May inspires wheelchair basketball win for Walespublished at 17:15 BST
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Wales 3x3 wheelchair basketball men's side ensured it was a winning start to the Commonwealth Games for both Team Wales squads on Saturday by defeating Malaysia 14-13 in a dramatic opening match.
After the women's team had beaten India 16-1 in Glasgow, the men's squad of Alex Wilson, Ben Johnson-Rolfe, Dan May and Will Bishop followed suit.
May led the way with eight points, including a late winner, Wilson chipped in with five, while Johnson-Rolfe accounted for the remaining score.
Wales men will face further group games against South Africa and Scotland.
Wales women's bowls pair continue unbeaten runpublished at 16:10 BST
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Wales women's bowls pair of Amy Williams and Lauren Gowen continued their unbeaten run in the competition by beating Botswana 2-0 this afternoon.
It was a dominant performance with the first set success of 8-2 followed by a 15-1 second set triumph.
After defeat against England's Sam Tolchard on Friday night, Ross Owen bounced back in the men's singles bowls competition with a 2-0 victory against Jamaica's Robert Simpson.
Para-mixed pair Julie Thomas and Steffan James, aided by directors John Wilson and Jamie Jones, lost their unbeaten record in the B2/B3 category following a tie-break defeat to New Zealand.
Wales lost the opening set 9-0 before bouncing back to force a tie-break with a 5-4 second set success but New Zealand eventually triumphed.
Darbey among Wales medal hopes in poolpublished at 13:32 BST
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Wales will have medal opportunities in the pool on Saturday night after the morning qualification heats.
Rhys Darbey and Dylan Broom finished third and fourth respectively in the one and only heat of the S14 men's 200m freestyle.
The mixed 4x100m freestyle relay team of Harry Milne, Kieran Bird, Medi Harris and Meghan Higgs qualified fourth fastest to set up a medal opportunity in Saturday evening's final.
Olympic champion Matt Richards is likely to come into the Wales team for the final.
Tyler Melbourne-Smith put the disappointment of Friday's 4x100m men's freestyle relay disqualification behind him by qualifying for the 400m freestyle final.
Wales were disqualified in the relay after Melbourne-Smith left his block early on the third leg.
Sophie Davies and Alexandra Bastone failed to progress in the women's 200m freestyle heats in the first event of the second day in the pool.
Davies, who was part of the 100m freestyle relay team that finished fifth in Friday evening's final, was sixth in her heat and Bastone placed fifth.
Another of the Welsh 4x100m freestyle relay finalists, Rebecca Sutton,had qualified for the 100m backstroke semi-final on Saturday evening, a feat that was emulated by Welsh pair Theodora Taylor and Amy Crowley in the 100m breaststroke.
Taylor, 17, who also competed in Friday night's relay final, finished second in her heat to initially qualify.
Taylor and Sutton later pulled out of the individual events to concentrate on the relay.
Lewis Fraser is targeting a place in Sunday night's men's 100m butterfly final after he qualified for his semi-final in ninth position.
20:15: Lewis Fraser (men's 100m butterfly semi-final)
20:25: Rose Williams (women's S14 200m freestyle final)
20:32: Rhys Darbey and Dylan Broom (men's S14 200m freestyle final)
20:55: Amy Crowley, (women's 100m breaststroke semi-final)
21:11: 4x100m mixed freestyle relay.
Wales make history with 3x3 wheelchair basketball winpublished at 12:51 BST
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Team Wales experienced its first 3x3 wheelchair basketball action in the Commonwealth Games today as the women's team of Anastasia Blease, Chloe Morgan, Libi Phillips, Molly Lander beat India 16-1 in Glasgow.
Captain Blease led the way with seven points, while Lander scored five and Phillips added four.
"That was incredible," said Blease. "What an amazing feeling.
"I didn't think I would hear the crowd. I thought I would tune them out but they were right there.
"It was special to get out on the court and create history, but to also get a win was amazing."
Wales play two further group games against Nigeria and Scotland.
The men's team of Alex Wilson, Ben Johnson-Rolfe, Dan May, Will Bishop are in action against Malaysia later on, followed by group games against South Africa and Scotland on Monday.
After narrowly missing out on Birmingham four years ago, Wales' men and women were making Commonwealth Games debuts in Glasgow.
The teams received wildcards after finishing second in their respective qualifying finals.
Wheelchair 3x3 basketball is a 10-minute game with no quarters or halves.
Each team is made up of three players with one substitute. Unlike basketball rules, the shot clock runs for 12 seconds instead of 24 and the game is played in a half-court with just one hoop.
The first team to score 21 points wins. If no team has reached 21 points after 10 minutes, the team leading wins. In the event of a tie, the first team to score two points in an overtime period wins.
Team Wales athletes in action on day twopublished at 23:35 BST 24 July
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After Ela Letton-Jones secured Team Wales' first medal of the Commonwealth Games, there will be more medals in the pool up for grabs on the second full day of competition.
Alexandra Bastone and Sophie Davies (women's 200m freestyle), Rebecca Sutton (women's 100m backstroke), Lewis Fraser (100m butterfly), Amy Crowley and Theodora Taylor (women's 100m breaststroke), Tyler Melbourne-Smith (men's 400m freestyle), Rose Williams (women's S14 200m freestyle), Rhys Darbey and Dylan Broom (men's S14 200m freestyle) and the 4x100m mixed freestyle relay team all compete today.
Should the various swimmers progress through their heats, the semi-finals or finals of all those events will take place that evening from 19:00.
Wales will compete in the 3x3 wheelchair basketball for the first time at the Commonwealth Games.
The women's team of Anastasia Blease, Chloe Morgan, Libi Phillips and Molly Lander face India in the morning and the men's squad of Alex Wilson, Ben Johnson-Rolfe, Dan May and Will Bishop play Malaysia in the afternoon.
Olympic gymnast Ruby Evans will make her first appearance as part of the women's team event alongside twins Abigail and Emily Roper, Frances Stone and Jemima Taylor. The Wales team are aiming for a medal in a session which starts at 15:45 BST and ends at 20:30.
The bowls schedule continues with Ross Owen facing Jamaica's Robert Simpson in the men's singles.
Para mixed bowls pair Julie Thomas and Steffan James, aided by directors John Wilson and James Jones will play New Zealand and South Africa. The women's pair of Amy Williams and Lauren Gowen face Botswana.
Wales' netball campaign starts with an opening game against Uganda in late afternoon.
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.
Timings (all BST)
Swimming
10:30: Sophie Davies (women's 200m freestyle) heat 3, Alexandra Bastone (women's 200m freestyle) heat 4
11:09: Rebecca Sutton (women's 100m backstroke) heat 5
11:23: Lewis Fraser (men's 100m butterfly) heat 5
11:36: Amy Crowley (women's 100m breaststroke) heat 2, Theodora Taylor (women's 100m breaststroke) heat 4
Owen loses but Wales bowls pairs continue winning runpublished at 22:30 BST 24 July
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There were mixed results for Welsh bowlers in the Commonwealth Games evening session in Glasgow.
Ross Owen had opened up Team Wales campaign with a comfortable victory against Pakistan on Thursday, but he slipped to a 2-0 defeat against England's Sam Tolchard, which is an early blow to his hopes of reaching the semi-finals.
Owen will play Robert Simpson from Jamaica on Saturday.
In contrast, Para-mixed pair Steffan James and Julie Thomas celebrated a second win of the day in the B2/B3 section.
Aided by directors John Wilson and Jamie Jones, James and Thomas followed up their success against Australia with a 2-0 victory against England.
The women's pair of Amy Williams and Lauren Gowen also celebrated a second successive with a 2-0 win against Fiji.
Welsh gymnast Cemlyn-Jones announces retirementpublished at 22:22 BST 24 July
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It was a special night for Welsh gymnast Joe Cemlyn-Jones. Not only did his three-month old daughter Hallie watch him compete for the first time, but it turned out to be the last time also as Cemlyn-Jones announced his retirement.
"Genuinely, before each routine I had to stop myself from tearing up a bit, because it wasn't just my little one in the crowd for the very first time, my own daughter," Cemlyn-Jones told BBC Sport Wales.
"It's actually my last ever competition. So it was my last time putting my hand up in front of the judges.
"It's been something special. It's been really emotional. I wanted to go in with a smile, I wanted to end with a smile, and that's what I've done, so I'm happy."
Welsh gymnastic men's team finish disappointing sixthpublished at 22:06 BST 24 July
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The Wales men's artistic gymnastics squad of Jacob Edwards, Joe Cemlyn-Jones, Elliot Vernon, Henry Lewis and Alexander Niscoveanu finished a disappointing sixth in the final of the team competition.
Canada claimed victory with England in silver and Australia taking the bronze.
The teams were competing across six disciplines with a view to helping their team towards a medal and securing their own place in the individual final.
They competed on the floor, pommel horse, rings, vault, parallel bars and horizontal bar with the judge's scores based on difficulty and execution.
Vernon and Niscoveanu qualified for the all-round individual final on Sunday after finishing 11th and 12th in qualification.
Vernon also qualified for the parallel bars final, while Niscoveanu will compete in the final of the horizontal bar.
The team final was overshadowed by a serious injury to English gymnast Gabriel Langton, who was carried off for treatment after suffering a nasty fall on the horizontal bar.
The women's team competition is on Saturday.
Wales women finish fifth in freestyle relaypublished at 21:53 BST 24 July
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There was other Welsh action in the pool tonight apart from the silver medal won by Ela Letton-Jones.
The women's 4x100m freestyle squad of Theodora Taylor, Meghan Higgs, Rebecca Sutton and Sophie Davies finished in the final in a time of three minutes, 39.81 seconds - a Welsh record by two seconds.
Australia claimed gold, while England and South Africa won silver and bronze respectively.
Taylor replaced Medi Harris in the quartet that qualified third in the morning session.
It was a busy day for Taylor who just failed to make the 50m butterfly final after finishing fifth in her semi-final and qualifying 10th fastest overall.
Josh Inglis failed to qualify for the 100m breaststroke final after finishing sixth in his semi-final.
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