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Craig Harrison is dreaming The New Saints making the knockout stages of a European tournament after they became the first Welsh Premier side to gather points at the group stage of a major European competition. TNS beat Astana from Kazakhstan, 2-0 at The New Meadow, Shrewsbury Town’s ground, to write themselves into the history books.

The slimming industry has always been a place for chancers with dubious strategies and now it appears they have moved into the Commonwealth Games. The only multi-sport tournament where Wales competes as an independent nation is being “slimmed down” in the words of some of the organisers, so that it is “lean and healthy.”

Former Wales centre Ashley Beck and ex-Cardiff hooker Marc Breeze have been hired by the Welsh Rugby Union as pathway coaches. The pair will work with age group teams in both the men’s and women’s game, in roles part-funded by the British and Irish Lions.

Warren Gatland is preparing for another “tough, physical encounter” against the Fijians when his Wales side open their three-match Autumn Nations Series at the Principality Stadium on Sunday 10 November. Fiji will arrive in Cardiff 60 years on from their first visit and seeking their first win on Welsh soil.

With 21 goals in their last two games The New Saints will go into their historic first home game against FC Astana in the Group stages of the UEFA Conference League on Thursday full of attacking intent. But it was a similar situation before they faced Serie A giants Fiorentina in their first game at the start of the month, when they headed to Italy on the back of a 6-1 win at Newtown.

Omer Riza has turned the spotlight on Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan by calling for clarity over the managerial position at the club. His bold move comes after the interim boss further strengthened his hand by gaining another convincing victory for a team he has picked off the floor.

Newport County manager Nelson Jardim praised his team’s character as a 2-0 away win at Gillingham moved his team up to 13th spot in League Two. First-half goals from Matt Baker and Kyle Hudlin secured Newport a much-needed victory at out-of-sorts Gillingham.

Joe Schmidt has bolstered his 34-srong Grand Slam chasing Wallabies squad for their clash against Wales in the Autumn Nations Series by recalling 2023 World Cup players Samu Kerevi and Will Skelton. Skelton, who captained the Aussies against Georgia at the World Cup, and Kerevi have not featured in this year’s internationals to date, but are among five fresh faces brought into the tour party by Schmidt.

Luke Williams has admitted to growing frustration over Swansea City’s lack of fire power. Although they gained a useful point in a draw at Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday night, it was a 0-0 stalemate - meaning the Swans have not scored in more than seven hours of football and their winless run now

Hockey Wales have expressed their “deep disappointment” at the decision to drop the sport from the 2026 Commonwealth Games. Hockey – along with a number of other sports, including rugby sevens, T20 cricket, triathlon, diving, squash and badminton – have all been excluded from the Games programme for Glasgow.