Wales at the Commonwealth Games

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Emma Finucane made it a golden night for Wales when she sprinted to Commonwealth Games victory in Glasgow.

Finucane followed in the footsteps of compatriot Anna Morris, who won the individual pursuit.

Finucane defeated England's Sophie Capewell in the final, and fellow Welsh rider Rhian Edmunds claimed a brilliant bronze.

Capewell and Finunace were part of the Great Britain team sprint that won gold at the Paris Olympics in 2024.

Finucane, Edmunds and Lowri Thomas were the Wales trio in the team sprint that beat Capewell's England to gold on the opening night of the track cycling.

Finucane qualified for the individual semi-final in style by setting a Games record of 10.322 seconds in qualification and defeating reigning Commonwealth and Olympic champion Ellesse Andrews with ease.

She beat Edmunds 2-0 in the semi-final and there was controversy between Malaysia's Nurul Mohammed Asri and Capewell.

Asri won the first race before she was disqualified in the second for delaying tactics, with Capewell then winning the decider to set up a Team GB finale.

Finucane proved a class apart, forcing Capewell to settle for silver, while Edmunds beat Asri for bronze.

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Welsh cyclist Anna Morris claimed Commonwealth Games gold in the 4,000m individual pursuit final in Glasgow before appearing to follow it up an hour later with a silver in the scratch before she was relegated off the podium.

Morris defeated England's Josie Knight in the pursuit final and claimed her gold medal on the podium.

She then rushed off for a scratch race that started 10 minutes later and eventually finished behind Australian winner Georgia Baker but was then demoted from the podium.

There was a rivalry between these Great Britain team-mates Morris and Knight in the individual pursuit.

They rode alongside each other in the team pursuit squad that won Olympic bronze in Paris in 2024.

Morris, a qualified doctor, then defeated Knight in the world final of the 2025 individual pursuit final as she defended her title.

The battle lines had been drawn in the morning session when Knight recorded the fastest qualifying time of 4:25.719, with Morris just outside in 4:25.817.

But Morris produced a commanding performance in the final to clinch gold in a time of 4:24:272.

This was the first time the event had been held over 4,000m in the Commonwealth Games having previously been a 3,000m contest.

Morris continued her remarkable evening by competing alongside Welsh riders Megan Barker and Carys Lloyd in the scratch and somehow still had the strength to finish second before her disappointment followed.

Morris was relegated for entering the sprinter's lane when her New Zealand opponent was already there.

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Wales have secured at least two silver medals in the boxing ring after dominant performances by Orlando Holley-Sotomi and Connor Williams.

Holley-Sotomi, fighting in the 70kg event, and Williams, in the 90kg division, won unanimous decisions within half an hour of each other on Friday.

Holley-Sotomi was first up and beat Mauritius' Merven Clair comfortably.

"I proved to myself what kind of fighter I am," he said.

"I'm a finalist of a major competition. I knew that since my first major, but I've proved it now.

"I'm proving it to everyone and now hopefully everyone's a believer in me."

Williams grew into his fight with Northern Ireland's Garyn McAllister and also won on all five scorecards.

"I knew I could do it," Williams said. "I've thought so much about this for such a long time, since Birmingham [in 2022]. I saw the Welsh team out there.

"I was telling my friends before I was even on the Welsh team that I was going to the Commonwealth Games, and now I'm here.

"I've thought about this for such a long time. I'm this close to my goal. I'm this close to my dream."

The pair will fight to upgrade silver to gold on a day of boxing finals on Saturday.

Owain Harris-Allan will hope to join them when he faces India's Sachin Sachin tonight.

Earlier, defending champion Rosie Eccles claimed bronze after falling to India's Arundhati Choudhary.

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Welsh teenage cyclist Ioan Hepburn raced in the keirin this afternoon after being too ill to take part in the men's sprint bronze medal final on Thursday evening.

The 18-year-old was due to compete alongside Lewis Oliva and Steffan Lloyd in the race for third place against Trinidad and Tobago.

Hepburn was withdrawn just before the race was due to start because of illness.

He was track side when the decision was made with his team-mates Oliva and Lloyd on the start line.

Trinidad and Tobago were awarded the bronze with Wales not racing and Hepburn left the arena distraught.

Team Wales said: "Ioan went from the track to hospital to be checked over.

"He was discharged shortly afterwards and has been medically cleared to race again."

Hepburn rode in two races but bowed out in the repechage.

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Welsh judoka Lola Hodson narrowly missed out on bronze in the women's -52kg competition.

Hodson was beaten by England's Tatum Keen as their bout went to golden score.

Hodson was aiming to secure Wales' first judo medal of the Games but three Shido penalties for the 20-year-old meant Keen took the bronze instead.

She came through the repechage after defeat by top seed Evelyn Beaton in the quarter-finals.

Defeat meant Hodson finished equal fifth.

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Defending champion Rosie Eccles will have to settle for a bronze medal after a split-decision defeat against Arundhati Choudhary in front of a partisan crowd at the SEC arena in Glasgow.

There was no love lost between both boxers with tempers reaching boiling point at times during the bout.

Eccles, who was the Team Wales flagbearer at the opening ceremony, lost the first round having been given a standing count after she was caught by an overhand right from her opponent.

India's Choudhary also claimed the second, leaving Eccles with everything to do in the final round.

The Caldicot fighter threw everything she had left in the final round, scoring a knockdown, but unable to find a stoppage.

The 30-year-old was emotional, hugging coach Colin Jones and leaving the ring in tears.

Having left the GB set up in March, Olympian Eccles promised "one last dance" representing Wales at the Commonwealth Games this summer.

She was determined to complete her "trilogy", adding to her silver medal won in 2018 and the gold in Birmingham four years ago.

Eccles has done as she set out to do, but will feel disappointed not to have fought for a gold medal.

The Olympian was one of four Welsh boxers in semi-final action on Friday, with Orlando Holley-Sotomi, Connor Williams and Owain Harris-Allan fighting later.

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Wales cycling duo Emma Finucane and Anna Morris will go for track gold at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome tonight after impressing in the morning session.

Finucane was part of the team sprint trio alongside Rhian Edmunds and Lowri Thomas that won gold on the opening night of the cycling, while Morris secured a bronze in the team pursuit alongside Jess Roberts, Megan Barker and Ciara Oliva.

Finucane has qualified for the sprint semi-finals where she will face fellow Welsh rider Edmunds.

Finucane set a new Commonwealth Games record of 10.322 seconds in sprint individual qualification and eased through the last 16.

This set up a quarter-final against reigning Commonwealth and Olympic champion Ellesse Andrews and Finucane beat the New Zealander comfortably in two races to achieve semi-final qualification.

Edmunds followed Finucane into the final four by beating Scotland's Lauren Bell, while Thomas bowed out at the last 16 stage.

Morris, who is the individual pursuit double world champion, will race for gold.

Morris qualified second fastest in a time of 4:25.817, just behind England's Josie Knight, with the two Great Britain team-mates going head-to-head in the final at 16:40. Morris beat Knight in the world final in 2025.

Oliva was sixth fastest in a new five-second personal best, while Roberts was 10th.

Morris also has a chance of a medal in the women's 10km scratch race alongside Barker and Carys Lloyd which starts at 17:56.

Rhys Britton and William Salter finished 10th and 13th respectively in the men’s individual pursuit qualification.

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Wales have a chance for a bronze medal in Judo after Lola Hodson won her women's -52kg repechage.

Hodson, who was seeded eighth, announced herself immediately this morning, taking just 19 seconds to win her first round match as she forced a submission from opponent Priscillia Monthouel.

In the quarter-final she came up against top-seeded Canadian Evelyn Beaton, who won with two Waza-ari in quick succession.

Fighters who lose at the last-eight stage are given a second chance to fight in a repechage, with the winners entering a final to win one of two bronze medals.

The Tonteg judoka beat India's Shradda Kabudal Chopade by a yuko in a tight match, setting up a bronze medal opportunity against England's Tatum Keen, who lost her semi-final.

"It wasn't always guaranteed, so to have actually fought through and got to it, I'm very pleased," the 20-year-old said.

"There's still a fight to go, it's just about enjoying being in the medal match and just doing my judo and just trying to do my best to get the medal."

There was disappointment for Josh Bell in the men's -66kg category after he lost to home hope Aiden Moffat in the round of 16.

Bell had won his opening contest by ippon against Kenya's Felix Okoko, but had foreseen a tough match against the Scot.

"I knew straight away, looking at the draw, that it would be me and Moffat at one point," he said.

"He's one of the best in the country. We've sparred a lot, and I always knew it would be tough."

Scotland got the better of Wales again as Pembrokeshire's Ashleigh Barnikel lost by ippon to Summer Shaw in her first -48kg women's match.

Barnikel, who lost her repechage against another Scot in Eva Ewing, is proud of the progress she's made since her debut in 2022.

"I think personally I'm a different person standing here today," she said.

"It was just small margins. The scores both opponents got on me were marginal. I'm not a million miles away from the level."

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Wales have finished in a disappointing 10th place at the Commonwealth Games after losing 63-53 to Tonga in their ranking play-off, two places lower than four years ago.

The Welsh Feathers ended their 2022 Birmingham campaign eighth and will leave Glasgow after another frustrating result in a campaign that produced one win and five defeats, having only beaten Trinidad and Tobago in the group stage.

The Welsh Feathers started brightly against Tonga, with captain Bethan Dyke feeding goal shooter Georgia Rowe well in attack to lead 10-14 at the quarter-time break.

Tonga rallied in the second, forcing Wales into errors from which they capitalised to bring the scores back level at 29–29 after 30 minutes.

The pressure on Wales continued as Tonga took control, netting 19 goals for the second quarter in a row and stretching their lead to 10 at three-quarter time.

Tonga goal keeper Otolose Fainga'anuku was given a two-minute suspension after a dangerous contact on Dyke in the final quarter.

But Wales could not overturn the deficit after leaving themselves with too much to do.

It was the last game for head coach Emily Handyside, as she will step down from her role as planned at the conclusion of the Commonwealth Games.

Wales captain Bethan Dyke said: "We were really fired up this morning we knew what we needed to do.

"We started pretty well, but just that third quarter again, just got away from us and we just gave ourselves too much to do in the last quarter."

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Wales' Amy Williams continued her impressive women's bowls singles campaign with a 2-0 victory over Caroline Whitehead.

She has not lost a set in any of her four group games so far but her place in the semi-finals is not yet assured.

Williams faces Emma Saroji, also unbeaten, in a winner-takes-all match for a chance to contend for a medal.

Meanwhile, Welsh hopes of defending the men's pairs title have disappeared after losing 2-0 to Malaysia.

Double gold medalist Daniel Salmon and Ross Breen have lost two of their four matches with just one left to play and now cannot catch pool leaders Malaysia for the semi-final place.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.