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  2. Bowler Owen kicks off Wales campaign with victory

    Ross OwenTeam Wales

    Bowler Ross Owen kicked off the Team Wales campaign at the 2026 Commonwealth Games with a comfortable 2-0 men's singles victory against Mohammed Ayub Qureshi from Pakistan.

    Owen, 32 from Merthyr Tydfil, won the two sets 12-5 and 17-0 and is next in action against England's Sam Tolchard on Friday.

    This is Owen's third Games having won a bronze medal as part of the men's triples in Birmingham in 2022.

    "Thankfully I settled in quite well and made a good start," said Owen.

    "Hopefully there are good things to come from Team Wales from now on."

    The bowlers were the first Welsh competitors in action in Glasgow as they competed on Thursday before the evening's opening ceremony at the Hydro.

    Amy Williams and Lauren Gowen will compete in the women's pairs against Canada at 15:10 BST on Thursday.

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  4. Carl Roberts, Chris Hoy, King Charles and Ross Owen

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  6. The view from Nantglyn, Denbigshiren of an agricultural landscape covered with parched fields. There is a fence in the foreground, with dry hills in the background.

  7. Forward Jamieson joins Ross County

    Lewis Jamieson in action for Newport CountyHuw Evans Picture Agency

    Newport County forward Lewis Jamieson has joined Scottish League One side Ross County for an undisclosed fee

    Jamieson, signed for The Exiles from United Soccer League Championship club Sacramento Republic in January.

    The 24-year-old made three appearances for County but failed to score during his time at Rodney Parade.

    Glasgow-born Jamieson came through the ranks at St Mirren and spent loan spells at Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Airdrie, Raith Rovers and two stints with Clyde.

  8. Eccles and Brookes one step from Commonwealth Games medal

    Rosie EcclesGetty

    Defending champion Rosie Eccles and Niamh Brookes are one win away from a Commonwealth Games' medal following Wednesday's draw.

    Light-middleweight Eccles, who will be the Team Wales flag bearer at the opening ceremony, and flyweight Brookes will enter the competition at the quarter-final stage next week with the pair in action on Wednesday in Glasgow.

    Anybody who reaches the semi-final is guaranteed a medal.

    Light-heavyweight Daniel Pitt is the first Welsh boxer in action on Saturday evening in the last 32 of the 80kg section when he faces Dee Ioapo of Samoa.

    Connor Williams, Helen Jones, Orlando Holley-Sotomi and Owain Harris-Allan have been drawn in the last 16 stage.

    Bantamweight Jones faces Kadijat Ajishola in the women's 54kg section on the morning of Sunday 26 July, while heavyweight Williams will take on Namibia's Petrus Jacobus Kotze in the evening at 21:15 BST.

    Lightweight Harris-Allan, who won Commonwealth Games bronze in Birmingham, starts his campaign against Niven Chemben for Mauritius in the men's 60kg category on the morning of Monday, 27 July.

    An hour later, light-middleweight Holley-Sotomi faces England's Paddy Hewitt in the men's 70kg category.

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  12. Josh Lock in action for the New Saints

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  15. Elijah Just in New Zealand kit at the World Cup

  16. Lili Jones celebrates after scoring for Wrexham

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  19. Team Wales bowlers in action before opening ceremony

    Ross Owen bowlingWelsh lawn bowls

    The lawn bowlers will be the first athletes from Team Wales in action at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

    They will compete on Thursday morning before the evening's opening ceremony at the Hydro.

    Ross Owen is in men's singles action against Mohammed Ayub Qureshi from Pakistan at the SEC from 12:20 BST.

    This will be Owen's third Games having won bronze as part of the men's triples in Birmingham in 2022.

    Amy Williams and Lauren Gowen will then compete in the women's pairs against Canada at 15:10 BST.

  20. Mike Harris being interviewed

  21. Rosie Eccles (left) and Daniel Salmon

  22. Boxer Rosie Eccles and bowler Daniel Salmon both won gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham

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  24. Stephen Kinnock wearing a suit and red tie stands outside a brick community centre, speaking with a member of a local men's wellbeing group who is wearing a blue baseball cap and dark polo shirt. They are beside a building's entrance, which has red-framed windows and an open door. Bright sunshine casts shadows across the paved area outside the centre.