In Pictures: Welsh sporting photos of 2025
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A selection of some of the most striking Welsh sporting photographs from the past 12 months.

See no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil: Fiona Barry, Laura Curnock and Kerry Walklett of Cardiff City Women celebrate a goal

Jeremiah Azu became world indoor 60m champion

Joe Davies led the Pontypridd celebrations after winning the WRU Premiership Cup final against Cross Keys

Lauren Price celebrated beating Natasha Jonas to become a unified world champion in a changing of the guards moment for women's boxing at the Royal Albert Hall

Cardiff City fans react to relegation from the Championship

Wrexham won back-to-back promotions to reach the second tier of English football for the first time in 43 years

At 50 years and 206 days, Mark Williams eclipsed the record held by fellow Welshman Ray Reardon to become the oldest winner of a ranking snooker event, despite admitting he required eye surgery

Sean Bowen won the Irish Grand National on his way to becoming the year's champion jockey

Swansea and Wales great Joe Allen enjoyed a guard of honour before his final game before retiring from football

Mason Jones made a triumphant return to the UFC with two victories in 2025 after nearly three years away from the promotion

Brennan Johnson scored the winner for Tottenham Hotspur in the Europa League Final against Manchester United in Bilbao

Geraint Thomas (right) signed off a glittering cycling career in Cardiff at the climax of the Tour of Britain

Jess Fishlock scored Wales' first goal at a major tournament - against France at Euro 2025 - before retiring from international football later in the year

Wales finally ended a record 18-Test losing run against Japan

Meanwhile, Jac Morgan celebrated winning a Test series with the British & Irish Lions in Australia

The world's top downhill mountain bikers descended on the Dyfi Valley for Red Bull Hardline

Wales hosted the Women's Open for the first time, won by Japan's Miyu Yamashita at Royal Porthcawl

Glamorgan recovered from a shaky start to win promotion to the top flight of the Championship for the first time in 21 years

Ruby Evans won silver at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia

Teenager Anna Hursey was the first British player to win an individual table tennis event since 2008 when she won three medals at the World Youth Championships

Harry Wilson scored a hat-trick as Wales thrashed North Macedonia 7-1 to reach the World Cup play-offs

Elfyn Evans led the World Rally Championship standings going into the final event, only to finish as runner-up for a fifth time

Wales suffered the second worst loss in their history - humbled 73-0 by South Africa in Cardiff - to cap a miserable year
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