Twins Emily and Abigail Roper both won bronze medals for Wales in gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, doing so within a couple of hours of each other. It marks the first gymnastics medals for Team Wales at these Games and a notable personal achievement for the sisters, who competed in separate apparatus finals…

Bilal Fawaz, a British and Commonwealth boxing champion who has lived in the UK for more than two decades, remains without a British passport, forcing him to compete internationally under considerable practical and emotional strain. His case highlights the anomaly of an athlete winning national and Commonwealth titles for a country that has not granted…

England’s netball team bounced back from a heavy defeat by Australia to beat Malawi 73-38 at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, easing concerns after a difficult start to their title defence. The result matters because England are chasing a return to Commonwealth gold, having last won it in 2018, and have endured a turbulent build-up…

British boxing champion Bilal Fawaz, who was trafficked to the UK aged 14, is still unable to obtain a British passport more than 20 years later, prompting his promoter Eddie Hearn to say the government should be “embarrassed” by the delay. Fawaz’s immigration status means he cannot fight abroad or take his family on holiday,…