Sport
- 4 June – Simon Khan breaks the course record at the Celtic Manor Wales Open golf tournament.
- 24 June – Joe Calzaghe pulls out of scheduled world title fight against Glen Johnson because of injury.
- 30 August – The 19th World Bog Snorkelling Championships are held at Llanwrtyd Wells.
- 15 September – Mark Hughes resigns as manager of the Welsh national football team after being appointed manager of Blackburn Rovers.
- 16 September – The Wales Rally GB begins in Cardiff.
- 17 September – The 2004 Paralympics open in Athens: Welsh athletes will return home with twelve gold, six silver and nine bronze medals.
- 9 October – The Welsh national football team loses 2-0 to England at Old Trafford in Manchester.
- 12 November – John Toshack becomes the new manager of the Welsh national football team.
- 20 November – The Wales Rugby Union side loses 25-26 to New Zealand at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff.
- 6 December – Tanni Grey-Thompson becomes the BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year 2004 (50th anniversary of the award).
- 3 December – Wrexham F.C. goes into administration.
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Famous quotes containing the word sport:
“What sport shall we devise here in this garden
To drive away the heavy thought of care?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Drag racing is a sport of egos, and it’s all male egos.”
—Shirley “Cha Cha” Muldowney (b. 1940)
“For generations, a wide range of shooting in Northern Ireland has provided all sections of the population with a pastime which ... has occupied a great deal of leisure time. Unlike many other countries, the outstanding characteristic of the sport has been that it was not confined to any one class.”
—Northern Irish Tourist Board. quoted in New Statesman (London, Aug. 29, 1969)
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