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  1. Azu to chase medal in 100m finalpublished at 19:29 BST 28 July

    Abdul-Rasheed Saminu of Team Ghana, Jeremiah Azu of Team Wales and Elliot Jones of Team England compete in the Men's 100 Metres Semi-Finals Image source, Getty Images

    Welsh sprinter Jeremiah Azu has made it through to tonight's 100m final in Glasgow (21:14 BST).

    Azu, who finished fifth in the final in Birmingham four years ago, finished second in his semi-final in a time of 10.00 seconds.

    It was a season's best for the 25-year-old and just 0.03 seconds off his personal best.

    His time was equal fourth best from the three semi-finals.

  2. Wales cruise to first netball winpublished at 17:42 BST 28 July

    Alex Johnson (right) of Wales interacts with teammate Zoe MatthewmanImage source, Getty Images

    Wales secured their first netball win at the Commonwealth Games with a polished display against Trinidad & Tobago.

    Georgia Rowe scored 32 goals and Nansi Kuti 23 in the 74-30 victory in Pool B, which followed disappointing defeats to Scotland and Uganda.

    Wales dominated the first two quarters to put the result beyond doubt, leading 43-19 at half-time against a side who had already conceded 238 goals in their first three games.

    That allowed coach Emily Handyside to make significant changes throughout the match, with 19-year-old wing attack Lowri Windsor making her debut.

    Wales' remaining games are against the two strongest sides in Pool B, New Zealand on Wednesday and Jamaica on Thursday.

  3. Whalley finishes eighth in 63kg weightliftingpublished at 16:23 BST 28 July

    Charlotte Whalley attempts a clean and jerkImage source, Team Wales

    Charlotte Whalley finished eighth in the 63kg weightlifting competition.

    Whalley was a late addition to Team Wales after receiving a reallocated qualification spot.

    She combined for 186kg after an 82kg snatch and a personal best of 104kg in the clean and jerk.

    Canada's Maude Charron took gold with a Commonwealth Games record score of 232kg.

    Both her 102kg snatch and 130kg clean and jerk were Games records, with England's Sarah Davies Smale claiming silver with 217kg.

  4. Williams guarantees first Wales boxing medalpublished at 15:24 BST 28 July

    Connor WilliamsImage source, Getty Images

    Heavyweight Connor Williams has guaranteed himself at least a bronze medal after winning his quarter-final bout against Niue's Duken Holo Tutakitoa-Williams by split decision.

    Four out of five judges scored the cagey fight in the Swansea boxer's favour as team-mates Rosie Eccles and Owain Harris-Allan cheered on from the stands.

    "I'm very happy with a bronze medal," Williams said.

    "Anything less, I'd be disappointed but I'm not done yet, I'm gunning for that gold medal.

    "I've had two good wins now. I'm building a lot of momentum, I feel like I'm destined for this."

    Earlier in the session Helen Jones lost her women's 54kg quarter-final against England's Lauren Mackie by unanimous decision.

    Wales will have Harris-Allan, Eccles, Orlando Holley-Sotomi, Niamh Brookes and Daniel Pitt are in quarter-final bouts on Wednesday.

  5. Gymnast Evans seventh in balance beam finalpublished at 14:32 BST 28 July

    Ruby EvansImage source, Getty Images

    Welsh gymnast Ruby Evans finished seventh in the balance beam final that was won by Australia's Breanna Scott.

    Evans pulled out of Monday's uneven bars final as identical twins Abigail and Emily Roper created a bit of history by both winning bronze on the vault and uneven bars respectively within a couple of hours of each other.

    Wales women had also finished fourth in the team event.

    Also today, Elliot Vernon finished seventh in the parallel bars final at 14:50 BST and Alexander Niscoveanu was the same position in the horizontal bar final.

  6. Swimmer Letton-Jones starts search for second medal published at 13:14 BST 28 July

    Ela Letton-JonesImage source, Getty Images

    Para-swimmer Ela Letton-Jones began her campaign for a second Commonwealth Games medal by qualifying fifth fastest for tonight's women's 50m freestyle S13 heat.

    Letton-Jones, who won Wales first medal at the Commonwealth Games when she claimed silver in the 100m, will go in the final at 19:32 BST in Glasgow.

    This will be just after Matt Richards aims for his first Commonwealth Games individual medal in the men's 100m freestyle final at 19:18 BST.

    Lewis Fraser (50m butterfly), Meghan Higgs and Theodora Taylor (women's 50m freestyle heats) and Jack Knight (men's 100m backstroke) qualified for semi-finals.

  7. Welsh duo through to athletics semi-finalspublished at 12:09 BST 28 July

    Charlotte Henrich and Justin DaviesImage source, Team Wales

    Charlotte Henrich and Justin Davies are safely through to their respective semi-finals after the second morning of competition for Welsh athletes at Scotstoun Stadium.

    Henrich, 19, ran the third fastest time in qualifying as she won her 400m heat in a time of 52.13 seconds.

    The top eight-ranked athletes will join at the semi-final stage on Thursday where Henrich says she'd be "disappointed" if she doesn't make Saturday's final.

    Having run a personal best 11 days ago, Henrich says if the wind settles down that the track could be fast enough to see her break the Welsh record again for the third time in six weeks.

    Davies finished second in his 800m heat in a time of 1:46.98.

    He came into the race seeded fifth and says second place "was a dream come true."

    "I've always been building back into the season came back from an injury, that last 100m is my strength and to get that back and show what I'm made of, that's terrific."

    The 23-year-old's semi-final will also be on Thursday, when the top eight-ranked athletes join the competition.