Sport
- 17 January - ISPAL (Institute for Sport, Parks and Leisure) is officially launched.
- 17 March - Wales defeat England in their final match of the 2007 Six Nations Championship, to finish fifth in the final table (beating Scotland only on overall points difference).
- 10 May - The James Bevan Trophy is launched, to commemorate the Australian-born Welsh-raised man who was the first ever captain of the Wales rugby team.
- 3 June - Wales reach the semi-finals of the World Sevens (rugby union) tournament at Murrayfield.
- 19 June - Darren Morgan wins the European Masters snooker championship.
- July - The Welsh Super Cup (football) is scheduled to be held at Aberystwyth.
- 3 August - Wales are defeated 62-5 by England in a warm-up match for the Rugby World Cup.
- 29 September - Wales lose to Fiji in their decisive Group B match, and thus fail to reach the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup.
- 29 September - Wales wins the gold medal at the European Mixed Curling Championships in Madrid, Spain. The Welsh team of Adrian Meikle (skip), Lesley Carol (third), Andrew Tanner (second), Blair Hughes (lead) and Chris Wells (alternate) took the Gold Medal in a thrilling Final against Denmark.
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