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Welsh record holder Charlotte Henrich finished fourth in the women's 400m final at Scotstoun Stadium.

The 19-year-old's time of 51.16 seconds was just 0.16 seconds off the medal positions in her Commonwealth Games debut.

The race was won by Jamaica's Dejanea Oakley in a time of 50.21, with Barbados' Sada Williams in silver and Nigeria's Ella Onojuvwevwo taking bronze.

Henrich said she was "so happy" with her effort in Glasgow:

"I'm not even frustrated I was so close to a medal," she said.

"I'm sure I'll look back on it and see if I could have done something else, but right now I've come fourth at my first Commonwealth Games, I couldn't have asked for more."

Henrich broke Michelle Scutt's Welsh record, which had stood since 1982, at the UK Athletics Championships in June and then again two weeks later at the London Diamond League event.

Earlier this week she was named to the British team to compete at this month's European Championships in Birmingham.

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Welsh Para-cyclist James Ball is guaranteed a silver and will race for a gold medal in the men's tandem B sprint final with pilot Matthew Rotherham later today.

Ball qualified third fastest this morning but needed just two of the three semi-final races to seal victory over Australian Kane Perris.

He will once again take on rival Neil Fachie in the final after the Scot claimed gold in Thursday's time trial, with the Welshman in second.

The 35-year-old will be hoping for a repeat of the 2022 final, where he defeated Fachie to claim his first Commonwealth gold.

"He'll get a massive boost from the crowd," Ball said of Fachie.

"It's inevitable really and I don't blame him. They are going to be fighting for it but we're going to fight right back."

In the men's sprint, Ioan Hepburn, Steffan Lloyd and Jonah Jenkins finished 11th, 15th and 19th respectively, though Hepburn was pleased to set a new British junior record in qualifying.

"I'm absolutely over the moon," he said. "It's been a goal of mine for a good couple of years and to break that with a crowd like this is absolutely incredible."

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New manager Hayden Mullins admits Newport County are "three or four" players short with just a week to the start of the season.

The Exiles have appointed the former Crystal Palace, West Ham and Portsmouth midfielder as their new boss after the shock departure of Christian Fuchs at the end of June.

The Austrian left after County had signed six players - Harrison Biggins, Christian Doidge, Cameron Norman, Dan Sassi, Shaquille Gwengwe and Yahya Bamba - and they added Kyle Cameron and Kieron Evans while owner Huw Jenkins picked his next manager.

"We are definitely three or four players short of where we need to be. The fans will see some movement and we will be working hard to get targets," said Mullins on Radio Wales Drive.

"With me coming from Fulham, I am clued up in terms of the loan market and category one [academy] players."

Former Swansea chairman Jenkins has taken the lead in recruitment since his takeover was completed in January 2024.

He has shaped the squads that Nelson Jardim, David Hughes, Fuchs and now Mullins have worked with.

"I will have a say in who comes in, definitely. We had a chat a couple of hours ago about players and targets, and there is a video that has been sent over for me to have a look at," said Mullins on Friday.

"With Huw, he is a really experienced man and you have got to trust his view and eye as well. It's a collaboration.

"We will sit down and talk about targets. I am a head coach – I can coach, develop and work with a group – and I will have a say in transfers and who comes in."

County play their first competitive game at AFC Wimbledon in the Carabao Cup on Saturday, 8 August and kick off their League Two campaign at home to Rochdale seven days later.

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The penultimate day of the Commonwealth Games is here and Wales will be looking mainly at medals in track cycling, boxing and athletics.

Team Wales have 24 medals so far with six gold, six silver and 12 bronze and they will add to that on day nine in Glasgow.

Emma Finucane will be aiming to build on her two gold medals from the opening two days in the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, where James Ball and Anna Morris could also increase their medal tally.

Orlando Holley-Sotomi and Connor Williams are the two Welsh boxers to have made the finals so know they will leave Glasgow with silver or gold. The pair will know which colour by mid afternoon.

Four Welsh athletes are in action which includes a lunch time final for 400m runner Charlotte Henrich, while Jake Heyward is competing this evening in the men’s mile which could be one of the moments of the Games as home hero Josh Kerr looks to light up Glasgow.

Ava Lloyd competes in the final event of the track and field in the women's mile.

Ben Moore and Holly Devall are in judo action, while Amy Williams will be hoping to make the semi-finals of the women’s bowls singles.

Athletics

12:20: Charlotte Henrich, women's 400m final

19:05: Tom Walley, men's pole vault final

20:55: Jake Heyward, men's mile final

21:45: Ava Lloyd, women's mile final

Bowls

08:30: Daniel Salmon and Ross Owen, men's pairs, vs Jersey

16:25: Amy Williams, women's singles, vs Malaysia's Emma Saroji

Boxing

13:15: Orlando Holley-Sotomi v Northern Ireland's Jon McConnell, men's 70kg final

13:45: Connor Williams v England's Isaac Okoh, men’s 90kg final.

Judo

From 11:00: Ben Moore, men's -73kg

From 11:00: Holly Devall, women's -70kg

Track cycling

From 10:00: Steffan Lloyd, Jonah Jenkins and Ioan Hepburn, men's sprint qualifying (semi-finals and finals from 15:08)

From 10:42: James Ball and Matthew Rotherham, men's tandem B sprint qualifying (final at 15:00)

11:49: William Perrett, William Roberts and Rhys Britton, men's 10km scratch race qualifying (final at 18:20)

15:55: Anna Morris, Carys Lloyd and Jess Roberts, women's 25km points race final

16:33: Emma Finucane, Rhian Edmunds and Megan Barker, women's 1000m time trial final

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Wales boxer Owain Harris-Allan will leave Glasgow with the second Commonwealth bronze medal of his career after falling to a unanimous 5-0 defeat to India's Sachin in Friday's 60kg semi-finals.

The 22-year-old, who also took bronze in Birmingham in 2022, was aiming to become the third Welsh fighter to reach Saturday's finals.

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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.