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For Team Wales Chef de Mission Gethin Jones, the road to Glasgow 2026 has been years in the making. Gethin Jones pictured with Suzy Drane, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson and President of Team Wales Helen Phillips MBE But despite months of planning, athlete selections and preparations behind the scenes, it was the King's Baton Relay event at Cardiff Met that finally made the upcoming Commonwealth Games feel real. Jones was among those welcoming athletes, partners and supporters

Cardiff Met-connected athletes, alumni and staff have been confirmed among the wider Team Wales squad for the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, marking another proud moment for the university’s sporting community. Team Wales has announced 114 athletes for the Games, which will take place from 23 July to 2 August 2026. The Welsh team will compete across 10 sports, including athletics and para athletics, swimming and para swimming, track cycling and para track cycling, gymnastic

The 2025 World Indoor Champion and current European and UK Indoor 60m champion, Jeremiah Azu, is no longer a promising sprinter, he is a proven one. The former Cardiff Met student has moved into the highest level of British and international sprinting, and his recent form has only reinforced that status. 2025 was a breakthrough year, launching Azu into becoming one of the standout names in Welsh Athletics. He also broke new ground in 2024 by becoming the first Welsh athlete t

Cardiff played host to the 28th GB Masters Basketball Championships this weekend, with Wales entering a Women's 40+ team for the first time and enjoying a highly successful campaign, winning three of their four games. The team was led by Cardiff Met's Head of Basketball, Sarah Wagstaff, who coached the side throughout the tournament. The squad's strong performances reflected not only the quality of Welsh basketball but also the significant contribution that Cardiff Met Sport

Cardiff Archers Athletics Club delivered a superb team performance at the recent Welsh Age Group Championships in Deeside, finishing second in the overall medal table after a weekend packed with outstanding performances, personal bests, and championship success and a total medal haul of 37 medals. Competing against the very best young athletes from across Wales, Cardiff Archers once again demonstrated the strength and depth of the club’s thriving junior programme. Athletes

Following our recent update on progress towards a Cardiff Local Authority School Sport Survey report, we are pleased to share further positive developments, with more schools completing the survey and prize winners now being announced. The continued engagement from schools across Cardiff is helping to strengthen the overall dataset, ensuring the city moves closer to producing a robust and representative Local Authority report on young people’s experiences of sport and physica

Cardiff Metropolitan University has been recognised as part of an award-winning partnership at the Welsh Sport Association Sport Industry Awards 2026, with the Team Wales LeadHERship Programme winning the Best Collaboration Initiative award. The programme, delivered by Team Wales in partnership with Cardiff Met and RBC Brewin Dolphin, was recognised for bringing together sport and business to support, empower and develop the next generation of women leaders. The award was pre

Cardiff Metropolitan University will play a central role in the opening day of the King’s Baton Relay in Wales, as the Baton arrives on campus for the official Team Wales media event ahead of Glasgow 2026. Taking place on Friday 19 June, the visit will see Cardiff Met welcome Team Wales, athletes, media and invited guests to Cyncoed Campus for one of the most significant moments in the build-up to next summer’s Commonwealth Games. The event will include the formal welcome of

Cardiff Met FC’s men’s and women’s teams can now begin preparations for the 2026/27 season after the Football Association of Wales confirmed the key dates for the new JD Cymru Leagues and Genero Adran Leagues campaigns. The Cardiff Met men will once again compete in the JD Cymru Premier, with the new season set to begin over the weekend of 31 July to 2 August 2026. The campaign will include a winter break from 8 to 21 January 2027, before the final round of Phase One fixtures

Cardiff Met’s Cyncoed Campus will welcome coaches from across the basketball community this summer as the first Cardiff International Coaches Clinic takes place at Archers Arena on Saturday 4 July 2026. Buy Your Ticket The event, led by Cardiff Met Archers Basketball Coach and Wales U15 Women’s Head Coach Pentxo Cervantes, has been designed to give coaches practical, on-court learning from experienced international coaches working across professional, national team and player

Former Cardiff Met student, Millie Carter, has a journey that reflects how impactful a university netball environment can be. Versatile defender, Carter, made her Welsh debut as a talented youngster when representing Wales at U17 level and later captained the U21 Welsh team at the European Championship. But it was through the Archers programme at Cardiff Met, juggling a degree in Sport conditioning, Rehabilitation and Massage (SCRAM) with high-level competition, where Cart

Cardiff Met alumnus Asa Tribe has continued his impressive rise after scoring a superb century for England Lions against South Africa A this summer. The Glamorgan opener made 135 at Arundel in testing conditions, producing a composed and mature innings against a South Africa A side featuring players with Test cricket experience. It was another important moment in Tribe’s development, with the former Cardiff Met student continuing to push his case at Lions level. Asa Tribe in

A large group of Cardiff Met Sport Broadcast students and alumni are set to play their part in one of the biggest sports media operations in the world this summer, with current and former students involved in broadcast roles connected to the FIFA World Cup. Two Cardiff Met graduates and four current students from the MSc Sport Broadcast programme will be working for FIFA Host Broadcast Services at the FIFA / HBS London production headquarters in Olympic Park for seven weeks

Adele Nicoll has never been an athlete fulfilled with taking the obvious route. The former Cardiff Met student first established a reputation in athletics, developing as a shot putter while studying at the university and building the power, technique and competitive edge that would later help her become a multiple-time British champion. Before then, her sporting career took an unexpected turn when videos of her impressive training regime caught the attention of the British Bo

Cardiff Met Athletic completed a memorable league and cup double after ending their season with victory in the Worthington’s Malcolm Thomas Cup. The students defeated higher-division Llantwit Major 20-19 in a dramatic final at Glamorgan Wanderers, adding cup silverware to the Division Five East Central title they had already secured after an excellent league campaign. It marks the first double for Cardiff Met Athletic and reflects the progress made by the squad under head coa

Former Cardiff Met student Harrison Kingston is preparing for another major moment on the world stage as Morocco begin their FIFA World Cup campaign against Brazil at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Group C opener takes place on Saturday 13 June, with Morocco facing one of the most iconic nations in world football at one of the tournament’s landmark venues. With the competition being hosted across the United States, Canada and Mexico, the fixture provides

Cardiff Met’s basketball community played a prominent role for Wales at the Commonwealth Games 3x3 qualification tournament in Manchester, as the women’s side reached the final and the men’s team produced a positive campaign against strong Home Nations opposition. The two-day event, held at the National Basketball Performance Centre, featured England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man, with Scotland already qualified for Glasgow 2026 as host nation. England ultima

Cardiff Met Cricket is celebrating a hugely successful season, with several teams either securing league titles, qualifying for national knockout stages, or remaining unbeaten heading into the final stages of the campaign. The Women’s 1st XI have once again underlined their consistency at the top end of university cricket, qualifying for the national semi-finals for the sixth consecutive year. While they have twice come up against a very strong University of Exeter side this

Cardiff Met FC enjoyed a memorable evening at the 2026 Cymru League Awards on Saturday, with players and staff recognised following an outstanding season across both the women’s and men’s programmes. After a hugely successful campaign, Cardiff Met WFC were particularly well represented in the Genero Adran South categories, reflecting the quality and consistency they showed throughout the season. Head Coach Jon Nash was named Genero Adran South Manager of the Season, capping a

Cardiff Met will be strongly represented in the Wales men’s and women’s 3x3 basketball programmes as attention turns to this weekend’s Commonwealth Games qualification tournament in Manchester. The qualifiers, taking place on 22 and 23 May 2026 at the National Basketball Performance Centre, will see Wales compete for places at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games in both the men’s and women’s 3x3 competitions. A number of players and staff with close Cardiff Met connection