Jones finishes sixth in Glasgowpublished at 17:41 BST

    Catrin Haf JonesImage source, Getty Images

    Weightlifter Catrin Haf Jones finished sixth in the women's 58kg final in Glasgow.

    The 27-year-old from Bangor was competing in her third Games and lifted a snatch of 82kg which placed her sixth at the halfway stage.

    Jones lifted 106kg in her clean and jerk to complete a total of 188kg.

    "It was a bit of a whirlwind," said Jones.

    "I am proud of my performance today, especially after Birmingham in 2022 did not go to plan where I did not put a score on the board."

    Nigerian Rafiatu Folashade Lawal won the gold medal.

  5. Abigail Roper claims gymnastics vault bronzepublished at 14:25 BST

    Abigail Roper with the Wales flagImage source, Getty

    Gymnast Abigail Roper claimed Commonwealth Games bronze in the women's vault in Glasgow.

    It was Wales' first women's vault medal since Sonia Lawrence in 1994, while Roper's identical twin sister Emily finished fourth.

    Canada's Lia-Monica Fontaine claimed gold, with England's Abigail Martin finishing second.

    It was Wales' fifth Commonwealth Games medal in Glasgow after four podium finishes of one silver and three bronze in the pool, with the wait for gold continuing.

    "I can't even put into words how crazy it is," said Abigail.

    "I went into this final with no expectations, it was my first final at a major tournament and I was just happy to make it.

    "To come away with a bronze medal is just insane."

    Abigail admitted she felt for her sister, who had a further chance to win a medal in the uneven bars later on Monday.

    "I want to be happy for myself but then at the same time like I feel bad for her," Abigail said.

    "Fourth is not the best after coming fourth in the team final, we found that hard.

    "She's got the bars final now, so she just needs to keep her head focused and hopefully she'll do a really good job."

  6. Team Wales captain Breen qualifies for final published at 13:35 BST

    Rhiannon Clarke and Olivia BreenImage source, Team Wales

    Olivia Breen is through to Monday night's T37/38 100m finals after finishing second in her heat.

    The double Commonwealth gold medal winner finished in 13:05, the third fastest time.

    "I'm happy, I'm content," she said.

    "I didn't want to go all out for the heat, I'm saving myself for the final and I'm excited for later.

    The Team Wales captain celebrated her 30th birthday yesterday.

    "I went to The Ivy with my parents, had a good old Shepherds pie," said Breen.

    Meanwhile, there was disappointment for Welsh hammer thrower Amber Simpson who failed to qualify for the final.

    After two failures, she threw 59.14 on her final attempt which left her 13th in the standings, one shy of a place in tomorrow's medal event.

  7. Boxing duo take Wales quarter-finallists to sixpublished at 13:08 BST

    Owain Harris-Allan swings a punch at Niven ChembenImage source, Getty Images

    Owain Harris-Allan and Orlando Holley-Sotomi increased the number of Wales Commonwealth Games boxing quarter-finallists to six with victories in Monday's opening session in Glasgow.

    Harris-Allan, 22, celebrated a unanimous victory against Niven Chemben from Mauritius.

    The lightweight from Cardiff, who won bronze at the Birmingham Games in 2022, will fight Scotland's Nicholas Devlin on Wednesday.

    Light-heavyweight Holley-Sotomi defeated England's Paddy Hewitt in a split decision to set up a quarter-final bout against Refiloe Thai from Lesotho.

    Connor Williams, Rosie Eccles, Niamh Brookes and Helen Jones were already in the last eight, while Daniel Pitt is in last-16 action later on Monday

    Boxer Orlando Holley-Sotomi punches England's Paddy HewittImage source, Team Wales