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Some of the latest sport stories around Wales

ROSIE ECCLES WINS EURO BRONZE AFTER OLYMPICS QUALIFICATION (BBC WALES)

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Rosie Eccles has won 66kg bronze at the European Games, having already qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics by reaching the last four.

The 26-year-old lost to Turkey's 2020 Olympics gold medallist Busenaz Surmineli on a split decision. Eccles, one of 13 British boxers chosen to compete in Poland, beat Ireland's Amy Broadhurst, also by split decision in the quarter-finals.

That sealed the Welsh fighter's qualification for the 2024 Paris Games. Despite defeat by Surmineli, Eccles can now look forward to competing at her first Olympics next summer.

Eccles said: "I'm gutted. I wanted to be in that final for the gold medal… I'm a winner, I thought I'd done enough, but (it was) top level and all that and should have been the final."

CARDIFF SIGN WELSH PROP RHYS LITTERICK FROM HARLEQUINS (BBC WALES)

Cardiff have signed Harlequins prop Rhys Litterick for next season. The 24-year-old front-row from West Sussex is Wales-qualified through his Bridgendborn father.

He made six appearances for the Premiership club where he was coached by former Wales and British and Irish Lions star Adam Jones. He is the first signing for 2023-24 by Cardiff, who have been in crisis since the end of the season.

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